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Telegraph sold for £575m as German buyer elbows out Daily Mail Axel Springer, owner of Bild and Die Welt, agrees all-cash deal for one of UK’s oldest newspapers

German media company Axel Springer - owner of, amongst other things, Europe’s biggest newspaper Bild - has bought the Telegraph a £575m all-cash deal that has scuppered a rival bid from the owner of the Daily Mail. (Via @theguardian.com)
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SWANSEA: Child sent home for being drunk after coming to school as Dylan Thomas for World Book Day A Swansea primary school has confirmed an eight-year-old was sent home this morning after appearing to be drunk while attending World Book Day dressed as Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. The child, who arr…

'the pupil announced he was “working on something important about Swansea” before lying on the playground tarmac to “feel the rhythm of the town”.

...explained to a confused Year 3 class that the sea was “restless and unforgiving”.

#WorldBookDay

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Another completely predictable thing has just happened.

Football fan chokes child at Championship match as horrified parents look on The 16-year-old boy was put in a chokehold and lifted off the ground at the clash between Swansea City and Birmingham City

A drunk football supporter throttled a young fan in front of the boy's parents during a Swansea v Birmingham match, a court has heard. Daniel Blair put the child in a chokehold and lifted him off his feet as people nearby tried to get him to release his grip.
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Teenager arrested after school went into lockdown The school went into lockdown before it was closed to pupils and staff while police continued to patrol the area

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after phone and email threats led to Ysgol Maesydderwen in Ystradgynlais being put into lockdown earlier this week.
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Man burgled neighbour's house after seeing he'd been arrested on Facebook Jay Larkman 'gave in to temptation' knowing the property would be empty

A Port Talbot man took the opportunity to burgle a neighbour's house after seeing a Facebook live video showing him being arrested during a paedophile hunter “sting”, a court has heard.
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Top Welsh journalist's house raided in Chinese spying probe Martin Shipton and his wife were 'shell-shocked' by the dawn raid

The home of veteran Welsh journalist Martin Shipton - formerly of this parish - has been raided by counter-terrorism police as part of an investigation into an alleged Chinese spying operation.
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How OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY is going so far:

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If your political strategy is to alienate your entire voter base and pave the way for a hard-right government, sure

⚠️ 30 years ago? Surely some mistake. I remember watching this in my mid 20s and that couldn’t have been 30 ye… oh

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Welsh ex-Labour special adviser arrested on suspicion of spying for China David Taylor, husband of Scottish Labour MP Joani Reid, was among three men arrested by counter-terrorism police on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service

A former special adviser to Neath Labour MP Peter Hain when he was Welsh Secretary has been named as one of three men arrested on suspicion of spying for China.
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🎧 One of the best podcasts on international affairs is pretty much essential listening at the moment.

“I can’t believe the US military contains religious fundamentalists”.

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Men from Wales arrested on suspicion of spying for China The Metropolitan Police said the suspects – aged 39, 43 and 68 – were arrested by counter-terrorism officers

Two men have been arrested in Wales / Cymru on suspicion of spying for China.

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Hundreds of jobs to go at major Welsh employer The UCU union described the scale of the cuts announced by the University of South Wales as 'shocking' and vowed to fight any compulsory redundancies

More grim news from the Welsh university sector with the University of South Wales looking to cut 200 jobs.

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Man asked armed police if they were 'ready to die' during three-hour siege Robert Adams taunted police officers that he had set booby traps in the property and threatened to blow it up and take them with him

A man taunted armed police about having set booby traps for them during a three-hour siege in Milford Haven / Aberdaugleddau, a court has heard. Robert Adams asked officers if they were "ready to die" and threatened to blow up the house and take them with him.
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Man left girl with nightmares after raping her while she was on family holiday Leon Kidner lied to the police and jurors by claiming that the sexual activity between him and the schoolgirl had been consensual

A man sexually assaulted and raped a 15-year-old girl while she was on a family caravan holiday in Carmarthenshire / Sir Gâr, a court has heard.

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If I was @zackpolanski.bsky.social, I would be pointing out to the BBC that whatever model they use to justify giving Farage & his boot-lickers season tickets for every BBC show under the sun must surely now treat Green Party politicians in exactly the same way. Might even be one for the lawyers...

This is, I regret to inform you, someone who is able to claim the title “leader of the free world“.

The easiest analytical assumption to make whenever Trump does something is that he hasn't thought it through at all. And yet everytime commentators contort themselves into believing there's some kind of strategy.

If I was trying to elicit sympathy I probably wouldn't go for Russian UFC teams and crypto guys. But that's just me.

Photos of destroyed Six Nations trophy emerge after fire in Ireland The trophy will never be used again after sustaining significant damage in the incident

The Six Nations trophy has been badly damaged in a vehicle fire in that Ireland. Tournament organisers say it cannot be restored “to full presentation standard” and will be retired.
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If you want to know how the British print news industry ends (which is, de facto, amazingly still what supports most newspaper websites) it's the distribution channels getting banjaxed. When you lose "TG Jones" etc even people who want a paper can't get one. That'll be the real start of the ending.

Dubai Influencers vs Iran Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Entertainment · 3 March · 54m

🎧 Fascinating context for when you are next subjected to one of those relentlessly tedious Dubai influencer videos which pop up Insta and other platforms - the influencers are nothing more than propagandists recruited and supported by the Dubai authorities.
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Murder investigation launched after man dies A 58-year-old man was taken to hospital in a critical condition on Saturday but police have confirmed he has now tragically died

Police have launched a murder investigation after a 58-year-old man who was left with serious injuries following an incident in Pencoed in the early hours of Saturday morning died in hospital.

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Walking into disaster: the narcotrafficking scandal that blew up the BVI The long read: When the new premier of the British Virgin Islands said he needed an armed security detail, his chief of police knew trouble was on its way

Fascinating long read about politics, policing, corruption and drugs on the British Virgin Islands. (By Ed Siddons for @theguardian.com)
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It is often a good idea to check whether an action you might take is criminal or not. This is particularly true in the case of military action.