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‘We was hoodwinked’: Inside the ex-mining town that backed Brexit despite millions of pounds of EU funding

EUROPE: THE WAY BACK: Eyebrows were raised when the Welsh area of Blaenau Gwent, despite receiving huge swathes of EU funding, voted to leave the bloc 10 years ago. Alex Ross visits the area’s largest town of Ebbw Vale, and discovers a more complicated picture

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Teenage boy arrested on suspicion of murder after girl, 14, found dead

Teenager from Blaenau Gwent now in custody after police launched murder investigation after body was found

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s no jobs’: struggle and regret in a Welsh town that backed Brexit

Ten years ago Ebbw Vale had the highest proportion of leave voters in Wales despite huge EU funding, which has not been fully replaced

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Two men charged with historic sex offences at Welsh children’s centre

Angus Riddell, 69, of Cwmbach Rhondda Cynon Taf, and Robin Griffiths, 65, from Ebbw Vale in Blaenau Gwent, have been charged with 45 alleged offences.

Evening Standard

Full list of housing affordability in 2024 by local area in England and Wales

The most affordable local authority in 2024 was Blaenau Gwent in Wales.

The Independent UK

Aberdeen named cheapest city for single homebuyers in Great Britain

Average one- or two-bedroom home is £119,000 in Scottish city, as Liverpool tops list in England and Blaenau Gwent in Wales

The Guardian - UK

Parents in Welsh county told to come to school to change nappies if their child is not toilet trained

Policy change by Blaenau Gwent council means teachers will no longer change nappies or pull-ups unless there is a ‘medically recognised need’

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Council says parents must come to school to change children’s nappies

A ‘very high levels of pupils’ started coming to school in nappies

The Independent UK

Parents must come to school to change nappies, Welsh council says

Teachers in the Blaenau Gwent Council area will no longer change a child’s nappies if they are not toilet trained.

Evening Standard

Parents to change nappies in schools under new South Wales council rule

Blaenau Gwent council in South Wales has said teachers are now spending too much time on changing nappies

Evening Standard

'Petrified' driver films big cat stalking village and fears it's actually legendary beast

Morgan Taylor, 22, said he was left "petrified" after spotting a large cat prowling through undergrowth in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, leading to a debate over what was the animal

Daily Mirror

'We live in one of UK's most isolated towns – we’re basically cut off from the world'

Residents were left fearing they wouldn't be able to commute to work, college or school after their local bus stopped running through the villages of Rassau and Garnlydan near Ebbw Vale

Daily Mirror

The Welsh villages that could be left with no public transport at all where people are really worried

Residents who rely on public transport worry about how they will get to work, their children to school and travel to the nearest towns

Wales Online

The places in Wales where house prices have risen the most in the last 10 years, according to the Land Registry

Blaenau Gwent has had the largest percentage increases in house value over the past decade

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Man squeezed woman’s face so hard her teeth fell out in 'sickening' assault

CCTV footage secretly recorded by the victim in the lounge of her home in Blaenau Gwent, South Wales, showed Lewis Thomas dragging her across the floor by her hair and legs during the “truly awful” assault on February 10, 2020

Wales Online

Dog walker punches teen after asking him for cider and a cigarette

Christopher Bolter, 43, of Nantyglo, Blaenau Gwent, assaulted the teenager in Brynmawr after approaching a group who were camping

Wales Online

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Bully attacked ex-partner and pushed her on glass table when she tried to leave him

Jason May, 35, attacked his now ex-girlfriend at her home in Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, throughout the course of their relationship

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The Independent UK

Residents report houses shaking as earthquake felt in South Wales

The epicentre of the earthquake was in Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent.

Wales Online

Council plans monthly black bin collections and closing children's play areas to save money

The council’s final budget will be decided by councillors later in February

Wales Online

Public opinion in Wales decisively swings against Brexit

Voters regretting leaving the EU now outnumber supporters in every part of Wales

Wales Online

People urged to check council tax payments as Blaenau Gwent council holds more than £842k in overpaid bills

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council holds £842,819.19 from overpaid council tax bills

Wales Online

Welsh Government reveals how much money it is giving every local authority in Wales next year

Monmouthshire council is getting the biggest funding increase while Blaenau Gwent is getting the smallest

Wales Online

The full list of Welsh postcodes DPD has stopped delivering to

Postcodes in areas like Cardiff, Blaenau Gwent and Chepstow can expect a two-day delay

Wales Online

Number of Welsh speakers fell over past decade, census data shows

The biggest increase of Welsh speakers was in Cardiff with the lowest number of speakers in Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent

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