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A Cardiff woman who aimed to row 2,000-miles around Britain has given up suffering seasickness and dehydration after battling winds and tides for five days. Charlene Ayres, 23, was taking part in GB Row 2013, billed as the world’s toughest rowing race, with friend Sally Kettle, 36. The pair, racing as the Coast Girls, had fought winds and tides in …

A mother has been given a 16-week jail term – after failing to ensure her teenage daughters attended school. Kelly Murphy, 35, of Fairwater in Cardiff, was sentenced during an appearance at Cardiff Magistrates Court following the 12th and 13th charges over the course of “some years” relating to her daughters’ non-attendance. She became the first ever parent jailed over …

A care home nurse threatened to slap an elderly patient in the face for using a help buzzer, a professional hearing has been told. Nurse June Parry is alleged to have threatened the patient during her night shift on the nursing unit of Hafan y Waun Care Centre, Aberystwyth, overnight between January 5 and 6, 2010. Senior care assistant Leonie …

He passed an A-level at 12, graduated at 15 and now a teenage student has just completed his latest stunning mathematical feat – gaining a masters degree at 18. Alex Thorne has just been made a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) after completing a three-year part-time research-based course – at a time when he is preparing to sit his A-levels. Alex, …

Welsh Secretary David Jones has urged the Labour Government in Cardiff to follow Westminster’s lead and give local people a greater say over wind farm developments. Communities in England will gain new powers to block turbines but they will also get new incentives for schemes to go ahead, with a five-fold increase in the amount developers are expected to pay …

Plaid Cymru leader and former probation officer Leanne Wood will today call on the UK Government to abandon “dangerous” plans to allow private companies to supervise people released from jail. Ms Wood will tell a conference that responsibility for the probation service should be transferred to the Welsh Government and call for Wales to have its own criminal justice system. …

The health crisis in South Wales could be solved by building a new super hospital close to M4 Junction 33 on the outskirts of Cardiff, according to a leading Labour councillor. Robert Bevan, a longstanding Cabinet member of Rhondda Cynon Taf council, says he has received widespread local backing for the plan, which he has outlined to party members. Proposals …

The devastated family of Karina Menzies have been hit with fresh tragedy – just one day before the mum-of-three’s killer is set to be sentenced. Matthew Tvrdon has admitted killing 31-year-old Karina when he knocked her down with his white van last October but has denied murdering her. Instead, he has admitted her manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. …

The family of Karina Menzies spoke today of the “gaping hole” her death has left in their lives, as a court was told details of the horrific afternoon during which she was killed by hit-and-run driver Matthew Tvrdon. In a statement read on the steps of Cardiff Crown Court, Ms Menzies’ sister Samantha described Karina as “a doting mum who …

Anita Davies shrugs off the title “superwoman” and says as a blind working mother of two disabled children she felt she could do even more. The 41-year-old former judo champion from Bridgend is now helping son Cellan in his bid to compete at the 2016 Paralympics. Cellan, 15, who has cerebral palsy and plays wheelchair table tennis for Wales under-18s, …