Evans The Crime

My front page story for Tuesday’s South Wales Evening Post - A 48-year-old man plied a teenage girl with alcohol before raping her in his Swansea / Abertawe flat.

M4 live updates as drivers face two hour delays after lane closures There are miles of delays on the M4 on Tuesday morning

Long queues for those hoping to cross the border into / out of God’s Own Country this morning with the Old Severn Bridge closed, and two lanes out of action on the New Severn Bridge. Latest over by ‘ere ⬇️
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So, it looks like Russia finally won the cold war.

Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job

Quite sweet really that so many in the US still believe they have a supreme court rather than a third legislative chamber of 9 members appointed for life with power to change the law unilaterally for whatever reason they fancy. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...

Police called to early morning 'disturbance' at city shop Police are carrying out an investigation into the incident that happened on Saturday morning

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of GBH with intent after a “disturbance” at a shop in Swansea / Abertawe.
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Four arrested after crumble and custard thrown at Crown Jewels display The Tower of London was partially closed to the public while the police investigated.

Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London.
(By Emma Rossiter for BBC News)
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This is the first known photograph of a snowman.
It was taken in Swansea, Wales, in 1853 by Victorian photography pioneer Mary Dillwyn.
📷 National Library of Wales - Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
#christmas #snow

My front page story for Saturday’s South Wales Evening Post - A Swansea man threatened to cut off the testicles of the handyman who came to fix his tap before suffocating his partner with a pillow, stabbing a pensioner in the chest with a kitchen knife, and then sitting down on a sofa and laughing.

Swansea Bay / Bae Abertawe on a Saturday afternoon.

In a way, you have to admire FIFA - the way that morally bankrupt organisation is still able to find new ways to debase itself is truly remarkable.

And then, in late 2025, history came to an end as the entire human race simply cringed itself to death

As a journalist you’re always looking for ways to sum up the now, but the story is really often more incremental. This is from a Derbyshire county council paper. I was, inevitably, looking for “library to close” or “doge identified £Xm”, but the starting point is at least as important

UK and Norway form naval alliance to hunt Russian submarines The partnership aims to protect undersea cables, which Western officials say face increased threat from Moscow.

The UK and Norway have signed a defence pact that will see them operate a combined naval fleet to hunt Russian submarines in the North Atlantic. The Lunna House agreement is named after the Shetland Isles base used by the Norwegian resistance during WWII.
(Via BBC News)
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Front page of the South Wales Evening Post newspaper. Headline reads “Dad rode motorbike like ‘clown’”

My front page story for Thursday’s South Wales Evening Post - A dad rode his motorbike around the streets of Swansea / Abertawe like a “clown” for an-hour-and-a-half while being watched by a police helicopter.

He stabbed three strangers and got life. Back on the streets he pulled a blade A judge said 56-year-old Michael Mathews has a 'disturbing history of violence with a knife'

A Swansea / Abertawe man given a life sentence for stabbing three strangers at a party threated a woman with a carving knife outside a block of flats after returning to the community, a court has heard.
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🎧 This is a really important listen.

Again and again, this government's abject terror in the face of the nationalist right helps the nationalist right to win.

can’t wait for Nigel Farage and Reform to froth at the mouth about these boats

Lobbyist / ex Tory MP Ben Howlett has been done by an undercover sting. As ever, the most revealing thing is how very very cheap it is buy access in British media/politics — and especially how Howlett controls one of the biggest UK pol Twitter accounts!
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Front page of the South Wales Evening Post newspaper. Headline reads “Pair were ‘prowling streets’ looking for a victim”

My front page story for Wednesday’s South Wales Evening Post - Two men were “prowling” the streets of Swansea / Abertawe city centre late at night looking for vulnerable people to rob.

Woman bludgeoned dog to death after coming home from a party A judge told the 29-year-old defendant that this was "about as savage an attack on an animal by a person as I have ever heard"

A Swansea / Abertawe woman "bludgeoned" her dog to death with a saucepan after getting home drunk from a party, a court has heard.
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Royal Mail worker stole tens of thousands in cash from parcels Jonathan Brooking intercepted the parcels in the sorting office

A Royal Mail manager stole more than £50,000 in cash from packages going through a busy sorting office, a court has heard.
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Farage usually denies he is considering this. Why would he say this now? Is it to change the subject (from allegations and testimonies of his bullying and racism at school)? He must expect/want it to be revealed that he said it

French farm has €90,000 worth of escargot snails stolen The break-in was

Detectives in France are on the trail of snail thieves who stole £79,000 (€90,000) worth of escargots from a farm near Reims.
(By Aleks Phillips for BBC News)
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Good thread on some of the reasons for the state of near collapse of the court system - none of which will be improved by restricting jury trials. ⬇️

A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".

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Welsh rugby club in 'state of shock' after 'devastating' fire Penarth RFC said 'so many memories' had been lost after the huge blaze broke out on Monday morning

Penarth RFC has been left “in a state of shock” after fire destroyed its clubhouse.
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As Jonathan Gullis joins Reform UK, it's only fair to remind people of this.

All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA