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15 July 2019

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News imageFfordd Pen Llech, Harlech

Welsh street confirmed as steepest in the world

Guinness World Records says the Harlech street has beaten the previous record holder in New Zealand.

News imagestaff at foodbank

Charity fears rise in 'school holiday hunger'

Food banks have seen a 14% rise in demand for emergency food parcels during school holidays.

News imageIndian children paddle a raft through floodwaters at Kalgachia in Barpeta district in India's northeastern state of Assam, on July 12, 2019.

The river politics behind South Asia's floods

Every year, tensions increase between India and Nepal during the monsoon season. Why?

News imageLake Mymbyr, Snowdonia, Wales, with pink flowers in the foreground

Law to replace EU farm subsidies delayed

Plaid Cymru calls it a 'U-turn' but the Welsh Government insists reform plans are not held-up.

News imagePeople walking up hill

World's steepest street record bid: An uphill task

Ffordd Pen Llech has taken the record from a street in New Zealand with a gradient of more than 37%.

News imageVolodymyr Zelensky arrives at parliament for his inauguration on 20 May 2019

Why Ukraine's new president needs second election win

Volodymyr Zelensky's presidential victory was hailed as a political earthquake but he has been unable to make changes.

News imageScottish wildcat kitten

Rare wildcat kittens born at centre

The two females are part of a captive breeding programme that could one day see cats released into the wild.

News imageDiscards

Fishermen 'still illegally discarding fish'

A House of Lords inquiry looked at the impact of the ban on fishing discards six months on.

News imageJacquie and her sisters

'I lost my whole family to drugs'

Jacquie says it was like a fire ripping through her family after five relatives died because of drug addiction.

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