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• Newport pedestrian bridge closes following concerns for man's safety

  18-09-2017 23:24 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  NEWPORT pedestrian bridge is currently closed following police concern for a man's safety.
  
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• 'Three strikes and out' for dealer jailed after police make cocaine and cash find in his home

  18-09-2017 22:56 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  David Walker has been jailed for five and a half years
  
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• Councillor found 'covered in lipstick' when police searched brothel is referred to ombudsman

  18-09-2017 22:43 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  A court case heard how Councillor Brent Carter was inside the property when police searched it
  
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• 'Drunk' man pulled from sea by RNLI in Rhyl harbour

  18-09-2017 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The man had been seen getting into the deep, fast-flowing water fully clothed.
  
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• Son of murdered pensioner says health board 'missed' chances to stop her killer

  18-09-2017 22:27 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Kris Wade was jailed for a minimum of 21 years for the brutal attack on the Cardiff grandmother
  
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• A family faces wait until 2020 for a disabled parking space to be installed outside their home

  18-09-2017 22:14 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Dad Justin Horton, who has a disabled six-year-old daughter, said he was 'shocked' at the lengthy wait
  
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• UFC: Brett Johns anticipates his Las Vegas dream fight

  18-09-2017 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  UFC fighter Brett Johns celebrates Las Vegas dream fight and wants to emulate his '"idol" Joe Calzaghe.
  
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• Cardiff City player Lee Tomlin appears in court after alleged assault outside a nightclub

  18-09-2017 21:10 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Tomlin has appeared before magistrates in Leicester
  
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• Waste treatment plant unlikely to cause 'significant effects to environment'

  18-09-2017 21:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  A CONTENTIOUS thermal waste treatment plant will not have a “significant” adverse effect on the environment if built near Caldicot, according to a Monmouthshire County Council officer.
  
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• Man jailed for raping schoolboy in the 1990s

  18-09-2017 20:48 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The victim came forward after reading newspaper articles about Jenson Taylor, formerly Jason Beynon, after a court case for child sex offences
  
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• A man repeatedly raped a schoolboy after giving him sweets

  18-09-2017 20:48 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  He threatened his victim with violence if he told anyone
  
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• Transplant Games will be coming to city in 2019

  18-09-2017 20:46 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  NEWPORT has officially been announced as the host city for the Westfield Health British Transplant Games 2019.
  
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• Apply now for 10k Great Gwent Poppy Run

  18-09-2017 20:30 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  ONLINE registrations for this year’s The Great Gwent Poppy Run have now opened.
  
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• Newport to host 'spectacular' 2019 British Transplant Games

  18-09-2017 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Newport will host the 2019 British Transplant Games, which aims to raise awareness of organ donation.
  
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• No professional race for Velothon Wales in 2018

  18-09-2017 20:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  THE annual Velothon Wales will not feature a professional race when it returns next year, a council report has revealed.
  
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• 'Gentle and quiet' asylum seeker thought to be man found dead in Swansea Marina

  18-09-2017 19:32 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  His life had started to 'crumble' after the death of a friend - according to people who knew him
  
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• Facial scans to identify bad Elvises at Porthcawl festival

  18-09-2017 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Police will use facial recognition technology to seek out known troublemakers at the Elvis Festival.
  
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• Drugs charity 'terrified' that drug 50 times stronger than heroin could hit Gwent streets

  18-09-2017 19:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  A DRUGS charity has said it is concerned a drug 50 times more potent than heroin could hit the streets of Gwent.
  
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• Bootcamp for Scott Bessant to help support former Welsh Dragonheart's family

  18-09-2017 19:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  A FITNESS-BASED fundraiser will be held this Friday in support of Scott Bessant and his family after the rugby player was found last month with “horrific injuries”.
  
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• The secret tunnel you never knew existed right beneath one of Wales' most famous streets

  18-09-2017 18:49 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  It's been there for more than 200 years
  
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• Swansea City misfit Modou Barrow set to miss Carabao Cup reunion: The inside track on Jaap Stam's Reading FC

  18-09-2017 18:48 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Swansea City travel to the Madejski Stadium for the 3rd Round Carabao Cup tie
  
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• Vandals etched a smiley face on a couple's car after wrecking it for the second time in a year

  18-09-2017 18:44 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The couple feel they have been targeted
  
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• Ospreys finally get paid after legal threat to Aviva Premiership club over star's transfer fee

  18-09-2017 18:37 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The Welsh region had served a statutory demand as they pursued an outstanding amount
  
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• Wales' new economic strategy must prepare us for the new challenges of automation and Brexit - WalesOnline

  18-09-2017 18:36 via walesonline.co.uk
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  The metaphor of the perfect storm has become overused, but it is difficult to think of a better one to describe the potentially calamitous confluence of a hard Brexit and the disruptive destruction of automation. Both automation and Brexit will ...
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• Wales' new economic strategy must prepare us for the new challenges of automation and Brexit

  18-09-2017 18:36 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  As the Welsh Government prepares to unveil its new economic strategy, it’s time for a new approach to face the challenges ahead
  
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• Devolution and health

  18-09-2017 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  From free prescriptions to scrapping car parking charges and battling to meet waiting times.
  
