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How to balance buying novelty items with ones that offer repeated play - long after the Christmas tree has come down.
IT’S magical to see the delight on children’s faces as they open their presents on Christmas Day.
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December 11, 2025
Western Mail
Tidy! Gavin & Stacey's maroon bus is up for sale at £200,000
IF you can tolerate “fags and weed” but draw the line at harder stuff while you are driving then a) you're a massive Gavin & Stacey fan and b) you might be interested in some top class memorabilia that has just come on the market.
2 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Mail
Plea to only use A&E if it's truly life-threatening
Emergency departments across hospital sites in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire including Glangwili Hospital are experiencing significant pressure, a spokesperson has said.
1 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Mail
'I'm fortunate to be here and know that every day is precious'
A former nurse tells PA reporter Camilla Foster how she went in ‘guns blazing’ to fight cancer
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December 11, 2025
Western Mail
Noise at 'sleeps 34' Airbnb prompts investigation
> Prestwich-based Sol Roberts of Rhos on Sea Limited has applied to the council's planning department seeking a “certificate of lawfulness” for the existing use of the former Rhos on Sea Methodist Church “as a short- term commercial holiday let”
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December 11, 2025
Western Mail
£145k fake cigarettes and tobacco haul in van
POLICE officers discovered a huge haul of counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco in the back of a van after stopping it to check whether the driver had insurance.
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December 11, 2025
Western Mail
Mental health care access for U18s soars four-fold in decade
ONE in five young people in the UK now access specialist mental health care by the age of 18 - a dramatic fourfold increase in under two decades.
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December 11, 2025
Western Mail
When do parents know it's as good as it gets?
DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR A FIRST TIME DAD OF TWINS
2 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Mail
'We cannot treat our way out of this growing mental health crisis'
Without ringfenced prevention funding, Wales can’t tackle its mental health crisis, argues Alexa Knight, Director of Policy and Influencing at Mental Health Foundation
3 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Mail
'Whole village said sorry for SOS equipment theft'
DIY SOS host Nick Knowles has said the whole of a Welsh village came out to apologise after a “negative incident” on their latest project.
2 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Mail
Sash window firm sale trebles BGF’s £18m investment
CARMARTHENSHIRE sash window manufacturer Victorian Sliders is under new ownership after a £60m deal.
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December 11, 2025
Western Mail
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
3 min |
December 11, 2025
Western Mail
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.
1 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
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.
2 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
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.
2 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
Woman took overdose to end her life, coroner says
A WOMAN took her own life by overdosing on paracetamol and other drugs.
1 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
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.
3 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
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
Western Mail
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
Western Mail
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
Western Mail
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\".
1 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
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.
2 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
'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
2 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
'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
Western Mail
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.
2 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
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.
1 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
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
Western Mail
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.
3 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
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.
2 min |
December 10, 2025
Western Mail
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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