All news on the topic: Wales

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"I’m going to slice your baby in half": Neighbour jailed over chilling threats
A neighbour from hell threatened to slice a baby in half during a row with a family.
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Welsh taxpayers face £600,000 bill to fund energy costs for Gypsy and Traveller sites
Taxpayers in Wales will be forced to spend £600,000 to support tavellers living on sites with their energy costs.
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Crufts champion banned for life after 77 dogs found living in squalor
A six-time Crufts winner who kept 77 hounds in abhorrent conditions has been banned from the competition for life.
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Reform blames mass immigration for hosepipe bans as England and Wales face drought
Reform UK has claimed mass immigration is the reason why millions of people in England and Wales are banned from using their hoses.
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Wildfire emergency alert sparks backlash as Britons seek ways to block future warnings
The Government’s emergency alert system has backfired following the wildfire warning as thousands of Britons have begun looking into ways to block all emergency warnings.
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Prince William thanks firefighters battling wildfires across the UK
Prince William has personally thanked those on the front lines of the wildfire crisis gripping the country.
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Stourbridge wildfire spreads to homes as 60 firefighters battle "horror movie" blaze
A huge grass fire has spread to houses in Stourbridge as a “horror movie” blaze rages out of control in “apocalyptic” scenes with four rushed to hospital, including a child.
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Harry Potter fans force £430m power cable to move to protect Dobby’s "grave"
Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach
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Boy sparks four fires in bone-dry Leeds park as heatwave turns fields to tinder
Fields of grass had turned from healthy green into a pale straw color after heatwaves since June across the UK.
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Man jailed after hiding mother’s body in freezer for three years to claim £78,000 in benefits
A man who kept his dead mother inside a freeze for nearly three years while he raked in £78,000 of her benefits has been jailed.
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English FA joins calls for FIFA leadership review as pressure mounts on Infantino
The English FA is to withdraw its support for the re-election of Fifa boss Gianni Infantino.
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Unusually warm seas trigger surge in glowing blue waves across Wales
A natural phenomenon has captivated beachgoers across Wales as sightings of blue, glowing waves surge along the coastline.
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Top Welsh NHS boss paid nearly £100,000 more than Prime Minister Andy Burnham
The 2026 NHS Rich List has revealed that the chief executive of an embattled health board currently earns almost £100,000 more than Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
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UK plans overhaul of divorce laws to give domestic abuse greater weight in financial settlements
Divorce is a difficult process, and dividing up finances is one of the trickiest and more fraught aspects. Judges tasked with deciding how to split a couple’s money and assets look at a number of things, including their earnings and how long they’ve been together.
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North Wales becomes first UK region to enter drought after record dry spell
A region has become the first in the UK to officially declare a drought amid record dry conditions, intense heatwaves, wildfires and dwindling rivers.
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Record 461 police officers dismissed in England and Wales as workforce shrinks
The number of police officers sacked each year from forces in England and Wales has hit a record high, figures show.
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Light aircraft overturns on runway at Hawarden Airport in North Wales
Emergency services rushed to a UK airport following an "incident" involving a light aircraft. Crews were called to Hawarden Airport in Flintshire, North Wales, on the border with Cheshire.
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Teen awarded £10,000 after woman stole her identity to catfish thousands online
A 19-year-old woman whose images were used to create fake Tinder, TikTok and Instagram profiles leading men to believe she was their girlfriend is to be paid compensation.
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Andy Burnham promises to unite Britain after becoming Labour leader
Andy Burnham sys he will speak up for all parts of the UK after being named Labour leader.
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Eight charged with 34 offences in decades-old child sexual exploitation case
Eight suspected grooming gang members have been charged with rape and sexual abuse against children over a decade-long period.
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Extreme UK heat claimed 2,700 lives as scientists warn of worsening climate risks
The heatwave that affected England and Wales in June killed about 440 people a day during its three-day peak, scientists have estimated. Across the whole of the June heatwave, plus the one in May, about 2,700 people lost their lives prematurely.
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More than half of GPs in Wales say they cannot meet patient demand
A recent survey has found that over half of GPs across Wales are failing to meet patient demand as a result of sustained underinvestment.
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New family court rules curb use of unregulated psychologists in child custody cases
New rules barring unregulated psychologists from family court cases in England and Wales will come into force this month, sparking hope that the “days of bogus experts are over”.
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Rare crusted scabies outbreak forces closure of hospital ward in Wales
A Welsh hospital ward has been forced to close following an outbreak of a rare and highly contagious form of scabies.
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Bonnie Tyler dies aged 75 after emergency surgery and weeks in induced coma
Legendary Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler has died aged 75 – weeks after undergoing emergency surgery and being placed in a coma.