22 February – While out canvassing for the
Conservative Party in the Pontypridd by-election campaign, MP Sir
Raymond Gower is taken ill and dies, occasioning a by-election in his own seat of the Vale of Glamorgan.[4]
5 April – Newport County lose a final appeal in the High Court against their winding-up order, and officially go out of business. They are expelled from the GM Vauxhall Conference for failing to fulfill their fixtures, having not played any scheduled matches for nearly two months. They are subsequently reformed and are expected to compete in the English lower leagues.[6]
7 December – The body of
an unidentified girl is found by workmen in a derelict house in Cardiff. The remains are eventually identified by forensic scientists as those of 15-year-old Karen Price, who had gone missing in 1981.[9]
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"Scientists in the Dock"(PDF). The Forensic Bulletin. Archived from
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