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DWP warning for PIP claimants on reporting changes to avoid benefit disruption

People getting Personal Independence Payments (PIP) are being warned that certain changes in their life mean they are obliged to report to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), or face a possible suspension or termination of their benefits. While updates such as a new name, doctor, health professional, or address are not required to be reported and do not affect PIP payments or awards, other changes are more significant.

Queuing traffic in Swansea after accident

There is queueing traffic in Swansea due to earlier accident, traffic monitoring Inrix says. The congestion is on the A4216 Cockett Road in both directions near Gower College.

Woman seriously ill in Turkey hospital after solo holiday turns into hell

A 34-year-old care worker is fighting for her life in Turkey after being hospitalised on the final day of a holiday where she was scattering her late husband's ashes. Cerys Boundford, from Pontypridd, is having regular seizures and in a critical condition as her family anxiously await her return to the UK.

Cerys' condition has deteriorated as she waits to find out whether she can get to a UK hospital (Image: Rhianna Boundford)

'Kind, gentle, generous' dad killed in crash

Tributes have been paid to a "devoted dad" who died after a crash in Abergavenny as his family say their "world is forever a darker place without him." Christopher Simmonds, 36, from Pontypool died in a road traffic collision near Keeper's Pond, Abergavenny on Friday July. 12

Delays on M4 in Newport

There are delays on M4 at Brynglas Tunnels westbound in the Newport area before Junction 26 A4051 (Malpas Road), reports traffic monitoring service Inrix. Travel time is 40 minutes.

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