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Leisuretime marks second birthday with month of special offers
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Explosion survivor and entrepreneur win coveted apprenticeship awards
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Wales 6/4 with bet365 to Qualify for Euro 2024 in Tough Path to the Finals
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Celebrity chefs cook up a storm to tackle the £600 of food that Welsh households throw away each year.
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Leisuretime marks second birthday with month of special offers
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Have your say on the future of health and social care in Wales
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'We need people in Wales to bring their thoughts, worries, and ideas to us so we can help create a more fit-for-purpose health and social care system'
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Dweud eich dweud ar ddyfodol iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol yng Nghymru
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'Mae angen i bobl yng Nghymru ddod â'u syniadau i ni fel y gallwn helpu i greu system iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol sy'n fwy addas i'r diben'
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Have your say on the future of health and social care in Wales
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'We need people in Wales to bring their thoughts, worries, and ideas to us so we can help create a more fit-for-purpose health and social care system'
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How Esports Wales is unlocking the potential of competitive gamers
Technology
The organisation supports aspiring stars through its Esports Academy Workshops
Free £2 shop bet with William Hill inside your paper every day of Aintree!
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Excitement is ramping up for the Grand National Festival 2024 , where we’ll see the latest chapter of racing history unfold- and you can pick up a £2 FREE William Hill shop bet inside your paper on Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 April, 2024. Held at the historic Aintree racecourse, it promises three days of incredible racing from the top runners and riders from the But who’ll write their name into the race’s rich history?
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Protesters will use 20mph convoys in bid to show 'how bad things will get' this summer
North Wales
The convoys are being organised as a motion goes before the Senedd calling for the policy to be reversed