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Anaemic growth adds to budgetary pressure

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has been put under further pressure ahead of next month's Budget after official figures showed muted growth in August following a surprise contraction in July.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025
Western Mail

Western Mail

MI5 chief 'frustrated' by Chinese spy case fiasco

EMBASSY DECISION POSTPONED

3 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Galbraith ready for the Prem... but he's staying at Swans, says boss Sheehan

ALAN Sheehan agrees Ethan Galbraith is ready for the Premier League - but insists Swansea City have no intention of selling him any time soon.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025
Western Mail

Western Mail

Thousands to sue over talc asbestos allegations

THOUSANDS of people are taking legal action against pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, claiming it knowingly sold asbestos-contaminated talcum powder in the UK.

2 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Western Mail Immigration a hot topic ahead of poll

WHEN our Political editor Ruth Mosalski asked Llyr Powell, the Reform UK candidate in the Caerphilly by-election, what the biggest issue was that he heard about on doorsteps, he immediately answered immigration.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

College’s £2m grant to develop city library

A £2M GRANT has been awarded to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD) to transform one of Cardiff's historic buildings, the Old Library, into a new centre for education and the arts.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Lawlor a doubt for the Bluebirds' clash against the Royals

DYLAN Lawlor has emerged as an injury doubt for Cardiff City's clash with Reading tomorrow after suffering a groin injury while on international duty with Wales.

3 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Violinist’s passion for Welsh music to put composer centre stage

A WORLD-RENOWNED violinist aims to help bring the music of an “unjustly neglected” Welsh composer back to life.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Biomass site could be razed to ground

AN INCINERATOR that was at the centre of a major planning row could soon be knocked down.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Independence campaigners set to march on streets of town

PEOPLE from across Wales are expected to fill the streets of Rhyl tomorrow as the town hosts the next march for independence.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Former Wales trio join Tandy's coaching team

FORMER Wales stars Dan Lydiate, Rhys Patchell and Duncan Jones will join Steve Tandy's coaching group for the upcoming autumn campaign on an interim basis.

2 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

EU unveils plan to defend against Russian attack

THE European Union has laid out a plan aimed at ensuring that Europe can defend itself against outside attack by the end of the decade as concern mounts that Russia is already probing the bloc’s defences.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Council plans to shut four schools

FOUR primary schools in Carmarthenshire face potential closure, a new report has said.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Poll in Labour heartland sees party lose its support ahead of by-election

A POLL specifically of people in Caerphilly has shown a jaw-dropping result could be on the cards at the by-election taking place next week.

2 min  |

October 17, 2025
Western Mail

Western Mail

Scarlets sign two to avert lock crisis

THE Scarlets have responded to a second-row injury crisis by signing two players on a short-term loan deal.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025
Western Mail

Western Mail

'A force for good, not just a business'

NE of Wales’ leading independent work-based learning providers has celebrated 30 years of trading in which time it has delivered more than 20,000 apprenticeships.

2 min  |

October 17, 2025
Western Mail

Western Mail

WE'RE LIVING IT LARGE

PATRICIA WOODING GETS LOST ROAMING THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CRUISE SHIP ON ITS FIRST PASSENGER VOYAGE

5 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

BBC boss backs licence fee evasion prosecutions

BBC boss Tim Davie has backed the prosecution of people who evade the TV licence fee, following calls for it to be decriminalised.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

New faces drafted in for Fishlock’s farewell to Wales

> Jess Fishlock will play her final match for Wales against Australia

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

PM silent on if he'll campaign in town

WITH less than a week to go until the by-election in Caerphilly, the Prime Minister has failed to answer why he hasn't been there campaigning.

2 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Casualty airlifted from tanker as RNLI aids rescue

RESCUE teams sprang into action after a person was reported “not breathing” aboard a tanker 22 nautical miles off the coast of west Wales.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Life inside 'soul-crushing’ office where staff worked long hours below minimum wage

After being caught in a sting, Zaafir Jamal’s career in direct sales looked over. Then he turned up in a new office where young people were manipulated using many of the same tactics that first landed him in disgrace. Investigations editor Conor Gogarty

6 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Public support for green energy high

Most Welsh voters back greener energy sources such as solar, according to a survey

2 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Husband tells court he saw wife stab herself with knife

A FORMER Wales under-18s coach accused of murdering his wife has given an emotional testimony on his account of events that took place on the night she died, telling a court “I tried to stop her,’ whilst admitting he hid his jumper stained in her blood in the loft.

4 min  |

October 17, 2025
Western Mail

Western Mail

Labour minister rows back on previous position on HS2

Appearing to read from a script, the life peer added: “Heavy rail is reserved in Wales, so that any heavy rail scheme the department delivers should always be classified as England and Wales when the formula is applied, which includes HS2.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

Welsh runner dies 100 metres from race finish line

A YOUNG Welsh runner died after collapsing just 100 metres from a half marathon finish line.

1 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

More than 730 officers sacked from service

MORE than 730 police officers were sacked and barred from returning to the service last year, figures show.

2 min  |

October 17, 2025

Western Mail

'Amazing' man died more than 20 years after attacker left him for dead

A \"BRUTAL assault\" at a train station which nobody has ever been brought to justice for contributed to a man's death in a care home almost 23 years later, an inquest heard.

3 min  |

October 16, 2025

Western Mail

Music scheme is 'changing lives'

A WELSH Government minister has praised a pioneering music scheme that's transformed access to music lessons for thousands of children.

2 min  |

October 16, 2025

Western Mail

Zip World urged to tone down screams of thrills for new attraction

ZIP World adrenaline-seekers screams of “terror and thrill” need to be mitigated if plans for a new ride at the Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda, site goes ahead.

3 min  |

October 16, 2025