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4 August 2018

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Emily Wyman, 18, taking a selfie with a backpack on

'I'm 18 and travelling Europe for free'

Meet the lucky teenagers who won a free summer Interrail ticket in an EU-wide competition.

youtube child stars

What's life as a YouTube child star really like?

JD and Arabella Daho went viral on YouTube at a very young age. But they've also been the subject of abuse - both online and off.

Venezuelan soldiers running

Soldiers run amid 'drone attack'

Footage shows Venezuela's president looking up and dozens of soldiers running. He later blamed Colombia for the incident.

Aerial view of Bailey Hill

Home of lords and princes to be restored

The £1m overhaul of a town landmark is to get under way, creating an open air leisure and heritage site.

Ann Ovenstone with a tortoise

Tortoises are 'not a Cwtchy animal'

Ann Ovenstone runs a sanctuary for tortoises in the Vale of Glamorgan with hundreds of reptiles.

Fell runners en route to Snowdon summit finish line

Bid to ban use of GPS in fell running

Route mapping technology can make life safe and simple but it's complicating things among fell racers.

Runners

What goes up... fell running on Welsh hills

BBC journalist Gareth Bryer shares footage taken while competing in the Pen y Fan Race in the Brecon Beacons in July.

St Davids Cathedral

Wales 'standing still' on foreign tourism

London and Scotland are drawing in more overseas tourists but, despite a marketing campaign, Wales is not.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (2nd left) and his wife Cilia Flores (left) react to a loud bang during a military event in Caracas. Photo: 4 August 2018

Venezuela leader 'survives drone attack'

President Nicolás Maduro says explosive drones went off as he was giving a live televised speech.

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