A county in north-east Wales with Ruthin as administrative centre
The NHS has launched Movement 26.2, a rewards-based walking challenge designed to convert daily movement into a sustainable habit. Participants log 20-30 minutes of walking daily to reach 26 miles per month; earnings depend on retailer partnerships and completion. The scheme aims to boost physical and mental wellbeing amid inactivity concerns.
Posthumous conditional pardon has been granted to Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in the UK, recognizing a grave injustice linked to domestic abuse. The decision replaces the death penalty with life imprisonment, while underscoring ongoing failures in how abuse shapes criminal outcomes.
The Doctor Who screenwriter has spoken about his husband Andrew Smith’s death from glioblastoma in 2018. He says caregiving was hard but he would have done it for 50 more years. Smith and Davies were together 20 years, married in 2012, and Davies is dating Oliver Cole. Davies will publish a memoir about his career this year.
The National Eisteddfod of Wales has returned to its roots near Cardigan for its 850th birthday, with events spanning 1-8 August in Llantwd, Pembrokeshire. The festival, a major Welsh-language culture beacon, attracts about 150,000 visitors yearly and features poetry, music, drama and visual arts. This year’s edition highlights historic sites and traditional rites while welcoming a broad audience.
A man who climbed a hospital roof and brandished a blade has been fined after pleading guilty to nuisance on NHS premises. He was also ordered to pay compensation and costs, with related charges including shoplifting. The health board stresses a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.
A 35-year-old man from Ruthin, Denbighshire, has been jailed for three years and two months for defrauding four victims after posing as a wealthy businessman with hospitalisation deception. Victims funded investments, private treatment and living costs, with losses totaling around £68,000. The court heard the deception was sustained from July 2020 to October 2021.