Wales Online
The Welsh takeaway selling chips for 5p a bag to help struggling families
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- The Welsh takeaway selling chips for 5p a bag to help struggling families
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Customers have been flocking to Iestyn's Fish Bar in Pontypool for the cheap as chips offer.
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- We went behind the scenes at the Domino's to find out how the pros make a pizza
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- 7:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- We went behind the scenes at the Domino's pizza branch in Whitchurch in Cardiff to find out how the pros make a pizza.
It might seem simple but stretching, saucing, topping and cooking the pizza is precise and carefully timed, with only three minutes from start to oven.
While we got quicker and more accurate after a few goes, we came away with a new admiration for the precision and speed of the hardworking Domino's staff - though we aren't sure we'd be hired!
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- Blue plaque unveiled for founder of Treorchy Male Choir
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A Welsh choir put on a stunning performance at the unveiling of a blue plaque for their founder
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- A former ‘gentleman’s club’ has been transformed in Swansea
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- 2:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A once-notorious gentleman's club in Swansea has been transformed into a coffee shop, bar and event space. Have a look inside.
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- We asked people what they think of Wales' 20mph limit one month on
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- It's been over a month since Wales introduced the 20mph default speed limit. We asked people in Cardiff and Swansea what they make of the new law now.
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- Cardiff's flagship Debenhams to be demolished in surprise proposals for a park in its place
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Cardiff's flagship Debenhams building may be demolished after being vacant since closing in 2021.
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- When will you switch your heating on?
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- We've asked people across Wales when they give in and crank up the temperature...
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- Inside Wing'd It, the new chicken restaurant that's opened in Swansea's High Street
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Wing lovers, rejoice. A new restaurant specialising in chicken wings, burgers and tenders has opened up along Swansea's High Street.
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- Monsters take over Zip World Tower for a terrifying Halloween event
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Zip World Tower's Halloween nights are back, with the Monsters of the Mine experience returning for another year.
The park, near Aberdare, has been filled with terrifying monsters as visitors get the chance to take on the park's ziplines in the dark.
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- The Welsh hotel that looks like an old farmhouse and is a hit with celebrities
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- From the outside, you would think it's an old farmhouse, with all of the country charm and classic exterior. But don't be fooled by its humble appearance, because it is actually a new-build that's full of surprises: namely the fact it has become a bit of a celebrity hotspot hotel over the years.
Read the full story here: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/hotel-looks-like-old-farmhouse-27889005
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- Plans for food hall at Cardiff's Capitol Centre 'fall through'
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A massive food hall was due to open in Cardiff's troubled Capitol Centre last year.
The operator, Kommune, got an alcohol licence but then nothing was heard for 12 months. Now we can reveal Kommune has surrendered its licence and the plans appear to have fallen through.
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- The residential street that floods whenever there's heavy rain
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Residents in a Neath Port Talbot neighbourhood say they have had enough of the flooding that happens every time it rains. The water is believed to be coming from an underground pipe between two houses in Skewen.
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- Dai Young tells us his top three Rugby World Cup memories
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- As the Rugby World Cup continues, Dai Young shares with WalesOnline his top three Rugby World Cup memories
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- Inside Great British Menu star Tommy Heaney's new-look cocktail and oyster bar
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In the heart of Cardiff's Pontcanna is Tommy Heaney's Uisce restaurant.
Closed over the summer for renovations, it's now reopend at almost twice the size and has a suntrap front terrace for those brave enough to sit outside this autumn.
Read the full story here: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/gallery/first-look-great-british-menu-27888593
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- The couple who have been trying to get a footpath deleted from their property for decades
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A Barry couple fighting to get a footpath across their driveway deleted have opened up on the nightmare they have faced.
Graham and Jean Underdown said dog mess on their driveway and damaged cars are just some of the issues they've dealt with over the past 20 years.
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- Crowds gather after plan to use Welsh hotel for asylum seekers is scrapped
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Home Office has withdrawn controversial plans to house hundreds of asylum seekers at a four-star Welsh spa hotel. The proposals for the Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, sparked major and long-running anger including protests, counter-protests, and huge police operations with around 100 staff losing their jobs.
