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All the latest news and updates on Wales, one of four countries making up the United Kingdom. Wales shares a border with England, and its cities include the capital Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Wrexham. It is also known for Snowdonia National Park. Get breaking news and the latest weather forecasts here – plus Welsh travel updates and inspiration.

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  1. Rows of the new Class 398 Citylinks trams for the South Wales Metro lined up in the new train maintenance depot of Transport for Wales, in Taffs Well.

    New £1,000,000,000 ‘Welsh Tube’ to span 105 miles — with trains every 5 minutes

    Channel: Travel Travel 3 minutes ago By Eleanor Noyce
  2. Urgent search for two teens missing for a week last seen 40 miles from home
  3. Young mum 'glassed her former friend across the face' during attack in busy bar
  4. Sunny weather to heat UK up to 22C today - but bad news for hay fever sufferers
  5. British woman who went to die at Swiss clinic had lost her son 19 months before

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Urgent search for two teens missing for a week last seen 40 miles from home

Channel: UK UK 11 hours ago By Josh Milton
Rows of the new Class 398 Citylinks trams for the South Wales Metro lined up in the new train maintenance depot of Transport for Wales, in Taffs Well.

New £1,000,000,000 ‘Welsh Tube’ to span 105 miles — with trains every 5 minutes

Channel: Travel Travel 3 minutes ago By Eleanor Noyce
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 20: A bee collects pollen from blossom on trees in the park surrounding Saint Paul's Cathedral on March 20, 2025 in London, United Kingdom. The astronomical spring season begins on the date of the spring equinox. This falls on 20 March in 2025, and will last until what's known as the summer solstice on 21 June. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Sunny weather to heat UK up to 22C today - but bad news for hay fever sufferers

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Luke Alsford
Friends who one glassed the other in the face.

Young mum 'glassed her former friend across the face' during attack in busy bar

Channel: UK UK 4 days ago By Jasper King
The head and deputy head

Headteacher faces jail after admitting attacking deputy in school fight

Channel: UK UK April 7, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Play Video Caption: No charges for police officer following deaths of two boys in south Wales crash credit: PA / Wales News Service

Police officer who followed teens before they died in Ely crash will face no charges

Channel: UK UK April 7, 2025 By Luke Alsford
A48 near Bonvilston (Picture: Google)

Three men killed in crash between car and tipper lorry

Channel: UK UK April 2, 2025 By Luke Alsford

7 things that you thought were British but actually aren't

Channel: Travel Travel April 1, 2025 By Sophie-May Williams

Dad has four toes amputated after GP dismissed infection as athlete's foot

Channel: UK UK March 29, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
The empty Festival Park shopping centre in Ebbw Vale, Wales.

Inside the £18,000,000 ‘ghost’ shopping centre that now stands empty

Channel: UK UK March 29, 2025 By Jasper King

British woman who went to die at Swiss clinic had lost her son 19 months before

Channel: UK UK March 31, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

How the UK compares to one of the world’s most prepped countries for war

Channel: World World March 27, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Mandatory Credit: Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (14949064j) Pedestrians walk past the posters promoting the Assisted Dying bill at Westminster Underground station in London, Britain, 27 November 2024. The Assisted Dying bill is to allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards, to be assisted to end their own life. British MPs will vote on the assisted dying bill on 29 November 2024. Posters on the London Underground ahead of the Assisted Dying bill in Parliament, United Kingdom - 27 Nov 2024

Map shows the parts of the world where assisted dying is legal

Channel: UK UK March 25, 2025 By Craig Munro
Kian Mills, 15, with his parents Julie and Aldon at home in Port Talbot. Kian is home educated after his parents took him out of St Joseph's Catholic School in June 2024. Credit: WalesOnline/Media Wales

School told to apologise after dyslexic pupil with ADHD was punished more than 250 times

Channel: UK UK March 24, 2025 By Luke Alsford

Football captain was drug dealer and his club didn't know until he was jailed

Channel: UK UK March 24, 2025 By Katie Boyden

Soldier killed in motorbike crash was 'planning to climb Everest' before he died

Channel: UK UK March 24, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
A motorcyclist and a pillion passenger have died in a crash near Wrexham. The incident happened on Wrexham Road in New Broughton at around 11pm on Friday evening, March 21. Emergency responders attended the scene and two casualties, both aged 18 and on a yellow Honda 125cc motorcycle were taken to hospital in Wrexham but sadly died. Credit: Google

Two teenagers killed in motorbike crash on countryside road

Channel: UK UK March 22, 2025 By Brooke Davies
FILE PHOTO - A mum says the Home Office won't give her a passport - because she changed her name to Pudsey Bear for charity 16 years ago. Photo released March 2025. Eileen De Bont legally changed her name to the Children In Need's teddy mascot - after running an eBay auction to raise money in 2009. The 53-year-old from Prestatyn raised ?4,000 through an online auction for the charity's appeal. She provided a list of 50 options and pledged to change her name to the one chosen by the highest bidder.

Woman who changed her name to Pudsey Bear says she can't get a passport

Channel: UK UK March 21, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Temple Street, Newport.

Toddler found wandering streets alone in just a nappy and holding a ball

Channel: UK UK March 20, 2025 By Jasper King
Play Video Car ploughs into group of pedestrians.

Man drives car at rival Airbnb guests after rental in Cardiff was double booked

Channel: UK UK March 19, 2025 By Jasper King

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