Money to improve numeracy and literacy teaching to young people was announced by Vince Cable.
A major new cutting edge radiotherapy treatment will be available in the UK thanks to £250 million of government funding.
The first 24 free schools have all had their Ofsted inspection results published.
Wales Office ministers will join the thousands of visitors heading to Denbigh to celebrate the Welsh language, culture and the arts at the National Eisteddfod of Wales (2-10 August).
Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke to Mohamed El Baradei, Egyptian Vice President for Foreign Affairs, about current situation in Egypt