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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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Paul and Anthony Smith-Storey in an image beside a canal.

Couple left homeless by canal 'sinkhole' overwhelmed with offers for Christmas stay

Channel: UK UK December 23, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Pictured here is Ieuan Crump A "sadistic" trainee medic who sexually assaulted two women patients during bogus tests was jailed for nine years today(thurs). Trainee health worker Ieuan Crump, 27, made a "no entry sign" to hang on the wall of his hospital room while he carried out the fake tests so he could abuse his victims. A court heard both women were "in pain" when they were being treated by Crump who carried out "unnecessary tests" in order to target them. Crump sexually assaulted the women by touching their vaginas, breasts and bottoms while they were being treated at an NHS hospital. Prosecutor Matthew Roberts said: "This was the most egregious, grotesque abuse of trust by somebody in a position of responsibility. "The defendant targeted both these women in the sense they were young, vulnerable, of a similar physical appearance and in obvious pain." He said both women had also been treated with opiate-based painkiller Oramorph which could lead to confusion when Crump began the fake tests. Mr Roberts said: "The defendant is sadistic and calculating. He knew these women were in considerable pain but notwithstanding targeted them for his own sexual pleasure." Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard Crump's first victim came on to the ward at the Grange University Hospital after having her appendix removed and complained of swelling in her stomach. But Crump used a bladder scanner to examine her bladder and groin - before taking her into a room alone where he inserted a catheter into her - something he was not trained to do. Crump unnecessarily asked the women to pull her shorts down and put her legs up when he touched her inappropriately. The second woman had been suffering with a bowel condition when Crump carried out an "intimate" vaginal examination and began examining her bottom. In a victim personal statement the woman said Crump's crimes had led to her attempting suicide on three separate occasions and had been left suffering from PTSD and anxiety. She said: "I just wanted my life to be over so I did not have to relive what was in my head about what Ieuan did to me." The other woman said she suffered flashbacks of "vivid depictions of Ieuan Crump sexually assaulting me." She added: "I struggle at just the thought of being in a room with an unknown male. The whole matter has made me untrusting of men. "It's made me think that if a healthcare worker can commit such a crime then any man can be a threat." Crump was found guilty of nine charges of sexual assault, including three counts of assault by penetration following a retrial. Marian Lewis, defending, said Crump had previously worked as a St Johns Ambulance volunteer and helped in his community before the offences. Judge Vanessa Francis jailed Crump, of Gilfach, Caerphilly, for nine years and told he must serve at least two thirds of that term behind bars. He must also sign the sex offenders register for life and was issued with restraining orders banning him from contacting his victims. Speaking after the sentence, Michael Jenkin of the Crown Prosecution Service said: ???Ieuan Crump exploited his position of power over two women when they were at their most vulnerable, for his own sexual gratification. ???His actions were an extreme breach of trust which was calculated and deliberate. ???The courage shown by the two women in giving their evidence to the jury allowed the Crown Prosecution Service to present a strong case, resulting in these convictions, and we thank them for their support.??? WALES NEWS SERVICE

NHS worker jailed after sexually assaulting patients in fake examinations

Channel: UK UK December 18, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Man, 86, arrested in connection with Llhanharry Murders more than 30 years later

Channel: UK UK December 17, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
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Welsh couple win £1,000,000 in lottery for second time in decade

Channel: UK UK December 16, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Isabel Fraser standing at the top of a mountain, with a sweeping landscape behind her.

I tried one of 2026's biggest travel trends after climbing Wales' highest mountain

Channel: Travel Travel December 15, 2025 By Isabel Fraser
Emergency services at the scene in Heol Fawr, Nelson, where two people have died in a house fire following reports of an explosion in the garden, police said. Emergency services were called to the property in Caerphilly, south Wales.

Two dead after garden explosion sparks house fire in Wales

Channel: UK UK December 13, 2025 By William Hallowell
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More than 40 diners are food poisoned by pub's Sunday lunch

Channel: UK UK December 11, 2025 By Molly Lee
SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 07: Scott Trigg-Turner of Wales warms up ahead of the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup Group B match between Wales and USA at English Institute of Sport on November 07, 2022 in Sheffield, England. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)

Teaching assistant told kids he was a sniper called 'Kill Switch' with 250 hits

Channel: UK UK December 10, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
An aerial view at sunrise of Newport city centre, south wales United Kingdom, taken from the River Usk

I've been to 35 UK cities, but there's only one I'll keep going back to

Channel: Travel Travel December 10, 2025 By Ben Aitken
A nine-year-old boy became the star of his school concert appearing in a full Elvis Presley outfit - after a family mix-up over his casting role. Oscar Wilkins had been given the role of Elvis the Elf in the production performed over two days at his primary school last week . His bemused family said he had falled to mention the 'elf element' and without a suspicious mind sought a costume for the Graceland star - and only realised the error when he stepped out on stage. But instead of being all shook up, Oscar embraced his starring role and found the whole thing hilarious. And sister Jade Smith, 28, said the audience couldn't help falling in love with the obsurdity of it all. Photo released 09/12/2025

Boy mistakenly dresses up as Elvis instead of an Elf for his school nativity

Channel: UK UK December 9, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833) Pic: Max Willcock/BNPS A driver has been pulled from her submerged car after it was swept 40 yards downstream from a flooded ford. The woman entered the watery crossing at Moyles Court, near Ringwood, Hants, but soon realised it was too deep. As she attempted to reverse out of the ford the surging water dragged her blue Ford Focus down the stream.

