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2 months ago | 
aol.com | Gwyn Loader |Iolo Cheung
Cardiff University should use its reserves of more than £500m to ease financial pressures amid concerns of 400 job losses, a union has said. The institution has £506m in unrestricted reserves, which has increased by more than 50% in a year, according to figures seen by Newyddion S4C, which lecturers' union UCU said should be partially used.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Iolo Cheung
An eye-witness has described the "shocking" moment a brick appeared to be thrown through a moving bus window, injuring a passenger. Ioan Dyer was travelling on a bus from Newport to Cardiff on Sunday evening when the object smashed through a side window, covering the floor with glass. Mr Dyer said a passenger with a pushchair had previously been standing by the window, adding "someone could have been killed".
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Iolo Cheung
Iolo Cheung - BBC NewsTue, January 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM UTC5 min readChildren as old as eight are not fully toilet trained and missing lessons as a result, a union leader has said. Blaenau Gwent council has said teachers will no longer change pupils who have wet or soiled themselves, with parents being called in to school instead. The council said it had introduced this policy due to "very high levels of pupils coming to school in nappies".
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Iolo Cheung
Kim Thomas has worked in the industry since 2012, and says social media influences many tattoo trends [BBC]There are fears tattoo artists will have to increase their prices as Wales becomes the first part of the UK to introduce new rules for artists. The Welsh government rules mean practitioners will have to meet stricter hygiene and safety standards in order to be given a licence, which they'll have to renew every three years. It follows concerns from medics about the risk of serious infections.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
msn.com | Iolo Cheung
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Iolo Cheung
When a new face turned up at their football training session, Colleen O'Connor thought she looked familiar. But it was not until she spoke to Mandy Beech in the pub afterwards that they realised they were long lost teammates who played together for Wales more than 40 years ago. The pair, now in their 60s, were among the trailblazers who represented their country after the ban on women's football was lifted in 1970, but were only recently given official recognition.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
aol.com | Iolo Cheung
October 8, 2024 at 6:19 AMA sports teacher at a secondary school accused of attacking a 16-year-old boy in a town centre said that an incident where he grabbed the boy was just a case of "mucking about". Llyr James, 31, denies assaulting Llyr Davies in Newcastle Emlyn on 9 March. Llyr Davies died three days after the alleged attack in Ceredigion, in a separate incident which was not related.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
aol.com | Iolo Cheung
October 6, 2024 at 11:58 PMAndrea Weston, 65, was told she had bowel cancer earlier this year after taking a test at home [BBC]A woman who survived bowel cancer after it was detected early thanks to a screening has said expanding the service to more people will "save lives". It comes as the Welsh government announced that those aged 50 and over will automatically receive at-home bowel screening tests.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Iolo Cheung
Iolo Cheung - BBC NewsSeptember 19, 2024 at 2:53 PM·4 min readTaxis carrying military-standard bandage kits for stab wounds could soon be on the streets in parts of south Wales. A charity run by an ex-soldier and police officer hopes to issue 50 kits to cabbies in Cardiff, as part of an expanding network that includes six other UK cities.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Iolo Cheung
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