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• Latest school closures as ice warning continues overnight

  12-12-2017 23:26 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  Find out the latest school closures for Wednesday December 13 as ice warning continues overnight
  
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• Council set to employ £1.2bn City Deal director on six-figure sum

  12-12-2017 23:03 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  THE director of the £1.2 billion City Deal for South Wales could be employed at Monmouthshire County Council on a six-figure contract.
  
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• The staggering amounts some of the snowdogs have been auctioned off for

  12-12-2017 22:53 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Some went for incredibly high amounts
  
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• Cardiff is going to be named the UK's first 'music city'

  12-12-2017 22:17 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Cardiff Council have unveiled the pioneering plans
  
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• The rising Welsh rock star whose rare medical condition means his lifestyle is anything but wild

  12-12-2017 22:16 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  But his band is  supporting Liam Gallagher this week
  
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• Dozens more AMs, voting age lowered, quotas for women AMs - the recommendations for the Assembly's future

  12-12-2017 22:07 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  But it's unclear when the reforms would be brought in if parties agreed to them
  
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• Dozens more AMs, voting age lowered - how the Assembly can cope with its growing workload

  12-12-2017 22:07 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  But it's unclear when the reforms would be brought in if parties agreed to them
  
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• This is what happened when a group of 'paedophile hunters' caught a man who planned to have sex with a 13-year-old girl

  12-12-2017 21:43 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Keeping Kids Safe have released footage of their 'sting' after Christopher Gamlin was jailed
  
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• Kadeem Harris and Rhys Healey both score on their returns to provide a timely boost for Cardiff City amid injury crisis

  12-12-2017 21:39 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The pair were in action for Cardiff City's development side this evening
  
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• School closures in Wales due to snow and ice: The schools closed on Wednesday, December 13

  12-12-2017 21:30 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  This will be the third day some schools are closed
  
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• Open University announces new director for Wales

  12-12-2017 21:30 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  THE Open University has appointed a new director for The Open University in Wales.
  
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• Why we published that piece about exclusion in Wales, and why I'm sorry to anyone it offended

  12-12-2017 21:06 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  WalesOnline editor Paul Rowland on the background to Oruj Defoite's controversial piece
  
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• Company offer assurances on waste recycling plant

  12-12-2017 21:03 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  A COMPANY behind a new waste recycling plant. have tried to reassure people who have expressed concerns.
  
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• Business opens Santa's grotto to support fund for baby born with rare skin condition

  12-12-2017 21:03 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  STAFF from a Torfaen hardware firm have launched a festive grotto to raise funds for a baby with a rare skin condition.
  
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• Appeal to help save scheme bringing old and young together

  12-12-2017 21:00 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  AN APPEAL has been launched to help save a project bringing nursery children and care home residents together.
  
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• This is just how cold it actually got where you live in Wales

  12-12-2017 20:54 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Some places dropped below -10C
  
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• Huw Jenkins grilled over 'fake meeting' following fallout over Swansea's US takeover

  12-12-2017 20:35 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Swansea chairman admits 'he did not make much' of paperwork he signed over the controversial resignation of board members
  
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• A full breakdown of Wales' back row injuries as Warren Gatland faces a crisis ahead of the Six Nations

  12-12-2017 20:32 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Gatland will be desperately hoping for some positive injury news over the festive period
  
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• Poor weather conditions worrying police searching for missing pensioner who has dementia

  12-12-2017 20:26 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Joan Doherty was last seen on Saturday night
  
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• FIRST PERSON: The mum fundraising for her son's syndrome

  12-12-2017 20:20 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  Sarah Bennett-Evans is best known for campaigning for Williams syndrome. Find out more about the woman behind the fundraising.
  
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• Swansea City Supporters' Trust confirm addition of four new board members and a financial affiliate

  12-12-2017 20:17 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The Trust had recently denied accusations of acting outside its constitution
  
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• Wales football chief facing rap over his 'definitely not English' comments about next manager

  12-12-2017 20:10 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  FAW boss Jonathan Ford will be asked to explain remarks as top-level probe is launched
  
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• Olly Robinson will join Cardiff Blues on a permanent deal next season after impressive loan spell at the region

  12-12-2017 19:59 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Robinson picked up two man-of-the-match awards in nine appearances during his temporary stay in the Welsh capital
  
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• Emergency services at scene of crash on SDR

  12-12-2017 19:59 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  Emergency services are at scene of crash on SDR in Newport
  
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• The eight suspected criminals wanted by police in Cardiff

  12-12-2017 19:53 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Assault, theft and harassment are among the allegations
  
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• Emergency food and fuel vouchers handed out as the latest Universal Credit rollout takes place

  12-12-2017 19:48 via walesonline.co.uk
  Swansea is the latest place in Wales where Universal Credit is being rolled out
  
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• 'Scarlets will have first option on George North' as Dragons concede they'll have to wait in line to make their pitch

  12-12-2017 19:31 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Lions and Wales wing North left Parc y Scarlets for Northampton Saints four years ago after being controversially slapped on the transfer list
  
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• Warren Gatland receives timely back-row boost after grim news for Wales over Taulupe Faletau for the Six Nations

  12-12-2017 19:19 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The bulletin on Faletau was one the Wales camp were dreading 
  
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• MP quizzes Boris over jailed mother

  12-12-2017 19:07 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  TORFAEN MP Nick Thomas-Symonds quizzed foreign secretary Boris Johnson on his efforts to secure the release of jailed British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Parliament this week.
  
