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‘You see what the Nazis were capable of...'

More than 150 Welsh sixth-formers joined politicians and journalists on a trip to the Nazi concentration camps this week. Martin Shipton reports from Poland Read

Libraries must avoid the post office trap

AT a time when many of the pillars on which a community spirit is built – pubs, post offices and rural schools – are being removed, it’s pleasing to see that another popular common resource, the public library, is enjoying something of a renaissance. Read

A splashing time for man’s best friend on the way back to fitness

Splashing time for man's best friend

AFTER Badger the border collie fractured his leg and failed to recover enough, there were fears he wouldn’t see his second birthday. Read

Selling Wales through sports success

With a second Grand Slam win in four years, a football team in the FA Cup final, and a Ryder Cup on the horizon, Welsh sport has never had it so good. Richard Houdmont, director of the Chartered Institute of Marketing for Wales, explores how on-field success can be exploited for the benefit of the whole country Read

Prince Harry and the chamber of secrets

When Prince Harry went to war in Afghanistan, it was under a veil of secrecy as the media agreed a blackout. And when the news seeped out, Harry was catapulted from wayward royal to national hero. Dr John Jewell, lecturer at the School of Journalism, Cardiff University, asks whether the British public had a right to know all along Read

fostering is so much fun

Fostering is so much fun

Lydia Whitfield discovers how gran Cath Evans has found a new purpose in life since becoming a foster mum Read

A room to study reminds of a Chapter of a life in the arts

SELF-CONFESSED ‘committee junkie’ Jane Jenkins was recently awarded with a one-off lifetime membership to Chapter Arts Centre after serving on the board of directors for 15 years – a tenure, she says, that has pervaded right through to her very own personal ‘art space’. Read

Asking the human sat-nav for help is the only way to go

NOT wishing to boast or anything, but I am probably the best person at giving directions the world has ever seen. Read

Wilding’s words paint a rose-tinted picture

IN your story, ‘Chief Constable signs on for extra year’ (Echo, May 14), Barbara Wilding states: “It is a privilege to lead the finest police force in the UK.” Read

There’s no wolf-whistling here!

ALLISON Hall, 28, of Blackwood, has been selling models ranging from pricey, supercharged convertible Jaguar XKRs for £31,999 and Land Rover Discovery seven-seaters for £21,999, to Rover 25 Impressions for just £2,499, for a year. She said that the lure of working in an all-female dealership was what first attracted her to the job. Read

All about us: Electrovamp

Sisters Tammy Jay and Kally Davies perform together in the band Electrovamp. Tammy Jay, 18, and Kally, 17, are single and live in Caerphilly. The former St Cenydd School pupils started performing together at the age of 14 and 13 and their debut single was I Don’t Like The Vibe In The VIP. Read

Pianist Rachel is going all the way to the top!

GETTING to the top exam grade on the piano is an achievement for any teenager, but for Rachel Starritt being blind makes it even more momentous.ABBIE WIGHTWICK finds out how the teenager has become so good she rivals the talents of degree students at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff Read

Shocking facts behind supermarket voucher scheme

PARENTS have spoken of their shock after learning that they would have to spend £127,000 at the supermarket to get enough vouchers for the cheapest computer in Tesco’s Computer For Schools scheme. Read

City park wrecking a disgrace

LET’S not be embarrassed to say it – the treatment of one of Cardiff’s most beautiful parks by students on Saturday night was a disgrace. Read

Single, free and happy: Meet the freemales

FORGET desperate Bridget  Jones, a new generation of  women are rejecting the search  for a man and embracing the  opportunities that come with a  single status. CLAIRE REES  met the Welsh ‘freemales’ who, with 16 happy single years between them,   are leading the singles’ trend in  style... Read

Burma: Lives on the line

Thousands of Burmese people have perished. Thousands more are at risk. Yet despite worldwide efforts to help the cyclone-torn country, LAURA WRIGHT reports that Burma’s isolationist government are still making the delivery of critical supplies as difficult as possible... Read

Rhoda demonstrates model behaviour

BORN beautiful and into a world of privilege, ex-model Rhoda Emlyn-Jones had the world at her feet. But at 20 she swapped life on the catwalk to dedicate her time to helping others. As the search begins to find the new Welsh Woman of the Year, Catherine Jones talks to the reigning champion about help, hostels and the downside of high fashion. Read

Kick start for Mo’s hopes of Chelsea gold

Kick start for Mo’s hopes of Chelsea gold

MO DORKEN is hoping that her large floral rugby player will score highly with the judges at the world’s premier flower show. The landscape officer from the city’s parks department is taking her rugby player in his sports-themed garden to the Chelsea Flower Show. Read

A big bite of history

Shipwrecks around the coast of Wales have yielded all sorts of relics. But experts now believe that a glamorous ship owned by one of America’s most successful families in the early 19th century left a legacy that still survives on a windswept Cardigan Bay hillside today. Rhodri Clark reports Read

Antiques bargain hunter

From bargains to serious collectors’ items, soufflé to flambé, beautiful Ruskin pottery can come in all shapes and sizes Read

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