All news by author: David Powell

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Couple 'marooned' in £500k home as council says they have no right to use roads
Gerald and Kathryn Wilson have been embroiled in a highways wrangle with Anglesey County Council for more than five years since moving into their farmhouse
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Dangerous Rottweiler-cross attacked 5 people at pub causing 'ghastly' injuries
Thomas Skillen admitted being in charge of a dog that was dangerously out of control after it attacked five people outside a pub in Towyn, Conwy - while he also bit a security guard
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Mum gives birth in car on way to hospital after having evening with takeaway
Emma Rowlands went into labour and was rushed to hospital by her partner Mike Wright. But their baby was so keen to be born that he came into the world before they could go make it
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Good Samaritan bitten on face by dog after trying to help unconscious owner
The dog's owner, Luke Evans, 30, admitted to breaking a ban on owning animals and having a dangerous dog that caused injury
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Patient, 74, waited over 36 hours in a plastic chair for hospital bed
A 74-year-old heart patient was forced to wait in a plastic chair for over a day while waiting for a hospital bed in a "third-world" hospital in Wales
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Apprentice, 18, dies in horror accident as she's hit by falling plasterboard
Chloe Marie Bidwell, 18, from north Wales, an award-winning apprentice who 'flew the flag for female construction workers' died after 'being struck by falling plasterboard'
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Car smashes into hospital as terrified patients say it sounded 'like a bomb'
North Wales Police have confirmed at least one person has been injured after a driver careered their vehicle - a black Hyundai - into the doors of Wrexham Maelor Hospital
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Woman left with 'horrific' injuries after 'selfish' owners fled from dog attack
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES - Sarah Blaylock was supported by Good Samaritans after the attack in Wrexham, north Wales, but those responsible were spared jail today
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Naked man tied up and tortured in horrific scenes likened to a 'Tarantino film'
Stephen Dixon, 51, Wayne Butler, 37, pulled out four of the victim's teeth with a door hinge and carved his then girlfriend's name Molly on his forehead with a knife, a court heard
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'Shock and sadness' as camping crash teens remembered at heartbreaking vigil
Touching floral tributes have appeared in England and Wales after the bodies of sixth form students Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Fitchett and Hugo Morris were found after a camping trip
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Man who 'rubbished' allergy warning dies from severe reaction after eating pizza
The family of Robin Wynne Williams from Wales claimed that the food allergies risks were not presented to him in a 'meaningful' way following his death earlier this year
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Mum claims she 'woke up' during gall bladder operation 'screaming in her head'
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will meet Natasha Japhet and her family next week following her complaint about her gall bladder operation at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, north Wales
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Obsessed husband stalked estranged wife with CCTV and hid tracker in her car
Nicholas Lloyd, 47, placed CCTV cameras on the stairs and playroom, and also swerved a car, threatening to kill his now estranged wife and their children on a trip to Lapland "to make life easier"
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Brits warned to stay out of the water after bacteria found at popular beaches
Anyone visiting Rhos-on-Sea and Colwyn Bay in Wales has been urged to stay on dry land after the bug was discovered through routine testing by Natural Resources Wales
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Man arrives at his static caravan to find another one in its place
Mark Robinson says the static caravan he bought with his late father in Towyn, Wales, was moved without his permission, but the caravan park insists it tried to contact him
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Family's sorrow after fire started by toaster kills dog and leaves them homeless
A family was left devastated when a fire ripped through their home and killed their dog in Penrhyn Bay, Wales. Cane corso Lola was like a 'little baby' for Poppy Edwards and her partner Eddie
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Man resorts to shooting rats after they 'take over flat' and bring him to tears
Myfyr Owens, 76, from North Wales, is so fed up of his rat 'infestation' he has been forced to shoot them with an air rifle after complaining to his landlord about the problem
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Warning to dog walkers after toxic orange oil berg appears on popular UK beach
Dog walker Ian Carmichael tweeted a picture of the bright orange object after spotting it on the beach and warned dog owners to be aware as animals are immediately attracted to them
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Warning issued after mysterious object found on beach leaves dog 'bright orange'
A warning has been issued to dog walkers in Anglesey after a mysterious object - later confirmed to be palm oil - washed up on the beach and left a pet pooch 'bright orange'