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 […]
School summer holidays could be cut by one week
A proposal has been put forward to shorten the school summer holidays by one week to allow families a week’s break outside of peak times. The aim is to help parents with the cost of School summer holidays which tend to soar during the six-week period between July and September. The school break would be […]
Circuit of Wales: Welsh Government wants more work on plan
Circuit of Wales “Further work is needed” before the Welsh Government is happy to underwrite plans for the £375m Circuit of Wales. Economy Secretary Ken Skates told AMs that at a time of “significant economic uncertainty” due to Brexit, it could not back the plans for the race track in Ebbw Vale in their […]
Adam Price – Parliament must undo Iraq war mistake
Adam Price in the Houses of Parliament said we must “undo” the mistake of the Iraq war, former Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price has said. Writing in the Sunday Times, Mr Price argued for MPs and lords to act against former Prime Minister Tony Blair in the wake of the Chilcot report. He said the […]
Wales Euro 2016: Fans welcome Wales team home in Cardiff
The Wales football team have received a heroes’ welcome in Cardiff after their historic run at Euro 2016. They touched down at Cardiff Airport just after 14:30 BST before boarding an open-top bus at Cardiff Castle. Tens of thousands of fans lined the route to Cardiff City Stadium, where the team played their qualifying matches. […]
Battle of the Somme marked at 100th anniversary
A two-minute silence has been followed to mark the 100th commemoration of the commencement of the Battle of the Somme It occurred at 07:28 BST on Friday and supports gatherings featuring an overnight vigil in Cardiff The struggle in northern France was among the bloodiest of World War One – with 19,240 British soldiers perishing […]
Chase and Status to go wild at Splott Warehouse
Splott Warehouse will swap market stalls for live music as it welcomes electronic duo Chase and Status to the venue this October. The show is the first in a new series of events to be hosted at the warehouse, following the roaring success of the Color Festival earlier this year. You’ll need to wear your […]
It is tea time in Cardiff. The beverage proving hot on the high street
In the high street battle of the beverages – it’s tea time, the turn of tea to strike back. After a decade in which American-style coffee shops became obligatory on every high street, refined tea shops recapturing an earlier era of British elegance are having their revenge. Three new tea houses are soon set to […]
