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Shane Williams is facing a desperate race to be fit in time for Wales' Six Nations opener against England, while hooker Matthew Rees may be ruled out of the whole championship. Read More

Health chiefs are investigating two deaths linked to a surge in food poisoning cases. Read More

CONTROL over council tax on holiday homes would be devolved from Westminster under new powers for the Assembly proposed today. Read More

Police say a three-year-old girl has drowned in a backyard swimming pool in Broken Hill in far western New South Wales. Read More

A CHARITY that provides vital help to the needy across Gwent, and a brass band in desperate need of a new look, are the lucky recipients of more than £6,500 funding from the South Wales Argus. Read More

Peter Harvey, who has died aged 88, was a significant figure in postwar British cave exploration. Read More

The remains of 33 Maori were welcomed back to New Zealand yesterday with a ceremony at Te Papa. They were repatriated from the National Museum of Wales, Gothenburg Natural History Museum and the Museum of World Culture in Sweden, Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum in Scotland, and Trinity College in Ireland. Read More

Wales great Barry John said the Australia duo of Matt Giteau and Quade Cooper had provided his compatriots with a masterclass in Saturday's Test victory. Read More

Wales 12-33 Australia Australia's Matt Giteau elevated the Wallabies above the defensive mindset of Wales, silencing calls for him to be dropped. Read More

Xstrata has paid $A2.9m for a 190-hectare farm in rural New South Wales, as part of its strategy to ramp up its coal exploration activities. Read More