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SwanseaThis is the story of how a teenage boy was brutally murdered on his walk home

Ben Bellamy, 17, was killed on September 18, 2005, by Joel Taylor and Joshua Thomas

Alex JonesOne Show presenter Alex Jones has given birth to a baby boy

The 39-year-old announced the happy news live on air to her delighted co-hosts

Merthyr TydfilA prisoner has been posting photos of himself behind bars and threatening to 'cause murder'

The Prison Service has branded the behaviour 'unacceptable' and has recovered a mobile phone from inmate Scott Davies

Homes and propertyThis log cabin for sale in the Valleys comes with a share in a lake

It comes with a share in a stunning lake and woodland which is shared by other residents on the same development

TataUnions officially endorse Tata Steel proposals on pensions and recommend their members to vote in favour

In a joint statements representatives from three unions made the recommendation 'with heavy hearts'

CardiffHolocaust survivors to mark memorial day with events across Wales

Auschwitz survivor Eva Clarke will address the Welsh national service in Cardiff

EmploymentThese are the 80 employers in Wales who pay the Living Wage

The Living Wage is voluntary and is calculated on what workers and their families need to live

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These are the 80 employers in Wales who pay the Living Wage

The Living Wage is voluntary and is calculated on what workers and their families need to live.

09:15

Look who has been filming at Southerndown!

Scenes for popular BBC One drama Poldark have been filmed at a coastal village in the Vale of Glamorgan .

08:25

Fancy owning your own lake?

This log cabin for sale in the Valleys comes with a share in a lake.

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Events for Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust survivors and Jewish community leaders in Wales will be among those marking some of the most horrific events in history today.

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It's a boy!

One Show presenter Alex Jones has given birth to a baby boy.

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Wales Rugby TeamThe forgotten Wales 2013 Six Nations title winner who's now a successful entrepreneur

Meat entrepreneur Olly Kohn has opened the first of what he hopes is a chain of his Pigsty restaurants in Bristol

CardiffAnger as award-winning chef's diner set to become burger place while he faces deportation

Oz Urfa closed after one of the brothers who owned it was told he had to leave the UK

CourtsA driver who left a pedestrian so badly injured he has never fully recovered has been jailed

Anthony John Randall has been jailed for two years after the 'horrific' crash

FacebookThis is what it's really like having a baby with Down's Syndrome

Kristin Birkett wants to share her experiences to help people understand the condition

AbergavennyA Christmas card full of cannabis was intercepted after post office staff noticed a strange smell

Staff at the Royal Mail sorting office in Abergavenny discovered the card and called the police

Andrew RT DaviesThe chief exec of a health watchdog has been suspended on full pay for 11 months

There are claims Tony Rucinski was stopped from speaking to the press

Missing peopleMissing man who contacted family from phone box 'may be heading toward Devon or Cornwall'

Andy Marley, 60, was last seen on January 24

Rugby LeagueThe violent story of Welsh rugby's ultimate hard man - and the sickening stamp that led to the most unlikely friendship

His victim needed 15 stitches in a gaping head wound and never played for his country again, but these days they're the best of friends

PembrokeshireDonald Trump has called Chelsea Manning an 'ungrateful traitor who should never have been released from prison'

Trump said the soldier 'should never have been released from prison'

HealthThese people were given contaminated blood 30 years ago - and their lives were never the same again

283 people in Wales were infected and 70 have so far died

NHSDoctors want Wales to take these controversial steps to improve our children's health

'If we don't, we will fail a whole generation in Wales'

CourtsCare worker accused of having sex with patient cleared of two of charges

Alec Wallbank was found not guilty of two of the six counts he faces following a judge's direction

DenbighshireThis Elizabethan country house is for sale for the first time in 500 years

Plas Clough in Denbighshire has previously been inherited by subsequent generations

Builth Wells'Structural failure' may have caused light aircraft crash in which two men were killed, inquest told

Pilot Nick Jeffries, 54, and his friend Scott Penlington, 25, both died when the light aircraft crashed in Builth Wells, Powys

SwanseaPolice confirm body found at construction site is missing teenager

South Wales Police has confirmed the identity of the body found in the Swansea Marina area

Swansea City FCSwansea City transfer news LIVE: Search for a centre-back continues as Sunderland target Neil Taylor and Routledge signs new deal

Stay up to date with all the latest transfer news and gossip throughout the day

Cardiff City FCCardiff City transfer news LIVE: Lambert set to stay with the Bluebirds as Warnock prepares side for trip to Reading

Stay up to date with all the latest Cardiff City transfer news and gossip throughout the day

South Wales PolicePolice raided an industrial estate and discovered 1,200 cannabis plants

Police say a full investigation is underway in relation to the production and supply of class B drugs and potentially human trafficking

CowbridgeFive Yorkshire Building Society branches to close in Wales

It comes just two days after HSBC revealed plans to close 8 branches across Wales.

