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UK

Met Office issues UK yellow weather warning — but what is it?

Heavy rain, strong winds, and lightning are forecast in some areas, with power cuts predicted in extreme cases

26 Sept 2024
Politics

Police investigate Welsh councillor who posed with gun in ‘xenophobic’ post

Plaid Cymru’s Jon Scriven has been suspended pending an investigation by the party.
23 Aug 2022
Politics

Calls for Welsh councillor to be suspended following ‘xenophobic’ Facebook post

The Facebook post by Plaid Cymru councillor Jon Scriven has been criticised for being anti-English.
23 Aug 2022
Health

Hundreds of doctors angry over new pay deal likely to leave NHS, survey reveals

The Welsh Government has offered a 4.5% wage increase.
23 Aug 2022
Crime

Man killed teenager after night out and left her body in reservoir

Lewis Haines, 31, admits murdering 18-year-old Lily Sullivan but denies the killing was sexually motivated.
22 Aug 2022
Politics

Drought declared in part of Wales after heatwave and low rainfall

Natural Resources Wales said the threshold to trigger drought status in south-west Wales was met on Friday.
19 Aug 2022
Politics

Fencing champion gets all A*s to study medicine

Rhiannon Craig represented Wales in the Commonwealth Games 2022.
18 Aug 2022
Politics

Ukrainian student who became British Army translator aces exams

Zorian Tytych, from Kyiv, got four As in his A-levels while helping Ukrainian refugees and soldiers in the UK.
18 Aug 2022
UK

MP who assaulted wife has Plaid Cymru whip restored

Jonathan Edwards expressed ‘deep remorse’ for the hurt he caused and said he has undertaken domestic violence awareness courses.
11 Aug 2022
UK

Wizz Air cancels winter flights from Cardiff Airport due to ‘economic pressures’

Routes to nine destinations will halt from the middle of September.
11 Aug 2022
UK

Jail term for man who poisoned neighbours’ cats

Tristian Paul Pearson placed pots of the poison at the end of his garden to lure in unsuspecting animals.
10 Aug 2022
UK

Rugby and TV star Gareth Thomas sued over claims he gave ex-partner HIV

The 48-year-old is being sued in the High Court by his former boyfriend Ian Baum.
9 Aug 2022
UK

Huge new offshore wind farm ‘could power a third of Welsh homes’

The wind farm, still in its planning phase, could supply energy to around 500,000 of the country’s 1.38 million households.
1 Aug 2022
UK

Four face trial over Swansea riot as fifth man pleads guilty

The disorder was sparked by the death of a local teenager.
29 Jul 2022
UK

Vulnerable man brought to work in UK ‘denied access to wages and clean clothes’

Two men and a woman are on trial at Newport Crown Court charged with modern slavery offences.
28 Jul 2022
UK

Family in tribute to ‘loving’ grandmother and granddaughter killed in crash

Denise Hughes, 79, and her 30-year-old granddaughter Justine died in the incident near a quarry in Bargoed last week.
28 Jul 2022
UK

Hundreds gather for funeral of UK taxi driver and son who died in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam and Mahiqul were discovered unconscious in a flat with their family on Tuesday.
28 Jul 2022
UK

Judge to decide if murder of teenage girl in Pembroke was sexually motivated

Lewis Haines, 31, admits killing 18-year-old Lily Sullivan but denies the attack had a “sexual element”.
28 Jul 2022
UK

Tributes paid to British father and son found dead after suspected ‘poisoning’

The family’s community in Cardiff says it is in ‘shock’ and are praying for those in hospital.
27 Jul 2022
UK

‘Drunk’ man collapses on Welsh mountain as friend found injured down gully

Rescuer Graham O’Hanlon said the group were ill-prepared and their choices ‘nearly cost at least one man his life’.
25 Jul 2022
UK

Heavy rain and thunderstorms forecast for parts of Wales and southern England

The deluge is set to hit on Friday after days of record-breaking temperatures.
21 Jul 2022