One two three tier lockdowns in a two tier country the second wave a two tier cake for the Great British Bake Off the Great British Shut Down tier suggesting structure when none is present Covidspeak curve and peak hands face space test and trace fear and inequality cases and capacity untruths and nepotism loss and pessimism please don't speak Covid to me I'm just waiting for a vaccine waiting for another year better than this one for the next TV presentation by the scientists with all the gravitas of a wartime broadcast of grown-ups telling us the worst of news the maps and graphs...

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Dyma drydedd sengl MÊL ond y gyntaf i gael ei recordio fel band ‘go iawn’, gyda Rhodri Owen (Owens), Morgan Jones a George Amor yn cyfrannu eu darnau – ar ben gwaith Eryl (Pearl) Jones. Mae cyfraniadau allweddol a hollalluog Llŷr Pari a Geraldine Mac Burney i’w clywed yn y cawl hefyd. ‘Tri cynnig i Gymro’ medd rhai, ‘third time lucky’ dwêd y Sais – ac yn wir (ym marn dewiniaid y topia’) dyma sengl orau MÊL hyd yma. Mae’r band wedi bod yn trafod efo’r dewiniaid a Chyfoeth Naturiol Cymru ar gynllun i ymdopi efo’r llifogydd o ganmoliaeth bydd yn gorlifo atynt o bob cyfeiriad yn fuan...

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“Wake up,  you selfish bastard!” said his wife pouring a cup of cold water on her husband’s face. There was still no movement from her Spouse. Shelley Jones was beside herself with emotion. It was a combination of anger and worry, but mostly fear at the situation she found herself in. She had a bad feeling about booking her holiday on the Cassandra Line Cruise Ship, the Corona Vires, but now her premonition was coming true. She had checked his wrist for a pulse and even put her make-up mirror under his nose to see if he was still breathing, but there was nothing-no...

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“Ello ‘Ello ‘Ello what’s all this then?” said Constable Grunt, as he arrived onto the Barry Island Seafront promenade. Before him sat a group of mixed children and adults, all staring up at a fairground booth, beautifully painted in red n white stripes. As the Policeman strode forward on his size twelve feet Dr Marten’s boots- the sound of a kazoo playing the theme from Laurel & Hardy was heard emanating from behind the curtain of the booth. “Very funny!” said the Constable. Contrary to popular belief, Constable Grunt had originally possessed a sense of humour but it...

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Which Lions tourist sprang a convict from captivity on a particularly wild night out? What happened when the World Cup-winner played on after tearing his scrotum? Why did the 6’7” lock receive praise in the House of Commons from the Prime Minister? What gave one World Cup winger the nickname ‘the Chiropractor’? Who had his career ended after assaulting a fan in the stands during a game? Answers to these questions and much more is to be found in the profiles of the 20 players featured in  Hard Men of Rugby  (Y Lolfa). These tough and uncompromising sportsmen...

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The lawyer who represented “Wales’ most dangerous man” has revealed the chilling moment serial killer Peter Moore confessed to stabbing to death four men and saying the brutal attacks were easy - “like a knife through butter”.   The shocking inside story is told for the first time by former solicitor Dylan Rhys Jones in a new book,  The Man in Black - Peter Moore - Wales' Worst Serial Killer , which was published to coincide with the 25 th  anniversary of the vicious murders which Moore said he committed for “fun”. It was in the early hours of Christmas Eve morning, 1995, at...

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A masked ball coverings of many colours patterns and materials those beautiful surgical gowns social distance dancing move those hips waltz away regrets trance into herd immunity as the local lowdowns creep closer more local be vocal about your future your survival dance on my lovely what will be will be hold my hand and promise to keep your balance try not to slip up in the ballroom of spores

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Edge of an armada liminal keels keening over the bay on a fateful day limping blooded wasped by frigates and hawk-faced wreckers trying to get away invasion doesn't always reward though this is not our fight this is our day and for this you will pay your cannons fall silent spiked by salt water to the depths you dive to the mystery of our bay

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She’s Got Spies releases her new album ‘Isle of Dogs’ on the 6th of November. It’s preceded  by the single ‘Super Sniffer Dogs’ on the 23rd of October.  She’s Got Spies’  second album  ‘Isle of Dogs’  refers to an area of London, Laura Nunez’s hometown,  as well as the state of turmoil of the island of Britain. The follow up album to her debut Welsh language album  ‘Wedi’,  ‘Isle of Dogs’ features songs written over the last decade. She’s Got Spies is the project of Laura Nunez and her cast of collaborators. She spends her time between Cardiff and London, she’s multilingual and...

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Print press protest secrecy hinders contracts without tender detected heartbeat under rubble drenched in the virus so drunk he slept on the floor he turns her against her family not predicted to receive service born with a Mohawk jailed off screen and shot by police who informed the wrong family conspiracy theories win an angry note left on a Mercedes original title and artwork latest product recalls how voting works as weak as Mexico's Mad Cow fast facts in their secret woodland lair

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