Rowenna Hokin

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Four charged with arson after 18 monthsBBCThe building was the former headquarters for Anglesey councilFour young people have been charged with arson in connection with a fire at former council headquarters. The blaze caused significant damage to Shire Hall, Llangefni, in Anglesey in December 2023. At the time there were four arrests, but it has taken 18 months for anyone to be charged. North Wales Police did not provide any information on the youths' ages or where they are from.

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Roald Dahl's original sketches to be auctioned Lyon & TurnbullBoy is the only book for which Roald Dahl attempted his own illustrations during his careerRoald Dahl's original sketches, created for his memoir, will be sold at auction after being found in an envelope. Dahl, who was born in the Cardiff suburb of Llandaff, produced the sketches in black ballpoint pen for the book Boy, which was published in 1984.

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Rare Welsh Bible from 1588 displayed for first timePA MediaThe book was translated in the year of the Spanish Armada, when Queen Elizabeth I was monarchA rare copy of the first complete translation of the Bible into Welsh, printed in 1588, will go on display in Wales for the first time. The book was translated in the year of the Spanish Armada – when Elizabeth I was monarch – by Bishop William Morgan as part of an effort to bring scriptures to people in languages they understood.

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Owner's shock as 'male' tortoise lays eggs Jill MancinoSpeedy the tortoise was believed to be a boy because in the spring she would "mount" things in the gardenSpeedy was always assumed to be male by her owners of 41 years, so when she laid four eggs, they were shocked. Jill Mancino said the tortoise "displayed male tendencies" of "head butting" and "mounting various objects in the garden", but after a play date with their friend's male tortoise, everything changed.

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Wales does not get its "fair share of rail funding" and the system must be "fixed", said a former Labour minister responsible for transport. Plans for a £6.6bn Oxford-Cambridge rail line were previously classified as an England-only project, which means Wales could have been entitled to more money. But the Treasury announced there was a "publishing error" in a 2020 document and it should have been classified as an England and Wales project.