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BBC News | Wales | UK Edition Get the latest BBC Wales news: breaking news, analysis, features and comment plus audio and video content on topical issues from around Wales. A convicted conman faces life in jail after a jury finds him guilty of killing his partner in a Travelodge hotel room. A family pays tribute to a student who dies in her sleep on holiday with friends after completing her A-level exams. Michael Jackson's producer Quincy Jones on a visit to Cardiff says the singer's death still seems surreal, a week later. Police voice concern at complaints of inappropriate sexual behaviour at a £32m new swimming pool. A council which threatened to take away an elderly widow's allotment because she was growing flowers changes its mind. Anglesey Aluminium is offering 140 staff voluntary redundancy because a cheap electricity deal has not been reached. Two British soldiers, including one from the Welsh Guards, have been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. Chrome artworks in a town centre are proving too hot for some shoppers in the heatwave. Political editor Betsan Powys with her insider's view Flanker Martyn Williams is overjoyed after being given his first Test start on his third British and Irish Lions tour. Wales' runners-up deal a blow to their Scottish Premier League opponents and take the advantage in their Europa League qualifier. Political parties earn £473,000 for office rents Vicar warns parishoners with 'for sale' signs Assembly members behind the lens for favourite photos A gallery of your digital images from around Wales Sculpture of Laura Ashley to adorn garden BBC Wales' Welsh-language online news service A disaster which killed 39 men is marked with the road to the scene named after the teenage boy who became its hero. Contracts for a £231m communication system upgrade are given to a plant in Wales safeguarding hundreds of jobs. A council worker who stole £14,500 by submitting false invoices receives a suspended prison sentence. A carer says she is "appalled" by a decision to cut funding to a scheme which gave her a few hours respite each week. Two teenagers are among four new confirmed swine flu cases in Wales bringing the total of cases to 34. A 34-year-old woman appears before magistrates charged with the murder of her four-year-old daughter. A filmmaker who had indecent images of children says he was researching a movie on human trafficking. An inquiry finds there has been limited progress in tackling violence against NHS staff in Wales. Calls are made for a region's rising unemployment to be "addressed urgently" after the loss of 200 jobs. A research centre which will use genetics to study conditions ranging from schizophrenia to dyslexia is being launched. The first phase of a £34m transport and shopping regeneration will be accompanied by the town's rebranding. Police are hunting, one wearing a bright vest and the other bare chested, made off with a bus driver's cash. Two men are being questioned about ram raids on an erotic shop in Swansea and a sports store in Port Talbot. A 22-year-old man lost part of his ear as a result of being assaulted during a disturbance in a football club car park, say police. Firefighters warn of the dangers of "unsuitable" extension leads after a home-made device sparked a garage fire. An assembly member calls on local authorities and police to help make up a £70,000 funding shortfall for a rape crisis centre. |
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