South Wales Echo
MAN, 61, CHARGED WITH MURDER OF HOUSING WORKER
A MAN has been charged in connection with the murder of a woman in Bridgend who was allegedly stabbed. Clifford Foster, 61, of Bridgend, has been charged with murdering muchloved mother Eleanor Barnfield, 47, from Bridgend, in an incident at a...
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24-YEAR-OLD RUNNER DIED IN CARDIAC TRAGEDY
A RUNNER who died during the Cardiff Half Marathon earlier this month has been named as 24-year-old Ross Williams-Griffiths. Ross, from Bargoed, died after suffering a cardiac arrest during the race on Sunday, October 4. In a statement released...
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MURDER ARREST AS WOMAN IN CAR CRASH DIES
A 61-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman in a car crash died. South Wales Police said the 47-year-old woman, a housing association worker who was driving the car when it crashed into a wall in Bridgend, was found to...
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‘COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY FAILING’
MUSEUM staff are being targeted by online personalities who try to provoke them to create videos. Amgueddfa Cymru CEO Jane Richardson said “social media auditing” sees people enter museum sites, wearing a camera, and try provoke staff into...
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‘DAD WAS LET DOWN WHEN HE WAS MOST IN NEED’
A SOUTH Wales Police sergeant took his own life while off duty with workrelated stress. Assistant Coroner Gavin Knox said he will issue a Prevention of Future Deaths Notice after South Wales Police failed to carry out a stress risk assessment on...
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FAMILY’S PLEA AS KILLER IS SENTENCED
A FAMILY whose father suffered horrific injuries that left him nearly decapitated on his own doorstep issued a plea as his killer was sentenced. The children of dad-of-11 Ibrahim Yassin gave a statement in Cardiff Crown Court urging the authorities to...
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GARAGE OWNER FALSIFIED MOT ON DEATH CRASH CAR
A GARAGE owner who falsified the MOT of a car involved in a crash which killed three people weeks later has been handed a community order. Neil John Lewis, 47, of Ely in Cardiff, admitted falsifying the MOT of the Volkswagen Tiguan, which crashed into...
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CROSSRAIL COSTS SOAR BY £20M
THE cost of the new tram-train route from Cardiff city centre to Cardiff Bay is expected to come in £20m above the initial forecast. The scheme will see tram-trains run from a new dedicated station at the south side of Cardiff Central Station,...
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BOXING CHAMP ‘ACTED ON INSTINCT’ ASSAULT TRIAL TOLD
FORMER boxing world champion Joe Cordina was acting on “instinct” when he punched another man outside a Cardiff service station, a court has heard. Cordina, 34, of Pontprennau, Cardiff, a two-time IBF super-featherweight champion, previously pleaded...
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MUM IN FEAR AS ABUSIVE EX TO BE FREED EARLY
A MOTHER who was strangled, punched and whipped with a dog leash by her ex has been told he will leave prison after serving a third of his sentence – due to the early release scheme. Hayleigh Allsopp, 29, met Mark Hunt in July 2021, after two years of...
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GANGSTER WHO MADE £867,000 IS ORDERED TO REPAY JUST £1
AN ORGANISED crime gang member who benefited by more than £850,000 through supplying Class A drugs has been ordered to pay back just £1. The gang was found to have supplied more than £3.5m of cocaine, crack cocaine, MDMA, methamphetamine and ketamine...
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AIRPORT FIND LED TO DEALER’S DOWNFALL
A PACKAGE intercepted at an airport led to a Cardiff man being arrested and photos on his phone showed he was involved in the trade of cocaine on a wholesale scale. He was revealed to be a drug dealer who was illegally importing class A drugs from the...
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BRAVE PARENTS CATCH PERVERT AT CITY PARK
PARENTS performed a citizen’s arrest on a man caught performing a sex act on himself while watching children in a park, a court has heard. The alarm was raised by a passing delivery man who spotted Rene Cervenak peeping through a hedge. The defendant...
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COUPLE KILLED IN GAS LEAK FIRE TRAGEDY
AN ELDERLY couple died in a fire that engulfed their home after an attempt to refuel a portable heater resulted in a gas leak. Ex-miner William Mumford, 90, and former factory worker Marlene Mumford, 84, both died at the property in Nelson, Caerphilly...
