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Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Chris Dearden

    Passports now needed to board ferries (opens the original)

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    Ferry passengers travelling between Britain and the Republic of Ireland now need to show a valid passport before boarding. Previously, passengers were not always asked to show a passport but had sometimes been required to have another form of photo ID. The changes will affect about two and a half million passengers, including car and lorry drivers sailing from Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock. Ferry companies Stena and Irish Ferries say they are making the change from Monday to help them co

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Chris Dearden

    Porthmadog: Man held in headlock and punched by PC 'couldn't breathe' (opens the original)

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    A man has told a police misconduct hearing how he "couldn't breathe" as officers pinned him to the ground when they tried to arrest him. Police attempted to arrest Steven Clark in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, when he ended up on the grass in a headlock, with one officer punching him nine times in the head, the hearing was told. PC Richard Williams denies eight allegations of using unreasonable force. The misconduct hearing follows a seven-day trial at Caernarfon Crown Court in 2025, where he was cleared

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Chris Dearden

    Woman died of heatstroke climbing Yr Wyddfa, inquest hears (opens the original)

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    A 35-year-old woman died of heatstroke on Wales' highest mountain, an inquest has heard. Sophie Goodyer-Bird, from Birmingham, was climbing Yr Wyddfa - also known as Snowdon - on 10 July, a few days after her birthday. On Wednesday, an inquest opening at Caernarfon Coroner's Court heard Goodyer-Bird became increasingly tired while coming down the mountain. Near the end of the walk, she became unresponsive, and was confirmed to have died shortly afterwards. Coroner Kate Robertson said emergency s

  4. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · Chris Dearden

    Rare turtle Rhossi to be flown 5,000 miles home to Gulf of Mexico (opens the original)

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    A rare turtle that washed up on a Welsh beach is being flown 5,000 miles (8,047km) back home to the Gulf of Mexico. Rhossi the Kemp's ridley sea turtle was found close to death in December 2023, and has been nursed back to health by staff at the Anglesey Sea Zoo. Now, conservationists have begun a carefully co-ordinated operation to fly him across the Atlantic ocean, making sure he does not dry out along the way. "For his skin, we use KY Jelly - better known as a sex lubricant - because it's gen

  5. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Chris Dearden

    Police officer sues force over handling of fiancee's affair complaint (opens the original)

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    A former detective is suing North Wales Police (NWP) over the handling of his complaint after his fiancée cheated on him with a colleague and later married the senior officer brought in to investigate the matter. Andrew Fearon split up with his fiancée, who was also a police officer, in 2017 after she had an affair with another officer and he lodged a grievance. His ex-fiancee is now married to the grievance manager who was looking into Fearon's complaints, but the force said there was no eviden

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