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• What is the future for the Welsh NHS over the next 20 years?

  18-09-2017 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Twenty years on from devolution, health experts have been asked what changes need take place if the NHS is to be able to cope in the future.
  
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• Too much power centralised in Cardiff, says Alun Cairns

  18-09-2017 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  On the devolution vote's 20th anniversary, the Welsh secretary says Wales' regions need more power.
  
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• There's a beer run coming to Cardiff and it features a series of challenges

  18-09-2017 18:22 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  With a couple of routes, this is certainly not your average race...
  
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• You can now go on a virtual reality viewing of this beautiful office building

  18-09-2017 18:11 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The Maltings (Space2B) is taking working life to the next level with its hi-tech features
  
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• Merthyr Tydfil attacker had 'no memory' of stabbings

  18-09-2017 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  'Voices' told attacker Robert Jones to try and kill his girlfriend's son, a court hears.
  
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• New online payments for school meals will mean the loss of almost 100 jobs in Carmarthenshire

  18-09-2017 17:39 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Unison has described the move as a cost cutting exercise that will "hammer" low paid staff
  
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• The name of a woman found dead on Swansea beach has been released

  18-09-2017 17:29 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Extensive searches were carried out on the beach following the discovery of the body
  
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• Six things most people probably missed when watching the PRO14 this weekend

  18-09-2017 17:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  It was an eventful round that saw only the Dragons emerge triumphant among the Welsh regions
  
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• Where is the First Dates restaurant and can I visit it?

  18-09-2017 17:27 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  It's the question on everyone's minds . . .
  
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• Man jailed for refusing to give his iPad password to police

  18-09-2017 17:22 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  60-year-old Alan Godfrey has been sentenced to 36 weeks in prison
  
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• Time is running out to save this iconic Welsh pub from closure

  18-09-2017 17:17 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  A Hollywood star has called the pub a "wonderful place", but it could close in a matter of weeks after a deadline was set
  
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• 21 things guaranteed to annoy you if you're Welsh

  18-09-2017 17:13 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  'Why do you all start speaking Welsh when someone English walks in?'
  
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• James Collins: West Ham man injury doubt for Wales' World Cup qualifiers

  18-09-2017 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  West Ham centre-back James Collins could miss Wales' World Cup qualifying double-header in October with an ankle injury.
  
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• Why the solution to Cardiff City's blip might just have been found on a small pitch in Burnley

  18-09-2017 16:55 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Neil Warnock is set to be faced with two huge selection dilemmas in the near future
  
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• Former Newport scout leader is jailed over 70s sex abuse

  18-09-2017 16:46 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  A DISGRACED former scout master who sexually abused a vulnerable boy while taking him on weekend trips away has been jailed.
  
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• This is how a Swansea Valley lad ended up becoming a master sitcom writer

  18-09-2017 16:44 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  His co-written work Witless is up for a major international award
  
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• Leatherback turtle washed up on beach in Ceredigion

  18-09-2017 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The dead creature is more commonly seen in Pembrokeshire and Gwynedd, a local marine expert says.
  
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• Kate Pierce's brain damage after meningitis misdiagnosis

  18-09-2017 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Kate Pierce died in 2013 seven years after a doctor misdiagnosed her meningitis as tonsillitis.
  
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• Children could soon be given all their vaccinations in a single jab

  18-09-2017 16:37 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The all-in-one jab stores the different vaccines
  in microscopic capsules in the body
  
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• The key things Warren Gatland just found out as he returned to his Wales job to see some youngsters shine

  18-09-2017 16:33 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  There was plenty for the national coach to ponder as he returned to his job after a year away
  
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• PC did not put drunk man in his patrol car because 'he had soiled himself', inquest told

  18-09-2017 16:30 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Alex Pavlou was seen by staff and a police officer at Sainsbury's shortly before he disappeared, the inquest into his death heard
  
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• Ryanair to cancel 40 to 50 flights a day - have you been affected?

  18-09-2017 16:29 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  RYANAIR plans to cancel up to 50 flights a day for the next six weeks.
  
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• Police will use facial recognition to catch troublemakers among lookalikes at Elvis Festival

  18-09-2017 16:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Officers will be looking for wanted people and past troublemakers
  
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• The identity of the Cardiff Blues beer-thrower is a mystery as search is launched following shock incident

  18-09-2017 16:24 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  It's understood the man refused to give any personal details when he was escorted from the stadium
  
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