Wales

Dual-code international Ffion Lewis is set to make her first Wales rugby league appearance in five years in this month’s World Cup warm-up against Canada in Neath. The former captain returned to rugby league last year after winning 33 caps in the 15-a-side game. Wales coach Tom Brindle has named …

Claims that the Welsh government has begun negotiations with Westminster over devolving rail in the future have been disputed and described as “desperation”. The Welsh government said it was in discussions “for fairer funding and a pathway to full devolution”. A Labour UK government source close to the Westminster transport …

The grandmother of a 16-year-old boy who stabbed a teacher at a school in Pembrokeshire said he told her after the incident that “something went” in his head. Emergency services were called to Milford Haven Comprehensive School on 5 February to reports of the assault of a teacher by a …

A construction firm director has been given a suspended prison sentence after an 18-year-old apprentice joiner died when plasterboard fell on her. Chloe Bidwell was working alone at a house which was being renovated in Bangor, Gwynedd, on 20 December 2023. An inquest heard she died from neck injuries after …

Yn ôl yr erlyniad, nid oedd gan y cwmni “reolwr safle” penodol gyda “sgiliau, gwybodaeth na phrofiad digonol i weithredu yn y swydd honno”. Dywedodd yr erlyniad fod David Horrocks yn gwybod y dylai o leiaf ddau berson fod ar y safle ar unrhyw adeg. Clywodd y llys fod Mr …

Un o’r plant a oedd yn y côr buddugol oedd Osian o Gaerdydd. Eglurai ei fam, Casi, ei bod hi wedi bod yn ddiwrnod hir a phoeth iddyn nhw i gyd, ond yn ddiwrnod bythgofiadwy i’r plant… a’r rhieni. “Canodd y ddau gôr yn rili da, ac roedd hi’n sioc …

Ken Skates is likely to become Welsh Labour’s new leader after the party suddenly brought forward the process to formally replace Eluned Morgan. The process was planned to begin in September, but the party announced on Wednesday evening that Labour’s nine Members of the Senedd (MSs) have seven days from …

Swansea City are poised to buy the Swansea.com Stadium from Swansea council in a move they say will safeguard the future of the club. The Championship side have been in discussions with the council over the proposed purchase of the venue, their home since its opening in 2005. The local …

Mae’r gantores fyd-enwog o Gymru, Bonnie Tyler, wedi marw yn 75 oed. BBC News

Gan fod gwyddoniaeth fforensig wedi datblygu gymaint ers cyfnod yr ymchwiliad heddlu gwreiddiol, gobaith tîm cyfreithiol Stone yw y gallai profion newydd ganfod DNA person arall a phrofi ei fod yn ddieuog. Yn 2021, awgrymodd cyfreithwyr Stone bod posib canfod tystiolaeth DNA ar garrai esgid oedd yn safle’r ymosodiad. Bryd …

“Byddwn ni’n canu a hel atgofion am ganeuon oedden ni’n canu yn ‘Steddfod Aberteifi yn 1976 achos dyw ‘Steddfod Y Garreg Las ddim yn bell iawn o ‘Steddfod ’76, ac mae’r tywydd hefyd yn benthyg ei hunan… oedd hi’n dwym iawn yn ’76 hefyd! “Ac o leiaf yn y Tŷ …

Mae Mia Edgeworth, 21, yn ei blwyddyn olaf yn astudio nyrsio ym Mhrifysgol De Cymru yng Nghaerdydd, ac ar hyn o bryd nid oes ganddi swydd wedi ei threfnu at ar ôl y brifysgol. Mae hi’n un o’r 306 o nyrsys sydd heb sicrhau rolau band 5 ym mis Mehefin …

The Welsh government has no powers over welfare, with the UK government retaining control over benefits. Lewis said the Welsh government needed to be certain the money paid to parents “would not be taxed nor taken into account in calculating any benefit cap or deductions from Universal Credit”. There are …

Mae’r gantores reggae a’r cyflwynydd Aleighcia Scott yn dweud ei bod “mor hapus” ar ôl darganfod bod un o’i chaneuon yn rhan o arholiad Safon Uwch mewn drama. Fe ddechreuodd Aleighcia ddysgu Cymraeg pedair blynedd yn ôl, ac fe wnaeth hi ryddhau ei sengl gyntaf yn y Gymraeg – ‘Dod …

A review of the front page stories from the daily and weekly newspapers in Wales. BBC News

Chris Venables has mixed memories of the previous time Penybont faced Andorran side Santa Coloma in the Uefa Conference League. Venables scored Penybont’s first ever goal in European competition when he netted in the first qualifying round first leg at the Brewery Field in Bridgend in 2024. But in a …

Leading sports figures joined mourners for the funeral of football agent and former player Alex Hughes, following his death at the age of 38. His father, Wales legend Mark Hughes, and other family members carried the coffin into the service at St Peter’s Church in Prestbury, Cheshire on Tuesday. Alex …

Earlier this month Wales’s Health Minister Mabon ap Gwynfor held a summit with health bosses, universities and professional bodies. A Welsh government spokesperson said it was “to find immediate solutions and prevent this from happening again and asked for actions from the summit to be rolled out nationally”. They said: …

No other side has won as many games (9) or picked up as many points (36) as Northamptonshire in the T20 Blast so far this season. The Steelbacks have lost just once, against Somerset in comprehensive fashion on Sunday, and returned to winning ways in style to to qualify for …

Canlyniadau timau Cymru yn rowndiau rhagbrofol Ewrop gan gynnwys gemau Cynghrair y Pencampwyr a Chyngres UEFA. BBC News