2 h. ago Higher council tax rates for long term empty homes to continue in Welsh county

Vale of Glamorgan Council voted to continue with council tax premiums on long term empty homes and second homes with some exceptions

Politics

2 h. ago Trial in Welsh county aims to change the way people choose to travel

The trial aims to address a problem faced by people without a driveway at home

Politics

5 h. ago Apology issued after people faced weeks of missed bin collections in Welsh county

The chief executive of Merthyr Tydfil Council has issued a statement explaining the reasons for the delays

Politics

8 h. ago BBC snooker host Hazel Irvine forced to issue apology live on air at The Masters

BBC presenter Hazel Irvine was live on air at the Masters when she made an error in her historical figures and had to issue an apology to a certain snooker icon

Society

11 h. ago Dominik Szoboszlai issues apology after being branded 'disrespectful' following Liverpool error

Barnsley head coach Conor Hourihane claimed Dominik Szoboszlai was 'disrespectful' to his team after the Liverpool midfielder made a bizarre error

Politics

13 h. ago Peter Mandelson finally issues apology to Jeffrey Epstein victims after backlash

It comes after the ex-Ambassador to the US, who was sacked after emails between him and Epstein came to light in September, failed to apologise over his association with the paedophile

Events

22 h. ago Peter Mandelson apologises for Epstein association in sudden U

Former ambassador to US had earlier declined to give apology for keeping in touch with sex offender after his conviction Peter Mandelson has issued an apology for his association with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – after declining to do so in an interview broadcast on Sunday.The Labour peer, who was sacked as US ambassador when details of his support for Epstein emerged in September, gave an interview to the BBC in which he suggested that as a gay man he knew nothing of the disgraced financier’s sex life. Continue reading...

Politics

27 h. ago People who create vile 'weapons of abuse' online face new law

People who create or try to create non-consensual intimate images will be committing a crime from this week amid an explosion of sexualised deepfakes on Elon Musk's X

Events

28 h. ago Council tax rise being looked at in Welsh county to help fund huge pressure on services

It's part of budget proposals that Vale of Glamorgan Council is set to consult on for the next financial year

Economics

30 h. ago ITV This Morning beauty expert Nadine Baggott warns 'central heating face' could impact skin

"I feel like we've been through the bad weather but only now people are going but my lips, my lips, my central heating face, which is a term that I've coined. It is is your skin failing at what skin should do."

Events

32 h. ago Swiss bar owners where 40 people died to be quizzed on private wealth

A married couple face questions about how they amassed their fortune before 40 people perished in their bar in Switzerland as questions mount over how they could afford to pay outright for their real estate empire in the upmarket ski resort.

Economics

33 h. ago All the roads where speed limits are set to change in one Welsh county

Speed limits on three roads are set to be increased from 20mph to 30mph and limits on three others are due to go the other way in the Vale of Glamorgan

Politics

33 h. ago How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights

If bans on trans youth athletes are upheld, more girls could face ‘invasive sex testing’ and trans people could broadly lose civil rights protectionsThe US supreme court will consider state bans on transgender athletes on Tuesday in a major LGBTQ+ rights legal battle that could have far-reaching consequences beyond youth sports.The court is hearing oral arguments in two cases brought by trans students who challenged Republican-backed laws in West Virginia and Idaho prohibiting trans girls from participating in girls’ athletic programs. Continue reading...

Events

36 h. ago Family of woman missing for week speak out as they make desperate appeal

Charlene Simpson's family said she was last seen at her father's home

Events

58 h. ago Body found in search for Dundee man missing since early December

A body has been found in the search for 40-year-old Ryan Finnegan, who was reported missing last week but had not been seen for almost a month.

Events

64 h. ago Former ICU nurse who ‘faced death daily’ says people need to have one conversation

Julie McFadden warned people not to leave this ‘critical’ topic unspoken in their final days

Events

2 d. ago Shocking moment Shay Given calls Wilfried Nancy's Celtic reign 'an absolute holocaust' live on BBC

Former Premier League star Shay Given has come under fire for describing Wilfried Nancy's managerial stint at Celtic as 'an absolute Holocaust', live on the BBC. 

Events

3 d. ago Frantic search for woman, 21, missing for nearly a week after vanishing from seaside town

POLICE are desperately searching for a young woman who has been missing for five days. Ellie, 21, disappeared from her rural town of Caernarfon, Wales on January 5 and hasn't been seen since. It's believed that Ellie travelled out of North Wales via public transport after she was last spotted in the Henwalia area. Police...

Events

3 d. ago DWP under fire as details emerge over massive waits PIP claimants are facing

Disabled people face being pushed into debt and poverty while waiting for the PIP claims to be processed, a new report has found

Events

3 d. ago Transgender people face an increasing number of restrictions. It may only be the beginning

A Supreme Court ruling upholding the state laws could ripple beyond athletics

Politics