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Numbers of Covid-19 patients nearing first-wave peak in some regions

Covid patient levels in parts of UK near spring peak

The number of Covid-19 patients in hospital in two regions of southern England are heading towards levels recorded at the peak of the first wave of the virus, figures show.

Coronavirus • 11 Dec 20

Holyhead is the second busiest roll-on/roll-off freight port in the UK

Wales fears Brexit delays at Holyhead

A British parliament committee has said it is deeply concerned that no decision has been made on the location of customs facilities for the ports of Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke - with just 21 days left before the end of the Brexit transition period.

Brexit • 11 Dec 20

Bars, restaurants and cafes in Wales will have to shut by 6pm from Friday (file image)

Pubs to stop selling alcohol in Wales amid virus rise

Pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes in Wales will be forced to stop selling alcohol and to shut by 6pm in a new round of restrictions that begin on Friday night ahead of Christmas, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.

Coronavirus • 30 Nov 20

Decision was taken to reduce pressure on pupils (file image)

Wales scraps end of year exams for 2021

End of year exams in Wales will be scrapped in 2021, Welsh education minister Kirsty Williams has announced.

Coronavirus • 10 Nov 20

Yesterday Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said supermarkets have 'discretion' over the ban on selling non-essential items

Tesco apologises over ban on sanitary products in Wales

Tesco has apologised after it mistakenly prevented customers from buying sanitary products as part of new lockdown measures in Wales.

Coronavirus • 26 Oct 20

This year's exams were shelved because of the coronavirus pandemic

Mixed picture at NI schools as A-level results opened

A mixed picture has emerged as thousands of pupils opened their A-level results across Northern Ireland.

Education • 13 Aug 20

Talks yesterday between union representatives and UK government scientific advisers ended inconclusively

UK govt seeking 'practical measures' to reopen schools

Britain's Education Secretary has appealed to teaching unions to work with the Government to find "practical solutions" to enable schools in England to begin re-opening.

UK • 16 May 20

Goats invade streets of Welsh coastal resort

A herd of Kashmiri goats have invaded a Welsh seaside resort after coronavirus restrictions left the streets deserted.

News Lens • 01 Apr 20

A member of the ambulance service leads a patient into an ambulance at St Thomas' Hospital in London

UK experiences record increase in Covid-19 deaths

Official figures released on Friday morning revealed that deaths attributed to the coronavirus in the UK have risen by 181 to 759.

Coronavirus • 27 Mar 20

The normally bustling streets in the Hayes in Cardiff are almost empty as people heed warnings on the coronavirus

Five die as Covid-19 death toll in Wales reaches 22

Five more people who tested positive for coronavirus in Wales have died, raising the nation's death toll to 22.

News • 25 Mar 20

The potential victim fought off his attacker with a series of well-timed punches

77-year-old man fights off would-be mugger

Police in Wales have released footage of a 77-year-old man fighting off a would-be mugger in an effort to find the assailant.

News Lens • 19 Feb 20

The cow's real owner reported one of his 300 cows had been stolen in December 2017 (file pic)

DNA evidence proves Welsh farmer stole neighbour's cow

A farmer in Wales has been fined £4,000 after DNA evidence was used to prove he had stolen his neighbour's cow, police have said.

News Lens • 05 Feb 20

The ad features Arthur Jones, whose father runs the store with his grandparents

Welsh hardware store goes viral with £100 Christmas ad

The owner of an independent hardware shop has said he has been "overwhelmed" after a £100 Christmas advert starring his son became a viral sensation.

News Lens • 05 Dec 19

A grave marker has been put in place where Conor Whooley is buried

Three bodies buried in Wales could be of Irish people

Three unidentified bodies buried in Wales could be those of missing Irish people, according to the police officer in charge of an operation to help identify them.

Ireland • 02 Dec 19

Conor Whooley was 24 when he vanished in Dublin in August 1983

Irishman missing for 36 years identified in Welsh grave

The body of an Irishman who went missing for 36 years has been identified in a Welsh grave.

Ireland • 02 Dec 19

Welsh driver fined for driving with second car on roof

A driver caught in Wales with a second car balanced on top of his vehicle has been fined £195 and given three points on his licence.

News Lens • 30 Aug 19

Legislation will be accompanied by an awareness-raising campaign and support for parents.

Smacking children by parents banned in Wales

New legislation which would ban adults from being able to smack their children has been introduced in Wales.

Wales • 24 Mar 19

Ex-Tory minister predicts heavy defeat for Brexit deal

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal deal will be heavily defeated on Tuesday putting a final say referendum firmly on the negotiating table, according to one of her Conservative party colleagues, Welsh MP Guto Bebb

Brexit • 13 Jan 19

Adam Price outlined the importance of developing the existing relationship between Ireland and Wales

Welsh party leader calls for Celtic political union

The leader of the Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru said there needs to be much greater co-operation between the Celtic nations post-Brexit.

Brexit • 10 Jan 19

Woman and dog rescued from rising tide in Wales

Volunteers from Llandudno Lifeboat RNLI and Conwy Lifeboat rescued a woman who had become marooned on a sandbank in Wales after walking her dog on New Year's Day.

News Lens • 08 Jan 19

Brendan Dowley was 63 years old when he was last seen boarding a bus in Kilkenny on 17 October 1985 for onward travel by ferry to Britain

Body buried in Wales found to be missing Irish man

The family of an Irishman who disappeared almost 33 years ago has been told that DNA analysis has confirmed a match with a body that has remained unidentified in Wales since 1985.

Ireland • 04 Aug 18

Joseph Brendan Dowley was last seen getting on a bus in Kilkenny

Exhumation in Wales in bid to find missing Irishman

Forensic specialists in north Wales are to exhume a body from a graveyard in Anglesey as part of the effort to discover the whereabouts of an Irishman who has been missing for 33 years.

Ireland • 19 Jun 18

Inquest hears pilot should have turned before crash

A helicopter pilot should have turned back before he descended into low cloud brought on by a "complex weather system" in the Snowdonia mountains, an inquest has heard.

UK • 06 Jun 18

Kevin and Ruth Burke were among the five people killed in the crash

Pilot in Wales crash had 'option to turn back'

A helicopter crash in which five family members were killed happened after the pilot failed to turn around when entering low cloud, accident investigators said.

UK • 09 Mar 18

A US Geological Survey map shows the 4.4 magnitude earthquake in south Wales today

Minor earthquake strikes Wales and England

Parts of Wales and England have felt the effects of a minor earthquake today.

UK • 18 Feb 18