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BOY, 17, WAS KILLED WITH A ‘RAMBO KNIFE’
A TEENAGER was killed by men armed with a Rambo-style knife in an attack that lasted just two minutes, a court has heard. There were sobs from the public gallery as Tristan Shae Kerr’s last words were read to the court. The 17-year-old had been...
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Not just a rumour: Bananarama confirm Castle gig
CHART-TOPPERS Bananarama, famed for hits including I Heard a Rumour, Venus, and Cruel Summer, will play Cardiff in July. The group – the most successful British female band of the ‘80s – will bring their Too Hot To Handle Greatest Hits Summer Tour to...
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WE DID IT!
WALES rugby hero Allan Bateman has completed the Cardiff Half Marathon in memory of his daughter Naomi. The former centre joined more than 29,000 other runners in the capital yesterday, crossing the finish line, along with Naomi’s friends with...
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ADMIRAL TO AXE 500 JOBS
ADMIRAL – Wales’ only FTSE 100 business – has confirmed plans to cut around 500 roles from its UK insurance business. The Cardiff headquartered group has begun a 45-day collective consultation period with impacted staff. The restructuring, which will...
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DAD DIES SUDDENLY ONCYPRUS HOLIDAY
A 44-YEAR-OLD dad from Cardiff died in Cyprus from a serious undiagnosed condition that was mistaken for food poisoning. Paulo Brockway and his fiancee, Kerry, were celebrating their anniversary and were looking forward to getting married next year...
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‘The shame belongs to you’, sex abuser is told
A WOMAN who was repeatedly sexually abused as a child told her abuser she would “never forgive him” for what he had done to her. She described how the abuse made her feel “inhuman”. Rhys Williams, 27, of Cardiff, first began abusing the victim when...
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Cardiff University is named top in Wales by Good University Guide
CARDIFF University is the number one university in Wales according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027. The Russell Group university has fallen by four places overall from joint-28th last year to 32nd meaning it has lost its...
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‘HE’LL BE MISSED BEYOND WORDS’
TRIBUTES have been paid after the death of a devoted Cardiff doctor widely recognised for the contribution he made to cancer care in Wales and across the UK. Velindre University Health Trust described Professor Tom Crosby OBE, who worked at the...
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POWER PLAY: LAGOON PLAN REVEALED
PLANS for the first in a new generation of tidal lagoons in the Severn Estuary have been revealed by the Cardiff Capital Region. The lagoon proposed for Aberthaw, in the Vale of Glamorgan, would be around twice the size of the project planned for...
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Plan to slash business rates for small venues
PUBS, restaurants, cafés, bars, licensed clubs, hotels, gyms and cinemas in Wales will have their business rates cut by 30%. Currently, there is a temporary reduction of 15% in place for food and drink venues. The Welsh Government announcement will...
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‘NEW ERA’ AS CITY HOSTS LEADERS
THE leaders of Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein and the SNP have jointly declared that “Westminster’s time is coming to an end” in an agreement aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. Leaders of the devolved nations Rhun...
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Ignoring ‘virus’ worst decision I could have made
KEEP-FIT enthusiast Clive Chaplin had always been fit and active but at the age of 40 his life changed dramatically. While helping his wife Victoria train for a triathlon he suddenly became unwell and was forced to cut the session short. “I just...
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TV star Vicky lends support to local dementia charity fundraiser
TRIGGER Point and Line of Duty star Vicky McClure has shown her salt-ofthe-earth status once more after partying at a Welsh rugby club fundraiser to raise money for a dementia charity, just days before she took to the red carpet in London. Before...
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CASTLE FLAGS FURORE
CARDIFF Council’s leader has told people to “stop the furore” over which flags are flown at Cardiff Castle. The council allows a number of flags to be flown to mark what the authority describes as “significant dates and occasions”. Last month, the...
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MUM DIED AFTER CANCER RESULTS DELAY
A MOTHER-OF-THREE who “never gave up” died of cancer following a nine-month delay in receiving test results that meant she didn’t quickly receive treatment that might have extended her life. Sarah Catherine Daniels, of Wayne Street, Porth, died at...
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BRAVE VICTIM HELPS PUT PAEDOPHILE BEHIND BARS
A MAN who sexually assaulted a primary school-aged girl has been handed an extended sentence as a dangerous offender. When Liam Hobbs was arrested for the assaults, police found more than 100 child sex abuse photos and videos on his phone which he had...
