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Pensioner, 88, blocks road to stop council installing national speed limit sign
Terrence Cook, of Horeb Lane in Trinant, Caerphilly borough, claimed he would be ready to be arrested over the matter and said he has since been in dispute with the council
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Man can't use own driveway for 8 weeks due to construction meant to take one day
Gregory Alm says he has to park his car on the road because he can't access his driveway on weekends due to the ongoing work taking place outside of his home in Cardiff
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'Supremely popular' Brit found dead in Thai hotel as family try to get body home
The death of Simon Brown, known affectionately as Browny, has been met with "total shock and sadness" in his community in Trallwn, part of Pontypridd, south Wales
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Boy, 9, died after throwing himself from truck as it raced towards edge of cliff
Tomos Rhys Bunford died after his father’s Mitsubishi Warrior began speeding towards a sheer drop as he rode in it with his family on rented farmland on Blaenllechau Farm in Ferndale, Wales
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'My son was unrecognisable when I went to identify his body after horror crash'
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Prosecution barrister Ian Wright KC told the court the fatal crash happened due to the 'grossly excessive speeds' being driven by Hammett-George.
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Man dies of heart attack and in row with builders accessing land, partner claims
Stephen Habberley, 64, an SAS veteran, had a long running row with Keys Group who often carried out work in the lane behind where they rented and suffered a heart attack after getting in a dispute with builders
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Pranksters leave fake parking tickets on cars - threatening drivers with fines
The council in Bridgend has launched an investigation after a number of cars were plastered with fake £70 parking tickets which have managed to fool several people
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Man lives like a king in ruined mansion he bought 23 years ago
Alun Lewis, 62, has spent 23 years and £100,000 doing up the crumbling mansion known as Big House at Landshipping in Pembrokeshire and says he would not change a thing
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Brits could become “nastily ill” for weeks in winter, health experts have warned
As booster vaccines wear off more and more people could become unwell over the next few weeks as coronavirus constantly evolves, professors have warned
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Man given months to live 'trapped on 10th floor of tower block with broken lift'
Neil Barnes, 69, has been told he could be dead in under a year due his bowel cancer spreading - but the only lift in the Cardiff tower block he lives in is broken, meaning he is trapped in his flat
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Devoted dad had been put on long waiting lists for GP before death, family say
Frazer Wilkie, 31, who lived in Cwmbran left letters before taking his own life to his young daughter to explain how taking his own life was not her fault after he waited months for medical help with his mental health, his family have said.
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Baby who died at scandal-hit hospital 'likely to have survived with better care'
Rikki and Jessica Webb’s baby daughter Nelly Webb was born at 30 weeks’ gestation via C-section at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant, Wales, but a series of failures led to her death
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Mum told she has months to live after refusing to get simple test
Tasha Doran, 40, from Pembroke Dock in Wales went to the doctors after experiencing sharp shooting pains in her groin and she was told cancer had spread to her groin, cervix and left lung
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Mum-of-two suddenly paralysed from waist down while sitting in her morning bath
Jessica Ennis can no longer control her limbs, is left suffering two seizures a day and is 'completely helpless' after a sudden medical disorder diagnosis which has left the mum-of-two bedridden
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P&O cruise ship crashes as panicked Brits 'in tears' fearing for their lives
A terrified customer on board the P&O cruise ship said it was 'panic stations' when the horn blew on board the Britannia vessel after a storm 'suddenly hit'
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Dad's worst nightmare as he wakes up to find baby boy dead beside him in bed
Tiny newborn Mason Sage was discovered "not breathing" by his father Dom Sage with dry blood under his eye and nose, an inquest held at Pontypridd Coroners’ Court heard
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Woman taken to court by council after neighbour dumps Fruit Shoots in her bin
Catherine Maddy was accused of failing to properly dispose of her recyclable waste but, after Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council reviewed the evidence, Ms Maddy was not convicted
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Man told to leave dentist 'because he was too fat for the chair'
David Bottomley, from Penderyn, said he was left “gobsmacked” when he was turned away from the dentist he’d been visiting for 10 years and told not to come back
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Man builds 6ft wall outside home for 'security' - now council want it demolished
Mark Roberts paid £5,000 to erect a six-foot wall outside his home in Caerphilly, Wales, but following a complaint he was told by the local council it would need to be demolished
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Man squeezed woman’s face so hard her teeth fell out in 'sickening' assault
CCTV footage secretly recorded by the victim in the lounge of her home in Blaenau Gwent, South Wales, showed Lewis Thomas dragging her across the floor by her hair and legs during the “truly awful” assault on February 10, 2020
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Mum of boy savaged by dog dubbed 'Beast' in heartbreaking ritual on his birthday
Jack Lis, 10, died after being attacked by an XL bully at a house in Penyrheol, Caerphilly, Wales, in November 2021. He would have turned 12 today, his heartbroken mum Emma Whitfield said
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'It all started in my bedroom - and now I've built a £200m property empire'
Emma Vidler came up with the idea of Keylet estate agents as a student in Cardiff in 1998 but has now built up an enormous property empire of sprawling estates and lavish mansions