Like White Lies, Swansea sextet White Noise Sound are heavily beholden to the sound of Eighties indie, in their case the ponderous, looming space-rock of Spacemen 3 and razoring, distorted guitar of The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Poetry in the Welsh language, even in its Modernist phase, tends to be conservative in the forms it chooses and the modes it adopts, as if the weight of 15 centuries' tradition, as well as enriching the poet's armature, bears down on those who write experimentally or in a fundamentally different way. A minority culture under threat from its more powerful neighbour is generally hostile to its avant-garde, and that has certainly been true in Wales.

Age: The MBA has been running for 13 years.

A man was fighting for his life today after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a house.

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Leicester owner Milan Mandaric has sacked manager Paulo Sousa less than three months after appointing him as Nigel Pearson's replacement.

A security guard claimed today he thought the dying cries of a violent shoplifter were part of a "trick" to get away.

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Television presenter Anna Ryder Richardson today said she was "devastated" after a mother and child were seriously injured when a tree fell on them at a wildlife park owned by the star.

A promotional stunt gone wrong left Britain's best female surfer fighting for her life. Weeks later, she was back in the hunt for trophies. Emily Dugan hits the surf with Gwen Spurlock

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If you heard BBC's debut and shrugged, you were right to do so.

Leicester have confirmed the appointment of Paulo Sousa as their new manager.