PONTYATES: Dot Cotton, dragons and miners — the village mural years in the making

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BRIDGEND: Welsh actor Aneurin Barnard tackles handbag thief in France before film festival panel

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PONTYATES: Dot Cotton, dragons and miners — the village mural years in the making

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