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11 min ago | BBC News

AUDIO: 'Flood took me at speed of a rocket'

Flood rescue victim Vanessa Glover pays tribute to the RNLI crew who are receiving bravery awards after they plucked her to safety when she was swept from her car as a river burst its banks in Devon.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, United Kingdom,

Wed May 22, 2013

IcNetwork

Two former Conservative candidates defect to UKIP in signs its Welsh support is growing

Two former Welsh Conservative candidates have defected to UKIP, amid signs that the anti-European party is enjoying a surge of support in Wales.

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Related Topix: Conservatives (UK), Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales, World News, United Kingdom, Neath and Port Talbot County, Wales, Swansea County, Wales, Carmarthenshire County, Wales, Powys County, Wales

BBC News

Specialist hospital care plans due

Plans for major changes to the way some specialist hospital care is delivered in south Wales will be unveiled later.

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Related Topix: Neath and Port Talbot County, Wales, Swansea County, Wales, Carmarthenshire County, Wales, World News, Powys County, Wales, United Kingdom, Torfaen County, Wales, Merthyr Tydfil County, Wales, Prince Charles, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales,

Mon May 20, 2013

IcNetwork

Owen Teale on getting passionate with Zoe Wanamaker

Versatile actor Owen is enthralling audiences as a middle-aged man caught up an affair.

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Related Topix: Neath and Port Talbot County, Wales, World News, United Kingdom,

South Wales Argus

Walkers get in the pink for a Gwent Breast Cancer walk

Buy this photo COLOURFUL: Lauren Welch, Christine Smith, Tracey Welch, Karen Evans at the back and Mike Nash and Maureen Powell, front who took part in the canal walk Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with 48,000 women getting it in Britain each year.

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Related Topix: Monmouthshire County, Wales, United Kingdom, World News, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales

Thu May 16, 2013

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The Welsh home of the RIB waves goodbye to its lifeboat after nearly 50 years

A college where the rigid inflatable boat was invented will no longer provide a lifeboat service from next month, the RNLI has revealed.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales,

IcNetwork

Hospital shake-up: 'Royal Glamorgan likely to lose its A&E'

Merthyr's Prince Charles Hospital and the Princess of Wales in Bridgend are likely to be put forward to keep specialist services in the South Wales shake-up The Royal Glamorgan Hospital is likely to be "downgraded" and lose its consultant-led Accident and Emergency unit in a controversial hospital shakeup, WalesOnline understands Senior NHS sources ... (more)

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Related Topix: Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales, World News, United Kingdom, Prince Charles, Neath and Port Talbot County, Wales, Swansea County, Wales, Carmarthenshire County, Wales, Powys County, Wales, Torfaen County, Wales,

IcNetwork

Cat burglars: Six tiny cute kittens found in Parc Prison in Bridgend

Six furry felines have been found with their mum at Parc Prison in Bridgend, the feline fugitives have now been handed over to Bridgend Cats Protection It's a strange tail, six tiny feline fugitives have been found nesting with their mum in the most unlikely of places, inside a prison truck at Parc Prison in Bridgend.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales

Wed May 15, 2013

IcNetwork

Ty Hafan fundraiser proposes surrounded by 700 dressed as Superwoman

Surrounded by 700 fundraisers dressed as Superwoman, Ty Hafan fundraiser Matthew Davies got down on one knee to propose to his long-term partner.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom,

Mon May 13, 2013

BBC News

'Abandon' hospital A&E plans plea

There are calls for a major shake up of accident and emergency services in south Wales to be abandoned due to the crisis in demand.

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Related Topix: Powys County, Wales, United Kingdom, Torfaen County, Wales, World News, Monmouthshire County, Wales, Merthyr Tydfil County, Wales, Prince Charles, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales,

Newsday

Book shortlist is launched online

The search is under way for the 2013 Wales Book of the Year Award winner with the announcement of the shortlist in an online broadcast.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Arts, Poetry, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales

Sun May 12, 2013

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'Death is too much of a taboo - make your final wishes...

Jean Humphreys explains how her husband Teifion Humphreys' funeral and financial planning helped her put everything he wanted in place for his death When Teifion Humphreys was told he had only three months left after a rapidly advancing cancer began destroying his health he planned his final days with his wife of 44 years in meticulous detail.

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Related Topix: World News, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales, United Kingdom,

Fri May 10, 2013

Daily Herald

Goodman's 'Vera Stark' falls short of potential

Aspiring composer Leroy Barksdale chats up aspiring actress Vera Stark in Lynn Nottage's 1930s Hollywood satire, "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" at Goodman Theatre.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom

Thu May 09, 2013

IcNetwork

Villagers meet to discuss new fracking worries

Two new test drilling plans have been drawn up by the company behind exploration plans which sparked a storm of protest last year.

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Related Topix: World News, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales, United Kingdom,

Mail on Sunday

Forecasters warn drivers of fierce cross-winds as 60mph gale sweeps...

As clearly demonstrated below, much of the UK has been affected by the unseasonable weather, with western parts of England hit hardest.

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Related Topix: Travel, Europe Travel, Ireland Travel, World News, United Kingdom, Ceredigion County, Wales, Weather,

IcNetwork

Masked thieves steal A 400 from convenience store in Nantyfyllon

The officer who arrested Mark Bridger for the alleged abduction and murder of April Jones will also be among today's witnesses.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales

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Drugs factory gang jailed for growing 1,000 cannabis plants yards from a police station

Three Vietnamese men will face immediate deportation after serving prison sentences for growing more than 1,000 cannabis plants in an empty shop near Maesteg's police station A trio of illegal immigrants found inside a massive drugs factory will face immediate deportation when released from prison, a judge warned yesterday.

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Related Topix: Vietnamese-American, Asian-American, United Kingdom,

IcNetwork

'Once met he was never forgotten': Tributes to man killed in Porthcawl car crash

The officer who arrested Mark Bridger for the alleged abduction and murder of April Jones will also be among today's witnesses.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, World News

Wed May 08, 2013

IcNetwork

A measles vaccination clinic at the Princess of Wales hospital in Bridgend

Alcoholic given life in jail for deaths of family members Lee-Anna Shiers, Bailey Allen, Skye Allen, Liam Timbrell and Charlie Timbrell On this week's Blakey's Bootroom, Cardiff City legend Nathan Blake and the boys dish out the end-of-season awards after a remarkable season District3 on their UK tour and what they've been up to since appearing on ... (more)

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Related Topix: Vale of Glamorgan County, Wales, World News, United Kingdom, Neath and Port Talbot County, Wales, Swansea County, Wales, Carmarthenshire County, Wales, Powys County, Wales, Natural Disasters, Epidemic

This is South Wales

South Wales Evening Post commented Council abandons plans to charge...

COUNCIL chiefs have put the brakes on a consultation around charging for blue badge parking spaces in Porthcawl and Bridgend.

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