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Meet the headteacher using AI to improve attendance
Improving attendance has always been a challenge for schools. But what if you could use AI to stop absenteeism before it even happens? Huw Powell, head of Mary Immaculate High School in Cardiff, explains how an innovative new approach is getting results
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December 11, 2025
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Drug driver overtook car on a blind bend
A DRUG-DRIVER left three people injured after he dangerously overtook a car on a blind bend and crashed his own car in a hedge.
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December 10, 2025
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Wales on yellow alert for more Storm Bram chaos
THE Met Office issued a fresh yellow wind warning for much of Wales as Storm Bram brought further strong winds to large parts of Wales yesterday evening.
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December 10, 2025
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Murder accused was 'muppet that knocked the door'
A WOMAN accused of murdering a mother who was killed after being shot in the heart at pointblank range claims she was threatened with a gun to knock on the door answered by the victim.
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December 10, 2025
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Woman took overdose to end her life, coroner says
A WOMAN took her own life by overdosing on paracetamol and other drugs.
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December 10, 2025
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Wales' best XV for the Six Nations now as missing stars set to come back in
THE dust has settled on Wales' autumn campaign, with players already back in European action for their clubs.
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December 10, 2025
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Western Mail Budget deal is good news for Joe Public
LABOUR has avoided a potentially humiliating budget failure by agreeing a deal with Plaid Cymru.
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December 10, 2025
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UK working on Ukraine peace, Starmer insists
SIR Keir Starmer has told his Cabinet the “stakes remain high” but the UK is continuing to work with “all its partners” to secure peace in Ukraine, as Donald Trump castigated European leaders’ failure to end the war.
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December 10, 2025
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Fuchs: 'Only players who want to make a difference will play'
CHRISTIAN FUCHS says only players who “want to make a difference for the club” will earn a place in the starting XI after Newport County crashed out of the FA Cup at Boreham Wood on Sunday, writes Andrew Penman.
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December 10, 2025
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Plan for 'eyesore' mast turned down after public anger
PEOPLE living in a Welsh seaside town dubbed Britain's best have won a battle against a giant 75ft phone mast after it was called a \"gargantuan eyesore\".
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December 10, 2025
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Free digital training for thousands in cash boost
A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND multi-million-pound government fund is to give thousands of consumers free digital training to help them find cheaper deals online.
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December 10, 2025
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'Grandfather's early death shows why we need a change in the law'
Cancer Research UK ambassador is backing efforts to raise the age of sale of tobacco in Wales, meaning young people will never be legally sold cigarettes
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December 10, 2025
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'More still to come' from favourite Jubilee Express
HERE could be more to come from Coral Welsh Grand National favourite Jubilee Express according to Sam Thomas, who is eyeing a second triumph in Chepstow's main event this month.
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December 10, 2025
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Christmas tree ‘must be one of worst in Britain’
PEOPLE in a Welsh city centre have criticised a giant Christmas tree erected by the city council, with one saying he thought it could be the worst tree in the country.
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December 10, 2025
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Japan issues alert in aftermath of earthquake
JAPAN was assessing damage and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5-magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities.
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December 10, 2025
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Halfpenny set to make his playing return with Cardiff
LEIGH HALFPENNY is set to make his topflight rugby return this weekend and play for Cardiff for the first time in more than 11 years.
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December 10, 2025
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Learning assistant barred from working in schools
A SCHOOL learning support assistant (LSA) who told pupils he had a gun at home, had killed people and had the military codename “Kill Switch” has been struck off and barred from working in schools or FE colleges in Wales for at least two years.
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December 10, 2025
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Residents call for council to speed up on A40 safety
PEOPLE living close to “Wales’ most dangerous junction” are frustrated at delays in making it safer, according to a local councillor.
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December 10, 2025
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New sound therapy offers hope to people with ringing and buzzing in their ears
A NEW sound therapy could help the millions of people in the UK who suffer from ringing in their ears.
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December 10, 2025
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Bale reveals family issue led to his decision to retire
GARETH BALE has revealed a family health issue ultimately pushed him to announce his shock retirement from football at just 33.
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December 10, 2025
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Plan for fourth national park is branded a £4m 'ego project'
WREXHAM councillors have branded plans for a new national park a “£4m ego project” as they said there would be “no blank cheque” to fund the scheme.
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December 10, 2025
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Police hunt for pregnant woman
POLICE are searching for a pregnant woman who has been missing for more than a week.
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December 10, 2025
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Queen welcomes survivors of economic abuse
THE Queen has met members of a charity dedicated to raising awareness of economic abuse and heard powerful stories from women affected by the issue.
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December 10, 2025
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'Police must investigate corruption allegations in Welsh NHS'
POLICE should be asked to investigate allegations of corruption within the Welsh NHS, the Welsh Conservatives have said.
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December 10, 2025
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Risk assessment
WHEN we talk about risk, it’s usually to do with risky behaviour - climbing scaffolding while drunk, driving without a seatbelt on, leaving your front door wide open to thieves.
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December 10, 2025
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Pam's best Gavin & Stacey scene
ALISON Steadman has revealed her favourite Gavin & Stacey scene.
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December 10, 2025
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Senedd in crackdown on tobacco and vapes
SENEDD members last night agreed a new law which will stop tobacco being sold to people born on or after January 1, 2009.
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December 10, 2025
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TV presenter awarded with OBE after sharing domestic abuse story
WELSH TV presenter Ruth Dodsworth has been awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by King Charles III during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle.
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December 10, 2025
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Covid symptoms are adding to the pain of cold and flu season
As the winter cold and flu season hits its stride, Neil Shaw finds out more about common symptoms and how to manage them
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December 10, 2025
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Woman who put gran in hospital after attack at wake is spared prison
A GRANDMOTHER who said she thought she was \"going to die\" when she was brutally attacked by a pregnant woman at a funeral wake has told how she is \"disgusted\" by her attacker's sentence.
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