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Ystrad Mynach

Out-of-work mechanic caught with 34 bags of cocaine in his underpants
Courts
Kieron McCormack turned to dealing after there were mass redundancies at his workplace
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Man tricked teenage girl into meeting up using Snapchat then raped her
Courts
Rhodri Llyr Griffiths taunted his victim after attacking her and said: 'I bet you won't meet up with anyone else anytime soon'
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The 'Candyman' gang with teen leader busted for dealing heroin and cocaine around Swansea
Courts
The judge told the defendants they had been 'peddling misery'
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Police find body in search for man who vanished on Christmas Eve
Missing people
Leon Shaw went missing on the afternoon of Christmas Eve 2023
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Violence erupts at Welsh football match as man hospitalised and police called
Ystrad Mynach
The match was abandoned after fighting broke out
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Chaos at school fireworks display as explosives misfire, people hit in the legs and run in fear
Ystrad Mynach
Videos being shared widely on social media show people running in fear
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Controversial plans to expand Wales' last greyhound racing track approved
Ystrad Mynach
Some animal rescue charities have opposed the plans on welfare grounds
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'My heart could stop beating at any moment but I won't let my condition ruin my life'
Ystrad Mynach
Becky Rosser lost her mum to the same condition as hers, but she's determined to continue doing the things she enjoys most
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'Well loved' 56-year-old van driver killed in crash
Ystrad Mynach
Darran Medd was killed in a collision on the A472 last Tuesday
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56-year-old van driver killed in crash
Ystrad Mynach
Gwent Police said that they received a report of a road traffic collision on the A472 near Tredomen at around 2.20pm on Tuesday, June 6
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Teen taken to court after football pitch 'destroyed' by bikes
Courts
The club had estimated there were around 40 youths and 10 vehicles at the scene with some doing 'doughnuts and wheel spins'
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Tribute to 'true diamond' killed after being hit by car on Boxing Day
Ystrad Mynach
Craig Walding, 37, died at the scene
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Pedestrian, 37, killed after being hit by car in Boxing Day tragedy
Ystrad Mynach
Gwent Police is appealing for witnesses following the collision on the A469 between Llanbradach and Ystrad Mynach
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The Welshman terrifying audiences both on and off screen in this year's scariest horror film, Barbarian
Ystrad Mynach
After a screening of his latest movie a fan turned to see him sitting behind her, before screaming and running away
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Great-grandmother, 86, waits nine hours for an ambulance after suffering a stroke
Gwent
Strokes are currently not categorised as immediately life-threatening by the Welsh Ambulance Service
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Dog lovers oppose plans by Wales' last greyhound race track to expand
Ystrad Mynach
Protestors are concerned an increase of racing at the stadium will lead to more animal injuries, or even deaths
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'The house literally shakes': Life by the South Wales Metro works
Caerphilly
'I was scared when I first heard it because I didn't know what was going on. We could feel it more than anything, the house was literally shaking'
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Former Cardiff City footballer who left school at 15 becomes college principal
Cardiff City FC
Jonathan Morgan says playing professional football gave him skills he needed to work in education and he is passionate about social mobility
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Gardener plagued by mountain of debt after 'abandoning work because of diabetes'
Crime
'He has had to remortgage his property, has depleted all his savings and is now signing on for state benefits'
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'Ystrad Mynach now sounds like an exotic dish': French Eurostar worker's hilarious pronunciation of Welsh station names
Ystrad Mynach
Some people thought he imbued the Welsh location with a hitherto missing 'va-va-voom'
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Woman loses her mum, sister, brother and cousin in devastating string of tragedies
People
Her sister died two days after one of the funerals
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Ystrad Mynach sports field keeps getting covered in sewage that 'absolutely stinks'
Caerphilly
Images have emerged showing just how bad conditions can get
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'Barbaric' fishing methods see six men told to pay a total of more than £13,000 in fines and costs 
Swansea
They were using multiple barbed hooks which pierce the fish and its internal organs, potentially causing disease to other fish in the river
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Tributes paid to popular and 'dedicated' former head teacher after sudden death
Caerphilly
'He had a conveyor belt of tens of thousands of kids coming through over the years and treated every one as an individual'
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