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All news by author: Robert Harries

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Furious families brand UK balloon festival 'absolute shambles with no balloons'
The Wales Balloon Festival has been taking place in Carmarthen across Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but some angry visitors have been left fuming at the event over what they consider a lack of balloons...
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Mum fighting for life in hospital after dream holiday turns into nightmare
Stephanie Williams, from Swansea, was enjoying a family break in Alicante when she became seriously ill hours before she was due to fly home to Wales, as her family started a fundraiser
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Graham Norton was stabbed and left for dead in horror attack
Graham Norton has been a mainstay on British TV screens for more than two decades, but the chat show host was left fighting for his life after a terrifying ordeal in the 1980s
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Single roundabout that has cost drivers a staggering £500,000 in just one year
There is a roundabout in Wales that has raised more than half a million pounds for Carmarthenshire Council in a single 12 month period, much to the fury of motorists in the area
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Heartbroken mum collapsed to floor in grief as she was told missing son was dead
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Jai Palermo, 13, was found dead near his home in Pembrokeshire after a police and coastguard missing person search, an inquest at Haverfordwest County Hall heard
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Lidl shopper makes stomach-churning discovery as they open packet of cheese
A shopper at a major supermarket in Carmarthenshire was shocked when he got home and found that a pack of cheese he'd just bought was covered in mould
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Horror as man forced to 'play dead' to escape rampaging cows who trampled on him
Glyn Austin, 71, was walking a stretch of the Wales Coast Path in Carmarthenshire on the morning of Friday, September 1 when the incident happened
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Hero boy attacked by dog trying to save toddler brother while playing in garden
Caio Lewis was playing with his two-year-old brother Jac when a French bulldog charged into the front garden of their dad's home in Carmarthenshire on Saturday evening
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Passengers fume at being stranded at tiny station with no loo after train axed
Passengers on the Heart of Wales Line known as one of the most scenic train routes were told their train was being cancelled as they approached Llanwrtyd railway station
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Man hit by white van outside hotel at the centre of angry asylum seeker protests
A man has been taken to hospital after he is believed to have been hit by a van leaving the Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli, which is at the centre of a row over plans to house asylum seekers
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Man returns home after 19,000 mile walk that took more than 6 years to complete
Ex-paratrooper Chris Lewis, 43, from Swansea, Wales set off on an expedition to raise money for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, in 2017 and on returned home with a new family
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Boy, 4, drowns in pond after wandering away from home leaving family 'broken'
Four-year-old Ifan Wedros Owen-Jones had been playing with his siblings at a caravan where he lived with his parents in Pembrokeshire when he went missing and was tragically found drowned in a pond
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Builder charged £4,600 for new tiles - but just painted old ones orange
Rogue trader Peter Billydean Price, 25, charged a vulnerable customer in mid Ceredigion, Wales, £4,600 to replace old roof tiles but just painted the old ones orange
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Pet dies and owner injured after horror attack by three Belgian mixed husky dogs
South Wales Police are appealing for witnesses after a dog died and its owner was injured following an attack in the Crymlyn Burrows area between Swansea and Neath, Wales, on June 4
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Urgent warning as case of deadly Victorian disease detected at UK school
Health chiefs are investigating the case at a UK secondary school, with local GPs aware and those who may have had contact with the affected individual identified for screening
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UK beach warning as bubbles appear in sand and Brits told to stay away
The pool, which contained extremely cold water despite the glorious sunshine that day, could be seen to have soft bubbling sand covering the bottom