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Merthyr Express
Tips will never be safe due to 'enormous' cost
THERE will more than likely never be enough funding for the risk posed by disused coal tips in Wales to be taken away, MPs have been told.
2 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Spencer sets sights high after Bath end title wait
BATH captain Ben Spencer declared “the sky’s the limit” after his side ended a 29-year wait for a Premiership title and secured an historic treble with triumph over Leicester at Allianz Stadium.
2 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
'I don't think I will ever be able to go on holiday ever again'
MUM'S TRAUMA AFTER HER PARTNER WAS ESCORTED OFF FLIGHT AFTER LANDING - AND SHE NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN
3 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Arrest after tourist seriously hurt in Thailand
POLICE have reportedly made an arrest after a Welshman suffered a life-threatening head injury while on holiday in Thailand.
2 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Tributes to footballer who has died aged 19
A \"KIND and humble\" footballer has died at the age of 19.
2 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Gatland sees new team hold on for final success
WARREN Gatland's new team Penarol clinched their third Super Rugby Americas crown with a nail-biting 35-34 victory over Dogos XV in a pulsating final at Montevideo's Estadio Charrúa.
1 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
I hid from the world when cancer changed my body until dancing transformed my life...
AFTER being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 37, Rachael Anderson withdrew from the world, overwhelmed by the changes to her body and mind. Looking in the mirror became difficult, and the idea of facing others felt impossible. She certainly never imagined herself as a dancer.
9 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Extended sentence for man who tried to film himself raping teen
A MAN tried to film himself “overpowering” and raping a teenager, a court has heard.
2 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Pensioner refused to move for Wales' new £2bn road
PICTURES show a new £2bn road that curves past a man’s home after he refused to have it knocked down - but did lose his beloved garden.
3 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
'Helping others - the rewards are amazing'
A MAN who gives his spare time to a Pontypridd-based scheme aiming to help others with mental health and wellbeing has spoken about it as part of this month's Volunteers' Week.
2 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Terrorist who attacked police to serve at least 22 years
AN ANTI-ISLAM terrorist who attacked officers with Molotov cocktails and a hatchet outside a police station has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 22 years in prison.
3 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Joy as gates removed following 116-day battle
A COMMUNITY have spoken of their “delight” after huge gates which “cut them off” from the countryside on their doorsteps were removed, following a passionate campaign lasting 116 days.
3 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
'I'M NOT MOVING'
THE MAN WHO RESISTED COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF HIS HOME ON THE ROUTE OF NEW £2bn A465 PAGE 3
1 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Couple had a secret life as heroin and cocaine dealers
A HUSBAND and wife were exposed as drug dealers involved in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine which they kept at an industrial estate unit.
2 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
TAN: BRIAN IS THE PERFECT FIT FOR BLUEBIRDS
CARDIFF City have appointed Brian Barry-Murphy as their manager on a three-year deal.
2 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Man punched and bit his wife and assaulted police officer after wake
A MAN repeatedly punched his wife and bit her on her chest after he became intoxicated while at the wake for his brother's funeral.
1 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Falklands veteran who is helping hundreds of people across Wales
PAUL Bromwell was just 18 years old when he returned home to Wales after four months of harrowing service in the Falklands War.
7 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Attacker had been referred to an anti-terror programme
ALEXANDER Dighton had an “extreme anti-government mindset” and had been referred to an anti-terror programme a year earlier, police said.
1 min |
June 19, 2025
Merthyr Express
Duo take on council youth roles
THE new youth mayor and deputy youth mayor of Merthyr Tydfil have been chosen as the council marks the 15th anniversary of the roles.
1 min |
June 12, 2025
Merthyr Express
Partnership deal is 'on track to create 26,000 jobs' by 2036
COUNCIL chiefs claim the Cardiff region city deal is \"more than on course\" to create 26,000 jobs by 2036 despite delivering 4,335 jobs in the decade to date.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
Merthyr Express
Usk pile misery on struggling Swansea
USK are the new leaders of the South Wales Premier League.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
Merthyr Express
Free school meals offer under review
THE free school meal offer to children in Wales is under review, the Welsh Government has confirmed.
1 min |
June 12, 2025
Merthyr Express
Hundreds of parents fined for not sending their children to school
MORE than 500 parents were fined across Wales last term for not sending their children to school, with more than 100 prosecutions.
5 min |
June 12, 2025
Merthyr Express
Becoming an 'honorary Merthyr girl'
Actor Steve Speirs takes Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones on a tour of his home town, Merthyr Tydfil, in a film showcasing all there is to love about the place. Rachel Davis reports
4 min |
June 12, 2025
Merthyr Express
'Ethan was family to me - I don't think that space in my life will ever be filled'
BEST FRIEND OF MAN WHO DIED IN QUAD BIKE COLLISION PAYS TRIBUTE AS BALLOONS RELEASED IN HIS MEMORY
4 min |
June 12, 2025
Merthyr Express
Reform UK recruits Merthyr councillors
REFORM UK leader Nigel Farage used a keynote speech in Wales to announce that two more Welsh councillors have defected.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
Merthyr Express
GLAM FEEL THE FORCE OF SHARKS BITE
Asa Tribe's knock gave Glamorgan's total a degree of respectability
1 min |
June 12, 2025
Merthyr Express
'I had £3 in the bank and no clue how I'd manage'
Charmaine Walsh is a food bank support manager and has shared some of the situations that people who use food banks find themselves in. She speaks to local democracy reporter Anthony Lewis
3 min |
June 12, 2025
Merthyr Express
Housing estate to be transformed with rebuild plans
AN APPLICATION for 150 houses as part of plans to regenerate what was once the largest public sector housing scheme in Wales could be submitted this month.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
Merthyr Express
UK's busiest immigration enforcement team seeing rise in arrests
A QUEUE of customers are turned away at Red Hot Goodies Chinese takeaway in Blackwood as frantic shouting in Mandarin is heard behind the curtain which separates the front desk from the kitchen that leads to a modest, cramped apartment upstairs.
7 min |