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Tributes paid to three killed in car crash

Tributes have been paid to the three people killed in a crash that left two others seriously injured. Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, died in the accident while Sophie Russon, 20, and Shane Loughlin, 32, survived but remain in a ...

06 Mar 2023 at 21:58

Light aircraft crashes off South Wales coast

A light aircraft has crashed into the sea off the South Wales coast. Pictures from the scene showed the small red and white plane in shallow water, between the lifeboat station and the Seabank Hotel at Porthcawl, on Tuesday morning. Members of the ...

13 Jun 2023 at 13:34

Police forces under investigation for response to missing car crash victims

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched an investigation into two police forces over the search for missing victims of a deadly car crash in Cardiff amid allegations they did not take matters seriously. Eve Smith and Darcy ...

07 Mar 2023 at 22:41

Police find three dead during search for five people missing in Cardiff

Police searching for five people who disappeared after a night out in Cardiff say they have located three of them dead. The other two missing people have been transported to hospital with serious injuries, Gwent Police told the PA news agency. ...

06 Mar 2023 at 10:56

Woman wants lessons learned after finding out via Facebook that abuser was dead

Woman wants lessons learned after finding out abuser died on Facebook

A woman who was abused by a swimming teacher when she was a child has said lessons must be learned after nobody alerted her that he was dead. Robert Rixon, 77, who was serving a 25-year sentence at HMP Parc in Bridgend for sexually abusing ...

18 Jul 2024 at 19:07

Vigil planned for crash victims as questions asked over police search

A night-time vigil is being planned to remember those killed in a car crash that left two others seriously injured as questions continue to be asked about why it took the police so long to find them. Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and ...

07 Mar 2023 at 18:18

RNLI crew’s dog rescue ‘like something out of a movie’

A pet owner who “feared the worst” when her frightened dog ran into the sea has described the rescue as like something from a movie. Seren, a three-year-old golden retriever, was found 300 metres from the shore off Newton Beach, in ...

05 Feb 2025 at 13:25

Fatal car crash that left three dead investigated

An investigation is under way into the circumstances of a car crash which left three people dead and two others seriously injured. All five people, three women and two men, had last been seen in Cardiff in the early hours of ...

06 Mar 2023 at 13:59

Sport

I’m 100 per cent sure I couldn’t make it as a professional golfer – Gareth Bale

Gareth Bale admitted he was “100 per cent sure” that he could not become a professional golfer. The former Real Madrid and Wales star is well known for his love of golf and has cut his handicap from “three or four” to just ...

28 Jul 2025 at 09:19

Golf

Miyu Yamashita holds off Charley Hull to win first major at Women’s Open

Japan’s Miyu Yamashita held off a strong challenge from Charley Hull to win the AIG Women’s Open by two shots on Sunday. Yamashita, who began the day leading by one from Kim A-lim, carded a steady final-round 70 in ...

03 Aug 2025 at 19:21

Golf

Lottie Woad five shots off pace after AIG Women’s Open first round

Lottie Woad was five shots off the pace as Japanese pair Rio Takeda and Eri Okayama shared the first-round lead at the AIG Women’s Open. Surrey sensation Woad carded a level-par 72 at a blustery Royal Porthcawl on ...

31 Jul 2025 at 19:42

Golf

Lottie Woad under no extra pressure at Women’s Open after first professional win

Golf sensation Lottie Woad insisted she was under no extra pressure at the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl after winning her first tournament as a professional. Woad tees it up at a major as a pro for the ...

29 Jul 2025 at 15:24

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