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South Wales Echo
WRU to serve two-year notice on all four regions
THE Welsh Rugby Union is poised to trigger notice on the Professional Rugby Agreement 2025 as soon as the Ospreys and Scarlets sign the deal, a move that would clear the path for a controversial reduction from four professional teams to three.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Family hid in fear as gang smashed into their home
A TERRIFIED mother and children had to barricade themselves in a bedroom as a gang invaded their home, a court heard.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
First Minister grilled on health at his first FMQs
SENEDD Members pressed the First Minister over the state of the health service in Wales as the Plaid Cymru leader faced his inaugural First Minister’s Questions.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Nienaber questions his future at Leinster
JACQUES Nienaber has cast doubt on his Leinster future after claiming he does not feel valued by the media and fans in Ireland.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Bellamy still keen to meet with Spurs boss De Zerbi
WALES boss Craig Bellamy still harbours ambitions to visit Tottenham's Hotspur Way training ground to spend time learning from their head coach Roberto De Zerbi.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Cooper’s China mission
YVETTE Cooper accused opponents of “cancel culture” foreign policy, as she defended the Labour Government's warming relations with China on a three-day diplomatic visit to Asia.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Mortgage approvals jump to 15-month high despite war
MORTGAGE approvals made a surprise jump to a 15-month high in April, despite continued signs that the economic chaos caused by the Iran war is shaking confidence in the property market.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Government to consult on exploitative contracts ban
THE UK Government has launched a consultation on plans to end exploitative zero-hours contracts, which it says will help deliver reforms to benefit more than 18 million workers who face uncertainty over their weekly hours and earnings.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
From boxing rings and Olympic rings to wedding rings for star Lauren
OLYMPIC gold medalist and boxing world champion Lauren Price has married her partner Carlie Jones at a stunning ceremony.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Effects of Ukraine war are all too real
OH dear, oh dear, It seems that Reform UK are stuck in electioneering mode with their facile calls to take down the flag of Ukraine outside the Senedd because “people want politicians to focus on bread-and-butter issues”.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Gone By could be centre stage at Ripon meeting
RALPH Beckett's Gone By has the potential to be the star attraction of the evening fixture at Ripon.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Reds top shirt sponsor league
LIVERPOOL have the most valuable front-of-shirt sponsorship deal in the Premier League, a new fair market report has revealed.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
'No plans' to change Union flag policy
THE Union flag will continue to fly outside Welsh Government buildings despite the First Minister's ambitions for independence.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Trans people are valued, minister tells the Senedd
A WELSH Government cabinet minister said transgender people are a “valued part of communities in Wales” and should be protected from discrimination and harassment in the wake of new guidance on single-sex spaces.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Big man Bradley is following in the footsteps of one of his rugby heroes Roberts
PERHAPS unsurprisingly for a centre standing at 6ft 4ins, Bryn Bradley has always looked up to Jamie Roberts as one of his rugby heroes.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Kim shares video with Hamilton
KIM KARDASHIAN appeared to take a tumble during a bike ride with Lewis Hamilton as she made their romance Instagram official.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Grandfather in handcuffs drives off from police
A CRIMINAL managed to speed away from police after being handcuffed and was caught on bodyworn police camera driving off with his car doors wide open.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Farm appeal is dismissed
AN APPEAL against refusal of a development at a Merthyr Tydfil farm has been dismissed.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Newly opened active travel route on path to success
THE last section of a new 10km walking and cycling route has opened.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Carter and Walsh honoured in end-of-season URC awards
DRAGONS and Wales lock Ben Carter and Ospreys utility back Jack Walsh have picked up United Rugby Championship awards.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Good grief, that's real deja view
DON'T worry if you failed to catch episode one of this new thriller, which went out last night. You didn’t miss much. I don’t mean it was bad. No, I enjoyed it. It’s a good, edgy story, with lots of familiar faces in the cast. I do love a familiar face.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Beard set to switch clubs in France
ADAM Beard could be on the move again just a year after leaving Wales, with reports in France claiming the lock is being lined up by Top 14 side Lyon.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
#42,000 drug dealer is ordered to repay just #1
A FORMER boxer who was involved in the supply of commercial levels of amphetamine and street levels of cocaine has been ordered to pay back just #1 despite benefiting by more than #42,000.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Prison officer felt ‘snap and crack’ during assault
A SERVING prisoner left a prison officer with a fractured spine after he began kicking out while complaining about conditions at the jail.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Twin Peaks actor dies suddenly at 44 as family describe 'great shock'
ACTOR Owain Rhys Davies, best known for his roles in Twin Peaks: The Return and The OA, has been remembered as a ‘remarkable talent’ after his death at the age of 44.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
Former head of Police Federation bailed in fraud investigation
THE former head of the Police Federation of England and Wales and two other suspects with links to the organisation have been re-bailed until September.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
IOPC will report on Nowak case
A POLICE watchdog probe into how officers responded to the “horrifying” murder of Henry Nowak will report back within the next three months, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
BLUEBIRDS FACE FIGHT TO BRING KELLYMAN BACK FOR NEXT TERM
CARDIFF City face a major fight to bring Omari Kellyman back to the club after Chelsea decided the highly-rated youngster will spend next season out on loan once again.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
PM uses 'disappearing messages' in WhatsApp
SIR Keir Starmer’s messages on WhatsApp automatically delete - meaning conversations with Lord Peter Mandelson on the system may have been lost.
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June 03, 2026
South Wales Echo
“I was nervous what we would find - but you can't change the past”
Who Do You Think You Are? follows some of our favourite stars discovering their family’s deepest, darkest secrets. In the new series, Strictly Come Dancing’s Amy Dowden uncovers shocking secrets about a murder in her family and a tragic connection to her great-grandmother. Indigo Jones sat down with Amy to chat about her emotional time filming and her Welsh roots
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