Hundreds without power and daring rescues from submerged cars as Storm Bram strikes UK

Channel: UK UK December 10, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
MONMOUTH, WALES - NOVEMBER 16: Residents and business owners begin the clean up after yesterday's floods on November 16, 2025 in Monmouth, Wales. Heavy rain caused severe and widespread flooding in Monmouth yesterday after Storm Claudia swept the region and the water breached flood defences. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Storm Bram is about to hit and could bring 'half a month's rain' in 24 hours

Channel: UK UK December 9, 2025 By Jen Mills
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'Half a month's rainfall' to soak the UK with four days of weather warnings in place

Channel: UK UK December 8, 2025 By Ryan Prosser
Play Video Dramatic video shows a handcuffed suspect escaping officers - by leaping onto a police van and over a wall shouting 'I?m not going back to jail'. // Dylan Harrison, 33, is seen first stepping out from the cage of a police vehicle at Ystrad Mynach police station in Wales. He had been arrested after being accused of committing domestic violence offences against a woman in Newport. In the footage, taken from a body cam belonging to one of the female officers, the police can be heard talking and stating the time - with one officer saying: "So Dylan, the time is 8:10". Before she can finish, however, Dylan starts sprinting away. The officers shout: "Get back here now!" During the pursuit, Dylan manages to jump on top of a police van. He can be heard saying: "I'm not going to jail - I'm not going back." Dylan then stands up on the police van cracking the windscreen, and jumps on top of a high wall - pulling himself over it whilst his hands are in handcuffs. He ended up breaking his lower back. When Dylan was eventually caught, he admitted escaping from lawful custody and criminal damage during the incident, which took place on 25 September. He was jailed for six months. Photo released 04/12/2025

The not so Great Escape: Man leaps over wall, breaks back and is jailed again

Channel: UK UK December 5, 2025 By Molly Lee
Pictured here is Pamela Pritchard. A female police officer groped two colleagues and tried to kiss an inspector during a drunken leaving do, a misconduct hearing has been told. PC Pamela Pritchard, 29, is accused of gross misconduct for her behaviour during the bash at a rugby club where she "twerked" on the dance floor. She allegedly twice put her hands over a male officer's groin and groped a woman colleague's breasts on the night out. The officer is also accused of trying to kiss a male inspector "causing him to pull away." PC Pritchard denies breaching standards of professional behaviour and also denies gross misconduct from the bash in March 2024. A fellow cop, named only as PC B, said Pritchard groped him "out of the blue" when he was waiting to get a drink at the bar of Caernarfon Rugby Club in North Wales. He said: "PC Pritchard grabbed me below the belt and put her hand on my genitals outside my clothing". "To no extent was it appropriate ??? I felt kind of humiliated at that point." PC B told the misconduct hearing PC Pritchard repeated the action when he was outside in a smoking area. He said: "She did the same thing again. She grabbed my genitals outside my clothes and I distinctly remember her squeezing them." He said that later in the evening she sat on his knee, "I remember her putting her hand around my neck and kissing me on the lips. "It was not appropriate ??? this was in public. Her behaviour was becoming more and more unacceptable." PC Pritchard's barrister Fiona Clancy suggested PC B had been "teasing her and interfering in her love life" during the night out. The charges state: "During the evening, you made inappropriate physical contact with two colleagues, neither of whom consented to this contact, either expressly or implied. "You used insulting and inappropriate words/language towards two colleagues. "You attempted to kiss another colleague causing him to pull away from you. This was unsolicited and inappropriate." A disc

Drunk cop 'groped fellow PC and tried to kiss an inspector' at leaving do

Channel: UK UK December 4, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video Caitlin Mccaig 7h ? Does anyone know what this light is in the sky this morning? Just curious as never seen anything like that before. (Photo taken from creemills at 5.30am) Mysterious light

Did you spot mysterious beam of light that was visible across the UK this morning?

Channel: UK UK December 9, 2025 By Josh Milton
Lainie Williams in a photo

Mum 'phoned 999 while teenage daughter was being stabbed to death at home'

Channel: UK UK December 2, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Alamy Live News. 3D88FFY Southport, UK 29 Nov 2025. UK Weather. Short sharp heavy showers drenches shoppers in the town centre. Credit; MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check.

Amber weather warning issued as rain drenches weekend plans

Channel: UK UK December 7, 2025 By Ryan Prosser
Pedestrians make their way across Westminster Bridge in the rain in London on November 14, 2025, as inclement weather affects much of the country due to "Storm Claudia". (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS JASSO/AFP via Getty Images)

We're in for a drenching this weekend after warnings issued for most of the country

Channel: UK UK November 28, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
THIS IS NOT RIGHT: Headteacher who said 'inspect this, miss' and exposed himself struck off

Headteacher who said 'inspect this, miss' and exposed himself struck off

Channel: UK UK November 28, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

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