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The Welsh Government announces a ban on Greyhound racing in Wales following cross-party calls for a ban on the sport which has been criticized for its animal cruelty.
2025-02-18

The bodies of four missing teenagers are found in an overturned car near Tremadog, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom.
2023-11-21

The first death from COVID-19 is confirmed in Wales. The 68-year-old patient was being treated at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
2020-03-16

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

Thirteen areas of south-west England and Wales have been warned of possible floods as the United Kingdom prepares for heavy rain.
2012-12-14

A farming alert is issued in Wales as an outbreak of Schmallenberg virus affects livestock in at least 74 farms in England.
2012-02-27

The Met Office issues a storm warning for the entire United Kingdom, with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland reportedly the worst-affected areas. Two people are later reported killed in separate weather-related incidents.
2012-01-3

Rescue efforts continue to release four miners trapped 90m (295ft) underground following an explosion at Gleision Colliery near Cilybebyll, Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley, Wales, on Thursday morning.
2011-09-15

University students throughout England and Wales stage a day of demonstrations against increases in tuition fees and cuts to higher education funding.
2010-11-24

Authorities in Wales arrest two people in connection with the abandonment at the cathedral in Carlow, Ireland of an 8-month-old baby taken from Nottinghamshire, England.
2010-01-24