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BBC News | Wales | UK Edition Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. A factory confirms 250 posts could be lost, bringing the threat to jobs total to 750 in Wales in two days. A teenager who died during a canoeing trip did not drown, tests have show, and his death is still unexplained. A council complains about an advert showing Sir Bobby Charlton walking a dog on playing fields. A man offers to pay for the street lamps in his village to be switched on after they were turned off in a money saving bid. An inquiry is launched after a fire crew was delayed reaching a blaze in which a pensioner died. Unions hold crisis talks with Hoover managers in south Wales and the assembly government after 337 jobs are threatened. Three people are arrested in connection with the carbon monoxide poisoning of a Welshman in a hotel in Newquay, Cornwall. A missing cockatiel is found after chirping its name down a phone to its owner. Labour MP Paul Flynn has been stripped of a Parliamentary allowance for making fun of other MPs on his blog. Political editor Betsan Powys with her insider's view England, Wales and Northern Ireland are in international friendly action on Wednesday while Maradona-mania hits Glasgow as Scotland host Argentina. Tudor charter bans street traders' stalls from town Merthyr wildlife expert's bid to save the bear A gallery of your digital images from around Wales. Amateur artist's work marks museum centenary An ex-Wales goalie's caps will be sold at auction. BBC Wales' Welsh-language online news service A plan to cut the amount of resources used in Wales by two thirds is unveiled. The public are urged to ensure they have working smoke alarms at home after four people die in house fires over six days. A group of kayakers are filmed as they slide 300ft down a dam spillway in Wales but have been condemned by a water company. A murder trial hears how a man who stopped to help an unconscious teenage boy was viciously attacked. A police constable who denied punching his girlfriend is convicted of her assault despite her giving evidence to back his story. Up to 337 manufacturing jobs at Hoover's headquarters are under threat with a consultation period starting. Scientists are developing microscopic needles which could help amputees move artificial limbs with brain power. A fisherman is told his 15-year-old dog can join him again on his daily visits to his boat after he was told he was banned. A 45-year-old woman is in a critical condition in hospital after she was hit by a car, say police. The tolls on the Severn River crossings are to rise in the new year to £5.50 for car drivers... plus more news in brief from around Wales. A row breaks out over a proposal Welsh law for more data on children with special education needs. An 81-year-old man is charged with causing death by careless driving of two elderly women. A city's annual show may be cancelled after fewer than 2,000 turned up to this year's two-day event. Forensic teams are continuing to sift through a house in which a man died during a fire. Care home staff are to be trained to understand the risks that poorly fitting footwear can present. Around 20 jobs go as an agricultural engineering company closes two stores in north Wales. |
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