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Love Island star Liam Reardon makes King laugh with gym session invite

Charles met Welsh TV personalities while on a visit to Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil to celebrate his 77th birthday.

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King laughs with Love Island star after being asked to join him in a gym session

The King said he exercises twice a day

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MP: Coal tip safety should be fully funded to prevent repeat of Aberfan disaster

In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the coal-mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, killing 144 people.

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Tui urged to reconsider safety measures after boy drowns on holiday in Greece

Theo Treharne-Jones, five, from Merthyr Tydfil, was on holiday with his parents, siblings and extended family when he died.

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New forensic techniques could help solve triple murder after 30 years

Diane Jones, 21, and her daughters Shauna, two, and Sarah-Jane, one, died in a fire on the Gurnos Estate, Merthyr Tydfil.

Evening Standard

23-Year-Old Woman Shares Breathtaking Photos from Her Dream Holiday in Greece

Melissa Cross, a 23-year-old care worker from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, had been soaking up the sunshine on what looked like a dream holiday in Greece.

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‘People want change’: voter anger opens door for Reform in key Labour seats

Projections suggest Merthyr Tydfil and Dudley could be won by Nigel Farage’s party – but how real is the threat?

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Residents can go home for Christmas after huge 60ft-deep sinkhole opened up on street

Residents of Nant Morlais, in Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, feared they would lose their homes

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Welsh residents displaced by sinkhole fear they may not return by Christmas

Further cracks appear in street as hole that opened up in village in Merthyr Tydfil continues to expand

The Guardian - UK

Residents forced from homes by giant sinkhole may not be able to return by Christmas

‘Frightening’ sinkhole in Merthyr Tydfil – estimated by one resident to be 60ft deep – ‘seems to be getting bigger’, council leader warns

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‘Frightening’ sinkhole which forced residents from their homes continues to grow

The pit in Pant, Merthyr Tydfil, has continued to expand, with further cracks appearing in the road surface, council leader Brent Carter has said.

Evening Standard

Huge 60ft-deep sinkhole opens up in quiet residential cul-de-sac

Around 30 homes on the estate have been evacuated after the sinkhole opened up in Pant in Merthyr Tydfil on Sunday

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Man who shared indecent images with Huw Edwards named as Alex Williams

Williams, 25, of Merthyr Tydfil, was given 12-month suspended jail term for possessing and distributing indecent images, including of children

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK plans ‘don’t add up’ and costings are out ‘by tens of billions of pounds per year’, says IFS – as it happened

As Nigel Farage launches party’s manifesto, Institute for Fiscal Studies says ‘the package as a whole is problematic’

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Father who saw toddler daughter killed by runaway Range Rover fighting to close legal loophole

Pearl Black was holding her father’s hand as they walked to a park in Merthyr Tydfil when a garden wall collapsed on her

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Left-leaning Labour MP seeks independent review of selection contest

Beth Winter has said the way in which the party chose its candidate for the Welsh seat of Merthyr Tydfil and Upper Cynon was ‘flawed’.

Wales Online

Son threatens to put mum's head through mirror because she wouldn't let him use the car

Connor Webber, 26, of Merthyr Tydfil, smashed a window at his mother's house and told her "This will be your f****** head"

Wales Online

I tried Home Bargains' new in-store bakery and their bargain sausage rolls, pastries and doughnuts are as good as Lidl or Greggs

The Home Bargains bakery in Merthyr Tydfil opened in 2023

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School meal prices set to stay the same in Merthyr Tydfil in September

Cabinet will be asked to approve a freeze in prices with free primary school meals set to be introduced in April

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Woman rescued from car after Merthyr crash

Police say the circumstances surrounding the collision remain under investigation

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Welsh Government's delay in stopping mining at Ffos-y-Fran may be 'unlawful'

Barristers for climate activists have argued that the Welsh Government and Merthyr Tydfil Council could have intervened sooner

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'Faecal incident' closes Merthyr Tydfil's only open public swimming pool

Aberfan and Merthyr Vale pool will be closed until Friday, June 16

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Leftwingers cry foul as Labour rivals battle for selection in new seats

MP condemns ‘undemocratic’ process as Starmer’s shadow ministers take on junior colleagues after redrawing of boundaries

Wales Online

Cynon Valley MP Beth Winter hits out angrily after losing selection contest

Beth Winter is set to lose her place in Parliament at the next election

Wales Online

Labour councillor alleged by restaurant owner to have abused staff and failed to pay bill is investigated by his local party

The restaurant owner wrote a former complaint to the leader of the Merthyr Tydfil Labour Group over the alleged conduct of Councillor Gareth Lewis

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