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Three people are injured in a stabbing at the Ysgol Dyffryn Aman school in Ammanford, Wales. The suspect is arrested.
2024-04-24

The United Kingdom issues a "red extreme heat warning" as temperatures are predicted to reach a record 41 C in parts of England. Wales reports a record temperature of 37.1 C near the town of Hawarden, Flintshire, and the island of Jersey reports a record temperature of 37.9 C.
2022-07-18

Wales moves to level zero, indicating that most restrictions, including social distancing measures, are lifted. This allows nightclubs to reopen and indoor meetings to be permitted, although masks remain mandatory in most public indoor locations.
2021-08-7

First Minister Mark Drakeford announces that Wales will ease their COVID-19 restrictions to allow households with an infant below the age of one to form a bubble with one other household.
2021-02-27

The President of the United States visits Estonia in a move to reassure the Baltic states ahead of a NATO summit in Wales.
2014-09-3

Wales becomes the first country in the UK to adopt a presumed consent system of organ donation after members of its legislative assembly vote in favour of the system.
2013-07-2

The UK government sets out proposals to legalise gay marriages in England and Wales. The Church of England and Church in Wales will be banned from conducting wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples, but other religious organisations will be allowed to conduct gay weddings if they wish.
2012-12-11

Parts of Wales are hit by flash floods following torrential rain.
2012-07-13

The Welsh political party Plaid Cymru elects Leanne Wood as its new leader.
2012-03-15

Archaeologists recover six cannons from the ships of Welsh privateer Henry Morgan off the coast of Panama.
2011-03-1