All of the latest news from across Wales and further afield

Hello, and welcome to Wales Online's live blog for Tuesday, May 24. We will be bringing you all of the latest news from across Wales - whether you're on the move, at home or at work - as well as the latest traffic and travel.

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At least 15 people have been killed after an "active shooter" opened fire at a primary school in Texas, the Mirror has reported.

Robb Elementary School was placed on lockdown at around 11.45am on Tuesday after gunshots were heard in Uvalde, United States, according to officials. The attacker allegedly fired at the school after exchanging gunfire with border patrol agents and barricading himself inside the building.

Governor Greg Abbott said 14 students and one schoolteacher are dead and more than a dozen have been injured in the horrifying incident, according to reports.

A passenger has described Transport for Wales as "incompetent" after they left him stranded in Hereford due to a series of cancelled trains.

Mabon ap Gwynfor was due to arrive in Cardiff just after midnight having taken a train with one connection. Instead he arrived at 2am having taken two trains, a bus, and a taxi costing £150.

The Plaid Cymru Senedd member had been at a funeral in north Wales on Monday and then put his children to bed before catching the 9pm service from Chirk to Cardiff, which should have one change in Shrewsbury. That journey normally means he arrives into Cardiff around 12.30am.

Photos have shown the aftermath of a fire that tore through a branch of Peacocks in the centre of Monmouth. A huge fire broke out in Monmouth on Monday with multiple fire engines in attendance.

A spokesman for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service confirmed on Tuesday that more than 40 crews from fire stations across south Wales attended the scene.

The suspected cause of the fire was determined to be an accidental ignition.

Rishi Sunak shelled out more than £10,000 to fly by private helicopter to a Conservative party dinner in Wales at the weekend.

The multi-millionaire chancellor paid out of his own pocket for a return flight from Battersea heliport to the Conservative conference in Newtown, Powys.

The revelation will heighten concerns that he is too "out of touch" with ordinary voters to understand the impact of the cost of living crisis.

The forecast is looking good for the weekend, but before then the Met Office is warning that a 150mph jet stream will bring "unseasonably windy" weather to the UK this week.

The good news though is that it does get better towards the end of the week when an air of high pressure will bring more settled weather.

The first part of a Welsh Government crackdown on second homes in Wales will come into force next April. The change will bring in stricter rules for holiday homes that are exempt from council tax.

Currently, any holiday house that is let out for more than 70 days a year – and is available to be let out for more than 140 days a year – can pay business rates instead of council tax.

Under the new rules, holiday homes will have to be let out for more than 182 days a year and be available for let for upwards of 252 days a year to qualify for the exemption.

A Cardiff woman has described her terrifying narrow escape from a fire which broke out in her partner's flat and destroyed it completely.

Police, fire, and ambulance crews raced to the scene on Sunday morning to rescue Rashel McCauley and her boyfriend Abdifatah Osman and put out the blaze, which started in the kitchen of the flat in Cowbridge Road East.

Rashel, 34, said the pair "can't believe" they survived the incident, which saw them trapped in their bedroom as smoke billowed from the kitchen and engulfed the entire room.

Comedian Ricky Gervais has divided opinion with jokes about trans people in his latest Netflix stand-up special.

One reviewer accused him of "humiliating" the community but said it was "brilliant work" that only offended people who didn't understand the comedy.

A woman has been rescued from a river in Swansea after emergency services were called to the scene. South Wales Police said officers were called to the water near Sainsbury's supermarket in Quay Parade in the city centre on Tuesday afternoon, following reports of a woman in the water.

It's not yet known how the woman ended up in the water or who called the emergency services for assistance, but police have confirmed the woman has been rescued safely.

Wales' First Minister has said it is "a matter of time" before Monkeypox arrives in Wales. Mark Drakeford told Members of the Senedd in plenary that he had met with the deputy chief medical officer on Monday, May 23 along with the Welsh Government health minister, Eluned Morgan.

Mr Drakeford said: "He was very clear with us this was just a matter of time. Wales is not immune from a disease of this sort. We're in a fortunate position that with cases occurring in other parts of the UK we've been able to put our response in place in advance of cases coming to Wales and that is exactly what we were discussing yesterday".

The first case in Scotland was found on Monday. England recorded 14 new cases on Tuesday, taking the UK's total to 71.

A drug dealer stabbed a man in the neck in a tent outside a Cardiff homeless centre after telling people “I need to go back to jail”, a court has heard. And after the alleged murder, he bought a radio and a book and told police "I am ready to go to jail".

Steven White, 44, is accused of murdering Jordan Cody outside the Huggard Centre on November 23 last year. Mr Cody sustained a catastrophic stab wound to the right side of his neck which caused him to bleed to death on the pavement.

Read the full report here.

The BBC were forced to issue an on-air apology after a trainee managed to broadcast an unpleasant message about Manchester United to the entire nation.

During a news bulletin at around 9.35am, viewers spotted that the ticker at the bottom of the screen read: "Manchester United are rubbish."

The surprise message caused a stir on social media, forcing the BBC to explain what had happened live on air.

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service have urged people to carefully consider if it is necessary to burn their rubbish after a fire got out of hand in Powys.