BeachesWales is not as beautiful as England or Scotland according to this guide book

People voted for the most beautiful countries in the world and Wales was 10th

CourtsThis former soldier slashed people with a saw when a bar refused to serve him after closing time

Mark Burgess grabbed the 18-inch saw from his van then warned he was going to 'stab' drinkers

Wales schoolsIndecent images of schoolchildren are being taken and shared, parents are being warned

Police said community safety officers are speaking to pupils in assemblies after a "number of incidents" in recent weeks

Wales Rugby TeamThe full details of the massive cash windfall Wales' players will get if they win the Six Nations

New captain Alun Wyn Jones, Leigh Halfpenny and company would be in line for a hefty sum if they won European crown for the first time since 2013

Wales weatherThis beautiful winter sky feature might be visible in Wales this week

Nacreous clouds appear in vivid colours and if the weather conditions are right, can be seen from the UK

Missing peoplePolice 'growing concerned' for teenage girl who has gone missing from home

Codey Cole, 13, was last seen on Monday

Wales NewsA teen who fled Afghanistan when his father was murdered 'has been refused leave to remain in Wales'

Bashir Naderi, 19, has seen his case taken up by MPs and members of the public with thousands calling for him to be allowed to stay

NewportThis girl was almost completely paralysed 12 months ago – but now she's started to walk

Felicity Watkins, who was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome, has made amazing progress

bank holidayHow to use your 25 days of holiday to get 55 days off work

If you're clever you can get 55 days off around Easter, May, August and Christmas, even if you only have 25 days of holiday

Circuit of WalesCircuit of Wales given two week deadline to confirm its financial backers

A Welsh Government minister says he wants faster progress on the £425m project

PoliticsArriva Trains Wales is making huge profits as overcrowding gets worse

Arriva Trains Wales profit has more than tripled since it took over the franchise

Merthyr TydfilThe extraordinary parking that left a man unable to get out of his own house

He says he's had enough of people parking there to use nearby takeaways

TerrorismA 26-year-old from Swansea is due to appear in court accused of terrorism offences

Lee Edward Griffiths, 26, has been charged with five offences contrary to section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000

SwanseaPrimary school teacher 'had sex with 16-year-old at his parents' house'

Jonathan Mark Norbury is accused of having sexual relationships with three girls when they were underage

Armed ForcesA surface-to-air missile was accidentally fired into Wales by a Royal Navy ship

The deadly weapon was intended to blast Russian nuclear bombers out of the sky

Six NationsThis is the best possible Six Nations XV you could pick right now

Rugby correspondent Simon Thomas has come up with his form team from the selected Six Nations squads

Cardiff32 arrested in less than 24 hours during police crackdown on drugs, theft and burglary in Cardiff

Arrests have been made across the city in connection with a range of offences

Cardiff UniversityPolice were called after a medical student 'blacked up' to impersonate a lecturer

An independent report into the incident at Cardiff University's Medical School was published which reveals complaints of racism, sexism and lack of diversity within the school

Traffic and TravelMan dies after three-car crash on busy road

Two women were also taken to hospital after the accident near Porth, Rhondda

Gwent PoliceOverturned lorry spills palm oil across main road leading to FORTY mile diversion for drivers

The road is likely to be closed for most of the day and a 40-mile diversion is in place

CeredigionSomeone just put the Welshest advert ever in a local paper

Ceredigion-based business, Cardi, helps people to save money

NewsPeople in a Welsh town are without water after a burst pipe

Some people have also had dirty water coming through their taps

Cardiff CouncilInside the derelict factory and petrol station branded 'hideous and dangerous'

Cardiff council has been urged to secure the site which has been described as 'an absolute mess'

PoliticsAMs today call for a public inquiry into a contaminated blood tragedy which affected 5,000 people

People contracted HIV, hepatitis and even vCJD

HealthOperations cancelled as union warns of 'severe disruption' at hospitals due to strike action

Some members of staff at Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board hospitals voted to strike over a disparity in pay

Cardiff High SchoolThese are the schools Wales' chief inspector has highlighted as having the best teaching

Meilyr Rowlands says teaching is the weakest aspect across areas of education in Wales.

