Meleri Williams

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Girl, 14, who stabbed teachers sentenced to 15 years

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Meleri Williams |Charlie Buckland

A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil while screaming "I'm going to kill you" has been sentenced to 15 years in detention. The teenager, who cannot be named due to her age, will serve at least half the sentence in custody. She was found guilty of attempted murder in a second trial at Swansea Crown Court in February after the first collapsed.
Girl, 14, who stabbed teachers sentenced to 15 years

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Meleri Williams

A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil while screaming "I'm going to kill you" has been sentenced to 15 years in detention. The girl, who cannot be named due to her age, will serve at least half the sentence in custody. She was found guilty of attempted murder in a second trial at …
Athro'n cael 'nosweithiau di-gwsg' ers trywanu Ysgol Dyffryn Aman

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Meleri Williams

Disgrifiad o’r llun, "O'n i just yn ffocysu ar y ferch. O'dd popeth arall yn blurred," meddai Darrel CampbellMae athro wnaeth rwystro merch ar ôl iddi drywanu dau o'i gydweithwyr a disgybl, wedi dweud ei fod yn colli cwsg ar ôl y digwyddiad. Fe gafodd Fiona Elias, Liz Hopkin a disgybl eu trywanu gan ferch yn Ysgol Dyffryn Aman yn Sir Gâr flwyddyn yn ôl. Fe wnaeth rheithgor yn Llys y Goron Abertawe gael y ferch, na ellir ei henwi am resymau cyfreithiol, yn euog o geisio llofruddio'r tair.
Teacher says Ammanford school stabbing was like horror movie

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Meleri Williams

Teacher says school stabbing was like horror movieBBCDarrel Campbell restrained the girl after the attack while she still had a knife in her hand"I've had countless sleepless nights. The incident is like it happened yesterday," said Mr Campbell, who held onto the girl after the attack while she still had a knife in her hand. "As soon as I saw the knife, I was just focused on the girl. She said she was going to kill [the pupil]. "I ran after her.
'Braint' Cymry yn Rhufain cyn angladd y Pab Ffransis

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Meleri Williams

Disgrifiad o’r llun, Roedd Elsi, Ffion a Gruff a'u rhieni o Lanbrynmair yn digwydd bod ar wyliau yn Rhufain yr wythnos honNid straeon gwyliau Pasg pawb fydd mor rhyfeddol â rhai Elsi, Ffion a Gruff o Lanbrynmair wrth ddychwelyd i'r ysgol yr wythnos nesaf. Fe ddywedodd eu tad, Owain, ei bod yn "fraint" cael digwydd bod yn Rhufain cyn digwyddiad hanesyddol angladd Pab Ffransis. Mae rhesi o filoedd o bobl wedi nadreddu drwy Sgwâr San Pedr ers dyddiau wrth i ddegau o filoedd ymweld â'r arch.
Ex-Labour MP charged with sexual assault on woman

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Meleri Williams

A former Labour MP will stand trial charged with sexual assault. Gwynoro Jones, 82, was elected to represent Carmarthen in the House of Commons between 1970 and 1974. Swansea Crown Court heard on Friday that the ex-politician and broadcaster allegedly touched a woman without consent on a train on 11 June 2024 and the incident was recorded on CCTV. Mr Jones pleaded not guilty, speaking in the dock only to confirm his name, and is expected to stand the two-day trial on 10 November.
The generation which has never known smoke-filled pubs

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jenny Rees |Meleri Williams

They are the first adults in Wales to have never known a smoke-filled bar or club. To have lived their whole lives unaccustomed to the smell of cigarettes lingering on clothes after a night out. It is 18 years since the ban on smoking in public places was introduced in Wales to reduce the effect of second-hand smoke. The legislation was a milestone in shifting attitudes, according to one public health expert.
Welsh teacher thought she was going to die

1 month ago | bbc.com | Meleri Williams

Teacher thought she would die in Bangkok earthquakeIsabelle WillisIsabelle Willis has been teaching English in Bangkok for six months A Welsh teacher whose apartment walls started to crumble after an earthquake in south-east Asia said she believed she was about to die. Isabelle Willis, 26, from New Quay, Ceredigion, has been teaching English in Bangkok, Thailand, for six months and felt the tremor after the earthquake in Myanmar on Friday.
Sophie Pierce breaks Atlantic rowing record

1 month ago | bbc.com | Meleri Williams

Cystic fibrosis couldn't stop me rowing the AtlanticAtlantic DashThe four women who were rowing the Atlantic from Lanzarote to Antigua arrived a week early A woman with a genetic illness that affects her ability to breathe has completed a world record-breaking rowing challenge in the Atlantic Ocean. Sophie Pierce, 32, of Neyland Rowing Club in Pembrokeshire, is the first person with cystic fibrosis to brave the journey.
Former bishop jailed for sex attacks on boy

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Meleri Williams

A former bishop has been jailed for sexually abusing a boy over a five-year period while he was a priest. Anthony Pierce, 84, who was bishop of Swansea and Brecon between 1999 and 2008, pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault on a child under the age of 16. Swansea Crown Court heard the abuse, which included sexual touching, happened from 1985 until 1990, while Pierce was a parish priest in West Cross, Swansea.