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DRIVER WAS CHASED BY ARMED YOUTHS ON E-BIKES
A MOTORIST has described the terrifying moment he and his partner feared for their lives while being chased through Cardiff by youths brandishing a machete and a knife on e-bikes. The victim believes the culprits are the same pair filmed on Gabalfa...
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GRIEVING SON’S £4K TAX BILL SHOCKER
A BEAREAVED son has been hit by what he called a “death tax” after inheriting his mum’s home. Phil Bond, 68, lost his mother Eunice, 91, in May and as a result her home came into the possession of Phil and his brother. Soon after his mother died, the...
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THUG IS JAILED AFTER BRUTAL ATTACK AT CAMPSITE
A THUG with “RIP!” tattooed on his face punched and headbutted his partner of 10 years during a trip to a campsite. A sentencing at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday heard how Peter Daniel’s attack only stopped because a member of staff intervened. It...
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MACHETE HORROR ON CITY STREET
THIS is the shocking scene as violence takes place in broad daylight on a residential Cardiff street. The incident on Gabalfa Avenue was filmed by a passer-by last Thursday, August 27. The footage shows a male, who appears to have been injured and is...
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JOBS LOST AS MEDIA AGENCY SHUTS
A MEDIA and events agency has entered liquidation. Orchard Media and Events, based in Butetown, Cardiff, announced it had instructed firm Menzies LLP to place the company into liquidation. The company made the announcement yesterday, citing “the...
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21-YEAR WAIT TO BE FREED
A PRISONER who has served 20 years behind bars for stealing his friend’s phone is set to be released after his sentence was found to be “unlawful” by the United Nations. His family said they are “over the moon” about his impending release but it...
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‘Much-loved’ man found dead in Cardiff garden
A YOUNG Ukrainian man was found dead at his home in Cardiff, an inquest opening has heard. Ihor Loish, also known as Igor, 27, was found dead in the rear garden of his home address in Grangetown. A brief hearing at Pontypridd Coroners’ Court on...
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‘I believe I can go on to achieve anything’ says Hunted winner Amy
STRICTLY Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has said winning Celebrity Hunted has helped her believe “I can go on to achieve anything” following her battle with cancer. The 36-year-old professional dancer from Caerphilly won the latest series of the Channel...
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PM’s visit gives feelgood factor... but scant detail
IF IT was a feelgood factor he was after, then Andy Burnham got plenty of it from the smiling faces meeting him on his first official visit to Wales. This upbeat mood, rather than specific policy detail, was the hallmark of the Prime Minister’s...
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Anger over classrooms built without permission
NEIGHBOURS and a councillor have shared their dismay after classrooms were built on the site of a Cardiff sixth-form college without planning permission. Large white buildings have been erected at St David’s Catholic College in Penylan. Drone footage...
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‘A GIANT OF A MAN IN EVERY WAY’
PRIME Minister Andy Burnham has led tributes to Sir Billy Boston, the Welsh rugby player who became one of the greatest try-scorers in the history of British rugby, after his death at the age of 92. The Cardiff-born rugby league icon passed away...
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New Charles coins are head-ing into circulation
MORE than seven million 10p coins bearing the King’s portrait are entering circulation for the first time and will start appearing in people’s pockets and wallets. The Llantrisant-based Royal Mint said that 600,000 2023 dated and 6.5 million 2026...
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Mum says NHS delay left her permanently disabled
A WOMAN says that she is now permanently disabled after NHS doctors dismissed her condition. Sarah Stevens, from Cardiff, had lived with back pain for years and, at first, had no reason to believe her worsening symptoms were a sign of something far...
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4am start helps pupil to secure 14 A* grades
A STAR student has achieved an incredible 14 A* GCSEs by getting up at 4am every day to revise. Ananmay Banerjee, who attended Llanishen High School in Cardiff, picked up his amazing results yesterday. The 16-year-old picked media studies, business...
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Growth on menu after food firm seals funding
A CARDIFF-BASED artisan food firm is set to scale up production of its Jamaican-inspired produce to meet growing customer and trade demand. Founded by Leroy Williams in 2021, the Pattyman began as a home-based venture inspired by his late parents – a...
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SQUARE DEAL!
MAJOR works to completely transform a space in Cardiff city centre that’s been labelled “neglected and unsafe” have been given the go-ahead. In June, Cardiff Council laid out plans to create a tree-lined public square at Kingsway with views towards...
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TEENAGERS ARRESTED AFTER BLAZE
THREE teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire erupted behind a railway station and spread across a valley. Police say a fire was set on Sunday at the rear of the railway station in Treherbert – one of the areas hardest hit by...
