Articles...
Apr 17 2008
BRIDGEND’S very own Marathon Gran ran 26 miles across London last Sunday – then wished she could do it again!...
Apr 17 2008
THE owner of a dog savaged by a Rottweiler said her grandson could have been on the receiving end....
Apr 17 2008
MAY I, through your pages, give a short follow-up to the article about Porthcawl Junior Badminton Club (Gazette, April 10)....
Apr 17 2008
I REFER to the article about wind turbines on Newton Down (Gazette, April 10). I was one of those who received the consultation leaflet from Renewable Energy Partnership Ltd on Wednesday, April 9....
Apr 17 2008
I READ with interest your article regarding the proposed development at Locks Lane, Porthcawl (Gazette, April 10)....
Apr 17 2008
IT is impossible to live in and around the South Wales Valleys without being reminded of our industrial past....
Apr 17 2008
DESPITE the loss of all club equipment after a deliberate attack on our club’s headquarters – and with the help of Betws FC, Bryntirion Athletic, Ford Sports and Maesteg Park providing our teams with full kits and match balls – all our club fixtures have been played....
Apr 17 2008
I WONDER how many people in Porthcawl have read and taken in the recently publicised proposals of Renewable Energy Partnerships to build wind turbines on Newton Downs – that is, on the hills above Danygraig and, to quote a phrase, “within spitting distance” of our town?...
Apr 17 2008
HAVE older people in Ogmore-by-Sea forgotten what it’s like to be young?...
Apr 17 2008
WHAT an obnoxious and unpleasant character the former council leader Jeff Jones appears to be (Gazette, April 10)....
Apr 17 2008
HAVING a festival may well put Ogmore on the map (Gazette, April 10). We have had so many things close since I have lived here, I was beginning to think it was me....
Apr 17 2008
MAY I, through your pages, give a short follow-up to the article about Porthcawl Junior Badminton Club (Gazette, April 10)....
Apr 17 2008
THE future looks bright for an arts centre that was set to lose its grant....
Apr 17 2008
MAGICAL plans are afoot for this year’s valley carnival....
Apr 17 2008
THE world’s first theatre production of Danny, the Champion of the World is coming to Swansea....
Apr 17 2008
CHILDREN set up their own greetings card business to raise money to help people in Ecuador....
Apr 17 2008
A DRAMATIC fall in the numbers of robberies, house burglaries and sex offences has made Porthcawl one of the safest places to live in the borough....
Apr 17 2008
FIREFIGHTERS were called when a dog was seen dangling from a bedroom window....
Apr 17 2008
REGENERATION work in Maesteg town centre will overrun by at least a month, despite assurances it would be completed on time....
Apr 17 2008
PEOPLE living near the site of a planned wind farm say they feel like residents of a “forgotten village”....
Apr 17 2008
MEASURES are being taken to calm a dangerous road and let children walk to school in safety....
Apr 17 2008
FRESH calls have gone out for a pedestrian crossing on a busy main road in Pyle....
Apr 17 2008
A HEROIN addict who tampered with his gas supply to save money to fund his drug habit has been told he faces jail unless he kicks his addiction....
Apr 17 2008
NEIGHBOURS who campaigned to stop a private house being used to accommodate criminals are celebrating success....
Apr 17 2008
A BUTCHER is all set for a battle to find the best bacon in Wales....
Apr 17 2008
A WOMAN was found hanging after she admitted herself to a mental hospital, an inquest has heard....
Apr 17 2008
GRAND Slam hero Lee Byrne has been banned from driving for two months for failing to stop at a red traffic light....
Apr 17 2008
A BANNED driver went on the run after being involved an accident....
Apr 17 2008
FIVE friends have a chance to scoop £20,000 on BBC 2 quiz show Eggheads tonight (Thursday)....
Apr 17 2008
EASTER eggs and a child’s golf set were stolen by a thief with a heroin habit....
Apr 17 2008
BAD behaviour and staff shortages have seen a prison undergo a “difficult time” after nearly doubling bed spaces for teenagers....
Apr 17 2008
SHOUT, the over-50s group, is calling for a crackdown on motorists who continually flout a no-go zone....
Apr 17 2008
A MENTAL health rehabilitation centre for patients no longer needing full-time hospital treatment could be built near Bridgend town centre....
Apr 17 2008
CHILDREN and adults have joined forces to clean up their estate....
Apr 17 2008
PLANS for phase one of a new Defence Training Academy project at St Athan are still on track - and you can find out more at the Vale Business Club....
Apr 17 2008
KARAOKE queen Ceri Rees is hoping it will be third time lucky when she auditions for the X Factor next month....
Apr 17 2008
PUPILS at Cynffig Comprehensive School have been rewarded for a year’s hard work and endeavour....
Apr 17 2008
LABOUR’S Reg Jenkins is the only borough councillor who is guaranteed to keep his seat at May’s election....
Apr 17 2008
A FORMER Labour mayor will take on the group’s current leader at the ballot box on May 1....
Apr 17 2008
MODERNISATION and preventing a return to the “Dark Ages” are the main priorities for the Bridgend and Ogmore Conservative Party in the run-up to May’s local elections....
Apr 17 2008
REPAIRING the borough’s crumbling roads will be a priority for Labour should the party get elected on May 1....
Apr 17 2008
I WAS surprised to read the comments made by Martin Hughes and Paula James (Gazette, April 10)....
Apr 17 2008
LIBERAL Democrat president Simon Hughes MP was reminded of childhood trips to the seaside when he was invited to visit the borough....
Apr 17 2008
I REFER to Coun Bill Evans’ latest tirade against the Labour Party (Gazette, April 10). We stand by our report in the Llynfi Labour News, which has incurred the wrath of Bill Evans....
Apr 17 2008
VITAL services could grind to a halt next month if strike by council staff goes ahead....
Apr 17 2008
A CHRISTMAS Island veteran has questioned a Tory election leaflet which makes a special pledge to military personnel and ex-service people....
Apr 17 2008
A FACTORY is to close down and axe 155 jobs....
Apr 17 2008
EXCITEMENT is mounting at the prospect of a three-day music festival in Ogmore-by-Sea....
Apr 17 2008
A MOTHER-of-four who has bravely fought breast cancer was devastated to learn the disease has spread to her bones....
Apr 17 2008
RESIDENTS face a fresh fight to stop a housing development that would effectively merge old and new Brackla, writes Deborah Rees....
Apr 17 2008
A YOUNG woman found hanging at her boyfriend’s house was attempting to take her own life, an inquest has heard....
Apr 17 2008
SMOOTHIE-MAKING youngsters are saying yes to fruit and no to soft drinks....
