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HS2's Chiltern Tunnel under construction (Image: HS2)

Motoring and Transport

WALES: ‘Every pound denied to Wales cannot be invested in Welsh rail’ — politicians round on UK Government as HS2 bill hits £102.7 billion

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Young people from Swansea City Foundation's Premier League Kicks sessions in Llanelli and Blaenymaes represented Wales at the Street Child World Cup in Mexico City.

SWANSEA: Ten kids from Llanelli and Blaenymaes flew to Mexico City to represent Wales — and came fifth in the world

Young people from Swansea City AFC Foundation’s Premier League Kicks programme represented…

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Francesca O'Brien (Image: Reform UK)

SWANSEA: Francesca O’Brien handed housing and planning brief as Reform UK names its first ever Senedd shadow cabinet

The Gŵyr Abertawe MS and former Mumbles councillor will spend the next…

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ASDA on Murray Street in Llanelli (Image: Google Maps)

Dyfed Powys Police

LLANELLI: Woman charged with robbery and shoplifting after string of incidents at Asda, Home Bargains and Tesco Extra

A Llanelli woman has been charged with two counts of robbery and…

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David Lake (Image: South Wales Police)

South Wales Police

SWANSEA: Llansamlet man jailed for 25 years after being found guilty of historic rape of two girls

David Lake, 57, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after…

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Artist's impression of high speed train set to travel on the new HS2 line between London and Birmingham (Image: HS2)

Public Transport

WALES: HS2 reset confirmed at up to £102.7 billion — and Wales won’t see a penny of it, but here’s what the government says you’ll get instead

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Engineers working inside the Severn Tunnel on the overhead electric wiring system, with the tunnel walls visible in the background.

Great Western Railway

Severn Tunnel shuts THIS SATURDAY for three weeks — and with half-term looming, here’s what south Wales rail passengers need to know right now

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Cllr Linda Evans, Anna McMorrin MP and another official cut a red ribbon on a green metal bridge to mark the official opening of the Tywi Valley Path, with a group of children on bicycles wearing helmets gathered behind them.

CARMARTHENSHIRE: Sixty years after Beeching axed the trains, the railway line between Carmarthen and Llandeilo is open again — for walkers and cyclists

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Cllr Alun Lockyer at the Mayor Making Ceremony The Orangery, Margam Park on Friday

NEATH PORT TALBOT: From French horn to civic honours — meet the music teacher who has become the new Mayor

Cllr Alan Lockyer, a music teacher and composer who has spent his…

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Mike Hedges, wearing a grey suit and red tie, seated on a park bench outdoors in a public green space.

SENEDD: Swansea’s Mike Hedges handed Culture and Sport brief as Ken Skates names Welsh Labour’s new Senedd spokesperson team

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