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Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a man wanted in connection with a rape.

Gwent councils will receive £1 million between them from a Welsh Government grant to improve public transport.

Students who suffered sexual abuse by their peers would have been protected if recommendations from a council-funded investigation had been shared with schools.

County planners have rejected proposals to install permanent glass panel walls to prevent flooding along the southern bank of the River Wye near the Old Bridge in Hereford.

Commuters travelling between Newport, Chepstow and Bristol could be offered an alternative public transport option after a bus service is withdrawn, the Welsh Government has said.

Many volunteers who have rallied to respond to the coronavirus pandemic in Ross-on-Wye will continue to provide support after the lockdown ends.

Tributes are being paid to a woman who died in a house fire in Monmouthshire.

A Gloucestershire car boot sale is temporarily relocating to Herefordshire this week.

A controversial plan to build a home on city green space is being built lawfully, the council has said, after claims work had started without permission.

Worcester City Council is set to move to a different system of collecting trade waste after years of unnecessarily footing the bill for businesses.

Worcester Foodbank has hailed the extraordinary generosity of the local community which has left its warehouse bursting at the seams.

Worcestershire County Council has announced that the new Kidderminster Station building will be open on Sunday.

A plan to open a new gym on a business park which was rejected by the council because it was too far out of the town centre has been put forward again.

A German paedophile has been identified as a key suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Madeleine McCann's family believe the police announcement of a new suspect is "potentially very significant".

The Duchess of Sussex has spoken out about racism after the death of George Floyd, apologising to students of her former high school that they have to "grow up in a world where it is still present".

Chernobyl is leading the field in this year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations (BAFTA), with double the nods of any other show.

A German paedophile has been identified as a key suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

The Prince of Wales fears we could see further pandemics if we don't put our relationship with the planet at the centre of the post-COVID recovery.

Three police officers present when their colleague knelt on George Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes are to face charges.

The Duchess of Sussex has spoken out about racism after the death of George Floyd, apologising to students of her former high school that they have to "grow up in a world where it is still present".

Tottenham have confirmed they have received the only positive test for coronavirus from the fifth round of Premier League testing results.

Kevin-Prince Boateng has launched a powerful anti-racism message urging footballers to take a stand, believing too many are afraid.

Clubs have been given the go-ahead to take part in friendly matches ahead of the planned resumption of the Premier League.

Toto Wolff has confirmed that Mercedes will "monitor" Sebastian Vettel's situation now he is leaving Ferrari and that F1's world champions cannot yet rule the German out of a 2021 drive.

Peterborough's teenage sensation Ricky-Jade Jones has revealed Marcus Rashford as his football role model and says interest from Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal has not distracted him from his development.

Chernobyl is leading the field in this year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations (BAFTA), with double the nods of any other show.

Caitlin Moran is getting ready to watch this year's televsion BAFTA Awards virtually, at home - which means she can do so comfortably on the sofa, with crisps, in her pants.

Rapper Tinie Tempah has compared the world's response to the death of George Floyd with reactions to animal cruelty, telling Sky News that people would not accept a dog being treated in the same way.

John Boyega has delivered an impassioned speech to thousands of people gathered in Hyde Park, protesting over the death of George Floyd.

The coronavirus pandemic has killed tens of thousands and forced people across the world to re-evaluate what they think is really important.

In the early hours of Sunday 31 May, senior officers aboard the oil tanker Willowy were called to the bridge to be told that their ship and four others in its vicinity were mysteriously sailing in circles, unable to steer, and on course to converge.

A 38-year-old man in Birmingham has been arrested in connection with the sale of fake COVID-19 testing kits which were sold online.

Hackers have stolen confidential documents from a US military contractor which provides critical support for the country's Minuteman III nuclear deterrent, Sky News has learnt.

Ibuprofen is being tested to assess whether it can prevent severe breathing problems in coronavirus patients and reduce the number of people needing treatment in intensive care units.

In the early hours of Sunday 31 May, senior officers aboard the oil tanker Willowy were called to the bridge to be told that their ship and four others in its vicinity were mysteriously sailing in circles, unable to steer, and on course to converge.

Two men snuck into a bedroom with machetes after being hired to carry out a stranger's sexual fantasy of being tied up in his underwear and stroked with a broom, only to discover they had got the wrong address.

A pigeon suspected of being trained to "spy" by Pakistan has been captured in India along one of the world's most contested borders, Indian officials said.

Scientists have reported getting so high on the nitrous oxide emitted by penguin poo that it actually made them ill.

Boris Johnson has promised that all coronavirus tests will be "turned around" within 24 hours by the end of the month, as he defended the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ordering people arriving in the UK to quarantine for 14 days is "essential" to save lives, Home Secretary Priti Patel has said as she set out details of the government's controversial border plan.

Tottenham have confirmed they have received the only positive test for coronavirus from the fifth round of Premier League testing results.

British Airways (BA) has told staff it is burning through £178m of cash a week and does not have "an absolute right to exist" as a row with unions intensifies.