Ffion Lewis
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'Significant' risks to patients being discharged from mental health wards in Welsh health board
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has made 40 recommendations to the health board after it found 'significant safety concerns' in some areas of the mental health services → Read More
'My kids need me': Mum of four waits three years for surgery to remove a brain tumour
"If I've got a fighting chance, I've got more of a reason to get through it now. My kids need me....I've got a three year old who is a little whirlwind most of the time, but when I've had a seizure, he sits beside me and he calms down.' → Read More
The staggering sums of money obese teenager's parents spent on takeaways as she died upstairs
The parents had over 90 takeaways in the month before their daughter's death → Read More
Live snake found by shocked passer-by on pavement near Welsh train station
RSPCA Cymru is calling on anyone with any information to try and track down the owner of the snake → Read More
Prince and Princess of Wales William and Kate to visit ahead of St David's Day
Details of two engagements have been announced - in Aberavon and Llanelli → Read More
How to get £400 Government energy bills support as nearly a million households to benefit
The payment is aimed at people without a direct relationship with a domestic electricity supplier → Read More
Couple to renew their vows as terminal brain cancer means husband can't remember wedding day
Kirsty and Wayne Chorlton got married in 2015 after he was first diagnosed with cancer → Read More
The people most wanted by police in Wales right now
They are wanted for a range of alleged crimes from arson to assault and being recalled to prison among other offences → Read More
Police and Welsh Government to stop using CCTV cameras linked to China, reports say
The cameras are thought to be used by three Welsh police forces → Read More
Funeral held for Clare Drakeford, wife of Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford
Politicians and family members gathered in Cardiff on Thursday, February 16 for the funeral of Clare Drakeford, the wife of Wales' First Minister who died suddenly in January 2023, aged 71. Mark Drakeford and family attended the private ceremony at Thornhill Crematorium. Mark and Clare Drakeford were married in 1977 and have three children together. The couple were living in Cardiff at the time… → Read More
Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scottish first minister
The Scottish National Party leader will give a press conference at her official residence Bute House in Edinburgh at 11am. → Read More
Sir Tom Jones sells out Cardiff Castle gig in 10 minutes and tickets for extra date snapped up too
An extra date added to cope with demand has also sold out → Read More
Crowd belts out Yma O Hyd to roar Gerwyn Price on to Premier League darts win in Cardiff
The crowd support was a welcome change from taunting jeers the Welshman usually faces → Read More
Huge cannabis factory discovered in former mattress shop with 'mature plants' weighing more than 220kg
A man has been arrested after a huge cannabis factory was discovered in a former mattress shop in Aberkenfig, Bridgend. Police discovered more than 140 "mature" Class B plants from an address in Bridgend Road, Aberkenfig, after intelligence from a neighbourhood policing team. Photos from the raid show a large room filled with plants which were being controlled by climbers made from a bamboo cane… → Read More
Young man dies in fall off Welsh mountain after rock breaks away
A team of 12 rescuers tirelessly searched for Jack Carne's body after the tragedy → Read More
Nicola Bulley search area becoming 'morbid tourist destination', locals claim
Friends have asked people not to crowd into the village → Read More
Met Office issues yellow weather warning for part of Wales
There will be "freezing fog patches" across parts of the region with visibility as low as 50m in places → Read More
First look inside Wales Millennium Centre's new inclusive cabaret bar
Cabaret is part of Wales Millennium Centre’s ongoing transformation into a creative hub. → Read More
The major stratospheric warming the Met Office says will affect UK weather in late February
The forecaster has said that a major sudden stratospheric warming will affect weather in the UK at the end of the month → Read More
Body of woman found in house in Cwmbran
A 69-year-old was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, they have since been released under investigation → Read More