Welsh Ambulance Service declares critical incident as 999 calls soar
More than 340 calls were waiting to be answered when the critical incident was declared.
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Grieving families of victims of S. Korean plane crash visit site for memorial service
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Former FBI profiler on deadly truck incident in New Orleans
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Critic wrongly jailed by former president of Philippines hopes to return to politics
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Former NYPD detective on deadly truck incident in New Orleans
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Ambulance pressures remain as critical incident in Wales ends
Bosses urge people to be mindful of calling 999 unnecessarily amid "significant pressures".BBC News - 1d -
‘Why not us?’: Welsh language trio on their forthcoming double album
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Watch: CCTV shows the moment people escaped the path of truck by inches
CCTV footage shows people leaping out of the way of the vehicle, as it was driven at crowds on New Year's Day.BBC News - 4h -
Cold weather health alerts issued as snow forecast for weekend
A major clean-up operation is also ongoing in parts of England after New Year's Day flooding.BBC News - 1h -
New Syrian government's school curriculum changes spark concern
The curriculum will take on a more Islamic slant, with evolution and Big Bang theory dropped from science.BBC News - 23m -
UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint site unearthed
About 200 footprints made by dinosaurs 166 million years ago have been unearthed in a quarry in Oxfordshire.BBC News - 11h -
Stormzy banned from driving for using mobile phone
An off-duty police officer caught him using a mobile phone behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce.BBC News - 1h
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New Orleans attack latest: Police don't believe any other suspects involved
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