Articles...
Apr 10 2008
A SLEEPY seaside village looks set to host a rock festival this summer....
Apr 10 2008
A WOMAN has died despite a rescue attempt by two boys....
Apr 10 2008
A COMPANY boss is facing jail over the death of a teenage worker who fell through a skylight....
Apr 10 2008
A NATIONAL soft furnishing chain wants to come to Bridgend....
Apr 10 2008
WIND farm plans look set to cause fresh controversy in Porthcawl....
Apr 10 2008
A MOTHER ended up with a serious headache when she let a banned driver use her car to fetch painkillers for her migraine....
Apr 10 2008
A TEENAGER was terrified after a fat robber pushed him off his bike and made off with it....
Apr 10 2008
BRIDGEND Ravens coach Chris Stephens will concentrate on his private electrical business when he leaves the Brewery Field at the end of the season....
Apr 10 2008
A MOTHER has called for action after her five-year-old son was attacked by a dog outside the family home....
Apr 10 2008
PLANS to turn a three-bedroomed house into 12 flats have been submitted to Bridgend County Borough Council....
Apr 10 2008
A TEENAGE drink-driver whose then girlfriend nearly died when he crashed his car could face custody....
Apr 10 2008
A SUICIDAL alcoholic has been spared jail after barging into a psychiatrist’s office and pinning him to the wall by his throat....
Apr 10 2008
POLICE are appealing for information on two burglaries in North Cornelly....
Apr 10 2008
THE Wizard of Oz is in Maesteg until Saturday!...
Apr 10 2008
A DISUSED reservoir is being flushed out and demolished....
Apr 10 2008
PLANS for a football ground in Porthcawl have been watered down - but residents are still unimpressed....
Apr 10 2008
A TEENAGER has gone for the chop in aid of the Samaritans....
Apr 10 2008
A HOMELESS man swore at police after setting up a tent on private land....
Apr 10 2008
A TEENAGER was barred from contacting his girlfriend - then followed her straight into Bridgend town centre....
Apr 10 2008
TWO quick-thinking schoolboys have told how they rescued a young woman....
Apr 10 2008
A MAN was caught driving while disqualified and on a suspended prison sentence....
Apr 10 2008
A SPECIAL guest soprano is helping Côr Bro Ogwr celebrate its 10th anniversary....
Apr 10 2008
A THIRSTY thief stole a pack of lager because he wanted a drink....
Apr 10 2008
A TEENAGE playwright is making her mark on the entertainment industry....
Apr 10 2008
A WOMAN who grew up in Laleston has been invited to Downing Street to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown, after being named Nurse of the Year....
Apr 10 2008
A MAN who has been teaching badminton for 12 years fears his club may be forced to close....
Apr 10 2008
THREE people have been arrested and released on bail following the death of a teenager in Brackla.Tristan White, aged 19, was found dead in Rhiw Las and police were called at 9.30am on April 2.Detective Sergeant Richard Jones said: “Three local people are on deferred bail in relation to the man’s death.“Police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.”...
Apr 10 2008
CELEBRITY ballroom dancers marked the opening of a new dance studio....
Apr 10 2008
A COUPLE will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a trip on the Orient Express....
Apr 10 2008
A BRIGHT new facility for young people is finally taking shape in Cornelly....
Apr 10 2008
A COUPLE will celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary with the arrival of their first great-grandchild....
Apr 10 2008
A YOUNG mother was trapped in her own home after workmen blocked both exits....
Apr 10 2008
BRIDGEND prop Greg Dix, aged 39, of Bryn Road, Tondu, retired from rugby last September to train for the gruelling 26-mile circuit....
Apr 10 2008
A PLAY raising awareness of disability is taking the stage at the Talbot Institute in Kenfig Hill....
Apr 10 2008
THREE weeks to go until judgement day for our borough councillors and it seems the independents could hold the key once again....
Apr 10 2008
A MAN died on his birthday after police discovered him lying on his bed and bleeding from the mouth....
Apr 10 2008
THE annual Porthcawl Jazz Festival takes place this weekend....
Apr 10 2008
THERE was an added bonus when the school also managed to secure funds for a new assembly hall....
Apr 10 2008
HOMELESS people in the borough will benefit from a pilot scheme which aims to combat the borough-wide problem....
Apr 10 2008
A ROMANTIC comedy set in 1920s America premieres at the Odeon in Bridgend tomorrow (Friday)....
Apr 10 2008
A BRAND-NEW hydrotherapy pool is proving popular at a Bridgend school after fundraisers collected £100,000 in just one year....
Apr 10 2008
A GRANDMOTHER is running the London Marathon in memory of her late husband, who died in January....
Apr 10 2008
OGMORE MP Huw Irranca-Davies has been praising bobbies in a crime hotspot, despite trouble from “a few bad apples”....
Apr 10 2008
HE may have retired as chairman of the Friends of Heronsbridge but Mr Weaver – who also helped found Bobath Cymru, the centre in Cardiff for children with cerebral palsy – already has another project lined up....
Apr 10 2008
WORLD renowned rockers Wishbone Ash are coming to the borough....
Apr 10 2008
ATTEMPTS are being made to trace the family of a well-known Bridgend character who died last month....
Apr 10 2008
COUNCIL candidates are gearing up for the borough elections on May 1....
Apr 10 2008
A FORMER security guard has denied claims he became a key player in a massive drugs ring after he found himself in financial trouble....
Apr 10 2008
THE spotlight fell on youth suicide at the Assembly yesterday (Cardiff)....
Apr 10 2008
ANTI-GAY comments by magistrate Byron Butler have prompted an official complaint to the local education authority....
Apr 10 2008
AN election leaflet has sparked a row between former council leader Jeff Jones and current cabinet member Bob Burns....
Apr 10 2008
LABOUR group leader Coun Mel Nott will defend his Sarn seat against former Labour mayor Glan Walters....
Apr 10 2008
The lowdown on who is standing in each ward...
Apr 10 2008
LABOUR has launched a “people’s manifesto” for the May 1 election....
Apr 10 2008
When his home was searched, police found three ounces of “skunk” cannabis and hydroponic equipment used to grow the drugs....
Apr 10 2008
BOB and Diane Burns say they will stay independent of each other for the good of the borough if elected for the Oldcastle ward....
Apr 10 2008
AN ALCOHOLIC hid in a wardrobe before launching himself at a police officer....
