11 h. ago Woman 'dated Ringo Starr' after meeting him at a Butlin's holiday camp in Wales

A woman has revealed what it was like to date Ringo Starr before he joined the Beatles. She claims she met the famous drummer while on holiday in North Wales before they were famous

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13 h. ago North Wales is the perfect gateway to developing a hiking habit

Dusting off his hiking boots off after nearly two decades, Chris Stevenson discovers the joy of being out on mountain trails – and also ditching a tent in favour of a hotel and spa

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32 h. ago As a young man, I fell in love with the US. The country’s soul is still there, despite Trump’s best efforts to destroy it | John Harris

For many of us, the United States means music, progress, hope. Whatever their president does, plenty of Americans continue to believe in those tooIt seems as inevitable as the economic chaos let loose by Donald Trump’s mad avalanche of tariffs: a precipitous drop in the number of tourists visiting the US, which is now forecast to be even worse than initially feared. In February, overseas travel to the country was down by 5% compared with the previous year – and, now, reputable forecasters are predicting a drop of nearly twice that size.We all know why. Trump’s hostile words about Canada and Mexico have hit the US’s top two markets for tourism. Finnish, German and Danish transgender and non-binary people have been advised by their governments to contact a US diplomatic mission before travelling there. Note also a trickle of reports about outsiders falling foul of the cruel stringency apparently now gripping the American authorities: a 28-year-old woman from north Wales held for 19 da...

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42 h. 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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4 d. ago 'I visited Welsh city branded UK's worst seaside resort – one thing blew my mind'

Ed Chapman, a vlogger who posts travel-themed videos on his self-titled YouTube channel, spent two nights in North Wales to investigate the city's perhaps unfair ranking

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7 d. ago Baulkham Hills stabbing: woman arrested and three children in hospital after alleged attack in Sydney suburb

Two girls, boy in stable condition and 46-year-old woman under guard in hospital after alleged attack in Baulkham HillsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA mother has been arrested after she allegedly stabbed her three children multiple times in their home in Sydney’s north-west.New South Wales police Det Supt Naomi Moore said on Monday that the children’s father woke to yells in their Baulkham Hills home, and secured the kitchen knife from his partner. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Three children and woman in hospital after stabbing attack in Sydney suburb

Two girls, boy and 46-year-old woman all in stable condition after the attack in Baulkham HillsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree children and a woman have been taken to hospital after a stabbing attack on Monday morning in a suburb in Sydney’s north-west.According to a press release from New South Wales police, about 5.20am on Monday emergency services were called to a home in Baulkham Hills, following reports that multiple people had been stabbed. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Three children and woman in hospital after alleged stabbing attack in Sydney suburb

Two girls, boy and 46-year-old woman all in stable condition after the alleged attack in Baulkham HillsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree children and a woman have been taken to hospital after an alleged stabbing attack on Monday morning in a suburb in Sydney’s north-west.New South Wales police said emergency services were called to a home in Baulkham Hills about 5.20am on Monday, following reports that multiple people had been stabbed. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Baulkham Hills stabbing: three children and woman in hospital after alleged attack in Sydney suburb

Two girls, boy and 46-year-old woman all in stable condition after the alleged attack in Baulkham HillsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree children and a woman have been taken to hospital after an alleged stabbing attack on Monday morning in a suburb in Sydney’s north-west.New South Wales police said emergency services were called to a home in Baulkham Hills about 5.20am on Monday, following reports that multiple people had been stabbed. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Bryn Terfel: ‘I’d stand on a table and sing Elvis at the drop of a hat’

The opera singer, 59, on his love of Wales, performing for the King, and where he goes to let his hair downI had an angelic childhood. I was brought up on a sheep farm in Pant Glas, north Wales, with my older brother Ian. My father was a farmer, my mum worked in a school for children with disabilities, and they and my grandparents were in different choirs. There was always singing in the household, pieces of music on the kitchen cupboards.I’d stand on a table and sing an Elvis song at the drop of a hat. I wasn’t a boy soprano, but I entered into competitions in the Welsh festival, Eisteddfod. That allowed me to think of singing as a career. Any given weekend, you can compete either singing, reciting or playing an instrument. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago The 'hidden gem' North Wales beach you need to visit this spring

Dogs are allowed on it all year-round so the whole family can enjoy it

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1 week ago Prison governor had relationship with ‘Breaking Bad’ gang leader, jury told

Kerri Pegg allegedly accepted a car from Anthony Saunderson, who went by the name Jesse Pinkman.

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1 week ago Proportion of children living in low income families, by local area

Relative low income is defined here as any family claiming child benefit and at least one other household benefit.

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1 week ago Going for gold: coin marks hope of bringing Welsh mine back from the dead

Clogau St David’s, once Britain’s richest goldmine, was considered exhausted. But miners are working there againThe workspace would not suit everyone. A soggy, gritty, cramped cavern 50 metres beneath a Welsh hillside accessible only by a series of ladders that drop through craggy holes into the darkness.But a smile spread over Dai Jones’s grime-caked face as the miner described the challenge of hunting for gold in the hills of north-west Wales and the joy when he and his colleagues find a few specks. Continue reading...

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1 week ago David Brooks pleased late equaliser spared ‘Welsh legend’ Joe Allen’s blushes

The veteran midfielder’s back pass was intercepted for North Macedonia to take a late lead.

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1 week ago Pensioner, 92, died after getting stuck in an 'incredibly boggy field' while out on his regular walk, inquest hears

William Morris Jones, a retired groundsman, set out on a routine walk around his native Criccieth, north Wales, on the afternoon of 28 December 2024.

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1 week ago Mixed Wales ratings as duo justify return but error from experienced head nearly proves costly in North Macedonia

Here's how the Wales players rated during the 1-1 draw with North Macedonia on Tuesday night

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1 week ago David Brooks spares Joe Allen's blushes as Wales rescue dramatic draw with final kick

NORTH MACEDONIA 1-1 WALES: Bojan Miovski's 91st minute goal looked as though it was going to condemn Craig Bellamy to a first defeat as Wales boss, until David Brooks struck a dramatic equaliser

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1 week ago David Brooks rescues point for Wales after late drama in North Macedonia

It is 12 years since Wales last played in Skopje and their then manager Chris Coleman arrived uncomfortably late after losing his passport. More than a decade on, Craig Bellamy’s side left a much more professional impression, even if took a last-gasp equaliser from the substitute David Brooks to rescue a point that preserves both his manager’s unbeaten record and Welsh hopes of another World Cup qualification.Given that North Macedonia had won their six previous games without conceding a goal and Wales were unbeaten in seven matches since Bellamy took the managerial helm, something had to give in Skopje. Continue reading...

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1 week ago North Macedonia nightclub fire: cause, death toll and Wales match armband tribute

Its could be an emotional night when Wales face North Macedonia on Tuesday

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