Welsh fighter Brett Johns helps charity football match score...

December 22, 2016, 1:08 am

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WELSH fighter Brett Johns has scored an appearance at a charity football match.The Ultimate Fighting Championship star helped to back the event at Pontlliw Park to help raise cash for Ty Olwen and Papworth Hospital.The annual 'Sheila Mary Cridland Cup' event is hosted by Ian and Helen Williams, founders of leading Welsh cleaning company, Clean Sweep, in the memory of Helen's mother, Sheila Mary.READ MORE: Brett Johns: Everyone talks about Vegas or Madison Square Garden - but I want Principality...

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Police hunt for blue Mini following three-car crash in Swansea

December 22, 2016, 1:31 am

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POLICE are appealing for help to identify a car that may have been involved in a three-vehicle collision which left a driver trapped in the wreckage for an hour. The incident happened in Uplands Crescent, in Uplands, Swansea, on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 14, and led to major congestion in the area. READ MORE: Police investigating assault outside Wind Street pub release photo of a woman they want to trace Police say witnesses have reported that a blue Mini Cooper was involved in...

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December 22, 2016, 1:43 am

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A MUM who thought she was sexting naked pictures to a 14-year-old boy and arranged a threesome with him has been jailed.Ellen Horne, 46, believed she was emailing a young boy called but was actually sending sexually explicit pictures to an older man.Divorced mum-of-three Horne told police it gave her a "thrill" to be sending pictures of her performing sex acts to the teenager.READ MORE: Police are investigating a dog attack on a 4-year-old boyBut she said she was left...

More than £80,000 raised for mum-of-two battling cancer

December 22, 2016, 1:58 am

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THREE months into her pregnancy, Carolyn Gammon was told that she had breast cancer. The mum-of-two from Cwmavon was diagnosed when she was 13 weeks pregnant with baby Mira, now eight-months, following a check-up she had with her GP when she found a lump on her breast. Despite having chemotherapy throughout her pregnancy, she gave birth on April 29 to a healthy baby girl, completing her family with partner Gos and four-year-old son Rudy. READ MORE: New mum battling cancer launches appeal...

Tomato mayhem as delivery lorry tips load on to road in centre of...

December 22, 2016, 2:14 am

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YES, we have no tomatoes, or perhaps it should be, yes, we have got plenty of them.Either way, there was plenty of food for thought in a city centre street today when a delivery driver lost his load of fruit. Around 40 boxes of tomatoes spilled across St Helen's Road in Swansea. Drivers had to carefully pick their way around the results of the unscheduled highway delivery. READ MORE: Police are currently investigating an Alaskan husky attack on a four year-old boyA large container was left on...

Teddy and distraught 4-year-old are reunited thanks to eagle-eyed...

December 22, 2016, 2:51 am

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A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl left distraught when she lost her beloved teddy bear on holiday got an early Christmas present - after it was returned in the post.Little Ivy Wilson was given her soft toy, named Special Bear, when she was just seven-months-old and considered it to be the fifth member of her family. READ MORE: Things that got stuck where they definitely shouldn't have doneBut the youngster was horrified when she discovered she had lost her bear during a family break to Bluestone resort in...

Bath tipper truck tragedy: Gross negligence manslaughter guilty...

December 22, 2016, 4:09 am

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TWO men have been found guilty of manslaughter charges related to the deaths of two Swansea men killed in a collision with a tipper truck in Bath.Matthew Gordon, 30, and Peter Wood, 55, were found guilty by a jury following a trial of manslaughter as a result of gross negligence of Philip Allen, Robert Parker, Stephen Vaughan and Mitzi Steady.READ MORE: Truck had exceeded speed limit on day of crashMr Allen, 52, from Loughor, and Mr Vaughan, 34, from Gorseinon, were killed along with 4-year-old...

Duck found dead in Carmarthenshire had bird flu

December 22, 2016, 4:52 am

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A DUCK found dead in Carmarthenshire has been confirmed to have been infected with bird flu.The Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales has confirmed a finding of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 in a wild duck in Llanelli. This is the same strain of the disease confirmed at a turkey farm in Lincolnshire on Friday, December 16, and has been reported in wild, captive or domestic birds in many European countries, the Middle East and North Africa. READ MORE: West Wales auction cancelled over bird...

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December 22, 2016, 4:55 am

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NEATH Port Talbot Council's new Homecare Rapid Response Team (HRRT) is gearing up for its first Christmas to help support older people living in the community.The team will be out in the borough in the run up to Christmas to support people so that they can spend the festive season in their own homes. Their work is also vital in helping the council to play its full part to prevent bed blocking, which can be a serious issue at this time of year. Bed blocking is the name given to when someone is...

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December 22, 2016, 4:59 am

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It seems motorists are really struggling to find a parking space at Parc Tawe car park today as the Christmas rush takes hold in Swansea.Drivers have been seen doing laps around the car park waiting for a space as shoppers rush to buy their last minute Christmas gifts.Parc Tawe is generally quiet most of the year round with many people describing it as a 'ghost shopping centre'.READ MORE: Could this be the most depressing, creepiest shopping centre in BritainBut that certainly isn't the case...

