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Sun, 3 Jan 2021 09:54:37 +0000
PM urges parents in England to send children back to schools tomorrow
The PM said parents should "absolutely" send their kids back in areas where schools will reopen

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 09:34:45 +0000
A third national lockdown is needed to prevent a 'catastrophe'
Many parts of England are already in Tier 4 but council leaders don't think this is enough to contain rising infection rates

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 09:16:26 +0000
Head teachers’ group calls for scrapping of exams in England
Most primary schools - except those in London - are scheduled to reopen tomorrow

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 08:05:37 +0000
Wales breaking news plus traffic, weather and M4 updates
The news, sport, weather and travel from across the country

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000
Brave Isla forced to learn how to walk three times because of cancer
Little fighter, known as 'Isla Smiler', is now getting stronger and doing better than ever

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000
From IQ tests to The Queen's Gambit: A history of gifted children
At its extreme, the obsession with identifying gifted children has veered into eugenics

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000
Dickens wrote of diphtheria crisis - and it sounds very familiar
Authorities were trying to avoid a panic, travel had been disrupted and fake news was rife

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000
When will holidays get green light after Covid vaccine roll-out?
It is feared demand may outstrip supply with some carriers reducing capacity because of the long-term effects of the pandemic

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0000
The park murder case even Scotland Yard's top man couldn't solve
The 'well-liked' victim was stabbed 44 times before his body was dumped in a flowerbed in a park in Aberdare. The killing sent the entire community into shock and remains unsolved today

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0000
Locked Up: The criminals jailed in Wales during December
The criminals sent to prison during the last month of 2020 also include a bungling burglar, domestic abusers, and drug dealers as well as other offenders

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0000
Lead detective on Pembrokeshire murders case tells the full story
Shotgun killer John Cooper, who had blasted four people to death in crimes that went unsolved for years, was finally tracked down by the tireless detective work of Steve Wilkins

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0000
Scenes from Welsh toy factory that was founded by refugees
The Mettoy Factory in Fforestfach, Swansea, was open for 42 years and at its peak it employed more than 1,000 people

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0000
Life in Y Wladfa where people speak Welsh halfway across the globe
It may be that 7,000 miles separates Wales and Y Wladfa but more than 150 years of history and shared culture, language, and traditions bind the places together. This is what life has been like for people there over the past year

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0000
How the Assembly's most short-lived member lost it all within days
Affable politician John Dixon, who found fame briefly for calling the Church of Scientology 'stupid', was left to rebuild his life after being unceremoniously ousted from the Assembly in less than two weeks

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0000
The major chains which have been wiped out in the past year
Some huge high street names have been lost in the last 12 months with thousands of jobs either gone or put at risk

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0000
Council office's dark history as site of jail and executions
The country's oldest town has its fair share of stories from the past at its heart. Carmarthen's County Hall stands on a site where criminals once met their fate as crowds watched on

Sun, 3 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0000
Little-known council office that brings Cardiff to Hollywood
Cardiff Film Office has the glamorous task of attracting film and television production to Wales' capital city

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 21:24:50 +0000
Cardiff MP Jo Stevens in hospital with coronavirus
Her team previously said she had been suffering with Covid-19 "for a while"

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 20:50:59 +0000
Fans react as Seahorse has identity revealed on Masked Singer
Many thought she should not have been the latest contestant to leave

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 19:48:16 +0000
Lotto results for Saturday, January 2: winning numbers from £7.4million draw
These are the winning numbers from tonight's £7.4m Lotto draw and Thunderball

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 19:23:39 +0000
Union threatens 'action' if schools are allowed to re-open next week
It is the second union to call for a decision to be taken on a national level

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 17:45:56 +0000
Teaching union urges primary school staff in England not to return
The National Education Union said: ‘If Government does not act to follow the science, we must’

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 17:30:21 +0000
Hospitals to start getting doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine
Some 530,000 doses will be available from Monday

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 16:40:03 +0000
Parts of Neath Port Talbot with the highest coronavirus rates
The data is based on the rolling seven-day average between December 21 and December 27

Sat, 2 Jan 2021 16:30:00 +0000
Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine delivered to UK hospitals
The Covid-19 jab is the second to be approved for use in the UK and doses will be given from Monday with Wales set to have thousands available in the first week



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