On Monday, May 23, firefighters from Montgomery were called to a shed fire in the Churchstoke area of Montgomery in Powys around 11:47am.

The fire had originated from a bonfire that was placed too close to the shed and had also spread to a hedge and a tree. Firefighters extinguished the fire using two hose reel jets and a thermal imaging camera. The Fire Service left the incident at 01:15pm.

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service are now encouracing people to consider not burning their rubbish themselves and instead utilise their local authority’s waste disposal services.

Alice Cooper has been pictured enjoying a round of golf in Langland Bay Golf Club ahead of his sell-out show in Swansea Arena.

The Rock n Roll Hall of Famer took to the stage yesterday but spent a large part of his day taking in breathtaking views from "the pebble beach of Wales".

The owner of a dog involved in a fatal attack at a Wrexham house has described it as the "worst day of her life".

Chanel Nicole Fong said she was with her father-in-law, Keven Jones, when he died at her home

The boss of the energy regulator Ofgem has said that the price cap will rise to £2,800 this October.

Jonathan Brearley said that could mean 23 million households will have to pay that amount for their gas and electricity, up from an average £1,971 a year now. Read more here.

A man has been taken to hospital after an alleged dog attack in Newport. Gwent Police said officers were called alongside ambulance crews to Sheridan Close in the Gaer area at around 8.10pm last Friday following reports of a dog attack.

A 20-year-old man from the Newport area was taken to Morriston Hospital, Swansea, with head and hand injuries after the incident.

The nation is being encouraged to sing Neil Diamond's soft rock classic Sweet Caroline to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee next month.

The song was chosen by listeners of Zoe Ball's Radio 2 Breakfast Show as an "uplifting, happy" melody everyone can sing at street parties on June 5.

Premier League footballer Kurt Zouma has admitted kicking and slapping his pet cat after a video of the incident which also showed him saying 'I swear I'll kill it'.

The West Ham United defender pleaded guilty to two counts under the Animal Welfare Act when he appeared at Thames Magistrates' Court in east London this morning.

A Welsh town councillor has quit his role over a false allegation that he is secretly world-renowned street artist Banksy.

William 'Billy' Gannon, who served Pembroke Dock's Bufferland ward, announced his resignation "with immediate effect" in a letter to Pembroke Dock Town Council.

Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens today pleaded not guilty to four flashing offences where he exposed his genitals at a McDonald's drive thru - including once just days before he wielded his badge to abduct the marketing executive using Covid-19 lockdown laws.

Boris Johnson does not believe he was at a lockdown-breaking party in the images showing him raising a glass and surrounded by colleagues and wine bottles, a Cabinet ally has said.

Grant Shapps said on Tuesday he was "angry" to see the photographs but suggested the Prime Minister may not have been fined over the event because he left the leaving do "pretty quick".

The Transport Secretary argued that Mr Johnson had only "popped down" to toast departing communications chief Lee Cain on November 13 2020.

Five children and a bus driver were injured following a crash in Powys yesterday afternoon.

Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed the road traffic collision, involving a school bus and a number of young pedestrians, occurred in the town of Llanfair Caereinion near Welshpool, Powys.

The suspected head of a crime group that uses smuggled Albanian migrants to farm cannabis has been arrested in Wales during a National Crime Agency operation.

The man, aged in his fifties, was arrested by officers at an address in Prestatyn, north Wales, yesterday.

Due to a fault with the signalling system between Ninian Park and Radyr all lines are blocked. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

Passengers can use their valid rail tickets and passes on Cardiff Bus that serve the Cityline route free of charge.

Downing Street is understood to believe it is probable it will receive the Sue Gray report into partygate on Wednesday.

The Prime Minister is facing fresh accusations he lied to Parliament after photographs emerged of him raising a glass at a Downing Street leaving party during lockdown.

The images - obtained by ITV News - were taken at a do for departing communications chief Lee Cain on 13 November 2020, just days after Mr Johnson had ordered a second national lockdown in England.

Hundreds of people gathered in central London this morning in an attempt to be among the first passengers on the new Elizabeth Tube line.

Transport enthusiasts hailed the "momentous occasion", having travelled from across the country for the ceremony and queued from the early hours of the morning.

Around 300 people queued outside Paddington Station ahead of the service's opening at 6.30am, and the crowd cheered and rushed forwards when the doors opened

Journalist and newsreader Huw Edwards has opened up about his battles with his mental health - and says that at his lowest points, he can't get out of bed.

The Welsh broadcaster, most known for leading BBC's News At Ten, has bravely spoken out about his experiences with depression that tend to "hit" him unexpectedly "in a strong wave" and then fade. Read what he had to say here.

A man has died after being bitten by a dog and going into cardiac arrest.

North Wales Police confirmed that a 62-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene following an incident in Wrexham yesterday.

Sunny spells and heavy showers., but turning drier later today. Here if the full forecast for Wales:

Some sunny spells at first, but already a few showers around. Showers soon developing more widely, with a risk of heavy downpours for a time, especially further east. More sunshine to end the day, as showers ease from the west. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

A dry evening with some late sunshine and then clear spells to start the night. Turning windier and cloudier with further rain by the early hours. Minimum temperature 7 °C.