Wales NewsFire crews battle garage blaze after reports vehicles on fire

Firefighters were called to Mill Parade in Newport on Tuesday afternoon after reports four vehicles inside the garage were on fire

Swansea Bay tidal lagoon'Swansea Bay tidal lagoon ticks all the boxes - now it's up to the Government' says man who led review

Former energy minister Charles Hendry urged the Government to proceed 'apace' on reaching a subsidy agreement with the lagoon developers

HSBCHSBC reveals branches closing in Wales as it announces major cuts

The high street lender has announced plans to cut 62 across the UK

PoliticsThis is what the Supreme Court's ruling means for Brexit and Wales

The consequences are significant

Cardiff CouncilInside the derelict factory and petrol station branded 'hideous and dangerous'

Cardiff council has been urged to secure the site which has been described as 'an absolute mess'

Wales weatherFreezing fog expected again in parts of Wales as Met Office issues new weather warning

The Met Office has issued a weather warning for ice and fog on Tuesday night through to Wednesday

Cardiff Crown CourtYoung driver 'was reckless and aggressive before fatal crash'

Joshua Ford, 21, denies causing the death of his friend and stepfather by driving dangerously

CourtsCare worker 'had sex with patient he met on psychiatric ward'

Hospital worker Alec Wallbank allegedly met the woman for sex in a hotel after she had been discharged

PoliticsWelsh wife of of French presidential hopeful under investigation over claims she wrongly received large sum of money

François Fillon has accused critics of misogyny after the allegations emerged in relation to his Llanover-born wife Penelope

LlandudnoTwo Welsh hotels have been named among the very best in the world

Lawton Court and The Elm Tree Hotel, both in Llandudno, were named winners in the best service and bargain hotel categories respectively

Dyfed-Powys PoliceTwo escaped goats have been causing havoc on a major Welsh road

The pair were caught by police after they were seen running around a dual carriageway

London WelshAll Blacks legend Dan Carter linked with shock bid to save iconic Welsh rugby club

He could be used to attract new players to the club that has gone into liquidation

Traffic and TravelCrashes on foggy morning bring delays to two of Cardiff's busiest roads

Five cars were involved in the two accidents on Eastern and Western Avenues

CourtsFormer teacher jailed for downloading thousands of images of child pornography

Paul Fisher, 68, from Cardiff, who used to work as a teacher, admitted possessing more then 2,000 images of child abuse

CardiffMan who suffered heart attack in Cardiff pub left waiting after ambulance failed to show up

The Welsh Ambulance Service has apologised to Paul Jones who ended up being taken to hospital by his nephew after waiting for more than an hour

Cardiff BayThese new pictures show the stunning transformation of Cardiff's historic Coal Exchange

Renovations are continuing at the historic Cardiff Bay site where the first rooms are due to open within weeks

TonypandyMan taken to hospital after chef throws chilli powder in his face

Michelle Evans said her husband is now on medication after he was allegedly assaulted by a chef who claims he acted in self-defence

EducationA GCSE maths revision book contained 90 errors

The book was for WJEC students whose exams are mainly taken in Wales

Arriva Trains WalesArriva Trains Wales' profits 'are too high', according to a leading politician

Ken Skates said it was 'galling' to see the Welsh Government spending on the rail network as the company racked up huge profits

Cardiff Crown CourtMother jailed for plotting to let paedophile rape her own daughter

The mother planned a sex attack on the girl with Stuart Bailey in a series of 'depraved' text messages

What's On

Artes MundiThese stunning films about refugees fleeing their homeland have won the UK's biggest arts prize

John Akomfrah has won the £40,000 Artes Mundi prize for his body of work

St Valentine's DayValentine’s Day deals at independent restaurants in and around Cardiff you can book now

Flowers and chocolates are a good start but a super dinner out will make Valentine's really special

Cardiff BayTechniquest is holding an after-dark adults-only science night featuring burgers and beer

There will be a bar, food from the Grazing Shed and an X Factor-style competition

Doctor WhoGunmen are spotted outside Cardiff University - but it's only for the filming of Doctor Who

Don't be too alarmed if you saw gunmen around Cardiff today

Cynon ValleyRagsy fulfils a dream by singing in Welsh

The singer will release his new single in English and Welsh

Rugby

Wales Rugby TeamThe nine Welshmen who would meet Eddie Jones' demanding criteria to be considered truly world class

Jones is adamant that England have no world class players in their ranks despite winning a Grand Slam and a Test series in Australia

Six Nations'Wales? They'll scrap for third, fourth or fifth' - the damning Six Nations verdict from the man who inflicted our worst ever defeat

Nick Mallett was in charge of South Africa when they beat Wales 96-13 in 1998 and he has written off the chances of Rob Howley's men

ScarletsScarlets revved up for must-win Anglo-Welsh shoot-out with European and English champs Saracens

Scarlets lost at Newport Gwent Dragons but beat Bath in the cross-border tournament and face Sarries less than a fortnight after a thrilling last meeting

Six NationsJust how many Welshmen would get in a composite Wales-England team?

