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Flooded farmland in Carmarthenshire
More heavy rain and gale force winds affect Wales after roads and properties were flooded and damaged.

The Royal British Legion says it is shocked at the the theft of seven charity collection boxes in a town centre.

Residents were urged by police to not enter part of a village after man was believed to be intending to harm himself.

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Disability buggy drink-drive ban
Police who stopped a teenager doing 4mph in a battery-driven carriage for disabled people found he was over the drink-drive limit


Former wrestler El Bandito dies
Wrestler, former footballer and TV presenter Orig Williams, known to thousands as El Bandito, has died aged 78.


Zoo's twin snow leopard cubs die
Two snow leopard cubs at the Welsh Mountain Zoo die after falling ill with the feline cowpox illness.


Mountain rescues double in a year
Mountain rescuers say a jump in the number of call-outs is partly to blame on walkers' readiness to dial 999 on mobile phones.


Council behaviour 'must improve'
A minister says he could step in again in the running of a council unless councillors' behaviour "rapidly improves".


Park airfield request turned down
National park planners say a request to continue using a former RAF base as an airfield, is being rejected.


Water pipes bursts close roads
A rural road in Powys and others in a Conwy village are closed after water mains pipes bursts in both areas.


House fire as dog turns on cooker
A family have a lucky escape from their home after their dog accidentally starts a fire by knocking on the cooker.




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