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23 October 2019

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News imageChild

New warning over high rate of children in care

The review of justice in Wales also finds "stark inequalities" in the rate across the country.

News imagePolice in Llanelli

Justice powers for Wales urged by commission

Wales should run police, its courts and have laws distinct from England, an independent commission urges.

News imagePrison

Long-term prisoners 'should get student loans'

Allowing more inmates to borrow for degrees would cut reoffending rates, a report says.

News imageCondensation on a window

People 'more likely to feel pain on humid days'

Researchers hope the study will steer work into why those with long-term health issues are affected.

News imageMoon

Dancing in the cathedral moonlight

Dancers boogie all night long in the silent disco held to encourage more people into the cathedral.

News imagePyongyang

UK artist hand-draws tourist map of Pyongyang

Gareth Fuller said he wanted to "pull back the curtain on a city so routinely shrouded in mystery".

News imageRebecca Broad

'I never thought to call 999 over catcalling'

A police commissioner says young women often felt they should deal with harassment by themselves.

News imagePriory Hospital Blandford

Hospital to close over staff shortage safety fears

The hospital, for children with learning disabilities and mental health issues, only opened in 2018.

News imageBarry and Samantha Dalton

'My dad gave me his kidney and saved my life'

Two days after her wedding, Samantha Dalton found out her kidneys were failing. In stepped her dad, Barry.

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