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CHAMPIONS END EBBW'S STREAK
NEWPORT head coach Ty Morris hailed his side’s fighting spirit after the Super Rygbi Cymru champions ended their five-match losing run with a 12-5 victory over Ebbw Vale in their Gwent derby showdown.
3 min |
October 27, 2025
Western Mail
We need doctors more than ever, yet we are driving doctors away
FROM the first day of medical school, we're told that medicine is a calling. We're told that if we work hard enough and care enough, there will always be a home for us in the NHS. But for hundreds of doctors in Wales, that promise has been broken.
1 min |
October 27, 2025
Western Mail
DRAGONS DENIED IN DERBY STALEMATE
THE Dragons and Ospreys played out a pulsating draw at Rodney Parade on Saturday night, with home fly-half Tinus de Beer agonisingly missing two chances to seal the win late on.
2 min |
October 27, 2025
Western Mail
Prime L&G building on the market for £34.16m
THE prime Hodge House office building in the centre of Cardiff has been put for sale by its owner Legal & General with a £34.16m asking price.
3 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Here's why the 2026 Senedd election will be the most competitive yet
Here, Laura McAllister, professor of Public Policy and Welsh Governance at Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre and Western Mail columnist, casts her expert eye over the state of Welsh politics today — just seven months out from Wales’ day at the polls
7 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Curses, whispers and a demon fly
This is the story of the first Welshwoman excecuted for witchcraft, as told by Mari Ellis Dunning
3 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
WRU hope they've now found a way out of messy situation
WHEN this board took office less than two years ago, in January 2024, we inherited a mess,’ said Richard Collier-Keywood at the start of a Welsh Rugby Union presentation that, including questions from the assembled press, took over 90 minutes.
5 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Llyr Powell disappointed ‘but excited’
REFORM candidate Llyr Powell, pictured below, has responded to his party’s “disappointing” by-election loss in Caerphilly.
2 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
van Zyl rings the changes
CARDIFF head coach Corniel van Zyl has made six changes for tonight's United Rugby Championship clash with Edinburgh at the Arms Park — including handing Ioan Lloyd his first start for the club.
1 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Jac back for derby
WALES captain Jac Morgan will make his first appearance of the season this weekend as he is named on the bench for the Ospreys’ derby against Dragons at Rodney Parade _ tonight (5.30pm).
2 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
UK's 'most beautiful' village has coastal walks, proper pubs and seafood
I'M GOING to go against the grain and say that autumn is my favourite time for a coastal break in Wales.
4 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Western Mail Labour face uphill battle after defeat
THURSDAY night's result has put Labour in an extremely difficult position.
2 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
‘Russia planes in Lithuania space’
RUSSIAN military planes briefly violated Lithuanian airspace on Thursday evening, the country’s president said, condemning what he called a blatant breach of the Nato and EU member's territorial integrity.
1 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Two Door Cinema Club head to Castle
Indie band Two Door Cinema Club are coming to Cardiff Castle in 2026
1 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Weight-loss jabs rollout is paused as Wales not ready
GPs will continue to be blocked from prescribing new weight-loss drugs by the Welsh Government because NHS Wales is not ready for the huge demand.
1 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
I joined queues of people walking up a Welsh mountain – three things ruin it
Portia Jones had come for the sunrise, but says she discovered three things that can spoil even the most epic mountain moment
5 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Retail sales continue to rise for fourth month in row
SALES at UK retailers increased for the fourth consecutive month as the release of the iPhone 17 boosted tech sales, according to official figures.
1 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Pupil's plea to rethink bus changes
A SCHOOLGIRL says her attendance has been massively affected and is the lowest it has ever been because of changes to free school transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf
2 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Triumph puts Caerphilly on the map, says new MS
LAID Cymru’s newest member of the Welsh Parliament said “the world is watching Wales” after the party’s historic by-election victory.
3 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
'Move on' from poor Pisa results, Senedd is told
WALES' education secretary has dismissed the Conservatives' focus on the nation's poor 2022 Pisa scores, telling the Senedd it was “time to move on” from the worst-ever results.
2 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Brave tunnel volunteers wanted
VOLUNTEERS are wanted to enter a tunnel that was left unused for decades.
1 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Starmer welcomes Zelenskyy ahead of meeting
KEIR Starmer met Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of a meeting of leaders at which he will urge allies to increase Ukraine's supply of long-range weapons to strike back at Russia.
1 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Exiles boss brings in new face as he deals with an injury crisis
NEWPORT County manager David Hughes is battling with an injury crisis as he aims to claim a win at Harrogate Town that could lift his team off the bottom of the table.
2 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
A law nobody wanted to defend or enforce
Rhys Carre is back in the Wales squad but the 25-cap rule seems to be on borrowed time, says rugby writer Ben James
4 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Steep hike in national park fees
PARKING charges at a Welsh national park are set to rise by up to 100 per cent.
1 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
First Minister: I’ve spoken to Sir Keir and we need to stand up for Wales
THE First Minister has said she has spoken to Sir Keir Starmer about the future of their party in Wales after the party's humiliation in Caerphilly and admitted: “It was a bad result.”
3 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
'Tracking is important now my family don't live together'
A MAN who tracks his teenage daughter at university said he thinks those who have been critical of him doing so are misguided.
4 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Plaid promises a political reset and new dawn for Wales as Whittle toasts historic victory
Labour, which had held the seat since the Senedd was first established in 1999.
2 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Couple are cleared over gardener's bike death
A COUPLE accused of failing to provide adequate training to a groundsman who was crushed to death by a quad bike have been found not guilty of health and safety breaches.
1 min |
October 25, 2025
Western Mail
Sophiaworks is back at Sophia Gardens this Bonfire Night
THE EVENT HAS SOLD OUT FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS AND HAS BECOME A CARDIFF TRADITION
1 min |