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Merthyr Vale

Family desperate to bring dad back to Wales after motorbike crash death
Merthyr Vale
Steven McDermott had spent the majority of his life in Merthyr Vale but moved to Oxfordshire recently
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Huge cannabis factory with £300,000 of drugs found inside old constitutional club
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Andi Nako, 31, and Judjan Kashari, 24, were discovered at the Gordon Lennox Constitutional Club in Merthyr Vale, Merthyr Tydfil, tending to plants with a potential yield worth up to £300,000
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Mother's tearful plea to 13-year-old son missing with schoolfriend
Merthyr Vale
Nixon Powell's family say he has taken a tent with him
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Puppy rushed to vets after swallowing cannabis dumped on mountain
Merthyr Vale
The 10-month-old puppy lost the use of her back legs and drifted in and out of consciousness after eating the drug
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Merthyr nurse 'sickened' as car stolen from outside hospital after 13-hour shift
Merthyr Tydfil
It meant the mother-of-two was left stranded and unable to get home after a gruelling night of work
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The 16-year-old boy who is putting skips all around Merthyr to tackle fly-tipping
Merthyr Tydfil
The Treharris resident is on a mission to clean up his home borough one skip at a time
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Entire street of abandoned homes in Merthyr Vale reduced to rubble
Merthyr Vale
The properties have been empty for some time as they were deemed unsafe due to the risk of flooding. Demolition work has been taking place over the past two months
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Demolition has finally started on the abandoned homes of Merthyr Vale
Merthyr Vale
They have stood empty for quite some time, but now the properties are being torn down at last
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Two abandoned streets left to rot amid the trees are to be demolished
Merthyr Vale
Diggers will raze the two streets in Merthyr Vale later this week
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Passengers left terrified as man 'laughed demonically' and brandished knife on train
Courts
Leighton Price looked up and down the carriage, made a throat-slitting gesture, and was heard to say: 'I’m going to get him. I’m going to kill him'
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Man caught with knife at train station isolating in jail as inmates contract Covid-19
Courts
Swansea Prison staff said they would need personal protective equipment to get Leighton Price on the video link for his crown court hearing
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The Welsh businesses offering a living wage and a pay rise to workers before Christmas
Cardiff
One in five jobs in Wales still pay below the real living wage
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The cuts and price hikes Merthyr Tydfil Council is considering in a bid to save £2m next year
Merthyr Tydfil Council
Car parking charge increases and the possible removal of a school bus service are among the proposals
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The abandoned homes of Merthyr Vale still waiting for demolition and the families forced to start a new life elsewhere
Merthyr Vale
Taff Street and Crescent Street in Merthyr Vale remain empty after residents were moved out in March 2018
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'Lovely, vibrant' young Welsh woman dies on holiday in Bali with her boyfriend
Cardiff
Natalie Morris was on holiday with her boyfriend, who wanted to ask her to marry him
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11 brilliant and funny stories straight from the pubs and clubs of the Valleys
Pubs
Tales of funerals, theft and Tom Jones
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Welsh male voice choir stranded in Germany after airport is forced to close
Merthyr Vale
Its members have been forced to miss work and hospital appointments
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Detailed plans revealed for more than 150 houses on former colliery site
Merthyr Tydfil
Work is expected to begin this summer on the project at the site of the old Merthyr Vale Colliery
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A powercut has left almost 1,500 homes in Merthyr Vale without electricity
Merthyr Vale
Engineers aim to have power restored by 6pm
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Trains were delayed because a drunk person jumped out of the way of a train and got stuck
Traffic and Travel
One woman with leg injuries has been taken to hospital
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Sneak around this empty and eerie former primary school near Merthyr now on sale
Property development
From a damp and dingy former primary school to accommodation for bikers or residential homes, this site in the South Wales valleys has lots of potential
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Teenager had to have stitches in his head after being shot by air rifle while playing in the woods
Merthyr Tydfil
Police said the 16-year-old boy could have been killed when he was shot while playing in woods in Merthyr Vale
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