An RAF helicopter has burst on fire on a Snowdonia summit after being compelled to land as a result of a mechanical issue. An air ambulance was sent to the location, along with a coastguard helicopter. All five occupants who were on board the instruction helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey have been declared safe […]
Wales News
HIV diagnosis reaches 15-year-high in Wales
Health experts want more to be done to curb the number of people contracting HIV after figures showed diagnosis in Wales reached a 15-year high. There were 189 positive tests in 2014, according to newly released figures which relates to data from STI clinics. Giving out free condoms and prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep) for those […]
Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn ‘confident’ of support in Wales
Jeremy Corbyn says he is “very confident” there is support in Wales for his bid to retain the Labour leadership. Mr Corbyn, who is being challenged by Pontypridd MP Owen Smith, visited Merthyr Tydfil and will go to Swansea on Friday. They took part in the first hustings of the leadership contest in Cardiff on […]
Welsh universities consider scholarships for refugees
Some Welsh universities are planning to offer scholarships to refugees. Aberystwyth University is discussing proposals for five scholarships, and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David said it had made commitments for a similar scheme. Cardiff University already offers financial help to asylum seekers. Mohammed Al Hadj Ali, chairman of the Syrian Welsh Society, said […]
Princess of Wales Hospital nurses struck off over faked results
Three Princess of Wales Hospital nurses who falsified blood sugar readings of vulnerable patients have been struck off. Lauro Bertulano, Natalie Jones and Rebecca Jones, who worked at Bridgend’s Princess of Wales Hospital, pleaded guilty to wilful neglect in 2015. Two were jailed and another handed a community order by Cardiff Crown Court. Now they […]
Welsh language target of one million speakers by 2050
A drive to almost double the number of Welsh speakers to one million by 2050 will be unveiled by the first minister at the National Eisteddfod. Carwyn Jones will stress the workplace, family, schools and the planning process as the key areas for action. Alun Davies, minister for the Welsh language, admitted it was a […]
Labour leadership contenders ‘could not win General Election’
Neither contender for the Labour leadership could win a General Election with their current agenda, a party councillor for 30 years has said. Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith will take part in the first live debate of the leadership contest on Thursday. Russell Goodway, the former leader of both South Glamorgan and Cardiff councils, said […]
Kelsey Davies, 6, praised for Alltwen house fire rescue
A fire rescue by six-year-old girl has been praised for saving the life of her mother and two brothers in a house fire in Neath Port Talbot on Wednesday. Kelsey Davies was the first to be alerted to the fire which broke out at the family home in Alltwen, near Pontardawe, at 01:40 BST. She […]
Amina Al-Jeffery: Father disputes ‘locked up’ daughter claim
Amina Al-Jeffery – A father accused of imprisoning his daughter in Saudi Arabia said he was “trying to help” her, a court was told. Mohammed Al-Jeffery says he took Amina Al-Jeffery, 21, from Swansea to Jeddah in 2012 to “save her life”. The dual British and Saudi Arabian national wants to return to the UK […]
Boy, 4, dies in Alltwen house fire and three in hospital
A four-year-old boy has died following a house fire in Neath Port Talbot. Fire crews were called to the property in Lon Tanyrallt, Alltwen, near Pontardawe, at 01:40 BST on Wednesday. Jac Davies was rescued from an upstairs bedroom but died at the scene. His three-year-old brother was also rescued and taken to Swansea’s Morriston […]