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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Nelli Bird

    Wrexham brothers who both had meningitis B say they are lucky to be alive (opens the original)

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    Two brothers who contracted meningitis within a year of each other say they are lucky to be alive. Saul and Drew Darlington from Wrexham, now 29 and 26, initially thought it was a "weird" coincidence they both caught the illness as teenagers but later learnt they had a rare condition which meant they were susceptible to it. "The day I had it, if I had gone to sleep that night, I'd have probably died," said Saul who, along with his brother, now wants to raise awareness of the symptoms of meningit

  2. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Nelli Bird

    'Fantastic' moment blind Abergavenny veteran, 95, drives again (opens the original)

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    A 95 year-old veteran has spoken of his joy at driving again, five years after he was registered blind and had to give up his licence. Jim Alison, from Abergavenny, raced around Llandow Circuit in the Vale of the Glamorgan as part of a charity event which helps people with disabilities to experience driving. "I think I managed to get to 90 km/h (55mph)," said Jim, a former chauffeur, who drove alongside an instructor with dual controls. "You put your life in their hands and it was absolutely fan

  3. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Nelli Bird

    Former South Wales Police office appears in court for raping woman while on duty in Swansea (opens the original)

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    A former police officer has appeared in court charged with raping and strangling a woman while on duty. Rikki Hall, 33, from Swansea and who worked as a constable for South Wales Police, attended Bristol Magistrates' Court on Thursday. He was charged with two counts of rape and one of the intentional strangulation of a woman, causing her to have difficulty breathing in February 2024. No formal pleas were entered during the hearing. He also faces two charges of misconduct in public office, includ

  4. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Nelli Bird

    Michael O'Brien fundraising for Philip Saunders' grave after being wrong jailed for his murder (opens the original)

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    A man who was wrongly jailed for 11 years for murder is raising money to restore the grave of the man he was accused of killing. Michael O'Brien was one of three men wrongly convicted of the 1987 murder of Cardiff newsagent Philip Saunders. O'Brien, along with Darren Hall and Ellis Sherwood, became known as the Cardiff Newsagent Three. They were eventually cleared in 1999, in what became one of Wales' worst miscarriages of justice. He said he recently visited Saunders' grave and was "sad" to see

  5. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Nelli Bird

    Newport woman Charlene Dowsell stabbed in back after fight, inquest told (opens the original)

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    A mum-of-four died after being stabbed in the back following a fight near Newport city centre, an inquest opening has heard. Charlene Dowsell, 41, died on 18 July following an altercation in the street. Gwent Coroner's Court heard police were called at 01:37 BST and told "a male and female were fighting at St Vincent Road and the female was bleeding". Dowsell was found a short distance away near Chepstow Road, and "despite first aid" was pronounced dead at 03:15. She was later identified by her

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