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Infected blood report is 'pivotal moment' in decades-long struggle for justice
Jason Evans, whose father Jonathan died when he was four after being infected with HIV by tainted blood products, writes exclusively for the Mirror on the eve of the contaminated blood report's long-delayed publication
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Mum's life 'changed forever' as she's slashed in the face with glass by stranger
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Natalie Arthurs is unable to return to work and has abandoned her beloved role with the Army Reserves following the vicious assault, which happened in a busy bar in a city centre
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'Lunatic' scaffolder drives onto pavement outside club in chaotic scenes
Josh Morgan flew into a rage after leaving a nightclub. A pedestrian who tried to stop his dangerous driving was hit and seriously injured attempting to grab the keys
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Firefighter called to crash realised own daughter killed after spotting tattoo
Firefighter Adrian Smith, 49, recognised his 21-year-old daughter Ella Brooke Smith's leg tattoo as she was pulled from wreckage at a crash scene near Broadhaven beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Amazon driver feared he would die in dog attack as he delivered parcel
Gemma Saunders, 40, of Pontypool, Monmouthshire, denied being the owner of a dog which caused injury while dangerously out of control after her French mastiff attacked an Amazon driver
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Son beats his dad to death in pool of blood - then reads poem in his memory
Daniel Harrison, 38, killed his retired father Dr Kim Harrison in his family home in Clydach in the Swansea Valley after he fled from a mental health facility. He then read a poem in his victim's memory at his inquest
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Man who hid XL Bully in toilet jailed after dog 'bit chunks' out of woman's face
Kevin Griffiths has been jailed for 20 months after his out-of-control XL Bully Reggie bit his partner at home, leaving her in need of plastic surgery and permanently scarred
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Driver hit teen causing catastrophic injuries - then let his wife take the blame
Jerzy Jozefiak, who went through a red light at a busy junction and ploughed into a teenager, quickly swapped seats with his wife and let her take the blame for the crash
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Corrupt council staff took bribes off skip boss to let him dump waste court told
Council employees at a recycling centre in Cardiff took cash bribes from a waste firm boss to let him dump his rubbish there on the cheap in a coordinated conspiracy
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'Shameful' rapist attacked woman in club toilet then took pals to scene to gloat
Onyedika Oriaku followed a woman to the toilets of a nightclub in Swansea and raped her - only to return to the toilets where he'd just carried out the sex attack with a pal - something the judge described as 'sinister'
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Dad knocked out at child's christening party as youth footballers rush to help
Carl Gray ruthlessly 'lunged' at his victim and delivered 'multiple strikes' to his head after a fight broke out at a party at Caerleon RFC in Wales, with youths playing football forced to step in
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Cocaine dealer caught after advertising new job for worker who's 'not a grass'
Officers found messages relating to the buying, selling and delivery of the Class A drug - including one message where the idea of exchanging coke for oral sex was mentioned
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Grieving son killed in 89mph car crash just hours after attending dad's funeral
Dean Heaven had just attended the funeral and wake of his dad when he was killed in a crash after his cousin Michael Stock lost control of the car and smashed into a bus stop
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Body found in search for missing man distraught over death of his mum
Members of the public have found a body in the search for Jamie Moreno, who disappeared without a trace after leaving his home in Cardiff around lunchtime on March 23, 2020
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Wild men fight with hammers in cemetery, intrude on ceremony, and spit on floor
A new video has emerged of men and boys fighting at Swansea's Morriston Cemetery, damaging gravestones and disruption funerals, while some people were paying tribute to their loved ones