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Nov 4, 2024 | yahoo.com | Meleri Williams |Olivia Grist

Lewys says people have been calling him Forest Gump because every day someone else joins the run [BBC]Generate Key TakeawaysAn eight-year-old has been called the Forrest Gump of Glynneath after inspiring others to join his running challenge to help homeless people. Lewys from the Neath Valley said he was so "sad" after seeing a homeless man in Swansea that he decided to run a mile daily for 26 days to raise money for homeless charities.

Aug 17, 2024 | yahoo.com | Olivia Grist |Nick Bourne

Radio 2 DJ Scott Mills has said taking part in Celebrity Race Across the World with husband Sam Vaughan was the "ultimate test of our relationship". The pair got married shortly after filming the BBC show, in which four couples race across South America on a limited budget. Sam, from Bridgend, described their early relationship as being a bit like the fictional characters Gavin and Stacey - as they went back and forth between London and Wales to see each other.

Jul 29, 2024 | yahoo.com | Nathan Bevan |Olivia Grist

They might have lost the Love Island final, but Welsh couple Nicole and Ciaran have won the hearts of many back home. Account manager Nicole Samuel, 24, from Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and 21-year-old rugby player and surveyor Ciaran Davies, from Bridgend, narrowly missed out on the £50,000 prize on Monday night. The pair, who enjoyed a cwtch throughout the series, were disappointed not to become the first Welsh couple to win the show and had to settle for second.

Jul 29, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Nathan Bevan |Olivia Grist

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Jul 29, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Nathan Bevan |Olivia Grist

Nicole and Ciaran have been cwtching up on Love Island all summer [ITV/REX/Shutterstock]They might have lost the Love Island final, but Welsh couple Nicole and Ciaran have won the hearts of many back home. Account manager Nicole Samuel, 24, from Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and 21-year-old rugby player and surveyor Ciaran Davies, from Bridgend, narrowly missed out on the £50,000 prize on Monday night.