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“A brilliant response” - pleased to report that Viv Jones says he’s experienced a great reaction to his decision to speak publicly about what he experienced 60 years ago in Aberfan
A new extended YouTube version of our interview ⬇️
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‘Ever year she wrote the names of the children in the back of her diary’
Sioned Williams giving an emotional account of her aunt Hettie - one of the Aberfan school teachers who managed to get her class to safety
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As Wales marks the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, Denise Morgan remembers the hours spent waiting for news about her nine-year-old sister, Annette, who was among the 144 people who died.
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People are already beginning to line the streets of Aberfan as we get ready to observe the 2-minute silence at 9:15 in memory of those who were lost.
Very disturbing incident in Bridgend:
Police have confirmed a 47-year-old woman was found crashed into a wall on Monday.
She was discovered with injuries 'unrelated to the collision'.
A 61-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder last night after a significant...
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The Prime Minister has visited Aberfan, and spoken to survivors and families, ahead of the 60th anniversary of the disaster on Wednesday.
116 children and 28 children were killed when 150,000 tonnes of coal waste engulfed Pantglas Junior School in 1966.
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North Wales Police say a postmortem examination of a newborn baby girl found dead in Bangor on Sunday indicate she may have been in the water for "up to a few weeks".
Searches for the mother, out of concern for her wellbeing, are ongoing.
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Reform say their member Jason O'Connell's const. offices in Pontypridd have been attacked.
They say this follows attacks on the offices of two other members. Four attacks in four months.
The party says it's calling on the Senedd Commission to do more to ensure members' safety.
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Five people have been handed a more than eighty-year sentence - after an investigation into a trafficking ring in North Wales.
The grooming gang is said to have preyed on girls in Rhyl between 2022 and 2024.
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Arrest footage and police interviews of grooming gang jailed today for more than 80 years for their targeting and abuse of three girls in Rhyl, North Wales.
The four men are described as dangerous predators who preyed on vulnerable, underage girls.
A grooming gang in Rhyl, North Wales has been jailed for a combined 81 years for grooming and sexually exploiting three vulnerable girls.
Helen Jenner confirms she ran against @jason_oco in the ballot for leader but insists her party is unified behind her.
This as rumours of a split in the party along these lines are already circling hours later.
Nigel Farage says he has ‘full confidence’ in Helen Jenner - will it be third time lucky for the Reform UK leader?
Helen Jenner confirmed to @LBCNewsWales that two candidates stood to be leader - her and member for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr Jason O'Connell. But ultimately she won.
Could this cause a split in the party going forward? She says not, insisting Reform Wales is united behind her.
Nigel Farage will announce Reform’s new Wales leader today.
Helen Jenner, Senedd member for Bangor Conwy Mon, is believed to be the pick.
Mohammed Ramzan, 76 from Newport, has denied seven historical offences relating to the alleged sexual abuse and rape of children by a grooming gang operating in South Wales.
He's one of 9 men accused of group-based child abuse of eight children in the 1980s-1990s.
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At Cardiff Crown Court today, he denied two counts of rape, three of indecent assault, one of aiding and abetting rape and one of procuring a woman for prostitution.
Ramzan is expected to stand trial with others in January 2028.
He was released on conditional bail.
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