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CREWS BATTLE 14 SOUTH WALES WILDFIRES
CREWS were continuing to fight 14 wildfires across South Wales yesterday as emergency services warned the risk remains high for this week. As blazes raged across the region, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) said it was responding to...
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WILDFIRE CREWS CALL ON MILITARY FOR AID
SOUTH Wales Fire and Rescue Service will get military support as it continues to battle major wildfires across South Wales. The request followed an extended period of hot weather and significant demand, during which firefighters, have been working...
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Swan put to sleep after being shot with ball bearings
A SWAN had to be put to sleep after it was shot with ball bearings to his head and neck. Kirsty Marina discovered the bird at Hendre Lake in Cardiff on Tuesday night. Together with others, she took the swan to a veterinary surgery, in the hope that it...
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‘WHERE IS THE JUSTICE FOR OUR KAYLAN?’
A GRIEVING family have been left angry and heartbroken after being told their son’s killer will be eligible to be released from prison early. The loved ones of 13-year-old Kaylan Hippsley, who died after a hit-and-run in 2024, said they are being...
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CRIME BOSS CAUGHT BY PASSPORT BLUNDER
THE head of a Cardiff organised crime group was arrested after six years on the run as he travelled through South America using false documents, a court has heard. Khalid Ege had fled Wales after the net began to close on his cocaine-dealing empire –...
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STAB DEATH MURDER TRIAL TOLD OF ‘RISK TO OTHERS’ WARNING
A MAN accused of brutally stabbing to death a father-of-11 had been detained under the Mental Health Act and was discharged back into the community just three days before the alleged murder, a court has heard. Mujeeb Hassani, 40, went on trial...
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‘LOSS LEFT A SPACE THAT CAN NEVER BE FILLED...’
THE grieving parents of a young woman found dead at home have paid tribute to their “caring” daughter, saying her loss has left a space that can never be filled. Cerys Walsh, 24, who loved Formula 1 and dogs went to Crufts every year. She “was so...
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PATIENT’S ‘DROPPED FROM A SURGERY TABLE’ HORROR
A WOMAN has spoken out on being “dropped” from an operating table while unconscious and undergoing surgery at the troubled University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff. The patient, in her 50s, feels the hospital has downplayed the incident in its...
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WOMAN 31 , DIES AFTER ALLEGED CITY ASSAULT
A WOMAN has died after police were called to reports of an assault in Cardiff. An investigation is under way after two women were injured following an incident at Langham Way, City Gardens, Grangetown, on Saturday evening. Yesterday, a spokesperson...
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FLAMING IDIOTS
FIRES are believed to have been deliberately started on a mountain where crews have been tackling a blaze since the weekend. The fire at Llanwonno, near Ferndale in the Rhondda Valley, began on Saturday afternoon and emergency services remain at the...
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PENSION CHEAT HID DEAD MUM IN FREEZER
A SON hid the body of his mother in a freezer for more than three years after her death in order to receive her pension and benefits totalling £78,000 while living in her home. He hoodwinked the authorities for years, despite repeated attempts to...
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Flood-hit community ‘deserves answers’ – FM
FIRST Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth says residents affected by flooding in Gwaelod-y-Garth “deserve answers” after he paid a visit to the village on Saturday. He met some of those whose homes were damaged after a sudden torrent of water tore through the...
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Homes are evacuated as village floods after ‘explosion’
HOMES have been hit by flooding and properties were evacuated in the village of Gwaelod-y-Garth on the edge of Cardiff yesterday afternoon. Pictures from the village yesterday showed a heavy emergency services presence, with officers from South Wales...
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The aftermath of the wildfire
NEW pictures show scenes of devastation in the South Wales Valleys as a major wildfire left the landscape scorched and blackened. The blaze broke out on Mynydd Garnclochdy between Blaenavon and Abersychan on Sunday, July 19, and it has now been...
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CITY STABBING
A MAN was stabbed on one of Cardiff’s busiest streets, police have said. A police cordon was put in place and number of officers remained at the scene on Albany Road in the Roath area of the city yesterday morning, following the reported stabbing on...
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Violent disorder as brawl breaks out in town centre
SHOCKING scenes of violent disorder broke out in Barry town centre over the weekend as people left pubs and bars in the early hours. Police are investigating after footage emerged showing dozens of people involved in a street brawl on Broad Street at...
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