City thief targeted luggage on London to Swansea trains

December 22, 2016, 5:04 am

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A LUGGAGE thief targeted London to Swansea trains stealing high-value electronic gadgets and designer goods, a court has heard. Matthew Grant Davies struck twice in three days, lifting bags as the trains were travelling between Port Talbot and Neath, and making off with a haul of items including an Apple MacBook Pro laptop, a tablet computer, jewellery, Chanel make-up, Prada items in what police described as "planned, calculated thefts". READ MORE: Police investigating assault...

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December 22, 2016, 5:15 am

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A MAN has been detained in police custody on suspicion of carrying a "bladed weapon" in Swansea this morning.An individual was seen carrying what appeared to be a weapon in Margaret Street near Fabian Way, sparking a helicopter search.READ MORE: Swansea thief targeted luggage on trainA police spokesman said: "South Wales Police received a report at 11:55am of an incident involving a male carrying a bladed article/weapon in Margaret Street, close to Fabian Way, Swansea.READ MORE: A...

Carmarthenshire woman charged with stealing almost £1m from...

December 22, 2016, 8:13 am

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A CARMARTHENSHIRE woman is accused of stealing nearly £1 million in goods from her supermarket employer.Susan Eirwen Jones, aged 57, from Broad Oak, Llandeilo, is charged with "stealing choses in action to the value of £955,368.01" between May 14, 2009, and June 18, 2013, at CK Supermarkets.READ MORE: Duck found dead in Carmarthenshire had bird fluNo pleas were entered when Jones appeared before Llanelli Magistrates Court on Thursday, December 22.Due to the nature of the...

Swansea experts have made a big breakthrough on bowel cancer that...

December 22, 2016, 8:20 am

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A SIMPLE blood test developed by experts in Swansea could lead to bowel cancer patients being diagnosed much earlier – significantly improving their chances of survival.The initial signs are so promising the test could become used throughout the NHS within the next few years – with a clinical trial starting in GP practices across the ABMU area during 2017.READ MORE: Dialling this number will get you healthcare faster this ChristmasThe award-winning research has been carried out by...

Birthday drink from friend cost Llanelli builder his driving...

December 22, 2016, 8:23 am

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A SELF-EMPLOYED builder from Llanelli has lost his driving licence after a birthday drink bought by a friend put him over the limit.While appearing before Llanelli Magistrates' Court, Peter Thomas Fussell admitted a charge of driving a white Citroen Berlingo along Dan Yr Allt.The court heard at 7.10pm on November 29, officers on duty in Felinfoel stop checked his vehicle and found Fussell smelt of alcohol.READ MORE: Drink driver abandoned burning car and rescued friend from inside before fleeing...

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Swansea church reopens after organ asbestos scare just in time...

December 22, 2016, 8:48 am

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A SWANSEA church which was closed due to asbestos has been reopened in time to host its Christmas services.St James's Church in Walter Road, Uplands, was closed after asbestos was detected in the church organ which prompted fears that a number of planned religious celebrations would have to be moved to the parish hall.Asbestos is a group of minerals that occur naturally as bundles of fibres and are usually found in soil and rocks. When the fibres are released into the air they can cause serious...

Jail for man who beat father-in-law 'like a punch bag' and left...

December 22, 2016, 9:01 am

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A MAN who savagely beat his former father-in-law in the head "like a punch bag" leaving him with brain injuries has been jailed. Joshua Charles Jones set about Michael Evans when their paths crossed in Port Talbot — after hitting his victim with a hammer he then pinned him to the floor and punched him in the face up to 15 times, continuing with the attack long after the man had lost consciousness. READ MORE: Police appeal to trace woman after assault outside Wind Street...

Now Swansea residents turn on much-maligned bendy bus scheme

December 22, 2016, 9:38 am

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SWANSEA residents have turned to social media to heap further scorn on civic leaders and their much-maligned bendy bus scheme.The moves follows hot on the heels of Swansea Council leader, Rob Stewart, labelling the multi million pound bus project "one of the worst schemes ever" amidst an ongoing row over who is to blame for the multi-million pound scheme, launched in 2010, that was beset by controversy before eventually being scrapped earlier this year.Labour councillors have pointed...

Swansea comedian still hasn't found what he's looking for

December 22, 2016, 9:59 am

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The course of true love never runs smooth… especially when it's on a bus it would seem!When Swansea comedian John Collins realised that he had most probably met the girl of his dreams on a bus but failed to ask for her number he turned to social media to help track her down. He was fairly confident of success as he knew her name, Helen, and the bus route of course, but most distinctively, she had a broken leg.Although Collins, who hosts a monthly comedy night in the SWIGG bar in Swansea...

A4240 closed and paramedics on the scene after crash

December 22, 2016, 10:31 am

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THE A4240 is closed at Gorseinon after a collision involving a motorcycle.A spokesman for the Wales Ambulance Service said the call for assistance had come in at 5.21pm this evening and an ambulance and rapid response vehicle were dispatched to the scene near St Catherine's Church close to the junction of Alexandra Road and Pen y Bryn Road.The crash is said to involve a car and a motorcycle.One eyewitness said: "There are two ambulance and three police cars here and one person just been...