Read the full story here: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/stradey-park-hotel-asylum-seeker-27876789
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- The Japanese restaurant that's opened in the most unlikeliest of places
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- An historic police station has been transformed into a chic Japanese restaurant in the heart of a Bridgend, serving sushi and sake. It looks lush
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- I drove around Wales' oldest town at 20mph
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- 3:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The new 20mph default speed limit in Wales has been highly controversional. We sent WalesOnline reporter Rob Harries to drive around Carmarthen at 20mph and he was left wondering, why all the screaming and foaming at the mouth?
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- Inside the biggest Christmas shop in Wales
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- It gets busier every year - and for 2023 has more than 20,000 different Christmas products. We went inside Seasons Christmas Outlet in Bridgend to meet the gingerbread men and polar bears.
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- Should fireworks should be banned in Wales?
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- This is what people told us when we asked whether fireworks should be banned in Wales.
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- One of the oldest pubs in Cardiff is reopening
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The pub will be welcoming customers in the city centre this weekend.
Read the full story here: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/gallery/first-look-inside-historic-cardiff-27840792
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- We tried Fun HQ in Cardiff - and it's not just for kids
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A huge new indoor playground has opened in Cardiff.
It spans over 17,000 square feet, with climbing walls up to 7.5 metres tall. There are also more than 30 exhilarating climbing challenges to enjoy - from ‘The Stairway to Heaven’ to ‘Astroball’.
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- Welsh woman puts up Christmas decorations more than two months early
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- One Welsh street just got a lot more festive.
A woman has put her Christmas decorations up more than two months early. It's an annual tradition for the family which attracts crowds from miles away.
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- Shock and disbelief as hundreds of jobs lost at Valleys employer
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Around 500 people have lost their jobs after a major employer in the Valleys has entered administration.
On Monday, staff at UK Windows and Doors Group were told in a conference call that they had lost their jobs.The news came as a shock to many, with some workers having been employed there for decades.
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- Parents of seriously ill children fight plans for holiday park near hospice
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Bereaved parents and the families of seriously ill children are fighting against plans for a Butlin's-style holiday camp next door to a Welsh children's hospice.
Nearly 14,000 people have signed a petition against the plans.
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- The heartbreaking reason Adam Price supports the 20mph speed limit
- Runtime
- 2:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Adam Price has shared the story of a personal tragedy that bolstered his support for the 20mph speed limit.
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- Teen performed to packed crowd at St David's Hall weeks before becoming paralysed
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- 2:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A 14-year-old dancer who was performing to packed out shows in Cardiff has become paralysed due to a rare illness. Teifion Friston-Kemble finally received a diagnosis of functional neurological disorder (FND) after his left leg went numb and gave way while he was at school in January.
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- Inside the 2023 John Lewis Christmas shop in Cardiff
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Take a look inside the new Christmas shop set up in Cardiff's John Lewis.
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- Fake speed camera pops up on Welsh street
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A fake speed camera has popped up on a street in Wales.
It was spotted tucked into a hedge in Nelson in South Wales. Eagle-eyed drivers have discovered the yellow box isn't actually a camera - but rather a cleverly decorated bird box.
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- The Wales rugby player turned bespoke celebrity tailor after injury cut career short
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Injured out of a promising rugby career, former Wales sevens wing Nathan Palmer has turned his love of sewing and fashion into a career. Working as a bespoke tailor, his clients include stars from sport and television including Ian Wright and Aston Merrygold.
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- 'My garden is being ruined by Japanese knotweed from the property next door'
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- 2:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A woman claims the garden of a home she owns is being ruined for its tenants thanks to a Japanese knotweed issue spreading from a property next door.
Read the full story here: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/my-garden-being-ruined-japanese-27745903
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- What people think about the new 20mph limit a week after being introduced
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Now one week since the default speed limit changed in Wales, we asked people how its affecting them...
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- Thousands don wigs and jumpsuits for Porthcawl Elvis Festival
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Thousands of people descended on Porthcawl to honour the King of Rock n' Roll for the town's annual Elvis Festival over the weekend. Streets were filled with people dressed up in rhinestones and wigs, sunglasses and jumpsuits.
See photos from the event here: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/gallery/best-photos-elvis-festival-porthcawl-27775579
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- Couple married for 75 years explain the secret to long-lasting love
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Eric and Vera Pritchard tied the knot on September 18, 1948. More than seven decades on their love remains undimmed.
