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• Thomas Picton obelisk in Carmarthen to be reviewed

  12-06-2020 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A council plan to address racism will include a review of a public monument to slave owner Thomas Picton.
  
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• What's Wales most painful defeat? - Rugby OnSlaught

  12-06-2020 23:25 via rugbyonslaught.com
  
  What's Wales most painful defeat?  Rugby OnSlaught
  
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• The most powerful images from Bridgend's Black Lives Matter protest - Wales Online

  12-06-2020 23:13 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The most powerful images from Bridgend's Black Lives Matter protest  Wales Online
  
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• Ricky Valance: First Welshman to have solo UK Number One dies

  12-06-2020 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The singer, who was the first Welshman to have a solo UK Number One single, had been in ill health.
  
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• The most powerful images from Bridgend's Black Lives Matter protest

  12-06-2020 23:03 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Bridgend was the latest Welsh town to stage a Black Lives Matter demonstration
  
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• Fire devastates historic building used for filming of TV show Stella - Wales Online

  12-06-2020 22:54 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Fire devastates historic building used for filming of TV show Stella  Wales Online
  
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• Calls to rename Swansea arcade due to link with brutal slave owner

  12-06-2020 22:39 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Picton Arcade is said to take its name from the Welsh former governor of Trinidad, Sir Thomas Picton, who was tried for torturing a 14-year-old girl
  
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• What different countries now look like as they come out of lockdown

  12-06-2020 22:30 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  This is how other countries around the world look as nations move at different speeds in how they are dealing with the pandemic
  
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• Fire devastates historic building used for filming of TV show Stella

  12-06-2020 22:29 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  A building devastated by the fire were once used to film Welsh TV show Stella
  
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• The £192,000 plan to prevent flooding in Barry with more trees

  12-06-2020 22:17 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The Welsh Government has given Vale of Glamorgan Council a green infrastructure grant to plant trees and replace concrete with grassed areas
  
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• Wales and Scotland boycott conference call with Number 10 after Brexit extension refused - ITV News

  12-06-2020 21:59 via itv.com
  
  Wales and Scotland boycott conference call with Number 10 after Brexit extension refused  ITV News
  
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• Super Rugby Aotearoa UK kick-off times for this weekend

  12-06-2020 21:58 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  New rules also feature in New Zealand's new competition, which will see the Blues, Chiefs, Crusaders, Highlanders and Hurricanes play each other over 10 weeks
  
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• More walking and cycling in Cardiff an ‘economic necessity’

  12-06-2020 21:58 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  As social distancing will reduce capacity in car parks, trains and buses, how best to get people into Cardiff city centre after lockdown is up for debate
  
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• Ex-Ospreys boss Allen Clarke lands shock new role with American rugby team

  12-06-2020 21:53 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The 52-year-old has landed himself a new job following his exit from Welsh rugby last year
  
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• Bridgend Paper Mills expansion will create over 70 new jobs

  12-06-2020 21:49 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The development will create 70 new permanent jobs and 100 construction roles
  
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• 'A 12-year-old saved my life by dragging me from a river'

  12-06-2020 21:31 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Stephen Rees said he was 'lucky to be alive' after bystanders jumped into action to save him. Schoolboy Ethan Hutchings pulled him from the water before a passing family performed CPR
  
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• Euromillions results for £45m jackpot draw on Friday, June 12

  12-06-2020 21:25 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The winning Euromillions numbers and Thunderball for Friday night's draw are here
  
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• Gareth Thomas reveals his best coach and the current Wales star he admires most

  12-06-2020 21:17 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Gareth Thomas won 100 caps and skippered both his country and the Lions
  
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• Villagers raise thousands for family of gran who died in house fire

  12-06-2020 21:14 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The body of Charmaine Slater was found inside the house at Deepweir on Thursday, May 28. Since the tragedy more than £4,000 has been raised to help her family
  
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• Wales Weather: Rain clearing northwards! | Wales - ITV News - ITV News

  12-06-2020 21:00 via itv.com
  
  Wales Weather: Rain clearing northwards! | Wales - ITV News  ITV News
  
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• Farmers' Union of Wales raises concerns over future of Builth Wells Market - Powys County Times

  12-06-2020 20:41 via countytimes.co.uk
  
  Farmers' Union of Wales raises concerns over future of Builth Wells Market  Powys County Times
  
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• Fishermen and marine medics scramble to save whale stranded on Welsh beach

  12-06-2020 20:25 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  It was found along the Flintshire coastline
  
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• Coronavirus: Wales Millennium Centre says 250 jobs at risk

  12-06-2020 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The centre says it could stay closed until April 2021 due to social distancing rules.
  
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• Whale stranded in Dee Estuary seen 'on the move'

  12-06-2020 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rescuers are keeping their fingers crossed after seeing the whale swim towards open waters.
  
