21 h. ago Wales star released from squad after concerning incident as statement issued

Wales' Ben Carter will return home on Wednesday after his injury at the weekend

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3 d. ago Wales losing run extends to 18 defeats after late capitulation against Japan

Tries from Takuro Matsunaga, Ichigo Nakakusu and Halatoa Vailea piled on more misery for the tourists.

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4 d. ago The number of people eligible for higher rate of DWP universal credit payments could be widened

MPs are calling for universal credit claimants with Parkinson’s or multiple sclerosis to not face repeated medical assessments to receive payments

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5 d. ago Mum on Universal Credit who called people who work 'dumb' set to 'lose everything'

The 26-year-old woman, called Ebony Wood, is claiming she gets more than £4000 on Universal Credit from the DWP every month, and is now about to 'lose everything'

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5 d. ago Tonight's rugby news as Eddie Jones points finger at WRU and Farrell demands abuse stops

These are the rugby stories making headlines on the evening of Thursday, July 3

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5 d. ago Welsh universities facing desperate funding crisis slammed as 'poorly run'

Dan Beard, who chairs Unison Cymru's higher education forum, warned of the 'real danger' of a university in Wales collapsing next year, as Unison called for 'urgent' action

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7 d. ago UPenn to ban transgender athletes, ending civil rights case focused on swimmer Lia Thomas

Penn settles Title IX case over Lia Thomas’ winsSchool will ban trans women from female sportsFeds call it a victory for women and girls’ rightsThe University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women’s sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes.The US Education Department announced the voluntary agreement Tuesday. The case focused on Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who last competed for the Ivy League school in Philadelphia in 2022, when she became the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I title. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Parents of Scots teen who died at university call for action on 'prank spiking'

Mandy and Colin Mackie lost their son Greg in 2017, and are calling for 'prank spiking' to be criminalised.

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8 d. ago William issues personal good luck message to the Lionesses ahead of Euro 2025

The Prince of Wales visited the England women’s squad at St George’s Park to pass on his best wishes and pose for a squad photo.

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8 d. ago Wales v Japan TV channel finally announced days before game as Eddie Jones refuses to move kick

Just days away from the first Test, there

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1 week ago Dundee University: John Swinney joins calls for disgraced former boss to hand back £150k pay

Professor Iain Gillespie was accused of ‘creating a mess and walking into the sunset’, leaving Dundee University with a £35m black hole and hundreds job losses.

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2 w. ago The Breakdown | Next Gen Wallabies sense Farrell’s Lions are there for the taking

Australia coach Joe Schmidt has lifted team from lowest ebb and made a country feel it can win againAustralian rugby liked what it saw – and didn’t see – last week, as the British & Irish Lions got their 2025 tour off to a losing start against Argentina. Sure, it was the opening game of a 10-match odyssey and Andy Farrell’s men were lacking cohesion after only two weeks in camp. But for a young Wallabies side rising fast under their head coach, Joe Schmidt, it put blood in the water and proved the tourists are very beatable.Schmidt’s 6-7 record in his first season in charge of the Wallabies might not cost Lions fans much sleep but Farrell, his former second‑in‑command at Ireland, will sniff the seeds of ambush. In their last start in November, the Wallabies led Ireland 13-5 only to lose 22-19. Schmidt won’t let that happen again. The 2025 Wallabies these Lions face are light years from the lambs Eddie Jones led to slaughter at the 2023 World Cup in France. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Robot plumbers could fix leaky pipes without digging up roads and causing chaos

University of Sheffield researchers say the robots, called 'Pipebots', could 'revolutionise' how water infrastructure is managed in England and Wales and save some of the three billion litres lost through leaky pipes

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2 w. ago Wales women head for Euro 2025 wanting to scale heights and leave legacy

Undaunted by being drawn in a formidable group, Rhian Wilkinson’s side go to Switzerland determined to create opportunities for girls back homeThe rain cascading down on the Vale of Glamorgan is so heavy, so incessant, that the hotel’s reception has run out of umbrellas for guests to borrow and frustrated golfers crowd the lobby. Only two sets of residents seem oblivious to the weather; those heading to the spa and the Wales Women squad. It is late May and with Rhian Wilkinson’s players flying to Switzerland for Euro 2025 at the end of June far too much is at stake for anyone wearing a national tracksuit to be at a loose end.Charlie Estcourt has travelled to the sprawling Vale Resort from the United States where she plays for Washington’s DC Power, but the midfielder is not about to succumb to jet lag. Instead, she is focused on impressing Wilkinson as the team trains at the Welsh’s FA’s centre of excellence within the hotel’s verdant grounds. “We have a no-excuses culture now,” say...

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2 w. ago Sophie Ingle wins fitness race to be named in Wales Euro 2025 squad

Ingle has won 141 caps for Wales and has overcome an ACL injury sustained last September to be part of Rhian Wilkinson’s 23-player group

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2 w. ago Wales announce squad for Euro 2025 as Sophie Ingle makes it after missing entire season

Four centurions have been named in the Wales squad for the country's first ever major women's tournament

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2 w. ago Andy Farrell – The born leader tasked with putting the Lions back on top

The 50-year-old is only the second Englishman to hold the role in the last 75 years.

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3 w. ago New calls for ‘universal pension’ to ensure every person in work saves for retirement

More than a million ‘invisible’ workers cannot afford to save for their retirement.

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3 w. ago Wales announce strongest squad in years as young talent returns for huge summer

Wales U20s head out to Italy this summer for the World Championships

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3 w. ago Ant no stopping us now: insect with potent bite continues march across US

Experts say Asian needle ant ‘not especially dangerous’ but warn some people have gone into anaphylaxisLast year, Dan Suiter, a professor of urban entomology at the University of Georgia, received at least three calls from people who had been stung by an Asian needle ant – or knew someone who had been – and went into anaphylaxis, an allergic reaction that can be life-threatening.While there is no new evidence on the continued spread of the ants in the US – detected now in 20 US states – Suiter and his colleagues are determined to raise public awareness of the risks the species poses. Continue reading...

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