A couple whose dream home was ruined by flooding days after they finished £10,000 worth of renovation work say they now live in fear of being swamped by sewage every time it rains. Lauren Jones and Cameron Harkness bought their first home together in 2019 and spent months renovating the semi-detached property in Alltwen, Swansea. … Read more
A couple whose dream home was ruined by flooding days after they finished £10,000 worth of renovation work say they now live in fear of being swamped by sewage every time it rains. Lauren Jones and Cameron Harkness bought their first home together in 2019 and spent months renovating the semi-detached property in Alltwen, Swansea. … Read more
Wales presented Boris Johnson with a potential blueprint for England’s roadmap out of lockdown today as the First Minister revealed plans to allow holiday homes to open for Easter and have all primary school children back in class next month. Mark Drakeford said his administration would take a ‘careful and cautious step-by-step approach’ to easing lockdown … Read more
A shocking diary of a man who helped to put out fires during the Nazis’ bombing campaign in the Second World War has been digitised for the first time. Swansea firewatcher James R John, 58, wrote in his diary during what became known as the Three Nights’ Blitz on the Welsh city in February 1941. … Read more
The last surviving golden eagle in Wales was found dead after eating rat poison, tests have revealed. The majestic bird was discovered by a walker last summer after surviving around 12 years swooping the remote valleys and hills of Wales. A post mortem revealed the bird had been shot twice before it was found dead … Read more
Covid symptoms appears to be on the rise in Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of England, raising fears that Britain’s outbreak has stopped shrinking. Scientists behind a symptom tracking app have spotted cases are ‘starting to trend up again’ and called it a ‘hitch’, given that every other key metric shows the second wave is firmly … Read more
Spain‘s future Queen Princess Leonor is to become the latest European royal to study at a 12th-century Welsh castle dubbed the ‘Hippie Hogwarts’ – following in the footsteps of Princess Elisabeth of Belgium in Wales. UWC Atlantic College, which was founded in German educationalist Kurt Hahn, is situated at the 12th century St Donat’s Castle on … Read more
England and Wales suffered the second deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic at the end of January, official figures revealed today. Office for National Statistics data shows 8,433 people had the virus mentioned on their death certificates over the seven days to January 29. This was just 11 fatalities more than the week before, showing the … Read more
Snow could fall TODAY in London, Wales and parts of south-east England as yellow ice warning brings dangerous conditions for motorists The Met Office has placed yellow warning across parts of central Scotland and the Highlands for today Rural communities in Scotland may become cut off, with power cuts and disruption to transport services Torrential … Read more
A teacher-turned-secret gossip blogger who wrote about girls at prom looking like ‘prostitutes and trans-human Kardashian clones’ must wait to learn if he has been struck off after his misconduct hearing was adjourned. Alex Price, 43, secretly penned his thoughts on his school’s annual prom, describing it as ‘a shallow, vacuous affair, about nothing more … Read more