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Wales becomes first UK nation to lift travel ban
The "stay local" rule is being scrapped from Saturday, allowing unlimited travel within Wales.
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Wales becomes first UK nation to lift travel ban
The "stay local" rule is being scrapped from Saturday, allowing unlimited travel within Wales.
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Wales win title as Scotland beat France
Wales clinch the Six Nations as 14-man Scotland snatch their first victory in Paris since 1999 to wreck France's title hopes.
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Row over plans to chop down 83-year-old tree
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Conservatives to get Wales 'on road to recovery'
Party Senedd leader tells activists that Brexit shows they can be "trusted to deliver change".
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Town's posthumous pardon plea for 1831 'scapegoat'
Richard Lewis, also known as Dic Penderyn, was executed after the Merthyr Uprising in 1831.
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Mother's Day party Covid cluster identified
Health officials link nine positive cases to a party involving up to four households in Newport.
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Wales becomes first UK nation to lift travel ban
The "stay local" rule is being scrapped from Saturday, allowing unlimited travel within Wales.
![Stuart Hogg and Finn Russell](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20210327032734/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/C71C/production/_117727905_hogg_russell_getty.jpg)
Wales win title as Scotland beat France
Wales clinch the Six Nations as 14-man Scotland snatch their first victory in Paris since 1999 to wreck France's title hopes.
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Row over plans to chop down 83-year-old tree
An application to fell the beachfront tree is made on public safety grounds.
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Conservatives to get Wales 'on road to recovery'
Party Senedd leader tells activists that Brexit shows they can be "trusted to deliver change".
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Town's posthumous pardon plea for 1831 'scapegoat'
Richard Lewis, also known as Dic Penderyn, was executed after the Merthyr Uprising in 1831.
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Possible sighting of man missing since 2019
A man claims to have seen Jordan Moray in England, saying he told him he was sleeping rough.
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Mother's Day party Covid cluster identified
Health officials link nine positive cases to a party involving up to four households in Newport.
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Wales win title as Scotland beat France
Wales clinch the Six Nations as 14-man Scotland snatch their first victory in Paris since 1999 to wreck France's title hopes.
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Row over plans to chop down 83-year-old tree
An application to fell the beachfront tree is made on public safety grounds.
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Conservatives to get Wales 'on road to recovery'
Party Senedd leader tells activists that Brexit shows they can be "trusted to deliver change".
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