66 m. ago Cyclone Alfred uncovers two shipwrecks over 100 years old in Australia

Alfred revealed long-buried maritime relics in both New South Wales and Queensland

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4 h. ago Murder probe launched after mother, 40, is 'assassinated' on her own doorstep in South Wales

Emergency services were called to the Green Park Estate in Talbot Green, South Wales at 6.10pm on Sunday after reports of gunfire.

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7 h. ago Talbot Green shooting: Everything we know as police launch murder investigation

Investigators for South Wales Police have been working around the clock to understand the circumstances surrounding the tragic incident

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8 h. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman, 40, dies following shooting in Talbot Green, Wales

South Wales Police issued an update in the early hours of Monday morning after officers responded to reports of a shooting in the Green Park Area of Talbot Green

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9 h. ago ‘It’s not because I want people to think I’m great’: Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts

The actor grew up poor, got rich, then lost everything backing the 2019 Homeless World Cup. Now he’s giving away more of his money to help 900 total strangers. Doesn’t he think he’s done enough?Michael Sheen walks into a post office in Port Talbot and asks to withdraw £100,000. “That would be nice,” says the young woman behind the till. Then it dawns on her that he’s not joking. “Can I do £100,000?” she asks her colleague. She cannot.“I loved that so much. She was really funny,” says Sheen. Filmed for a new Channel 4 documentary, Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway, this was part of the actor’s two-year project to use £100,000 of his own money to buy £1m worth of debt, owed by about 900 people in south Wales – and immediately cancel it. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Talbot Green shooting: man arrested after woman dies in south Wales town

Crime scenes set up in Green Park area with 40-year-old man taken into custody, say policeA man has been arrested after a 40-year-old woman who was shot dead in Talbot Green, about 15 miles west of Cardiff.The woman was found with serious injuries in the Green Park area of the Welsh town just after 6pm on Sunday and could not be saved by emergency services, south Wales police said. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Woman, 40, shot dead in South Wales: Police arrest man on suspicion of murder

Police were called yesterday evening at 6.10pm where they found the 40-year old seriously injured in the Green Park Area of Talbot Green.

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12 h. ago Talbot Green shooting: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman tragically killed

A 40-year-old woman died at the scene after police were called to reports of a shooting in the Green Park area of Talbot Green, South Wales on Sunday evening

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13 h. ago Arrest after woman shot dead in South Wales town near Cardiff as murder probe launched

The woman died after being shot on Sunday evening

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14 h. ago ‘People are hurting’, says Michael Sheen in documentary where he writes off debt

The actor writes off £1 million of consumer debt using his own money in a new Channel 4 programme.

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17 h. ago Talbot Green shooting: Woman dead as police arrest man on suspicion of murder

South Wales Police have confirmed the death of a 40 year old woman, following reports of a shooting in the Talbot Green area on Sunday evening

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17 h. ago Talbot Green shooting live updates as woman dead and man arrested on suspicion of murder

South Wales Police have confirmed the death of a 40 year old woman, following reports of a shooting in the Talbot Green area on Sunday evening

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25 h. ago A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland review – a striking story of concealed love

This unforgettable tale of two men in late-80s Wales deals with the emotions and repercussions of their intimacy – and is one of the best debut novels in yearsFinding a distinctive voice that stands out and speaks clearly is an essential test for a novelist, and it’s one that Welsh artist and writer Anthony Shapland effortlessly passes in his impressive debut. A Room Above a Shop opens in south Wales in the late 1980s, where a young man, B, is feeling excited, about to make a big decision. It will take him away from the sense of provisionality that’s embodied by his council house with its “doors with weightless cardboard interiors and hollow aluminium handles”. He’s going to meet an older man, M, to view the sun from a hill on New Year’s Eve.But he’s not really going for the sun. “He’ll go to hell for what he wants, but still he climbs.” M and B edge closer to each other, certain and uncertain at the same time, heading towards an intimacy they can’t speak aloud. “The hunger for anot...

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41 h. ago Live updates as fire sees police close several roads in Newport city centre

Gwent Police said they are assisting South Wales Fire Service with an incident

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51 h. ago 1 dead and several injured as tropical low tracks west across Australian east coast

Officials say flooding rains will continue for days to lash a region of the Australian east coast even though it avoided its first tropical cyclone in 51 years

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53 h. ago At least 35 people injured in crash involving ADF vehicle near Lismore, northern NSW

Nineteen ambulances dispatched to incident, which reports indicate was a large troop transport vehicleEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 35 people have been injured in a road incident involving an Australian Defence Force vehicle at Lismore, in northern New South Wales.Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 5pm with inital reports that 22 people had been injured. This was increased to 36 people shortly after 6pm. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago At least 35 people injured in crash involving two ADF vehicles near Lismore in northern NSW

Nineteen ambulances dispatched to incident shortly after 5pm with some ADF personnel ‘seriously’ injured, according to the prime ministerEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 35 people have been injured in a road incident involvingtwo Australian Defence Force vehicles at Lismore, in northern New South Wales.Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 5pm with inital reports that 22 people had been injured. This was increased to 36 people shortly after 6pm. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago At least 35 people in crash involving two ADF vehicles near Lismore in northern NSW

Nineteen ambulances dispatched to incident shortly after 5pm with some ADF personnel ‘seriously’ injured, according to the prime ministerEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 35 people were involved in a collision between two Australian Defence Force vehicles at Lismore, in northern New South Wales that has left 13 injured, some seriously.Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 5pm with initial reports that 22 people had been injured. This was increased to 36 people shortly after 6pm. A defence spokesperson said late on Saturday night that 13 personnel were injured, despite more being involved. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Cyclone Alfred weakens to tropical low off Queensland coast as authorities warn of severe rainfall and flash flooding

Hundreds of thousands without power in Queensland, with premier calling it the ‘single biggest loss we have seen in over a decade’Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTropical Cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low weather system as it stalled within a few kilometres of the Australian mainland on Saturday morning, but warnings about severe wind and rainfall remain in place across southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales.More than 280,000 people in south-east Queensland lost power overnight – more than half of those on the Gold Coast – as destructive winds heralded Alfred’s passage through Moreton Bay. Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, said they were the “single biggest loss we have seen in over a decade”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesNo one is sleeping in Murwillumbah. All we can do now is wait for Tropical Cyclon...

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64 h. ago 12 arrests as part of huge police cannabis operation in Wales

South Wales Police swooped on a number of addresses over the period of a month and several people will appear in court

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