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Stone caused five-year-old boy's mini-motorbike crash death

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy died after a stone became caught in the engine of the mini motorcycle he was driving, an inquest heard today. Jake Wilson, from...

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Swansea schools face deficit of up to £350,000

Schools in Swansea face a six-figure deficit in their budgets, sparking concern over class sizes.

SOME Swansea schools will have to make savings of more than £350,000 because of a drop in education funding. Fears have been raise...

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Students 'use Townhill streets like a giant car park'

Residents Peter Harris and Raulph Tadman AH150310-a-001

SWANSEA students are using the streets of Townhill as a giant car park, residents claim. Fed-up members of the community say that durin...

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Two men killed in high speed motorcycle crash may have been trying to avoid a dog

Matthew Jenkins

TWO Llanelli men who died in a horror motorcycle smash in Thailand may have been trying to avoid a dog, an inquest has heard. Matthew...

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'£6m flooding fix fund disappears down drain'

PLANS to invest up to £6 million towards new storm water drains in Llanelli have been scaled back after Ofwat forced Welsh Water to cut household bills, it has been claimed. Plaid...

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Planning a brighter future for rundown area of Swansea

Plans for a bright future.

THIS is how a rundown area of Swansea city centre could look within the next few years. Design plans have gone in to the council for a...

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'Rent boy scandal' probe - Swansea judge remains suspended

Judge Gerald Price

A JUDGE who allegedly had a relationship with a £250- a-night rent boy remains suspended — nine months after an investigatio...





 

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'we'll take it up with uefa'

'we'll take it up with uefa'

PAULO Sousa is considering complaining to Uefa over Swansea City's treatment by referees after yet another big call went against them last night....

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Futures are on the line, warns Wales boss

WALES will bring their sorry Six Nations campaign to a close on Saturday with Warren Gatland warning that jobs could be on the line. The New Zealander has responded to the defeat by Ireland...

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Jones pencilled in for derby day return

THE Scarlets are hopeful Dafydd Jones will return for an Easter derby with the Ospreys after the influential flanker's comeback was again put on hold. Head coach Nigel Davies had been hoping...

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Wales eyeing the scalp of under-strength Boks

WALES plan to take full advantage if South Africa's lukewarm attitude to this summer's rugby Test in Cardiff sees them send an under-strength line-up to the Millennium Stadium. The match on...

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Fledgling Tom is flying in to make history

Fledgling Tom   is flying in to  make history

TOM Prydie was due to fly to Scotland this week for an Under-18s game in Melrose — instead he will run out in front of 74,000...

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Boy, 5, took 4x4 on four-mile 'joyride'

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy took his family's automatic 4x4 on a four-mile "joyride" today before crashing it into a wall, it has been disclosed. Traffic...

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Coronation Street star abused me for years, says wife

Bruce Jones who played Les Battersby in Coronation Street

THE wife of former Coronation Street star Bruce Jones told a court today he subjected her to years of drink-fuelled physical and emotio...


Tributes paid to soldiers killed in blast

Lance Corporal Scott Hardy

TRIBUTES were paid today to two British soldiers killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Scott Hardy and Private James...

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Kidnap boy Sahil Saeed reunited with his father

Kidnap boy Sahil Saeed reunited with his father

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy freed by kidnappers after his family paid a £110,000 ransom was reunited with his father today. Sahil Saeed,...

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'I'd read the news naked', Sian Williams tells tax tribunal

'I'd read the news naked', Sian Williams tells tax tribunal

BBC Breakfast host Sian Williams has claimed she would be happy to present her TV show naked – but her bosses would not let her....

















 
 

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