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Back injury forces Wales hooker into retirement

rugby365.com

NEWS: Wales hooker Ken Owens announced his retirement on Wednesday after failing to recover from a persistent back injury.

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'No plans' to shut Wales' historic national museum in Cardiff

www.walesonline.co.uk

There has been widespread outcry after it was announced the museum may have to close

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BBC Mammoth: Cast, plot and how to watch new Mike Bubbins comedy made in Wales

www.walesonline.co.uk

Welsh comedian Mike Bubbins plays a man out of time in new BBC comedy series Mammoth - but who else is in the cast, how can you watch and what did he have to say about the new series?

Wales captain Jones urges fans to 'stick with us'

www.bbc.co.uk

After a humbling Six Nations defeat to Ireland, Wales captain Hannah Jones asks fans to stick with them through the highs and lows.

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Explosion confirmed at BAE factory in Wales

news.sky.com

An investigation has been launched following an explosion at a factory belonging to Britain's largest defence contractor.

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North Wales Police officer denies wounding teenager outside nightclub

www.dailypost.co.uk

PC Ellis Robert Thomas, 24, pleaded not guilty over alleged Bangor incident

Humza Yousaf and the SNP plot £45.6million 20mph scheme for 35,929 sections of roads in Scotland - despite Wales' version of a similar plot being widely panned

www.dailymail.co.uk

After Wales implemented its unpopular countrywide 20mph speed limits, the Scottish Government is now following suit on thousands of roads, potentially causing gridlock and traffic jams.

Cymru vs Wales name campaigns backed by thousands but with crucial differences

www.dailypost.co.uk

Petitions arguing for either one or the other have gained plenty of support

Wales hooker Ken Owens retires following long battle with injury

uk.sports.yahoo.com

Ken Owens has confirmed his retirement from all rugby following medical advice after a long battle with injury, with the Wales and British and Irish Lions hooker saying that his career “has been more than I could have dreamt of”.

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What Wales' rugby heroes of the 1990s look like now as surprise guest turns up to reunion

www.walesonline.co.uk

They have gone on to lead different lives but, for one night, they reunited to remember that famous day at Wembley

North Wales couple killed in tragic head-on crash with police van

www.dailypost.co.uk

John Jackson from Wrexham had gone with his daughter to collect wife Nerys who had been working abroad, an inquest heart today

Explosion at BAE Systems military weapons factory in South Wales

inews.co.uk

The blast happened at BAE Systems Glascoed in Monmouthshire just before 11am this morning, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said

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It is costing £1bn but south Wales' 'woeful' metro won't create any more services at half of Cardiff's stations

www.walesonline.co.uk

"Cardiff is not really getting a Metro," says the scheme's architect Mark Barry

Injury forces Wales and Lions star Ken Owens to retire from rugby

www.independent.co.uk

Owens won 91 caps for Wales, winning the Six Nations on four occasions including two grand slams

South Wales explosion live: Firefighters rush to BAE systems military weapons factory

www.express.co.uk

An explosion has occurred at the BAE Systems Glascoed arms factory in Monmouthshire, Wales.

Wales record-breaker Ken Owens announces retirement from rugby

www.sportsmole.co.uk

Ken Owens, Wales' oldest-ever captain and most-capped hooker, announces his retirement from rugby at the age of 37 due to a back injury.

Explosion rocks weapons factory in Wales run by largest military contractor in Europe

www.thesun.co.uk

AN explosion has rocked a weapons factory run by the largest military contractor in Europe.