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Gareth Thomas, in a white shirt and navy tie, laughing with another man at a table set with wine bottles and flowers
brain tumour

GORSEINON: Ten-mile walk will reach Burry Port at 12.45pm, the time Gareth always met his friends

Gareth Thomas died in May, four months after doctors found two brain tumours. On Sunday his sister and friends will…

Owain Wyn Evans in a red helmet and yellow jacket riding a yellow spotted bike past orange BBC Radio 2 and Children in Need barriers
Ammanford

AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans ‘arrested’ by Blue Lights star on the longest day of his 400-mile ride

A TV sergeant, a rewritten pop hit and a surprise from his best friend kept him going around Lough Neagh.

Owain Wyn Evans in Pudsey ears and a black Children in Need T-shirt, smiling beside the Pudsey Bear mascot
Ammanford

AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans pedals out of Glasgow on 400-mile ride home to Wales

He admits he is nervous, his bike is named after a pop star and the first ferry will not wait…

Four men in pink T-shirts bearing Olivia Finch's photo, three in pink tutus with fairy wings, cross the Richard Burton 10K finish line in Cwmafan under a Tata Steel banner
Bryn

RICHARD BURTON 10K: Bourb ran through the night for Olivia, then ran the race with 3,000 others

A Tata shift manager set off on Saturday and was still running when Sunday’s race began. What he raised, who…

A woman in a Santa coat and Faith in Families T-shirt sits on the edge of a giant wooden toy chest packed with LEGO, Playmobil and Hot Wheels boxes outside Multibank Cymru in Swansea
Amazon

SWANSEA: Giant chest of LEGO and Pokémon lands at the multibank for families who can’t afford Christmas presents

Hundreds of toys arrived in Swansea Vale in a chest big enough to sit in, all of them for children…

Olivia and Megan Finch in light blue Richard Burton 10K Mini Miler shirts with race numbers at the start line, the Tata Steel arch behind them
Bryn

RICHARD BURTON 10K: Olivia, 6, used to start the countdown. On Sunday her big sister will do it for her

Olivia Finch from Bryn died in April. Thousands of runners, her classmates and her sister Megan are making sure Cwmafan…

Esme Mariani, with red hair and glasses, smiling as she sits on a bright red British Heart Foundation bench on the sand at Swansea Beach
British Heart Foundation

HENDY: Esme’s family are up for a UK heart charity award, and it’s down to a public vote

Dad ran the London Marathon, mum ran the Cardiff Half, and they’ve raised more than £19,000. Now it’s up to…

Sandra White in a black off-the-shoulder dress and her husband Martyn in a dinner suit holding her Wales Care Awards gold trophy in front of a blue and green stained glass mosaic
Action for Children

SWANSEA: Children’s homes boss Sandra White takes Wales Care Awards gold after her own staff nominated her

Every one of her staff teams backed the nomination, describing a director who "leads with heart, humility, and unwavering commitment".…

Owain Wyn Evans laughing in headphones at a BBC Radio 2 microphone, wearing a black Children in Need T-shirt, with a large Pudsey bear behind him
Ammanford

AMMANFORD: Owain Wyn Evans admits ‘wobbles’ 19 days before his 400-mile Children in Need ride

The Radio 2 presenter told Sara Cox he has been doing everything Professor Greg Whyte tells him, but 400 miles…

Two Asian elephants, one dark and one pale, grazing side by side in a grassy field under a blue sky
Adam Price MS

LLANPUMSAINT: Elephant sanctuary that says it cut a £1,000-a-week power bill to almost nothing gets £251,545 for batteries

Skanda Vale’s wind turbine and solar panels save it more than £40,000 a year, the Welsh Government says. The new…

A volunteer carries a box of meals into the Goods Shed in Llanelli, under a sign reading Sied Nwyddau Goods Shed
Antioch Centre

LLANELLI: Home-cooked meals for £2 from a freezer at the town’s old railway goods shed

It’s pay what you can, with meatballs, stews and lasagne cooked from scratch by volunteers. The freezer is open four…