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Packages of drugs in a suitcase
A 30-year-old man who smuggled 220lb of heroin worth £4.5m into the UK in luggage is sent to prison for eight years.

A man describes the moment half of his garden disappeared in a landslide.
An operation to separate conjoined twins who have a Welsh father is underway.


A couple and a child are rescued from a house fire caused by a fault in a television set.
A student heads for the top of his class after learning Welsh for two years in his native Japan.

A brother wants tighter controls on money lending after his twin killed himself over his £179,000 debts.
The Archbishop of Wales presides over a service to anoint two new bishops at Llandaff Cathedral.

A 14-year-old boy hopes to eventually study at university after having his sight restored by specialist contact lenses.
A hotel is demolished despite a campaign to save it by supporters who claimed it was linked to Alice in Wonderland.
Police fed curries to a man suspected of hiding drugs as they waited for nature to take its course, a court is told.
An ultra high speed internet project is officially launched to help businesses and communities.

 

 

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