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Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs smiling outside a village shop, Jones holding a clapperboard reading "Better Later", on the comedy's first day of filming.

RUTH JONES: Cameras roll on new BBC comedy ‘Better Later’ — 35 years after star first met her co-writer

Filming has begun on a warm new BBC comedy co-written by and…

By

Kit Peters

4 Min Read

Three shopfronts inside the Quadrant Shopping Centre — a TGJones store on the left, the Post Office and Swyddfa'r Post in the middle, and a Toys R Us store on the right, with two shoppers walking past on a polished tiled floor.

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TGJONES: Landlords revolt and bailiffs reclaim a Midlands store — as seven south-west Wales branches still hang in the balance

The crisis at TGJones has deepened, with bailiffs reclaiming a store, major…

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Kit Peters

6 Min Read

Ian Stroud standing beside an orange RNLI inshore lifeboat inside Porthcawl lifeboat station, wearing a Porthcawl Lifeboat Station hoodie.

PORTHCAWL: BEM for the RNLI volunteer behind 34 years on the lifeboats — and the town’s Christmas swim

Ian Stroud, who has given more than three decades to Porthcawl's lifeboat…

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Kit Peters

3 Min Read

Karen Jones, Dave Cottle, Robert Francis-Davies and Professor Ann John have all been recognised in this year's King's Birthday Honours

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KING’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS: The Swansea Bay and Carmarthenshire names on this year’s list

An MBE received days before his death for a Swansea legend, a…

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Kit Peters

6 Min Read

The River Kenfig winding between grassy banks and reedbeds at Kenfig National Nature Reserve, with dunes on the horizon

Environment and Farming

KENFIG: ‘Unacceptable’ — Welsh Water under investigation over sewage pollution of River Kenfig

Natural Resources Wales says the scale of environmental damage to the River…

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Kit Peters

7 Min Read

OSPREYS: Versatile back John signs after Exeter exit

Exeter Chiefs back Dan John will join Ospreys for the 2026-27 season…

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A woman with brown hair platted into pigtails sitting in a red canoe with her arm raised in celebration.

BRIDGEND: Canoe polo champion wins £149,000 after boss made her drive overnight from Germany for a meeting he didn’t attend

Beth Littlewood, a former Great Britain canoe polo gold medallist, drove through…

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Kit Peters

5 Min Read

BRIDGEND: Work to begin on Bus Station clock tower

Work to refresh the clock tower at Bridgend Bus Station is set…

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Kit Peters

3 Min Read

Cardiff Magistrates Court

KENFIG HILL: Man given suspended sentence after antisemitic Holocaust message to family member

A 31-year-old man from Kenfig Hill has been given a 10-week prison…

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Kit Peters

3 Min Read

Stone-built Maesteg Hospital with Gothic features, showing main entrance and outpatient signage under cloudy sky.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

MAESTEG: Historic hospital faces uncertain future as health board picks new site for Llynfi Valley’s health services

Maesteg Community Hospital has served the Llynfi Valley since it was built…

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Kit Peters

6 Min Read

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