Collisions and casualties on Welsh roads fell again between April and June, with the Deputy Minister for Transport calling the latest figures “extremely encouraging”.
Nicholas Trask, 46, of Roath, has been banned from a list of shops in Roath and Cardiff city centre for three years after a run of thefts over the summer.
A 26-year-old man from the Abergavenny area has been reported to court after Gwent Police stopped a vehicle with a cloned plate in Mathern. The force said checks showed it was being used to hide a lack of insurance.
Chris Johnson, 58, from the Rhyl area, died after a collision on the A494 at Llanuwchllyn on 15 October. His family have described him as an amazing, funny and caring family man.
Cadw is urging people to report heritage crime over half-term after specialist conservation work at Haverfordwest Priory was destroyed in a matter of hours.
Jamie Evans threw a wheelie bin through the window of the Taff Street shop, then rang police from outside the station saying he was struggling and wanted to go back to jail. He has been sentenced to one month in prison.
A Barry teenager has been jailed for 32 months after stealing an Audi from a Sully home while a family slept upstairs. He was on licence from a young offender institution at the time.
Levi Walters, 28, attacked his partner at his Cimla home after her night out and threatened to kill the friend she called for help. He was given a suspended sentence and a five-year restraining order at Swansea Crown Court.
Timothy Purcell, 44, was found guilty by a jury of seven child sex offences involving a girl aged between 13 and 15. He was jailed for eight years at Cardiff Crown Court.
Kyron Knight, 23, of Gladstone Road, Barry, admitted three offences involving 57 indecent images of children. He will be sentenced at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on November 11.
Faduno Hajiali, 43, was given an immediate two-year sentence at Cardiff Crown Court after starting a fire in her Godfrey Road flat while drunk.
Five organisations in Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil are sharing more than £1.37 million from the Welsh Government’s Ynni Cymru scheme. A Merthyr charity employing disabled and visually impaired people will use its £388,840 for solar panels, heat pumps and battery storage.