Read the full story here: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/couple-married-75-years-explain-27718574
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- Major cleanup begins after golf club left surrounded by flood water
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Shocking photos and video showed several feet of water engulfing Mond Valley Golf Club in Clydach following downpours on Wednesday.
Water levels reached hedgetops on the course and bins and chairs were seen floating near the surface.
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- We asked the people of Wales what they think about the new 20mph speed limit
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- 2:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Here's what they had to say...
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- Welsh hen party gets caught in flooding at Butlin's
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A group from Rhondda filmed the ankle-deep water outside their chalet and inside a chalet next door after torrential storms hit Minehead over the weekend.
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- New ball pit cocktail bar opens in Cardiff
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A new bar billed as an 'adult playground' has opened its doors in Cardiff.
Called Ballie Ballerson, it's the capital's first ball pit cocktail bar where you can eat, drink and swim through a giant ball pit until the early hours of the morning.
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- South Asian street food restaurant Tukka Tuk Canteen opens in Cardiff
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The brand new venture of Purple Poppadom's Anand George has opened on Cardiff's Whitchurch Road.
Tukka Tuk Canteen is a realisation of a passion project for the Michelin-favoured chef, in bringing the southern Asian rustic streetfood and canteen way of dining to south Wales.
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- We asked the people of Port Talbot exactly what the steelworks means to the town
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- We asked the people of Port Talbot exactly what the steelworks means to the town, as unions have raised concerns that 3,000 jobs will be lost.
Read the full story here: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/everybody-worrying-fear-uncertainty-port-27723052
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- How Mumbles Pier is recovering one year after devastating fire
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- In the summer of 2022, a huge fire destroyed buildings on a much-loved Mumbles landmark and plumes of smoke from the area could be seen for miles.
As the fire billowed from Mumbles Pier, crews from Morriston, Tumble, Swansea, Port Talbot, Neath, Carmarthen and even as far as Cardigan were on the scene. Former nightclub Cinderella's was destroyed in the fire as well as the adjoining Copperfish restaurant, which had just enjoyed its most successful summer since opening in 2017.
Here's how the pier is recovering one year on. Click here to read the full story: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/mumbles-pier-fire-copperfish-restaurant-27672808
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- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says American XL Bully dogs will be banned in the UK
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 🚨 BREAKING: American XL Bully dogs will be banned in the UK by the end of the year, says British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak 🚫
Full story: https://bit.ly/3PCDRYH
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- We tried the restaurant that claims it serves the best steak in Cardiff
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- We tried the new restaurant that claims it sells the best steak in Cardiff.
After nine months of waiting, Argentine steakhouse Gaucho has opened in The Hayes. This is what we thought.
Read the full review here: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/gaucho-cardiff-review-30-year-27639698
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- 'I drove through country villages at 20mph to see what the fuss is about'
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The 20mph speed limit will come into force across Wales on September 17, but it has already been piloted in a number of rural areas.
We went for a drive through a few country villages to see what all the fuss is about.
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- 'I can't sell my home as there's a bus shelter blocking the drive and the council won't move it'
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A man claims he can’t sell his house because there is a bus shelter blocking his driveway.
Homeowner Simon Williams said he had offered to pay for the bus shelter to be moved, but the council said it had been there for more than 50 years and has to stay.
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- These are the people who love the idea of the new 20mph speed limit
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Mark Drakeford says 20mph has made people’s lives better in the village of St Brides Major - so we went to ask them if that’s true.
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- Heritage Railway celebrates 40th anniversary with steam gala
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- People took a trip back in time this weekend as a heritage railway celebrated its 40th anniversary.
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- New vintage clothing store opens in Cardiff city centre
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- This vintage clothes shop has opened in Cardiff city centre, marking the first in Wales. It's part of an international chain with locations in England, Sweden and Finland.
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- Large sea turtle spotted swimming off the coast of Tenby
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The turtle was spotted off the coast of Tenby over the weekend and swam beside a fishing boat for around three hours. It was estimated to be around two metres long.
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- How Wilko shops across Wales look during their final days of trading
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Bargain hunters can pick up home decor, beauty products, hygiene items, seasonal decorations, pet toys, food and much more for significantly reduced prices.
