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A Swansea fraudster has absconded from prison and police want to find him "swiftly".
A Swansea fraudster has absconded from prison and police want to find him "swiftly".
Both South Wales and North Wales police forces have sent officers to London to help tackle violence after consecutive nights of unrest. South Wales Police have sent 54 officers from two public service units while North Wales Police would not give specific numbers for its deployment.
South Wales crews had to neutralise a potential hazard when a gas cylinder was discovered amongst a fire.
A gang who went across North Wales stealing cigarettes and alcohol from small shops have been sent to prison.
Councils in Wales have been hit by a huge rise in metal thefts which are costing already under-strain council coffers thousands of pounds. For example between 2007/08 and 2010/11 Caerphilly has seen the cost of metal thefts jump from £1,025 to £129,766.
Those against plans to scrap police authorities and replace them with elected police and crime commissioners cited the evidence of high crime levels in Gwent.
Claims are that prisons in Wales are becoming ‘colleges of crime’ due to the increase in young offenders in certain areas. Merthyr Tydfil youths are more likely to be imprisoned than those living in Manchester and inner-city areas of London such as Hackney, Southwark and Lambeth.
Contrasts in crime: Wales has some of the highest and lowest levels in the UK, according to official statistics.
Inquests have been adjourned on an explosion at the Pembroke Chevron oil refinery in which four people were killed. The inquests were opened and adjourned at Milford Haven Town Hall by the Pembrokeshire coroner.
North Wales Police are still following up after an incident when the Ewloe petrol station was robbed in Holywell Road, Flintshire. The criminals targeted the site about 1850 BST on Monday, May 30. The incident was high risk for little reward as only a minor amount of money was taken.