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• Arthog fire: Crews tackle large gorse blaze in Snowdonia

  13-12-2018 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The fire spreads across 180 acres and people living nearby are told to keep their windows closed.
  
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• Extra £240,000 agreed in Caerphilly council pay row

  13-12-2018 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  A Caerphilly council chief executive who was suspended on full pay in 2013 remains on special leave.
  
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• The relics of our history dating back thousands of years declared treasure in Wales

  13-12-2018 23:11 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The coins, brooches and rings span nearly 2,000 years of our history from the time of the Romans
  
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• The baby girl born so premature she'd have been classed as a miscarriage if she had died

  13-12-2018 22:48 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Ayah Malik was born weighing just 1lb and 1oz
  
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• Challenge Cup: Ospreys without Wales stars for Stade return - BBC Sport

  13-12-2018 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Challenge Cup: Ospreys without Wales stars for Stade return  BBC SportOspreys will be without all their current Wales players for Friday's European Challenge Cup game at Stade Francais in Paris.
  
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• Car maker TVR's frustration over Ebbw Vale factory delay

  13-12-2018 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  TVR is due to move into a site it is leasing in Blaenau Gwent but refurbishment work has not started.
  
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• How police solved the murder of a teen beaten to death at a caravan park

  13-12-2018 21:48 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Conner Marshall stripped of his clothes, battered with a pole and so badly beaten his brain was swelling and he had a haemorrhage
  
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• Recap: Driver arrested after multi-vehicle crash blocks A548 - Daily Post North Wales

  13-12-2018 21:39 via dailypost.co.uk
  Recap: Driver arrested after multi-vehicle crash blocks A548  Daily Post North WalesThere's been a crash on the A548 coast road in Flintshire. Emergency services including firefighters have been called to the scene near Mostyn Docks.
  
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• New Zealand coach Steve Hansen to stand down after 2019 World Cup

  13-12-2018 21:38 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The All Blacks are the latest side searching for a new coach
  
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• 'Builders who chopped down ancient giant redwood tree should be prosecuted'

  13-12-2018 21:22 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  More than 1,500 people have already signed a petition calling for legal action
  
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• Graeme Prance stole £60,000 life savings from dying friend

  13-12-2018 21:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Graeme Prance defrauded his friend of 35 years out of £60,000 while the latter's kidneys failed.
  
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• Wales new First Minister Mark Drakeford is sworn in - BBC News

  13-12-2018 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Wales new First Minister Mark Drakeford is sworn in  BBC NewsThe Welsh Labour leader takes the oath of office in a ceremony in Cardiff Bay.
  
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• Cardiff council is asking people not to give money to rough sleepers

  13-12-2018 20:56 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The council says giving them money is "keeping them there"
  
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• Multi-million pound drugs gang locked up for a massive 173 years

  13-12-2018 20:42 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The 26 members of the organised drugs gang flooded Wales with Class A drugs
  
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• Former taxi driver sexually abused and raped three young children - WalesOnline

  13-12-2018 20:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  Former taxi driver sexually abused and raped three young children  WalesOnlineVincent Slater abused his victims - a boy and two girls - after grooming them with gifts of money and cigarettes, then threatened them into keeping quiet.
  
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• Former taxi driver sexually abused and raped three young children

  13-12-2018 20:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Vincent Slater abused his victims - a boy and two girls - after grooming them with gifts of money and cigarettes, then threatened them into keeping quiet.
  
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• Briton Ferry recycling centre 'bomb' not explosive

  13-12-2018 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The device is believed to be from World War Two but was a practice round with no explosives.
  
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• Dadlau'n parhau am gynllun tai gwyliau moethus Pen Llŷn

  13-12-2018 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Cyngor Gwynedd yn mynnu i swyddogion cynllunio "ddelio'n briodol" â chais cynllunio dadleuol ar hen safle Plas Pistyll.
  
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• Pembrokeshire council advice over David Boswell to go public

  13-12-2018 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Pembrokeshire council's correspondence about a councillor who was arrested for child sex offences
  
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• Coins, brooches and rings found in north Wales declared treasure

  13-12-2018 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The finds are "of great benefit" in helping understand Wales' "unique history", National Museum Wales says.
  
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• Teacher killed driving wrong way down the M4 with no lights on sent text saying 'I just want it to end'

  13-12-2018 19:43 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Lewis John Hunter Gilmour drove into the path of another car when he drove the wrong way down a slip road
  
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• Gang who flooded North Wales with 'staggering' amount of drugs jailed for 173 years - Daily Post North Wales

  13-12-2018 19:25 via dailypost.co.uk
  Gang who flooded North Wales with 'staggering' amount of drugs jailed for 173 years  Daily Post North WalesThe 24 men and two women were part of a network which dealt in class A drugs - primarily cocaine.
  
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• These are the two new Welsh Government ministers

  13-12-2018 19:18 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  New First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced his top-team
  
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• Wales' new first minister Mark Drakeford appoints his team

  13-12-2018 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Rebecca Evans and Eluned Morgan are promoted to cabinet while Alun Davies is sacked.
  
