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Police hunt robbers after shopkeeper is shot

A SHOPKEEPER has being shot in the hand during an armed robbery in one of Wales’ most affluent areas. Read

The grand vision for Cardiff’s city centre

DETAILS are revealed today of the massive shakeup that will shape the future of travel in Cardiff and beyond. Read

‘Give blood and save tiny babies’

MUMS today called for more people to donate blood to help save the lives of premature babies. Read

Armed gang ‘used woman as pizza deliverer’ in attack

AN ARMED gang is believed to have used a woman delivering a pizza as a decoy to carry out an assault. Read

Bluebirds ticket-price freeze is the perfect Christmas gift

CARDIFF City have given an early Christmas present to all fans planning to buy season tickets in the club’s new stadium. Read

Shoppers go ‘manic’ hitting the high street chasing bargains

SOUTH Wales shoppers welcomed Chancellor Alistair Darling’s VAT cuts yesterday by hitting the high street. Read

Mums get footie coaching

THE mother of teenage football star Gareth Bale is urging mums to swap the sidelines for the pitch to become football coaches. Read

Planning inspector rejects proposal to develop site of Pantmawr Inn, Cardiff

SUPPORTERS of a popular city pub are celebrating today after a planning inspector rejected plans to build flats on the site. Read

ON SATURDAY, the Western Mail and South Wales Echo ran a story detailing how Lynne and Kenneth Shaw, of Penarth, claimed broadcaster CNN had put their lives at risk by detailing their location during the recent terror attacks in Mumbai. Read

High costs sunk HMS Cardiff plans

HMS Cardiff was not brought back to the capital as a floating museum because city officials decided the cost was too high, it has emerged. Read

‘My sisters are my inspiration’

SISTERLY love and admiration is motivating a fundraising marathon runner. Read

Juggling mum knows she’s Really Useful

LOOKING after two children while running your own new business is no easy task – as entrepreneur Jo Wright knows all too well. Read

A Cardiff prostitute talks about the realities of selling sex

As a clampdown on prostitution is launched in Cardiff, reporter KATIE NORMAN spoke to Flossie, as she is known on the streets, about the realities of life on the game in the Welsh capital – and how it nearly destroyed her Read

Carbon Soldier goes on sale

A POP song made by six youngsters to get people thinking about their carbon footprint has gone on sale. Read

Vale of Glamorgan council must make huge savings

FURTHER drastic “efficiency savings” in major services in the Vale of Glamorgan will be made next year as councillors struggle to meet tight spending targets. Read

Vat cut a burden to small stores

DESPITE the welcome that VAT cuts got from shoppers and businesses yesterday, not everyone was convinced by the move. Read

Obituary: Emyr Currie-Jones

EMYR CURRIE-JONES was one of the most worthy and estimable figures in local government, especially in educational affairs in Cardiff and Glamorgan, during the past half century. Read

Gorgeous Gael Jack Doyle who had it all and threw it all away

HE spent his last tragic weeks living on cheap booze in the back of a derelict van, and he died broke 30 years ago this month after getting through a fortune and the loot lavished on him by one of America’s richest women. Read