3 h. ago Residents 'trapped' in Welsh village because tourists make it impossible to leave

Fed-up residents in Anglesey, have vowed to take matters into their own hands if the authorities fail to act on a problem that's been blighting their village for years

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7 h. ago The small Welsh village where 119 people are fuming about one house

Some locals claimed the HMO conversion could 'ruin' the area

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68 h. ago All the reasons fans are convinced that Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori is going to be the next face of his ex Kim Kardashian's brand Skims

Fans are convinced that the latest face of Kim Kardashian's Hollywood-beloved shapewear company is a surprising figure; who the reality star shares a controversial ex with.

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3 d. ago 'TikTok tourists' relieving themselves in fields leave Welsh village 'under siege'

"When you complain, and ask them to stop, you hear things like, 'well, sheep sh*t in fields, so why not us?" - said one local who is demanding action

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8 d. ago Tiny village nestled in 'waterfall country' with pubs and a choice of beautiful walks

We love a Welsh village with lush walks and proper pubs, and we've found one that ticks all the boxes

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9 d. ago Locals' fury over plans to build travellers' site on outskirts of quiet Welsh village

More than 300 enraged locals have signed a petition objecting against plans to build a travellers site on the outskirts of a quaint Welsh village in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales.. 

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1 week ago Woodland walk with blossoms and wild garlic near quiet Welsh village that ends with a seriously good Sunday lunch

If you walk this trail in spring, prepare for a sensory overload: swathes of wild garlic burst through the undergrowth

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1 week ago Our neighbour from hell groomed us... and then left us on the brink of suicide

Richard Burton and Amanda Hutton moved from Surrey to Pembrokeshire, Wales, in 2018 in search of a slower pace of life, and for a year, they found it.

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2 w. ago Family of retired butcher killed while walking his dog tell of their 'nightmare' after learning his attacker is now being let out on visits

Lewis Stone (pictured), 71, was on holiday in the seaside Welsh village of Borth, Ceredigion, in February 2019 when he was repeatedly stabbed by David Fleet, then 21.

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2 w. ago Incredible UK seaside town named among top travel hotspots in the world

If you're looking to see more of the UK this year, this exciting Welsh village offers adventure-seekers and history buffs a wealth of activities

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2 w. ago 'Why the hell would we want to be called Pig Village?' Plan to rename small Welsh community causes a stink amongst locals

For at least a century, the serene village has been known as Northop Hall after a nearby 13th century manor house - once home to ancestors of author George Eliot.

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2 w. ago Tiny Welsh village you'd never think of stopping in named one of the best places to live

There's a close-knit community at the heart of Maenclochog, with its local Caffi'r Sgwar and the Globe Inn being strong community hubs

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2 w. ago Pretty Welsh village the ideal escape from the city that’s like holidaying in the Alps

This pretty village in North Wales could’ve been plucked straight from the Alps.

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3 w. ago Welsh villagers lose four year long fight to stop farmer building barns near their homes

The farmer who applied to build the barns said he lost livestock in the years he waited for a decision on his plans

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3 w. ago BRIAN VINER reviews Mr Burton: A masterclass from Toby Jones as the teacher who made Richard Burton a star

Richard Burton was born at home in Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, and was buried under the world's gaze in Celigny, near Geneva.

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3 w. ago Mr Burton review – the teacher who inspired and encouraged screen legend Richard Burton

Toby Jones plays the spaniel-eyed schoolmaster setting Harry Lawtey’s needy young pupil on course for haughty international stardomThe career of Richard Burton seemed mythic at the time, and more so in retrospect. In Pedro Almodóvar’s latest movie The Room Next Door, Julianne Moore’s character is even shown reading Erotic Vagrancy, Roger Lewis’s account of Burton’s then-adulterous relationship with Elizabeth Taylor in the early 60s, the title taken from Pope John XXIII’s extraordinary denunciation: “You will finish in an erotic vagrancy, without end or without a safe port.” In fact, the nearest thing Burton ever had to a safe port was his inspirational English teacher Philip Burton in Port Talbot, south Wales, whose own frustrated dreams of the theatre were poured into the bright young miner’s son Richard Jenkins, coaching him in acting and even making him his legal ward and getting him to change his surname to Burton to facilitate the teacher’s sponsorship of his Oxford scholarship...

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3 w. ago 'Our Welsh village was absolutely brilliant. Now we feel let down and forgotten'

'Life has changed immeasurably here,' one resident said. Another described the place as 'barren'.

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3 w. ago Harry Lawtey on playing Richard Burton: ‘He felt embarrassed being an actor – it wasn’t a manly thing to do’

The ‘Industry’ star has left the small screen behind to play a real-life Welsh legend in the new film ‘Mr Burton’. He speaks to Olivia Petter about the backlash to his last movie ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’, class in the acting world, and why he’s said goodbye to the role that made his name

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3 w. ago ‘His genius is elusive’: Harry Lawtey and Toby Jones on bringing Richard Burton back to the screen

In new film Mr Burton, the Industry star plays a young Richard Burton, with Jones as the mentor who helped him find his acting chops. The duo discuss trying to understand a cultural icon – and how to nail that voiceSandringham Road lies in the east of Cardiff; a quiet run of Edwardian terrace houses overlooking Roath Mill Gardens. On a late July day, when the air is warm and the park spills out over its railings, Toby Jones and Harry Lawtey sit on the pavement, wearing matching striped pyjamas. The pair are some way into the filming of Mr Burton, an account of the early life of Richard Burton. Lawtey plays the actor in his younger years, when he was known as Richard Jenkins, and Jones is Philip Burton, the teacher who fostered his young student’s talent. So close would their bond grow that Jenkins would become Burton’s legal ward and take his surname. “Without Philip Burton there would never have been a Richard Burton,” Elizabeth Taylor once wrote. “That great rolling voice that cra...

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4 w. ago ‘A beloved figure’: Welsh village ready for tourists as Richard Burton biopic opens

Events planned in Pontrhydyfen for centenary of actor’s birth, as many recall his visits home with Elizabeth TaylorHardly a day goes by when villagers don’t spot a cinephile traipsing in the footsteps of Richard Burton, peering at his old house, taking in the vista across the valley from the aqueduct, perhaps enjoying a pint in the Miners Arms, where he and Elizabeth Taylor drank on visits back to his south Wales birthplace.The tourist traffic to Pontrhydyfen is likely to increase after a biopic focusing on the gritty early life of Burton opens in cinemas this weekend, especially as it comes in the centenary year of the Hollywood actor’s birth. Continue reading...

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