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The wife of a man who drowned attempting to help his family escape their home during Storm Babet has told an inquest she believes he went back into flood water to rescue their dog.

Traders in Oswestry market have said the introduction of a Street Rangers scheme has made them feel more secure.

A woman wrongfully jailed for a triple murder in south Wales was “collateral damage” as police sought a conviction, her daughter has said. Nicole Jacob said her mother Annette Hewins had her character and vulnerability “exploited” because she was a young parent. Annette was jailed after being convicted of arson …

Luton Borough Council estimates the festival, headlined by Coldplay, Raye and Chase & Status, could bring £4m to the town's economy. About 100,000 tickets have been sold for the spectacle, which will be held at Stockwood Park in the town on 24-26 May. Gerard McCleave, the authority's corporate director for …

A man accused of wearing a headband in support of Hamas told police it was a "statement of faith", a court heard.

Fred Tomlinson says Sunday's London Marathon, his 32nd in a row, was his best one yet, despite the fact he came last and crossed the line on Monday.

Two senior fire officers are being investigated over claims they exchanged "deeply concerning" messages, one of which talked of "killing" a female colleague.

Residents living near a half-finished housing development have been left frustrated after learning the company building it has gone into liquidation.

An inquest into the deaths of a couple killed when their car hit a police car has concluded the accident happened after the driver experienced a microsleep.

A man died after being crushed by the Land Rover he was working on, an inquest has found.

Wet weather could ruin plans to welcome visitors into fields at a flower farm, organisers fear.

'It's really exciting for the college' 'I don't want to look out of my window and see a rollercoaster' 'My only concern is the infrastructure' 'I think it can only be good for everyone' 'We can support Universal with apprenticeships' 'It will bring in tourists'

The woman with sad eyes and a quiet voice is just one of the millions of people living in camps for those forced to flee their homes in Sudan, where a civil war broke out a year ago between the army and an armed paramilitary group. The country now faces …

Four men who beat a DPD delivery driver to death after ambushing him have been jailed for life for his murder. Aurman Singh, 23, was struck with an axe, a golf club, a wooden stave, a metal club, a hockey stick, a shovel, a cricket bat, and a knife during …

A woman has admitted charges after the bodies of two babies were found at a house in Bridgend. Eglė Žilinskaitė pleaded guilty to two counts of concealing the birth of a child and two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body. Žilinskaitė has been charged alongside …

A woman has admitted charges after the bodies of two babies were found at a house in Bridgend. Eglė Žilinskaitė pleaded guilty to two counts of concealing the birth of a child and two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a body. Žilinskaitė has been charged alongside …

Locals said they were told the odour, which has affected the area for the last nine months, would be gone by 5 April. Colin Barnett, lead campaigner of Stop the Stink, said: “We were really hopeful after waiting two months for this plan that this would resolve it, but the …

It is one of the most instantly recognisable Welsh songs, heard in chapels, at weddings and in rugby stadiums for well over a century. Calls have now been made to preserve the final resting place of the writer who gave Bread of Heaven to the world. Ann Griffiths, who wrote …

The daughter of 77-year-old man who waited almost 20 hours for an ambulance says they were offered “absolutely no support” from the NHS. Clive Thomas broke his neck when he fell out of bed on 31 March, but his wife was told there were "no ambulances available" when she called …

An application for self-serve meat vending machines has been submitted to council planners. Local abbatoir Cig Oen Caron is seeking permission from Ceredigion County Council for the vending machines at Tregaron cattle market. The proposed building would house two vending machines that would be “stocked on a daily basis”, with …

A reservoir at a popular beauty spot for walkers has been described as an "eyesore" after it was drained. Residents and walkers said they were angry to find Clydach reservoir, in Llanwonno forest in Rhondda Cynon Taf, now dried up and barren. They said they were worried about what would …

I think to myself, "you're not taking this away from me too". I channel that anger into making me run faster. He only served 13 months in prison and has never shown any real remorse, but I try not to think about him apart from that. It's a waste of …

A reservoir at a popular beauty spot for walkers has been described as an "eyesore" after it was drained. Residents and walkers said they were angry to find Clydach reservoir, in Llanwonno forest in Rhondda Cynon Taf, now dried up and barren. They said they were worried about what would …

Health bosses have agreed to reopen inpatient beds at a community hospital, more than two years after they closed.

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It hadn't stopped raining all week, it was freezing cold, and we thought people would wait for the better weather. But they didn't. They all turned up at the same time and we had 500 people queuing to get in first thing. We filled up our car park and the …

When I was 13, I had my first panic attack on a school trip. This was the start of panic consuming me. I had been anxious for a while, but until this point, I had done a good job of hiding it. I had tried so hard to fit in, …

I felt betrayed by my grandmother. She was the only person I loved and she had let this happen to me. I was made to lay down on the floor for a couple of hours for my bleeding to stop. I would have taken my own life if I had …

A graduate has set up an online petition, opposing the closure of the university site where he studied.

The Queen has been meeting traders at a farmers' market in Shrewsbury.