Tunisia attack hero's mother: 'fantastic' seeing couple come home
As Mathew James, shot as he shielded his fiancee Saera, arrives in south Wales, his mother talks of relief, and the long road aheadThe mother of a man shot three times as he tried to save his fiancee...
View ArticleMan dies after getting into difficulties swimming off South Wales coast
Nine-year-old boy also taken to hospital following second fatal incident of the summer at Gower’s Three Cliffs BayA man has died and a boy has been hospitalised after getting into difficulty swimming...
View Article'Quadriplegic' conman and wife jailed for perverting course of justice
Alan Knight pretended to be paralysed and comatose to avoid standing trial for stealing an 86-year-old’s savings, and was helped in his story by his wifeA conman and his wife who tried to avoid justice...
View ArticleNurses jailed for falsifying stroke patients' records
Rebecca Jones and Lauro Bertulano jailed for ‘playing with people’s lives’ by making up blood test results at Princess of Wales hospital, Bridgend Two nurses have been jailed for “playing with people’s...
View ArticleIan Watkins case: three South Wales detectives face misconduct inquiry
IPCC says officers have case to answer over fears that child abuse claims against singer were not taken seriously enoughThree police detectives face misconduct proceedings over how they handled...
View ArticlePolice face legal action over use of facial recognition cameras
Campaigners say technology risks turning UK citizens into ‘walking ID cards’Two legal challenges have been launched against police forces in south Wales and London over their use of automated facial...
View ArticleLlanelli hit by wave of 'county lines' drug gangs
Seaside town an unlikely new market for gangs using teenagers to sell class A drugsA Welsh town has become a “thriving market for class A drugs” due to a surge in “county lines” gangs, a court has...
View ArticleOffice worker launches UK's first police facial recognition legal action
Ed Bridges, from Cardiff, says ‘intrusive’ technology is used on thousands of peopleAn office worker who believes his image was captured by facial recognition cameras when he popped out for a sandwich...
View ArticleFacial recognition tech prevents crime, police tell UK privacy case
South Wales force defends use of technology after office worker claims rights breachFacial recognition cameras prevent crime, protect the public and do not breach the privacy of innocent people whose...
View ArticleDetective sacked for lying about connection to murder trial juror
Rebecca Bryant dismissed from South Wales police for gross misconduct A police detective has been sacked from her force after lying about her relationship to a juror during a murder trial.DC Rebecca...
View ArticlePolice investigate alleged bribery at Swansea University
Officers searched eight addresses in south Wales and Kent but made no arrests Police have carried out searches at eight addresses in south Wales and Kent as part of a “complex” investigation into...
View ArticleSouth Wales police to use facial recognition apps on phones
Force testing app that lets officers run snapshot through ‘watchlist’ to identify suspectsSouth Wales police are to have a facial recognition app installed on their phones to identify suspects without...
View ArticleCoroner: supervision of Conner Marshall’s killer ‘woefully inadequate’
Inquest told teenager from Barry was unlawfully killed by serial offender David Braddon‘Doomed to failure’: parents blame probation changes for son’s deathA coroner has highlighted a series of failings...
View ArticleStephen Kinnock targeted by police for visiting father, Neil
South Wales force criticised for tweeting disapproval of MP defying coronavirus rulesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe MP son of Neil Kinnock, the former Labour leader,...
View ArticleUK’s facial recognition technology ‘breaches privacy rights’
South Wales police accused of using system with ‘racial bias’ that breaks data protection lawAutomated facial recognition technology that searches for people in public places breaches privacy rights...
View ArticleSouth Wales police lose landmark facial recognition case
Call for forces to drop tech use after court ruled it breached privacy and broke equalities lawCampaigners are calling for South Wales police and other forces to stop using facial recognition...
View ArticlePolice watchdog says Mohamud Hassan may have been injured during disturbance...
IOPC said there is no evidence 24-year-old who died after release from custody was taseredThe police watchdog investigating the arrest of a man who died suddenly after being released from custody, have...
View ArticlePolice watchdog expands inquiry into death of Mohamud Hassan
Three more South Wales officers and one custody detention officer are to be investigated The police watchdog has begun an investigation into another four police officers as part of its inquiry into the...
View ArticleYorkshire police poster warns against trick or treating this Halloween
Force says it is discouraging the activity this year along with organised events because of CovidCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA police force in the north of England is...
View ArticlePolice apologise for wrongful conviction of man executed 70 years ago
Mahmood Mattan, a British Somali, was hanged in 1952 after he was found guilty of a murder in CardiffThe family of a man wrongly convicted of murder has been given a police apology for the “terrible...
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