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Son of missing man keeps asking same heartbreaking question

The little boy of a man who has been missing for more than two weeks has been asking: "Where's Daddy?", his devastated family said. Marcus Barter, aged 30 and from Newport, was last seen on CCTV footage walking on Coed y Caerau Lane in Newport at around 2.30pm on Thursday, August 1. In the footage he is wearing grey shorts, a grey T-shirt, and sliders. His car was found at the top of Wentwood – an ancient woodland next to the lane. His mobile phone was also left in the vehicle and the last call...
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They were fast asleep when police broke down their door by mistake

A couple say they have been left with "emotional scarring" after police mistakenly raided their house. Natalie Gerrard, 25, and her partner were fast asleep when officers burst into their home in Maesteg on January 20 this year. The police were executing a drugs operation and used a battering ram to break down their front door at around 10.30am. The terrified and confused couple quickly got dressed as they said a "very intimidating" police officer watched on. It was only when they pointed out...
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Boy, 17, from Cardiff arrested after fatal Southport stabbing

A teenage boy from Cardiff has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a knife attack in Southport which left two children dead. Merseyside Police were called to the stabbing incident at 11.47am on Monday, July 29, which has also left nine other children injured - six in a critical condition. All suffered stab wounds sustained during the attack, the force confirmed, and two adults are also in a critical condition. Armed police arrested a male and seized a knife. The 17-year-old boy from...
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Plaid Cymru terminates Rhys ab Owen's party membership

Plaid Cymru has terminated the membership of one of its members who was temporarily banned from the Senedd after he was found to have harassed a woman. Member of the Senedd Rhys ab Owen faced allegations he had drunkenly and "inappropriately touched" a woman, including squeezing her thigh in the back of a taxi, in June 2021. He was also found to have made disparaging comments about others, including "lewd comments" about other MSs. In March, the Senedd unanimously agreed Mr ab Owen should be ex...
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The street where buses pass inches from terrified people's front doors

Residents on a road in the Rhondda Valleys say they fear for their safety as Stagecoach buses drive illegally on the pavement on a "daily" basis - just inches from their front doors. One resident on East Road in Tylorstown claims she was nearly ran over by one of the buses when she was stepping outside her house. Another resident on the road has captured years' worth of CCTV footage appearing to show the buses mounting the pavement and driving along it. The clips, shared with WalesOnline, seem...
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Golf club left almost completely underwater after 'heart-breaking' flooding

A golf club has been left almost completely underwater after flooding in Swansea. Shocking pictures show several feet of water engulfing Mond Valley Golf Club on Ynyspenllwch Road in Clydach on Wednesday, with levels reaching hedgetops on the course and bins and chairs seen floating near the surface. A van caught in the flood was spotted nearby - also almost completely submerged in water - apparently having been abandoned mid-drive with its windscreen wipers still working. It comes as parts of
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Woman whose mum was killed by XL Bully 'ecstatic' at ban

A woman whose elderly mother was mauled to death by an American XL Bully dog in her own home has said she is "ecstatically over the moon" following the announcement that the dog breed will be banned by the end of the year. Shirley Patrick, 83, was mauled at an address in Heol Fawr, Penyrheol, in Caerphilly borough, on December 3 last year. The great-great-grandmother, who had dementia, suffered significant injuries during the incident and died in hospital just over two weeks later. After the i
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Hailey Park campaigners stop builders as sewage pumping station gets underway

Campaigners delayed work from commencing on a controversial sewage pumping station in a Cardiff park for an entire day. Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water was due to start work on the development in Hailey Park, Llandaff North, at 8am on Monday, September 11. However, a small group of campaigners arrived at 7.30am to stage an impromptu challenge against the water's company's legal authority to begin work on the site. They prevented contractors from entering through an access gate and work was unable to take
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Engineer to reduce how far he will travel for work due to new 20mph speed limit

An engineer says he has been forced to reduce his radius of travel ahead of the controversial rollout of the new 20mph default speed limit in Wales. All-service engineer Gary Keating, 61, whose services including repairs and installations of boilers, cookers and oil tanks, said he usually services around five boilers in a day, as he often has to travel far to get to customers. But with most of Wales’ 30mph limit roads set to be changed to 20mph next week, he said he "can't see myself getting fi
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Welsh rugby club forced to stop match 12 times to remove dog mess from pitch

A Welsh rugby club was forced to stop a match 12 times so they could pick up dog mess from the pitch. Whitchurch RFC said dog fouling is a regular occurrence on their home pitch in Hailey Park, Cardiff, with mess having to be picked up at least once during every game. But the amount of faeces they had to pick up during a senior fixture on Saturday, August 27, was a new record. There was more dog mess the following day during their juniors and minis training session. The club has now issued an
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Disabled pensioner hit with £100 fine for parking 'one inch' outside bay

An elderly woman has said she feels "victimised" after receiving a £100 fine after parking her car "one inch" outside of a car park bay in Cardiff. Amal Bafaqih, 85, felt "angry, ill, sick, [and] disappointed" when she received the fine for parking incorrectly in a space in Cardiff Bay Retail Park on April 5 this year. Letters sent to Amal - who is disabled and owns a Blue Badge - from parking management company UK Parking Control included a picture showing how she had parked her car within a d
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Horrific doorbell footage shows dogs pooing inside a block of flats

A resident in a new block of flats in Cardiff claims that people are letting their dogs poo and pee in the corridor outside her door almost every single day. Horrific doorbell camera footage from Platform flats on Dumballs Road in Cardiff shows several pooches letting loose in a carpeted hallway. The resident said there are poo and pee stains "everywhere" on the carpets and her hallway "reeks". She has claimed management are not doing enough to address the problem, nor adequately and swiftly cl...
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Ely canon says 'community doesn't deserve this' amid fear over further trouble

A church leader in Ely has said she fears the unrest on Monday night will tarnish the suburb's reputation, which it has tried so hard to repair ever since the bread riots of 1991. Canon Jan Gould, the vicar at The Church of Resurrection on Grand Avenue, spoke to WalesOnline after the violence in Ely in the wake of a serious collision on Snowden Road that killed two teenagers. Described as a "large-scale disorder" by police, the disturbance lasted more than nine hours and saw around 100 to 150 p...

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