A boy racer who boasted that he had set a new record for driving the 837-mile journey between Land’s End and John O’Groats has been cleared of criminal charges. Thomas Davies claimed to have made the 841 mile journey from the furtherst southwest and northeast corners of the UK in nine hours and 36 minutes … Read more
Braking news! Bizarre moment Sky correspondent Becky Johnson narrowly avoids being run over by reversing car as she reports live from Welsh market town Correspondent Becky Johnson was just about to report from Knighton, Powys A white car reversed behind Ms Johnson just as her news piece went live The presenter in the Sky News … Read more
Beach hut measuring just 9ft by 11ft without electricity or running water goes up for sale for £100,000 Small wooden hut sits on stretch of sand on the picturesque beach of Porth Mawr, Abersoch, in North Wales Described as iconic by the property’s estate agents, other huts on the beach have gone for up to … Read more
The UK has announced 2,659 more coronavirus cases and eight deaths as Government prepares to tighten restrictions from Monday. The rise of 2,659 cases means almost 13,000 case have been diagnosed in the past four days alone – the highest numbers since mid-May. At a press briefing this afternoon, the chief medical officer for England … Read more
Musician, 25, at leading drama college raped woman when she fell asleep after getting drunk at student party, court hears Benjamin Williams-Stacey, 25, accused of raping young woman at student party Williams-Stacey is studying at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama He allegedly ‘took advantage’ after she passed out on sofa at his … Read more
Billionaire Ineos oil boss Jim Ratcliffe has today driven his chunky new Grenadier 4X4 on its public debut in Britain – and revealed it will ‘almost certainly’ not be built in the UK. In an exclusive interview with This is Money and the Mail Online, he said an agreement to make the Land Rover Defender … Read more
Three more Covid-19 deaths were recorded in the UK today, as the Health Secretary Matt Hancock says Britain must doing ‘everything in our power’ to avoid a second wave of hospitalisations caused by Covid-19 like the one that is sweeping across Europe. Mr Hancock, speaking to MPs in the House of Commons for the first … Read more
There are still hundreds of people attending an illegal lockdown rave near a Welsh village, 36 hours after they first arrived. At least 400 people remain at the site of an illegal rave in the woods near the village of Banwen today. Around 70 South Wales police officers, assisted by Dyfed-Powys Police and the British … Read more
End of Cardiff stag and hen dos? Welsh health minister says traditional pre-wedding jaunts should be a ‘thing of the past’ because of coronavirus risk Vaughan Gething said stag and hen dos pose ‘much bigger risks’ than in past Labour’s Mr Gething made his comments following a rise in cases in Cardiff Mr Gething blamed … Read more
Yours for less than HALF the price of a London flat: Whole row of country cottages in Wales goes up for sale for £200,000 (but they need some TLC) The historic terraced buildings are set in remote Wales in the village of Ponterwyd, 12 miles from Aberystwyth New central heating needs to be installed, alongside … Read more
Britain today recorded just 15 more laboratory-confirmed coronavirus deaths in the preliminary toll. NHS England revealed all of the victims died in hospitals across the country. No Covid-19 fatalities were posted in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. A full round-up of the total number of fatalities — which will include all settings in England and not … Read more
Britain today recorded just two more coronavirus deaths in the preliminary toll. NHS England revealed both victims had tested positive for the disease in hospitals across the country. No Covid-19 fatalities were registered in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. A full round-up of the total number of fatalities — which will include all settings in … Read more
Another 13 people have died of Covid-19 in England’s hospitals but no-one else has died of the illness in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, officials revealed today. Scotland today marked four full weeks without a single death from coronavirus north of the border, according to its official government statistics. A full round-up of the total … Read more