9 h. ago Channel 4 drama starring Welsh actor is as gripping as famous book that inspired it

A Channel 4 drama starring a Welsh actor is brilliant viewing. It's just as beautiful as the famous book that inspired it, and it'll have you hooked from the get-go

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31 h. ago National chain set to take over bar next to famous Welsh beach

Hospitality company Loungers has applied for signage at the former Salty's Beach Bar location in Tenby

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3 d. ago The moment I knew: on our second date I thought, ‘You’re kissing the man you’re going to marry’

Dating in New York City wasn’t easy for comedian Mel McGlensey. Then she fell hard for DougFind more stories from the moment I knew seriesIn 2015 I was in my early 20s and living in New York City, working as a journalist and moonlighting as a comedian.
My dating life was not going well, and my poor little heart had taken a beating. Dating in the city had set the bar very low. But even if it hadn’t, Douglas would’ve stepped right over it.On our first date, something felt different. For one thing, I spent the entire time talking, rather than smiling and nodding when appropriate. Instead of knocking back a series of drinks just to get through it, I found myself nursing a single cocktail the entire evening as I fielded his questions about my opinions and aspirations. Compared with the self-indulgent jerks I usually suffered through dates with, Doug’s common decency was a revelation. I even phoned my mum on the way home to gush about him. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Geraint Thomas 'little annoyed' at Tour de France announcement

The Welsh cycling legend joked that the world's most famous cycling coming to his home country had come a little late

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8 d. ago Switzerland resort where 40 people died in ski bar fire set to stage 2038 Winter Olympics

Crans-Montana, the site of the tragedy on December 31, has been earmarked to host the Alpine skiing competitions

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1 week ago High Noon review – Billy Crudup brings classic Hollywood western back with a bang

Harold Pinter theatre, LondonCrudup and Denise Gough lead a tense adaptation that turns the film into a debate play whose McCarthy-era roots resonate powerfully todayHow do you turn a classic Hollywood western into West End musical fare? Add songs, many of Bruce Springsteen’s in this case, along with a few rounds of line dancing and a sizzling star in Billy Crudup. Still, it’s an odd experience initially as Thea Sharrock’s production switches from one brief filmic scene to the next, and the endeavour seems as wooden as the clapboard saloon-bar slats that comprise the handsome set.As a piece of theatre, it finds its flow. As a debate play, though, it gathers a locomotive energy as it travels towards the showdown between Frank Miller (James Doherty), who is returning to this “dirty little village in the middle of nowhere”, and the marshal Will Kane (Crudup) who put him behind bars. That is mostly because of the uncanny and urgent relevance of this 1952 film about a community working o...

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2 w. ago Shock moment sparklers nearly set Swiss bar on fire 6 YEARS before NYE blaze killed 40 as waiter screams ‘watch out!’

THIS is the shocking moment sparklers nearly set a Swiss bar on fire six years before the catastrophic New Year's Eve blaze that killed 40 people and left 116 injured. Newly emerged footage shows a staff member at a packed ski bar desperately shouting for revellers to move sparklers away from the ceiling. The warning...

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2 w. ago The moment a sparkler almost set Swiss bar on fire six years before inferno killed 40 people at the same venue

'Watch out for the foam, watch out for the foam,' the waiter can he heard shouting, as a sparkler in a bottle approaches the ceiling dangerously.

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2 w. ago Horror new Swiss ski resort fire photos show exact moment sparklers start blaze

Horrific footage taken inside the Le Constellation bar shows the moment a sparkler appears to set the ceiling on fire, and people desperately trying to put out the ensuing flames

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2 w. ago 'My son booked a table at Swiss bar – I don't know if he's in hospital or morgue'

Laetitia Brodard has not seen teenage son Arthur, 16 since he set off to celebrate at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve with nine of his friends

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2 w. ago The moment sparkler set fire to New Year inferno bar ceiling before 47 died

The owners of the Swiss nightclub which erupted into an inferno killing at least 47 people and injuring 115 others are a husband and wife French couple who are powerful figures

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2 w. ago He worked with the world's most famous names. Then he gave it all up for a Welsh pub

Nick Otley fancied trying photography and ended up drinking with Michael Hutchence and at parties with Kate Moss but the draw of the family business brought him back to Wales – it's fair to say it's proved a good call

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3 w. ago Bowen and Curtis bag famous home win in Welsh National with Haiti Couleurs

Winner carries huge weight to success at ChepstowCheltenham Gold Cup on horizon after brave victoryIt is seven years and counting since Native River became the last horse trained in Britain to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but the beleaguered home team has conceivably emerged from the first two days of the Christmas programme with not one, but two realistic contenders for next year’s race, after Haiti Couleurs put up a magnificent performance to win the Welsh Grand National here under 11st 13lb on Saturday.Or, as Haiti Couleurs’ connections might prefer it, England has a chance with Friday’s King George winner, The Jukebox Man, and Wales has a shout with Haiti Couleurs, who is trained by Rebecca Curtis in Pembrokeshire and ridden by Sean Bowen, the champion jockey, who was born just down the road from her yard. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Biblical scenes as famous pub crawl returns to Welsh village

What started as a bit of a laugh amongst friends has turned into a community tradition

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4 w. ago Edinburgh city centre rum bar Ruma announces sad closure less than two years after opening on Broughton Street

An Edinburgh city centre rum bar has announced it is set to close its doors for good, less than two years after opening.

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