Wales

Friends launched a campaign to raise £250,000 and reached their target in 12 weeks, with Sarah admitting she thought “we’d never make it in a million years”. The fundraiser has since been increased to £350,000 to help with ongoing costs, and more than £300,000 has been raised so far. She …

After some initial backing from the Arts Council of Wales, he said Ballet Cymru went 13 years without any funding at all and 28 years without its own dedicated studio. To help finance the company, James toured with other ballet troupes including Northern Ballet. Amy Doughty, the company’s co-artistic director …

Parkinson has overseen immense success since being named as Wrexham boss in the summer of 2021. He guided the club to three successive promotions between 2023 and 2025, although the pressure appears to be mounting on the 58-year-old following a slow start to the current campaign. The Red Dragons have …

Winless Holywell’s struggles continued as Flint’s resurgence continued with a five-goal thumping on Friday night. The hosts, whose four league wins have all come in their last five fixtures, took the lead after five minutes through Ben Hughes. Isaac Modi doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time, giving bottom …

Former dual-code Wales and British and Irish Lions wing Keri Jones has died at the age of 81. Jones also represented Wales at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Jamaica in the 100 yard, 220 yard and squad relay races. A product of Ystalyfera Grammar School, Jones played …

A man alleged to have made a “homemade petrol bomb” has been charged with making an explosive device. The man, from Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil, is alleged to have made the “explosive device with intent to endanger life/injure property” on 17 October. He has appeared before magistrates in Merthyr Tydfil, and …

Fe wnaeth Meinir weithio ar nifer o raglenni teledu gan gynnwys Priodas Pum Mil, Prosiect Pum Mil a Jules Peters: My Cancer Journey. Pan gafodd ddiagnosis o ganser y fron yn 2013 yn 34 oed, penderfynodd ddogfennu’r cyfnod er mwyn codi ymwybyddiaeth o’r profiad o fyw gyda’r afiechyd. Yna daeth …

Mae dyn o Aberfan wedi ymddangos yn y llys ar gyhuddiad o greu “sylwedd ffrwydrol”. Ymddangosodd Stefan Dale o flaen llys ynadon ym Merthyr ddydd Iau. Mae’n wynebu cyhuddiad o greu “bom petrol cartref” gyda’r bwriad o “beryglu bywyd/niweidio eiddo” ar 17 Hydref. Mae’n cael ei gadw yn y ddalfa …

“It’s a ridiculous situation… the British government have dug themselves into a very big hole,” said Davies about the Palestine Action ban. “It’s not about politics, belief systems, it’s about humanity.” Davies said Gaza was half the size of the Welsh county of Flintshire and compared the war there between …

Mae dyn 69 oed wedi marw ar ôl iddo gael ei achub o’r môr ym mae Caswell, ger y Mwmbwls, brynhawn Iau. Dywedodd Tîm Achub Gwylwyr y Glannau y Mwmbwls eu bod wedi cael eu hanfon i fae Caswell ar ôl adroddiadau bod pedwar nofiwr mewn trafferthion a bod un …

Online Safety Minister Ian Murray set out several recent measures the UK government had taken to protect children and young people. These included criminalising the taking of intimate images without consent, a requirement for online platforms to remove those images, and the introduction of the Online Safety Act. Murray wrote: …

Mae’r cynnig wedi arwain at wrthwynebiad gan nifer o wleidyddion lleol, gyda rhai yn rhybuddio y byddai colli’r gwasanaeth yn rhoi pwysau ychwanegol ar feddygon teulu ac adrannau brys. Mae AS Ynys Môn, Llinos Medi, ynghyd â’r Aelodau o’r Senedd, Helen Jenner a Janet Finch-Saunders, ymhlith y rhai sydd wedi …

Evans believes the WRU needs to do more, stressing that grassroots clubs represent the future of the national team. “It’s important because that’s where all the rugby players come from. All the international and the regional players – they’ve come from grassroot rugby clubs such as Llanybydder.” “Although they say …

The frontman of a male strip show says he was “disappointed” after indirectly finding out one of its performances had been cancelled for being “too raunchy”. The Magic Men Australia World Tour, featuring choreographed routines, shirtless dancers and audience interaction, was set to perform at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, on Friday. …

Mae dyn o Rwmania wedi’i garcharu am wyth mlynedd a dau fis am redeg rhwydwaith puteindra oedd yn masnachu menywod o Rwmania i’r DU. BBC News

The “architect and organiser” of a prostitution ring that trafficked Romanian women into the UK to become sex workers has been sentenced to eight years and two months in prison. George Filip, 45, led an organised crime group responsible for the prostitution of at least 16 victims, earning hundreds of …

WBC middleweight world champion Carlos Adames will make his Zuffa Boxing debut against Welshman Gerome Warburton on Saturday, 14 November, but his title will not be at stake. Adames is to face Warburton in a headline 165-pound (11st 11lb, 74.8kg) catchweight bout in Zuffa Boxing’s first event held in Saudi …

Mae Heddlu’r Gogledd yn ymchwilio ar ôl i feiciwr modur farw yn dilyn gwrthdrawiad yn Llandudno nos Iau. Cafodd yr heddlu eu galw am 22:31 i adroddiadau o wrthdrawiad yn ymwneud â beic modur du ar Marine Drive – tua milltir o’r Tolldy tuag at gyfeiriad copa’r Gogarth. O ganlyniad …

Y tu hwnt i gyfnod Calan Gaeaf, yn rhyfedd ddigon, roedd mynwentydd yn gallu bod yn llefydd i ddathlu a mwynhau hefyd. Yn Sir Drefaldwyn, byddai plwyfolion yn osgoi claddu cyrff ar ochr ogleddol y fynwent fel bod digon o le i gynnal gemau amrywiol fel ymladd ceiliogod a chwarae …

Mae ‘na bryder am ddyfodol Clwb Rygbi Llanybydder yn sgil diffyg chwaraewyr, tra bod ‘na alw hefyd am ragor o gefnogaeth gan Undeb Rygbi Cymru. BBC News