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Paralympic legend Chris Hallam MBE – the man Dame Tanni-Grey Thompson described as her “role model” – has died. The Cwmbran athlete was one of the true legends of Paralympic sport winning medals in both wheelchair racing and swimming. The four-time Paralympian competed at Stoke Mandeville (1984), Seoul (1988), Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996). Hallam’s illustrious career also brought victories …

More than 13,000 operations have been cancelled across Wales’ hospitals in the past three years because of bed shortages and a lack of staff. Figures obtained by WalesOnline show 13,176 procedures have been cancelled since 2010-2011, with more than 9,000 of these down to bed shortages alone. The numbers, which have been described as “staggering”, show the amount of operations …

Shadow Education Minister Angela Burns has insisted her children come before politics after facing criticism over her decision to send them to school in Cardiff rather than near her family home in West Wales. Mrs Burns acknowledged that adverse comments had been made about her decision to relocate her two primary school age daughters to the capital. But she said …

A pet shop owner set to appear in a TV show about the theft of a kitten from her shop has fallen victim to would-be thieves for a second time. Carol Ivory, 60, will star in tonight’s episode of new BBC show Fightback Britain as it tells the story of how she turned to local media – including the Echo …

They are almost as synonymous with a Welsh seaside holiday as bucket and spades or ice-cream. But seagulls displaying aggressive behaviour at one of the nation’s most popular beach resorts have prompted calls for a “gull cull” – amid fears for public safety. Councillors in Tenby say herring gulls in the town are attacking builders on rooftops and families on …

Radical changes to drive up the quality of Welsh buses could force lifeline bus services off the road because no new funding is available, warn experts. Some councils plan to rank bus operators as gold, silver or bronze – with different subsidy rates for each category – to stimulate improvements to vehicles, staff and information provision. Also on the cards …

Hundreds of Welsh soldiers who returned from Afghanistan are struggling to cope – raising fears there could be more deaths like those of Welsh Guardsman Dan Collins who took his own life, a veteran HAS warned. Former Welsh Guard Dai Graham made the stark warning as he prepares to set off on a £1m fundraising walk to help ex and …

Bake Off is back. Prepare yourself for 10 weeks of flour-dusted drama, a rainbow selection of Mary Berry’s lovely jackets and assorted Daily Mail articles on Paul Hollywood’s tortured love life. And, of course, lots and lots of cake. This series has an added topping of excitement for me because my friend Rhiannon’s daughter Beca will be baking for Wales. …

The side-project of Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys and an album by the former frontman of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci head the shortlist of this year’s prestigious Welsh Music Prize. Praxis Makes Perfect by Neon Neon, a collaboration between Gruff Rhys and producer Boom Bip, as well as Summer Special by Euros Childs, have made the shortlist of 12 albums, which …

A mother locked up for a year without trial in a Dominican Republic jail has been dealt the devastating blow she may have cancer. Nicole Reyes, 37 from Rumney, was arrested when her husband Jorge, 38, died in a car crash on the island on July 9 last year. Mum-of-two Nicole swapped Cardiff, for the Caribbean island state 10 years …