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Health board has longest waits in Wales – government report
\"SIGNIFICANT and timely action\" should be taken to reduce waiting times for planned, urgent and emergency care by the north Wales health board, it has been claimed.
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November 01, 2025
Western Mail
Patient left staff member unconscious in mental hospital attack
A MENTAL health patient attacked a fellow hospital resident, leaving him unconscious in a pool of blood with two ligatures wrapped tightly around his neck, a court heard.
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
Just Stop Oil activists cleared of Stonehenge damage
THREE Just Stop Oil activists who took part in a protest in which Stonehenge was sprayed with orange powder have been found not guilty of criminal damage after citing human rights law in their defence.
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
'The path is made by walking'
With an exhibition in Narberth and another opening next Saturday in Cardigan, artist Elizabeth Haines is closing 2025 with a spirit of creativity and communication. She tells Jenny White about the navigation tools for making real art
5 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
'We are hungry' - picking up the pieces after Melissa's destruction
THE rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa and surveyed the damage left behind.
4 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
Whim-win situation as shopper nets £1m on lotto
A PENSIONER has won £1,000,000 on the National Lottery after buying a ticket on a whim while doing his weekly shop.
2 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
This is one of the best spas in Wales
While Portia Jones has several preferred spa escapes (primarily ones that let you have a glass of fizz in the pool), there is a particular waterfront hotel she keeps coming back to repeatedly...
4 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
14-year-old boy dies after crash near farm
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has died following a collision in Carmarthenshire.
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
Why did the polls get by-election so wrong?
Welsh identity is strong in Caerphilly, even by Welsh standards. This should have been factored into polling ahead of the Caerphilly by-election, suggests Paul Whiteley
3 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
The ghost village lost in time accessed through an eerie tunnel
Portia Jones finds nature steadily reclaiming this place as moss creeps over stone and rainwater carves channels through walls that used to house workers
5 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
'A very kind of spiritual experience'
The Charlatans' Tim Burgess reveals how the band returned to Wales' famous Rockfield Studios to record their new album. He speaks to Casey Cooper-Fisk
5 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
MPs blast Ofgem’s ‘completely inadequate’ energy debt response
A CROSS-PARTY group of MPs has criticised Ofgem's plans to tackle growing household bill debt as “completely inadequate”.
1 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
Ex-sergeant major jailed for sex assault on soldier
A FORMER senior noncommissioned army officer who sexually assaulted a teenage soldier who later took her own life has been sentenced to six months in prison.
3 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
Residents 'feel ignored and unsafe' over unofficial bonfire
THE council, the police and the fire service have had to get involved over the sheer volume of a bonfire in a Valleys park.
2 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
Wales stars also back three teams
THREE Wales internationals have backed the WRU's decision to move to three teams, while insisting the governing body must follow through on its plan to improve the pathways to the top for younger players.
3 min |
November 01, 2025
Western Mail
Allen announces West End Girl tour dates – including one in Wales
LILY Allen will bring the tour for her new album, West End Girl, to Wales.
2 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
Roberts: Back three will make difference in an attacking team
RUGBY legend Jamie Roberts has chosen his starting Wales XV for the upcoming autumn internationals.
3 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
Councillor questions carbon reduction policies
A MERTHYR Tydfil councillor has claimed the council does not need to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
School safety fear as parents call for crossing
TWO mothers are campaigning for a zebra crossing outside their children’s school after two pupils were hit by cars in the first week of term.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
Bus strikes planned as drivers walk out over pay
MAJOR disruption is expected across southwest Wales as a series of bus strikes are set to go ahead, following the rejection of a new pay offer by workers at First Cymru.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
Plans for major employment site to boost growth
PLANS for a major employment site in Merthyr Tydfil have been revealed.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
My husband died and I never felt so let down - now I need your help
Ellie James' husband Owain died of a brain tumour and she is campaigning for a law in his memory, called Owain's Law. She recently spoke to MPs in Parliament to explain the law she wants brought in and why she wants it. Here are her words...
5 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
School goes from partial to full mobile phone ban
THE headteacher of a secondary school in Cardiff has said he is going to ban mobile phones after a trial showed pupils at his school without their phones talked to each other more.
2 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
Labour and Plaid groups in Caerphilly looking for new leaders
THE Labour and Plaid Cymru groups in Caerphilly County Borough Council are both preparing to choose new leaders.
1 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
Reddin floats Anglo-Welsh contest
DAVE Reddin has revealed talks have been held between the Welsh Rugby Union and the Rugby Football Union around creating an Anglo-Welsh competition.
2 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
Woman had hole in the front of her heart from gunshot
THE bullet which killed a 40-year-old woman who was shot when she opened the front door to a property went through her heart, into her left lung and lodged between two of her ribs, a court has heard.
2 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
Caribbean left reeling after deadly hurricane
PEOPLE across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa yesterday, as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed.
3 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
More kids to benefit from healthy food scheme
TV STAR BABATUNDE ALÉSHÉ IS HELPING TESCO WITH ITS PLAN TO BRING HEALTHY SNACKS TO CLASSROOMS
3 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
Fear and uncertainty for stall holders at town's historic market
MARKETS hold a particular attraction for traders and shoppers and that certainly seems to be the case in Llanelli, where talk of relocation prompts varying reactions.
5 min |
October 31, 2025
Western Mail
£35m project to ramp up rail services
A LONG-AWAITED upgrade allowing freight trains to be taken off the mainline at Padeswood, Flintshire, is set to unlock more frequent rail services between Wrexham and Bidston, Birkenhead.
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