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Towns and cities across Wales have “high migration clusters” putting pressure on essential services and social cohesion, according to a new report for the Home Office. Cardiff, Ceredigion, Newport, Wrexham, Swansea and Pembrokeshire are all identified in the report as areas with “migration rates that are well above the national average”. The report, Social and Public Service Impacts of International …

A gambling student was robbed of his winnings outside a casino by a teenager who had just lost all his money on the blackjack tables. But the robbers then handed him back £40 so that he could get home. Business management student Richard Carter had been spotted as he enjoyed a winning streak inside Les Croupiers at Leckwith, Cardiff Crown …

Cardiff council worker Evelyn Clarke has spent the past two years building up a priceless archive of photographs through her Facebook page Remember Old Cardiff. Here, she tells Martin Wells how the idea came about and what treasures she has unearthed with the help of her army of followers An urge to research her family history led Evelyn Clarke to …

Vice chancellor of Cardiff University Colin Riordan said a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship would be at the heart of its strategy aimed at driving prosperity levels in the Welsh economy. Addressing a meeting of Cardiff Breakfast Club, Prof Riordan, who took up his role last September having previously been vice chancellor of the University of Essex said the challenge, …

A giant superjumbo jet flew into Heathrow Airport as British Airways became the first UK airline to take delivery of an Airbus A380 – the world’s largest passenger plane. Handed over by European plane-maker Airbus at its Toulouse headquarters in France after being assembled from parts made across Europe, including wings made in Broughton, North Wales, the A380 was flown …

Patients from Wales have given evidence in Westminster about the way the way the NHS has handled their complaints. In March, Cynon Valley Labour MP Ann Clwyd was appointed by David Cameron to chair a major review of the way the NHS deals with complaints from patients and their relatives. Although the review specifically relates to the NHS in England, …

Plaid Cymru AM Bethan Jenkins is under fire after claiming expenses for hotel accommodation on the night she attended the Rihanna concert in Cardiff. We have confirmed that Ms Jenkins, a regional AM for South Wales West, made a claim under the National Assembly’s pay and allowances scheme for a hotel room in the Welsh capital on the night of …

The UK Government department pushing forward the controversial search for shale gas claims it has received no recent representations from ministers in Wales despite intense local opposition. Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams said the Welsh Government had failed to grasp the potential impact of fracking and said this could result “in a damaging environmental legacy with Welsh resources being exploited …

The production has been created by Alan Harris, a former Media Wales journalist, and Martin Constantine with music by Harry Blake. The trio launched the company LiveArtShow to explore the boundaries of theatre, music, dance and opera. It is made up of writers, directors, composers, designers and choreographers coming together to create new theatre with music. Designed by Natalie Wallace, …

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit the set of Doctor Who on the third day of their summer tour of Wales today. The royal couple will meet stars Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman, who plays sidekick Clara, and will also come face-to-face with the evil Daleks during a visit to the BBC’s new Roath Lock studios in …