February 2026

Boy, 15, charged after teacher allegedly assaulted at Pembrokeshire school

A 15-year-old student accused of assaulting a teacher has been charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article on education premises. Dyfed-Powys Police said the boy has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear at Swansea Magistrates’ Court on Saturday. Officers were called to Milford Haven Comprehensive School in […]

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‘It’s got to be time for change’: Three months until crucial Welsh elections

The Welsh Parliament stands in what was known as Tiger Bay – a multicultural melting pot during the 18-1900s, home to around 50 nationalities working the docks. The area remains diverse. Outside Togayo Cafe we get chatting to Somali-born friends Omar Mohammad and Abdiqadir Mohamoud, who settled in Cardiff in the 90s and early 2000s.

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Two arrested for illegally dumping waste at six sites across England

Two people have been arrested in Essex for allegedly illegally dumping waste at six different illegal spots across England, the Environment Agency has said. The pair are suspected of trashing spots across Warwickshire, Derbyshire and Buckinghamshire, as the country grapples with a proliferating black market in illegal waste, dubbed the “new narcotics”. Earlier this week,

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Donald Trump accused of ‘disgusting behaviour’ after sharing image of Obamas as apes

Donald Trump has been accused of “disgusting behaviour” after sharing a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. Warning: The following article contains an offensive image The depiction appears towards the end of the video shared by the president, asserting debunked claims that the 2020 election – which he lost to Joe Biden –

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This Russian general fought and meddled for Vladimir Putin around the world, now he’s fighting for his own life

From the Skripal poisonings to the invasion of Ukraine to subverting American elections, it is hard to think of a Russian outrage Lieutenant General Vladimir ‍Alekseyev has not been involved in. He is now fighting for his life in a Moscow hospital, the victim himself of foul play. The military intelligence deputy chief had a

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Camp leader Jon Ruben jailed for 23 years for drugging children with sweets to sexually abuse them

A summer camp leader who drugged children with sweets laced with a tranquiliser before sexually assaulting them has been jailed for more than 23 years. Warning: This report contains references to graphic material including self-harm and sexual abuse which readers may find distressing Leicester Crown Court heard Jon Ruben, 76, who ran a holiday camp

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North Korea ‘executes schoolchildren for watching Squid Game’

People in North Korea, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching Squid Game and other foreign media, according to new testimony. Citizens also face being killed for listening to K-pop, a South Korean music genre that includes bands like BTS. Interviewees have described a climate of fear in which the South’s culture is treated as

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British man holidaying in Spain with wife and children falls to death from hotel balcony

A British man has died after falling from the sixth-floor balcony of a hotel in Spain. The country’s National Police are investigating the circumstances behind the death of the 37-year-old in the Costa del Sol town of Torremolinos in the early hours of Wednesday, according to local newspaper Diario Sur. <!–window.addEventListener(“message”,function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[“datawrapper-height”]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(“iframe”);for(var t in

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