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British & Irish Lions squad: The probables, possibles and bolters
MONTHS of speculation will end on Tuesday when the 2013 British & Irish Lions squad to tour Australia is announced.When tour manager Andy Irvine reads out the names of the players selected, the...
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Teifi valley man scoops £40k for rest of his life with scratch-card at...
A TEIFI valley man has struck it lucky and won £40,000 every year for the rest of his life.Self-employed builder Liam Woodcraft scooped the pay out thanks to a National Lottery Rich For Life...
View ArticleFocus on crime prevention welcomed by South Wales and Dyfed-Powys Police...
THE commissioners of South Wales and Dyfed-Powys police have welcomed a call for forces to focus on preventing crime not just catching criminals. Tom Winsor, the chief inspector of constabulary, said...
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Group of 11 fare dodgers told to cough up more than £3,000 after they each...
A GROUP of fare dodgers have racked up fines and costs of more than £3,000 after being caught without valid tickets by train staff. Prosecutions were brought against 11 train travellers who had each...
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Mark Gower fires parting shot at Swansea City boss Michael Laudrup
MARK Gower has taken a swipe at Michael Laudrup, claiming the Swansea City manager "went back on his word" and "doesn't like players over the age of 30".Gower's outburst comes as he prepares to sever...
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Driver taken to hospital after van ends up in Ynystawe bus stop
PASSERS-BY came to the assistance of a van driver whose vehicle ended up in a bus stop at Ynystawe. It is understood no-one was at the bus stop at the time of the accident, shortly before 8.30am this...
View ArticleMan has ear bitten in late night Swansea assault
POLICE are appealing for help after a late night reveller was set upon by a group of men in Swansea city centre and bitten on the shoulder and ear. Officers say the 23-year-old victim was outside the...
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Tributes as Lord Mayor Dennis James dies aged 68
TRIBUTES have been paid to Swansea's Lord Mayor who died today following a short illness, aged 68. Llansamlet councillor Dennis James announced he was suffering with pancreatic cancer last October. He...
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Lucky escape as car smashes into house
A GOWERTON pensioner had a lucky escape this morning when a car ploughed into the front of her home.Marianne Heath was sitting on the bed of her Mount Street bungalow at 7am this morning when she heard...
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Sam Warburton named British & Irish Lions captain as Warren Gatland picks 15...
SAM Warburton will captain the British & Irish Lions this summer after Warren Gatland named 15 Welshmen in his 37-man squad to tour Australia.Gatland sprang a few surprises, leaving out Ireland...
View ArticleInquest opens into death of Swansea man Gareth Colfer-Williams
AN inquest has been opened into the death of Swansea man Gareth Colfer-Williams, who had been suffering from measles. The 25-year-old, of Port Tennant, was discovered by a relative at his home on the...
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Paul Potts speaks about how bizarre it was to watch James Corden film wedding...
PORT Talbot classical star Paul Potts has said how strange it was to watch James Corden re-enact a scene from his wedding day.The Gavin and Stacey star is playing Potts in One Chance, a film about his...
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Resolven Community Council out of action since last July because of paperwork...
AN entire village council was forced out of action just two months after last May's elections.The 11 seats on Resolven Community Council became vacant in July because none of its members had sent back...
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Lions half-backs Mike Phillips and Owen Farrell could be best in the world,...
FORMER Wales and Lions star Michael Owen believes Mike Phillips and Owen Farrell can form the "most competitive half-back pairing in the world" for the British & Irish Lions.Ex-Ospreys scrum-half...
View ArticleMore than 1,000 measles cases have been reported in Swansea and the...
MEASLES cases in the Swansea area have now soared above the 1,000 mark.New figures from Public Health Wales show the number of people who have had the highly contagious illness has now reached...
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April Jones trial: 'child porn on Mark Bridger's computer'
A man accused of the abduction and murder of April Jones had child pornography on his computer and had an interest in child murder cases, a court has heard. Mark Bridger, 47, from Ceinws, Machynlleth,...
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Body found in Kent confirmed as missing Seven Sisters soldier Josh Thomas
POLICE have confirmed that a body found in Kent is that of missing Dulais Valley soldier Josh Thomas.The body was found in the River Medway near Rochester Pier at 12.44pm yesterday.Officers are not...
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Sam Warburton: British & Irish Lions captaincy the 'hardest secret I've ever...
SAM Warburton has described his appointment as British & Irish Lions captain for the 2013 tour to Australia as the "hardest secret I've ever had to keep".The 24-year-old Cardiff Blues and Wales...
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Catherine Zeta Jones reportedly checks into treatment centre for bipolar...
Swansea-born actress Catherine Zeta Jones has checked into a treatment centre to get more help with her bipolar disorder, TMZ is reporting. The 43-year-old Mumbles star is expected to complete a 30-day...
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Kathy Griffiths Blog: All I'm Saying Is ...exam fears lives
IF the month of May can make your stomach flip and cause little beads of perspiration to break out across your furrowed brow you still, like many of us, suffer from examinitis. It is a severe reaction...
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