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Police hunt ex-Cardiff and QPR star Leonne Jeanne after prison recall
Former football star Leonne Jeanne, who played for Cardiff and QPR, has been ’recalled to prison’ by South Wales Police, who are appealing for information on the 44-year-old
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Agony of family five years on from granddad's bizarre disappearance in Greece
John Tossell from Bridgend went out for a walk towards a monastery in Zante, Greece, in June 2019 and was never seen again - five years on his family still have no answers
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Pitbull savages man in horrific attack in as armed police swoop in
The 24-year-old man was injured at around at an address in Aberavon, south Wales, South Wales Police said as they investigate the latest dog attack, which involved a Pitbull-type breed
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Man jailed after raping homeless woman and taking her 'last ounce of dignity'
Liam Stimpson, 24, encountered his victim after he had gone out to celebrate his birthday before beating, degrading and humiliating the vulnerable woman, and stealing her "last ounce of dignity".
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Inside the notorious UK prison where 10 inmates have died in just three months
Relatives of the inmates locked up inside have gathered to protest the conditions at HMP Parc in Bridgend, Wales, where a spate of prisoner deaths has led to MPs to call for it to be taken out of G4S' hands
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Moment heroic dog-walker screams after attacker stabs pregnant woman in new clip
New footage shows a brave dog walker intervening in a stabbing, saving a pregnant woman's life. Daniel Popescu faces up to 17 years in jail for attempting to murder his ex-partner
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Gran, 79, 'pulled to ground by hair, kicked and left with broken knee' in attack
Dorothy McIntosh, 79, from Bridgend, was on a family day out at Porthcawl, South Wales, when she was allegedly attacked with her daughter claiming she suffered a broken leg
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Dine and dash couple admit skipping out on restaurant bills worth hundreds
Bernard and Ann McDonagh have pleaded guilty to skipping out on paying bills cumulatively worth hundreds of pounds at multiple restaurants across Wales - police charged them last month
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Woman 'pretends to go to ATM before dodging £151 bill' in new dine and dash row
Footage sent to The Mirror by The Yard, a pizzeria in Cowbridge, south Wales, shows the woman "do a runner" after allegedly asking staff where the nearest cashpoint was
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Husband spared jail for attacking wife is jailed after new crime comes to light
Peter Briody had been given a suspended sentence for attacking his wife with a glass at their home in Barry, Wales, but was locked up when a judge heard he'd exposed his penis to another woman
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Man and woman arrested after restaurants suffer spate of 'dine and dash' frauds
Police have arrested a man and a woman in connection with a series of dine-and-dash sprees across south Wales - officers are continuing with their investigation
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'Human bones' found at popular tourist hotspot after castle wall collapses
The area is know for its use as a backdrop for popular TV shows, and hikers discovered the bones, which are believed to be human. The find was made after the collapse of a historic castle wall
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Sydney knife attacker's family sends message to cop who shot dead their son
The family of Sydney knifeman Joel Cauchi say there are "absolutely devastated" by the actions of their son, who killed six people in a horrifying attack on Saturday in Sydney
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Hero fought off Sydney knifeman as he tried to reach kids' play area
Joel Cauchi, 40, stabbed six members of the public in Sydney, Australia, in a shocking attack, as a bystander who took him on in the shopping centre spoke of the ordeal
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Horror moment girl, 5, riding scooter with mum hit by BMW before it drives off
A police hunt is underway for a BMW driver who can be seen in video footage mounting a pavement in Cardiff and hitting a five-year-old girl, who was riding a scooter, and then speeding off
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'Son died of overdose after being stabbed in jail - they failed to protect him'
Ross Appleby died at HMP Parc in Bridgend last year and his mother Claire Appleby Jones says there are unanswered questions over what happened to him
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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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Laughing man sets woman's hair alight and punches her at gig before running off
Katie Jenkins, 17, from Wales, said she was having a 'great' time at Potter Payper's concert until a random stranger set her hair on fire in front of shocked partygoers
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Police officer suspended after Tesco Express rampage saw him 'smash iPhone 7'
Sergeant Matthew O'Sullivan, from Merthyr Tydfil, is appealing after he was found guilty of damaging another person's phone at Tesco Express in Pontypridd
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Man found dead outside rugby club as police surround scene
The man was discovered dead outside Llandaff Rugby Club in Cardiff at around 3am, and roads and walkways have been closed in the area in the hours since
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Police tried to conduct welfare check before mum-of-three took her own life
Rhiana Jones feared she would not see her son again. She struggled with mental health issues and took her own life at home shortly after speaking to a friend
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Woman whose body found in bay after going missing died from 'water immersion'
Zahooran Begum, 60, had been missing for three days before her body was found in Cardiff Bay. A post mortem found her provisional cause of death was water immersion
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Grandad finds unexploded WW1 bomb while on treasure hunt with grandson
Joey McGimpsey took a metal detector out to a park in Cwmavon, near Port Talbot in Wales and ended up having to report his discovery to the police - but his grandson Noah was impressed
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Man arrested on suspicion of murder after 64-year-old's body found in house
A 38-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the incident in Butetown, Cardiff in which the body of a 64-year-old man was found inside a property
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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