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• IOC has 'big opportunity' to make anti-racism statement, says Colin Jackson

  12-06-2020 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hurdling great Colin Jackson believes the International Olympic Committee has "a really big opportunity" to take a stand against racial inequality.
  
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• Bishop of St Asaph wants Henry Morton Stanley statues removed

  12-06-2020 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bishop Gregory Cameron says Henry Morton Stanley had "little respect for the natives of Africa".
  
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• The change you'll notice on every Championship team's kit next weekend

  12-06-2020 19:35 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Shirts will look a little different to usual
  
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• How one rural area of Wales set up its own system to control the spread of coronavirus - ITV News

  12-06-2020 19:25 via itv.com
  
  How one rural area of Wales set up its own system to control the spread of coronavirus  ITV News
  
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• More than 45,000 in Wales wait nearly nine months for an operation as hospitals focus on coronavirus - Wales Online

  12-06-2020 19:17 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  More than 45,000 in Wales wait nearly nine months for an operation as hospitals focus on coronavirus  Wales Online
  
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• The Swansea City XI fans want Steve Cooper to pick at Middlesbrough

  12-06-2020 18:53 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  This is the Swansea team the Jack Army want to line up in their first game after the restart
  
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• Speeding drink-driver mowed down mum-of-four after bar crawl

  12-06-2020 18:49 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Abeer Bilal spent nine months in hospital and does not know if she will be able to walk again. Stefan Ulchianu was more than three times the drink-drive limit when he hit her and then drove off
  
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• Coronavirus: Wales has 316,000 workers on furlough - BBC News

  12-06-2020 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Coronavirus: Wales has 316,000 workers on furlough  BBC News
  
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• Calls for Gavin and Stacey to be dropped from screens

  12-06-2020 18:47 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The spotlight has turned on the popular show after Little Britain was removed in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests
  
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• Universal Credit claimants 'risk debt and eviction' over long wait

  12-06-2020 18:46 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  There's a five week gap between applying and receiving the money
  
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• 45,000 in Wales have waited more than 36 weeks for an operation

  12-06-2020 18:37 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Long-term hospital waiting lists have soared during the coronavirus lockdown
  
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• Blind and deaf woman training to be a doctor faces being left 'homeless'

  12-06-2020 18:24 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Alexandra Adams can't find anywhere suitable to live so she can finish her studies
  
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• Coronavirus: Wales resisting 'loud demands' to end lockdown caution

  12-06-2020 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Drakeford says he will not change strategy on easing the lockdown "however loud the demands".
  
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• The new life of Craig Quinnell, the 25st giant who doesn't care what people said

  12-06-2020 18:21 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  He took the flak he received during his playing career as a sign of respect
  
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• How the support bubble will work in England and the rules in Wales

  12-06-2020 18:06 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson announced adults living alone and single parents could meet another household indoors
  
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• Uber say face masks mandatory for all passengers from Monday

  12-06-2020 17:58 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  If people refuse they can be banned from the app
  
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• Large trees chopped down on Llandaff Fields for new townhouses

  12-06-2020 17:58 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The felling of the trees has sparked anger from those who use the park
  
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• Lockdown restrictions in Wales could be eased next week, says First Minister - Daily Post

  12-06-2020 17:56 via dailypost.co.uk
  
  Lockdown restrictions in Wales could be eased next week, says First Minister  Daily Post
  
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• Further education colleges in Wales re-open on Monday, June 15 - this is what's happening - Wales Online

  12-06-2020 17:56 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Further education colleges in Wales re-open on Monday, June 15 - this is what's happening  Wales Online
  
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• Boris Johnson - 'shameful' that statue of Sir Winston Churchill at risk

  12-06-2020 17:56 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has spoken out after the memorial was boarded up
  
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• John Lewis and Matalan are urgently recalling these homeware and clothing items

  12-06-2020 17:53 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  The stores are asking customers to return items due to concerns about quality
  
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• FE colleges in Wales open on Monday - this is what's happening

  12-06-2020 17:41 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Some learners have had assessments cancelled until next year
  
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• Jobs at risk as south Wales coalmining site faces closure - The Guardian

  12-06-2020 17:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Jobs at risk as south Wales coalmining site faces closure  The Guardian
  
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• Five pupils in a classroom, one year group a day... how Wales' schools will look when they reopen on June 29 - Wales Online

  12-06-2020 17:32 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Five pupils in a classroom, one year group a day... how Wales' schools will look when they reopen on June 29  Wales Online
  
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• Driver killed after attempting to overtake 'probably six' cars at once - Wales Online

  12-06-2020 17:32 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  Driver killed after attempting to overtake 'probably six' cars at once  Wales Online
  
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• Education minister writes to teachers and staff to ease fears on reopening

  12-06-2020 17:25 via walesonline.co.uk
  
  “I know that many of you will be slightly wary about a return to school. This has been, and continues to be, a stressful time.
  
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