Wales breaking news plus weather and traffic updates (Thursday, November 12)

Hello and welcome to WalesOnline's live blog for Thursday, November 12. We'll be bringing you all of the latest news from across Wales - whether you're on the move, at home or at work - as well as the latest traffic and travel.

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All traffic is currently stopped on the M4 in Cardiff due to an ongoing police incident on Thursday morning.

Traffic Wales said traffic is being held in both directions between junction 30 at Cardiff Gate and junction 32 at Coryton.

There is very slow traffic in the area as a result, including on the A4232 and A470. Further updates are expected to follow. Follow our live updates here.

Controversial plans to build a data centre in Cardiff will be decided by the Welsh Government rather than the council following a decision by a Plaid Cymru minister. Developer Curtis Hall Ltd wants to build the data centre on the site of the Pentwyn/Cardiff East Park and Ride facility which serves the University Hospital of Wales.

Since January this year the proposal has been under heavy fire from concerned citizens and elected officials across the political spectrum.

Last week Cardiff Council planners published papers recommending the council should approve the application, concluding that the economic benefits of the scheme outweigh the negatives. The application was due to be debated at a special planning committee on Thursday.

However, the Welsh Government has now called in the decision on the Llanrumney data centre application, which means government ministers will have the power to decide the application, taking it out of Cardiff Council's hands. Full details here.

S4C have scrapped a TV drama it comissioned looking at missed opportunities to stop former headteacher and paedophile Neil Foden. The channel have since decided to pull the plug on the drama and have apologised "for the distress this has caused."

Welsh actor Mark Lewis Jones was cast as Neil Foden, who was previously headteacher at Friars School in Bangor, before his arrest in 2023 and subsequent 17-year prison sentence after being convicted of sexually abusing four girls between 2019 and 2023. An independent review in 2025 found that more than 50 opportunities to prevent him from continuing to sexually abuse girls had been wasted.

A sunny, frosty end to the week. Here is the full Met Office forecast for Wales today

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