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Welsh miner Tom Jones survived a death sentence to be repatriated from Franco’s Spain after the UK government paid a massive ransom. Jones, from Rhosllanerchrugog, Denbighshire, travelled to Spain in 1937 to fight for the International Brigades. He was wounded during the fierce battle on the River Ebro, in July 1938, and captured by Franco’s troops.
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John Cooper is one of the most notorious criminals in British history. He burgled, raped and murdered during a 15-year reign of terror, which included four executions by shotgun. And, far from keeping a low profile between crimes, he even took time to appear on the gameshow Bullseye. This year, he was jailed for life. ITV Wales
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Seventy-five years ago this month a group of military officers led a coup in Spain. But when the cities of Madrid and Barcelona held firm, the failed coup d’etat became a bloody civil war which would last from 1936 until 1939. The far-right governments of Germany and Italy supported the right wing rebels of General
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The UK Supreme Court has upheld an historic judgement in which a former pupil took legal action for being exposed to asbestos while at school. Dianne Willmore died aged 49 of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma on October 15, 2009, the day after she heard that the Appeal Court had upheld a High Court judgement on
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Prize-fighting legend Tom Sharkey led a most remarkable life. He served in the US Navy before fighting all of the first four heavyweight champions under the Marquis of Queensberry rules. He mixed with characters like Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Theodore Roosevelt and the Tammany Hall politicians who ruled New York. Sharkey’s epic 25-round encounter with Jim
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The Home Office and Attorney General’s Office have blocked calls for a public inquiry into the death of a 10-year-old boy who died after a failure to carry out a medical test which would have identified a rare treatable condition. Former First Minister Rhodri Morgan became a late convert to the idea of a public
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Welcome to the website of freelance journalist Greg Lewis. Please use the above links to find out about my work in television, newspapers and writing books. The blog entries are imported from my previous blog, whatiswales.blogspot.com
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The “Hidden Killer” documentary about the levels of asbestos in schools is now available on the Asbestos In Schools website.The story relates not just to Wales but to the whole of the UK and includes interviews with Scottish asbestos expert Robin Howie and with the HSE.Just click the ITV Wales link at http://www.asbestosexposureschools.co.uk/npaper%20links/Documentaries.htm
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Fresh questions today about the way our society treats vulnerable children.Firstly, the Welsh Refugee Council has taken the unusual step of going public with concerns about an individual case – an Afghan refugee named Mashal Jabari, an orphan who arrived in the UK last October.At the heart of the case is a dispute over Mashal’s
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Fresh fears are raised today about the way schools are protecting teachers and pupils from potentially-deadly exposure to asbestos.The leading authority on asbestos, the Asbestos Training and Consultancy Association, took a snapshot of 16 UK schools and found that none was meeting health and safety rules on managing the substance.It reports: “All of the schools
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