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• The rather embarrassing sight if you zoom in on Swansea city centre on Google Maps

  12-12-2017 18:37 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Not the message Swansea would like to be sending out to the world...
  
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• Wales' Six Nations hopes hit by Taulupe Faletau's knee injury - The Guardian

  12-12-2017 18:23 via theguardian.com
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  Wales' Six Nations hopes hit by Taulupe Faletau's knee injury
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  Taulupe Faletau suffered a grade three medial ligament tear and will see specialist to see if surgery is required. Photograph: Kevin Barnes/CameraSport via Getty Images. Wales rugby union team. Wales' Six Nations hopes hit by Taulupe Faletau's knee ...
  Wales star Taulupe Faletau set to miss Six Nations tournament after suffering 'serious' knee ligament damageDaily Mail
  The new-look Wales team Warren Gatland
  
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• Final hurdle for Carmarthen link road set to be cleared early next year

  12-12-2017 18:14 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The £5m Carmarthen link road has been on hold for a year but will serve 1,000 homes and S4C's new headquarters
  
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• Crimestoppers offering £5,000 reward for details on Cwmbran gang burglary

  12-12-2017 18:08 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  A REWARD of up to £5,000 is on offer to anyone who can provide information on a gang of masked burglars who broke into an elderly couple’s home in Cwmbran.
  
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• £5,000 reward after elderly Cwmbran man was attacked with a hammer by masked gang who broke into his house

  12-12-2017 18:08 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  A REWARD of up to £5,000 is on offer to anyone who can provide information on a gang of masked burglars who broke into an elderly couple’s home in Cwmbran.
  
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• Jail sentence for animal cruelty to increase to five years

  12-12-2017 17:56 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  THE maximum prison sentence for animal cruelty in Wales will be increased from six months to five years, it has been announced.
  
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• People in Wales are 'too nice' and too friendly - that's why the country is so poor

  12-12-2017 17:51 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  A study argues that there's a link between friendly and co-operative behaviour and poor economic performance
  
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• Carl Sargeant raised bullying concerns in 2014, says AM

  12-12-2017 17:32 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  FORMER Welsh Government minister Carl Sargeant, who died last month, raised concerns around bullying in Carwyn Jones' cabinet three years ago, an AM has claimed.
  
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• A former Welsh Guard had to wait six hours for an ambulance before spending the night in A&E

  12-12-2017 17:32 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Jeffrey Berbillion was in severe pain after having to wait all night in hospital sitting up on a chair
  
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• Every late goal Cardiff City have scored this season as Neil Warnock claims his own version of 'Fergie Time'

  12-12-2017 17:29 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Cardiff City truly are the comeback kings of the Championship and they keep doing the business under Neil Warnock
  
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• This is why the food at Ynyshir really is the best you will eat in Wales

  12-12-2017 17:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The destination restaurant in mid Wales is just as good as everyone has ever told you
  
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• Friends of dad who murdered his adopted daughter set up fundraising campaign to clear his name

  12-12-2017 17:15 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Matthew Scully-Hicks was given a life sentence for killing his 18-month-old daughter Elsie
  
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• Barry Island's Grade II-listed toilet block will be a home to a cluster of beachside restaurants

  12-12-2017 17:13 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The developer of the 1930’s cinema at Oyster Wharf at Mumbles will be bringing a number of restaurants to the site which have views over the bay
  
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• The mum behind the fundraising

  12-12-2017 17:03 via southwalesargus.co.uk
  “I SAW a picture of someone who looked exactly like my son, except it wasn’t him. He looked identical to my child.
  
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• The festive foods you can and can't feed your dogs and cats

  12-12-2017 17:00 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Pets At Home has issued a warning
  
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• 'Woolly words'

  12-12-2017 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Opposition parties criticise a new economic strategy as being short on numbers.
  
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• 10 ways to celebrate New Year's Eve in and around Cardiff if you have kids

  12-12-2017 16:56 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  You don't need to miss out just because you have little ones
  
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• 'Skin betting'

  12-12-2017 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Gamers as young as 11 bet using virtual weapons within video games which are then exchanged for cash.
  
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• Someone threw a brick through the windscreen of a gritter in the Valleys

  12-12-2017 16:53 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The driver is believed to have escaped with minor injuries
  
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• This is the moment a 'naughty elf' snatched the centrepiece from a police station's Christmas tree

  12-12-2017 16:51 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The object has now been replaced with a 'stolen' poster in an evidence bag
  
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• Ceredigion Apprentice winner's product recall

  12-12-2017 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Ceredigion Apprentice winner Alana Spencer is recalling products over health risks.
  
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