Local businesses in Penygraig were told to lock their doors as police and ambulances arrived at the scene.

But one shopkeeper on the high street said they had been given no "concrete" information.

"All we know is there's been an incident," he said.

"They've closed off the road and we've had police and ambulances."

He said he heard a helicopter arrive on a nearby rugby field.

"They've closed down Penygraig," he said.

"They've asked me to close the door - there's no customers. They just want to keep everyone off the high street."

As well as keeping up to date with coverage of the incident in Penygraig online, you can listen to live coverage on BBC Radio Wales with Gareth Lewis.

Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones thanks emergency services for responding quickly.

BBC Wales reporter Stephen Fairclough has tweeted footage from the scene.

The incident in Penygraig, in the Rhondda Valley, is believed to involve multiple casualties.

A local shopkeeper said a man was stabbed outside the Co-op and there were four other casualties.

He believed all the injured were in a serious condition.

Ravi Raj said there was "blood everywhere".

Leanne Wood, the Plaid Cymru Welsh Assembly member for Rhondda, offers her support to anyone affected by the incident in Penygraig.

A group of children from a Swansea performing arts school have starred in a heartwarming music video paying tribute to front-line workers.

"Rainbows in the Windows" was written by local singer/songwriter Michael Mullan after he read a poem written by two of the Dancerama Performing Arts School pupils honouring their police officer father and their aunt who is a nurse.

The video shows the children and their families sending best wishes to key workers and also shows clips of how they have been keeping busy during lockdown.

A woman has been arrested following a wounding incident in Penygraig, in the Rhondda Valley.

South Wales Police and emergency services are in Tylacelyn Road and the public have been advised to avoid the area.

Rhondda MP Chris Bryant said he was informed of the "horrific events" and his Pontypridd counterpart Alex Davies-Jones said she was "really concerned".

The force said it was dealing with a "serious incident" and one woman was in custody.

The road has been closed.

Swansea City's future could be "at risk" if the right action is not taken to deal with the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis, the club's supporters' trust says.

The trust, which owns 21% of the Championship club, has also called on the Professional Footballers' Association to change its stance and accept players' wages must be cut to stop teams falling into administration.

The trust says it is a "harsh reality" that costs cannot remain the same.

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A woman has been arrested following a serious wounding incident in the south Wales valleys.

Police officers are in Tylacelyn Road, Penygraig, and people have been advised to avoid the area.

Rhondda MP Chris Bryant said he had been informed of the "horrific events".

Julie Hughes has a form of motor neurone disease and her husband Phil has heart and lung problems. The couple from Rassau, Ebbw Vale, have been keeping a video diary of their time in isolation.

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The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales says there is “still time to save lives in our care homes”.

Following the release of the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Heléna Herklots says it is “quite simply a tragedy” that around one in five Covid-19 deaths have happened in care homes.

“It’s important to remember that these figures represent the heartbreak and loss being felt by families and friends throughout Wales, and my heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones,” she added.

“With the right action, there is still time to save lives in our care homes.

“It is crucial that the new measures recently announced by the Welsh Government are implemented immediately and effectively, and that testing is further extended so it is available to all care homes in Wales, to provide those living and working in care homes with the protection and support they need.”

It would have been "beneficial" to have ramped up Covid-19 testing more quickly, the UK's chief scientific adviser has told MPs.

But Sir Patrick Vallance also told the Commons Health Select Committee that testing alone would not control the virus.

The UK moved away from community tests and contact tracing on 12 March.

England's deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries said "things would have been done differently" if test capacity had not been limited at the time.

Instead of community testing, ministers decided to focus testing on patients with suspected Covid-19 in hospitals or those in settings like care homes and prisons.

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Police investigating damage to three cars at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon Hospital in Mountain Ash on Saturday have charged a man in his 50s.

Health Minister Vaughan Gething said the Welsh Government would want to use an app to track and trace coronavirus currently being trialled on the Isle of Wight if certain issues can be resolved.

He told today’s news conference he had raised concerns in meetings with ministers from across the UK "about data, its privacy, its management, who owns it, to make sure we're not having a central data storage, that is going to be used for alternative purposes".

"You'll have heard that the data should be stored on an individual's phone, and it's then how it's used after that, and the consent people need to give for that data to be used," Mr Gething added.

He said Welsh ministers would have to make sure the app "provides information and data into the Welsh NHS to make sure we're not having data that isn't usable".

"If those issues can be overcome, then of course, you'd have to ask why on earth wouldn't Wales want to be part of that," he added.

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Police are urging people in mid and west Wales to help them stop illegal raves.

Operation Flamenco involves an appeal to farmers, landowners and residents of rural communities to report suspicious activity to Dyfed-Powys Police.

Supt Jon Cummins said: “We know raves can cause anxiety to the community they are held in, and if not dealt with swiftly are difficult to stop due to the sheer numbers of people involved.

“There is also a safety concern involved in breaking up such events. And as we’re currently faced with the coronavirus health crisis, it is absolutely crucial that these types of gatherings do not take place.”

Phil Morgan, of Natural Resources Wales, said: “During this time of government lockdown, there really should be no one contemplating running or even attending an illegal rave.

“However, we are putting special measures in place over the bank holiday weekend to make sure all Natural Resources Wales sites are secure, making it as difficult as possible for anyone wanting to disobey the law.”

Analysing sewage could help scientists predict a second peak of Covid-19 up to two weeks before people become symptomatic.

A team from Bangor University has been looking at samples from water treatment works across Wales in a bid to trace how many people have been infected.

They previously tracked norovirus through the sewage system.

People start to shed the virus in faeces up to two weeks before the onset of symptoms.

The latest graph shows the trend of daily deaths in Wales of people with coronavirus falling steadily since peaking in early to mid April.

Note this graph shows deaths by the date they occurred, not the date they were announced by Public Health Wales.

After the daily snapshot total number of deaths of people with coronavirus passed the 1,000 mark in Wales, here is where they have been recorded by health board area.

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Virgin Atlantic is to cut a third of its staff in the UK and will keep its operation at Gatwick permanently closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The airline is cutting around 3,000 posts and the jobs will be lost across the board.