The Latest Breaking News from Wales

Homes and businesses are likely to be flooded and some communities could be cut off.

‘Released under investigation’ leads to uncertainty and distress for both victim and accused, say campaigners

Neath, south Wales: This quarry built the abbey and the nearby terraced towns – and it’s different every time I visit

In England and Wales, whole-life imprisonment is the harshest sanction available to the courts, emerging in the decades after the abolition of the death penalty. The whole-life order requires people to spend their whole lives in prison with no prospect of release, except on exceptional compassionate grounds.

It’s a scandal laid bare. A stark new report highlights the price paid in Britain’s former industrial heartlands for this silent piece of ministerial vandalism, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

Figures for England and Wales show there were 51,672 offences for child sexual exploitation and abuse online in 2024

Letter: Mary Wrenn points out that women given custodial sentences in Wales are sent to prisons in England, which has a negative impact on families

South Africa’s Eben Etzebeth has accepted his 12-week ban for an eye-gouge on Wales flanker Alex Mann but maintains it was not an intentional act

Home secretary’s plans for a radical reshaping of policing in England and Wales could be delayed due to lack of funds