England are red-hot favourites to retain the Six Nations title after going through 2016 with a perfect winning streak of 13 but have been beaten on five of their last seven visits to Cardiff

Cardiff BluesWeakened Cardiff Blues turn to Pele for Anglo-Welsh Cup clash against Sale Sharks

Coach Danny Wilson has had to shuffle his resources considerably for the trip north, though his team have no chance of making the knock-out stage

Football

Cardiff City FCCardiff City v Reading FC: The three Royals stars Neil Warnock's men need to watch out for this weekend

Which players will pose the biggest threat to Cardiff City at the Madejski Stadium?

Swansea City FCSwansea City receive boost ahead of Southampton clash as Claude Puel's men set to be without captain Virgil van Dijk

The centre-back has attracted interest from a host of top Premier League clubs after his impressive performances this season, but it is thought he will miss Southampton's trip to the Liberty Stadium through injury

Swansea City FCSwansea City transfer news LIVE: Paul Clement remains in the hunt for a new centre-back as Sunderland target Neil Taylor

Follow our live blog throughout the day for all the latest Swansea City news and updates

Cardiff City FCCardiff City transfer news LIVE: Neil Warnock holds press conference as Rickie Lambert set to stay with the Bluebirds

Follow our live blog for updates on all of the latest Cardiff City transfer news and rumours as the Bluebirds prepare for their Championship clash with Reading

Swansea City FCA first look behind the scenes at Swansea City's brand new multi-million pound training facility

The latest phase of development at Swansea City's Fairwood training base is complete and it's very impressive

Alex JonesOne Show presenter Alex Jones has given birth to a baby boy

The 39-year-old announced the happy news live on air to her delighted co-hosts

Holly WilloughbyWatch the moment James Martin walked off This Morning set when Holly Willoughby gagged on his food

'Twenty-three years I've been on TV doing cookery and that's never happened to me!'

SwanseaThis is the story of how a teenage boy was brutally murdered on his walk home

Ben Bellamy, 17, was killed on September 18, 2005, by Joel Taylor and Joshua Thomas

BBCScenes for BBC drama Poldark filmed in coastal Welsh village

Actors, including Poldark himself Aidan Turner, were at Southerndown, filming for the next series

Rugby LeagueThe violent story of Welsh rugby's ultimate hard man - and the sickening stamp that led to the most unlikely friendship

His victim needed 15 stitches in a gaping head wound and never played for his country again, but these days they're the best of friends

Alex JonesOne Show presenter Alex Jones has given birth to a baby boy

The 39-year-old announced the happy news live on air to her delighted co-hosts

Holly WilloughbyWatch the moment James Martin walked off This Morning set when Holly Willoughby gagged on his food

'Twenty-three years I've been on TV doing cookery and that's never happened to me!'

SwanseaThis is the story of how a teenage boy was brutally murdered on his walk home

Ben Bellamy, 17, was killed on September 18, 2005, by Joel Taylor and Joshua Thomas

BBCScenes for BBC drama Poldark filmed in coastal Welsh village

Actors, including Poldark himself Aidan Turner, were at Southerndown, filming for the next series

Rugby LeagueThe violent story of Welsh rugby's ultimate hard man - and the sickening stamp that led to the most unlikely friendship

His victim needed 15 stitches in a gaping head wound and never played for his country again, but these days they're the best of friends

TescoTesco in £3.7bn merger with food wholesaler Booker

The deal values Booker at £3.7bn

Cardiff City FCCardiff City v Reading FC: The three Royals stars Neil Warnock's men need to watch out for this weekend

Which players will pose the biggest threat to Cardiff City at the Madejski Stadium?

Swansea City FCSwansea City receive boost ahead of Southampton clash as Claude Puel's men set to be without captain Virgil van Dijk

The centre-back has attracted interest from a host of top Premier League clubs after his impressive performances this season, but it is thought he will miss Southampton's trip to the Liberty Stadium through injury

City DealFive down five to go for approval of £1.2bn City Deal which promises to create 25,000 new jobs

Cardiff, Monmouthshire and Blaenau Gwent latest councils to the back the deal

Swansea City FCSwansea City transfer news LIVE: Paul Clement remains in the hunt for a new centre-back as Sunderland target Neil Taylor

Follow our live blog throughout the day for all the latest Swansea City news and updates

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