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Twelve-year-old Tamika Hezzell is being hailed as a “little hero” after rescuing her drowning friend from the sea by her hair. The incident occurred at Pensarn Beach in Abergele, North Wales, when Tamika and her fourteen-year-old friend, Sofia-Ann McKenna, were paddling in the water and suddenly lost their footing due to a rapidly incoming tide. As they were swept away, …

Temperatures are expected to hit 36C on Thursday, with the Met Office extending its current red extreme heat warning.Leading to the hottest June night. It is now set to end at 23:59 on Thursday night. A yellow thunderstorm warning is also in place for a large part of Wales for the early hours of Friday. The warning is in place …

Tata Steel who closed its furnaces recently and Sioned Williams, Plaid Cymru’s Senedd Member for South Wales West, said Whitehead-Ross’s situation was “very concerning”. “We know that this is something that works,” she said. “We need a whole mix of ways to get people back into the workplace and to reskill and retrain them and this was one element of …

20mph limit was introduced on all urban roads so how well motorists are complying with the 20mph limit rests on monitoring by Transport for Wales at 10 locations, external, from Llanrug in Gwynedd to Newport. Nearly seven million vehicles at 43 monitoring points were recorded last summer. It found nearly 53% were travelling at 24mph or under. This compares with …

Gatland managed just one win in the 2023 Six Nations, but the former British and Irish Lions coach did galvanise the Wales squad to reach the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup. Wales have not won a Test match since beating Georgia in the pool stages of that tournament, with defeat to Argentina in the last eight marking the start …

King Charles III coronation will involve special church services, a beach party and other events are being held across Wales this weekend to mark the coronation of King Charles III. The Church in Wales called it a “significant and happy” occasion with bells ringing for the King and Queen. Bells at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, began ringing two hours before the …

The UK’s largest opencast coalmine must close after an extension to keep it running was rejected. It means production at Ffos-y-Fran, near Merthyr Tydfil, must now stop after 16 years of excavation. The operators asked for an extension until 2024, arguing coal from the mine was needed by the steel industry. But planning officials advised that the proposed extension did …

IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGESImage caption, The M4 through Newport could be one of the roads where charges are imposed Drivers of heavily polluting vehicles could have to pay on some of Wales’ busiest roads under a new law. The Welsh government said it would only happen if 50mph zones fail to reduce emissions. Sections of the M4 near Newport and the …

Wrexham is gearing up for one of the biggest weekends in its history as the city’s football team – sprinkled with Hollywood glamour – bids for promotion back to the big time. Wrexham AFC’s takeover by star actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney has given the non-league side a huge boost. The popularity of a Disney documentary charting the club’s …

Brecon Beacons, Stella Owen, NFU Cymru’s county advisor, said that, while it was important the national park was put “on a pedestal”, local farmers had to have the ability “to run businesses, to be profitable, and to continue in these wonderful, vibrant communities – delivering on the Welsh language, the culture and the social aspect of what we have.” Brecon …