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• BBC's Geraint Thomas snub sparks outrage as he's overlooked for sporting moment of the year shortlist

  13-12-2018 18:55 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Tour de France winner Geraint's magical moment doesn't make shortlist which includes England penalty shootout win, Tyson Fury and Tiger Woods
  
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• Welsh rugby's most humiliating day as embarrassing defeat drives Jonathan 'Jiffy' Davies and other top stars up north

  13-12-2018 18:49 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  To say it was a shambles was an understatement.... even the wrong Romanian national anthem was played
  
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• The campaign to save Cardiff music venue Gwdihw reaches the Commons as thousands sign petition

  13-12-2018 18:48 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Landowner Rapports wants to demolish Gwdihw and restaurants Thai House and Madeira before Cardiff council's plans to protect Guildford Crescent come into effect
  
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• Pervert deported from Australia flashed a woman in Cardiff and went on the run

  13-12-2018 18:47 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  'Persistent' sex offender Ryan Thomas had been deported from Australia for sexual offences just months before the incident in Cardiff
  
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• Rugby fan due to inherit dying friend's home helped himself to his £60,000 savings

  13-12-2018 18:34 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Graeme Prance, 53, drained Ken Elliott’s savings after the widower gave him Power of Attorney over his financial affairs
  
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• This dad has filmed every Christmas with his family for 16 years and the result is just brilliant

  13-12-2018 18:32 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  In just one and a half minutes, you can see one family grow up through 16 Christmases
  
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• The new Welsh Government cabinet revealed with Alun Davies and Huw Irranca Davies axed

  13-12-2018 18:13 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  New First Minister Mark Drakeford has revealed his new top team
  
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• Mark Drakeford yn diswyddo dau aelod o'r cabinet

  13-12-2018 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Alun Davies a Huw Irranca-Davies wedi colli eu lle yng nghabinet Llywodraeth Cymru, wrth i'r Prif Weinidog ddewis ei dîm gweinidogol.
  
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• Wales' new first minister Mark Drakeford appoints his team - BBC News

  13-12-2018 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Wales' new first minister Mark Drakeford appoints his team  BBC NewsWales' new Labour first minister Mark Drakeford has announced his government team after taking up the top job. Rebecca Evans and Eluned Morgan are ...
  
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• 'Callous' drunk club-goer drove off after hitting two pedestrians and left them lying in the road

  13-12-2018 17:59 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Abdullah Rasul had five passengers in his Ford Ka and could not see out of the windscreen because it was so steamed up
  
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• Two men jailed for sex trafficking girls near Wrexham

  13-12-2018 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Two men found guilty of sex trafficking two underage girls in care have been jailed.
  
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• Shaun Edwards: Dragons in talks with Wales defence coach

  13-12-2018 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Dragons hold talks with Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards over succeeding Bernard Jackman until at least the end of the season.
  
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• We've been to the big Christmas 2018 pantomimes in Wales to see if you should get a ticket - Wales Online

  13-12-2018 17:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  We've been to the big Christmas 2018 pantomimes in Wales to see if you should get a ticket  Wales OnlineFrom Mold to Cardiff and over to Milford Haven, we've got the best of the Christmas pantos covered.
  
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• We've been to the big Christmas 2018 pantomimes in Wales to see if you should get a ticket

  13-12-2018 17:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  From Mold to Cardiff and over to Milford Haven, we've got the best of the Christmas pantos covered
  
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• These are the big Christmas 2018 pantomimes to see in Wales if you can get a ticket - Wales Online

  13-12-2018 17:28 via walesonline.co.uk
  These are the big Christmas 2018 pantomimes to see in Wales if you can get a ticket  Wales OnlineFrom Mold to Cardiff and over to Milford Haven, we've got the best of the Christmas pantos covered.
  
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• The top 10 places to eat in Blaenau Gwent according to TripAdvisor

  13-12-2018 17:26 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  There's everything from from fire-lit inns to festive picnic benches on the list
  
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• Carmarthenshire Council leader accused of lying over £200 million Wellness and Life Science Village

  13-12-2018 17:25 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Emlyn Dole denied the accusation and hit back, accusing his Labour rival of 'constant sniping' over a 'transformative' project for the region
  
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• This is why armed police were in Prestatyn - Daily Post

  13-12-2018 17:13 via dailypost.co.uk
  This is why armed police were in Prestatyn  Daily PostA dog unit and helicopter were also involved in the incident.
  
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• The struggle of getting into a nightclub on Cardiff's Mill Lane dressed as a hobbit

  13-12-2018 17:11 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  It is quite the quest
  
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• Capsule hotel planned for Cardiff city centre

  13-12-2018 16:56 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The hotel would have 48 capsules and is expected to open in summer 2019
  
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• Martin Olsson: Injury blow does not alter Swansea City transfer plans

  13-12-2018 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Manager Graham Potter says losing defender Martin Olsson for the rest of 2018-19 will not alter Swansea City's transfer window plans.
  
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• Bring hard drugs into North Wales and you will end up with a long jail sentence, police chief warns - LeaderLive

  13-12-2018 16:45 via leaderlive.co.uk
  Bring hard drugs into North Wales and you will end up with a long jail sentence, police chief warns  LeaderLiveA MULTI-million pound drug operation involving class A drugs being brought into North Wales has led to 26 people being sentenced to a total of 172 years and ...
  
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• Michael Buble melts hearts on This Morning singing alongside Welsh children with Down's syndrome

  13-12-2018 16:31 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Two Welsh families went along to take part in the brilliant video
  
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• Woman, 77, badly injured in Bridgend crash - Wales Online

  13-12-2018 16:30 via walesonline.co.uk
  Woman, 77, badly injured in Bridgend crash  Wales OnlineThe crash happened in Brackla Way just after 10.45am on Thursday.
  
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• Woman, 77, badly injured in Bridgend crash

  13-12-2018 16:30 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The crash happened in Brackla Way just after 10.45am on Thursday
  
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• Winter diarrhoea and vomiting bug norovirus has hit Wales and here's how you can avoid it - Wales Online

  13-12-2018 16:22 via walesonline.co.uk
  Winter diarrhoea and vomiting bug norovirus has hit Wales and here's how you can avoid it  Wales OnlineHealth experts are telling people with symptoms to avoid hospitals.
  
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