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Glamorgan look to transfer their blistering start to the T20 campaign to the four-day game as they take on Hampshire in the county championship at the SWALEC Stdaium. Our reporter Gareth Griffiths will be bringing you live updates from the match. Live scorecard Day One             Hampshire 274-5 IT was back to the daily grind for Glamorgan in Cardiff this …

These were the dramatic scenes today as flames engulfed a bus that had been travelling down the M4. No passengers were hurt in the fire, which happened at the busiest point of the rush hour, closing two lanes of the eastbound motorway between Cardiff and Newport at around 5.40pm. Thousands of commuters were forced to wait as emergency services rushed …

This time last year Westminster politicians were speaking out strongly about the impact on the economy of late payment to small suppliers.      The issue was raised in Parliament. The Coalition Government was talking tough.          Sadly, however, these promising noises fizzled out and the problem is now worse than ever.  Big companies are even slower in paying their bills, withholding for …

Growing air-pollution problems in Wales have led to residents fearing the value of their homes could be affected. Despite reductions in car and lorry traffic in Wales over recent years, more monitoring stations are recording nitrogen dioxide levels in excess of the recommended maximum. In April a new Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) was designated in part of the well-heeled …

A health board has defended its scheme to make patients who smoke or are obese attend intervention courses before having non-emergency surgery, insisting it is about helping people. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said its optimising outcomes policy, which was approved by the board earlier this week, was designed to support patients live healthier lifestyles and improve their chances …

The family of a victim of alleged neglect at a South Wales care home have said lawmakers are not going far enough to make care home companies responsible for neglect and abuse. Loraine Brannan, 65, of New Tredegar, whose mother Megan Downs was one of 103 alleged victims identified by Gwent Police as part of Operation Jasmine, said latest government …

Cricketer Matthew Maynard has opened up on the “nightmare” 12 months his family have suffered since the tragic death of son Tom. On Thursday, the former England cricket coach marked the anniversary of his son’s funeral when more than 1,000 mourners turned up to pay their respects to Tom at Llandaff Cathedral. Now, in a candid interview, Matthew has revealed …

As a teenager, Rhian Gregory had her life mapped out – until a devastating fall during her first year at university left her in a wheelchair. With four good A-levels under her belt, Rhian had gone to study forensic science when she suffered horrific injuries just months into her studies. But six years later, the 26-year-old from Cardiff has just …

Fans of Doctor Who are known for their eccentricity, but a dad and daughter are taking fandom to interstellar proportions. Lifelong Whovian Robert Doyle and teenage daughter Alex have raised tens of thousands of dollars to blast a replica Tardis into orbit to celebrate the BBC Wales show’s 50th anniversary. Robert, 43, and Alex, 18, who live in Florida, smashed …

A Cardiff butcher is sizzling with success after being crowned the best in the UK. With the weekend set to be a scorcher, Martin Player, of High Class Butchers in Whitchurch, has just the thing to add a touch of quality to barbecues across the city after his Welsh beef burgers scooped top prize at the Q Guild of Butchers …