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Jan 17 2008
A MISKIN couple have had a “diamond day” celebrating their 60 years of marriage....
Jan 17 2008
CYNON Valley MP Ann Clwyd has tabled an Early Day Motion at the House of Commons following the exclusion of Sikh schoolgirl Sarika Singh from Aberdare Girls’ Comprehensive School....
Jan 17 2008
HUNDREDS of protestors gathered at the Welsh Assembly yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) to show their support for Sikh schoolgirl Sarika Singh....
Jan 17 2008
CUT-PRICE alcohol and high pocket money mean “there has never been a better time” for teenagers to buy lots of cheap drink, a national charity has said....
Jan 17 2008
FOUR people were taken to hospital after a collision on a busy road between Aberaman and Abercwmboi....
Jan 17 2008
CYNON Valley residents are being urged to have their say on an important plan that will set out the county borough’s response to alcohol and licensing issues....
Jan 17 2008
ONCE again we delve into our archives and bring you some photographs that have appeared in the Leader in the past....
Jan 17 2008
A YOUNG carers support group in the Cynon Valley has celebrated its 10th anniversary....
Jan 17 2008
HERE is the final selection of Nos Galan race pictures for another year....
Jan 17 2008
The “booze culture” in the South Wales Valleys is growing at an alarming rate. With the Christmas and New Year season now well and truly behind us, Gary Marsh takes a look at the extent of the problem...
Jan 17 2008
POLICE officers in Cynon Valley and neighbouring towns have become the first in Wales to use new powers designed to allow them to enter and search the homes of registered sex offenders....
Jan 17 2008
A 42-YEAR-OLD man has been given a restraining order banning him from going into three city churches....
Jan 17 2008
THE search is on in Cynon Valley for Wales’s leaders who make a real difference to their communities....
Jan 17 2008
TELEVISION and radio star Roy Noble has shaved off his trademark beard – after almost 34 years....
Jan 17 2008
CYNON Valley councillor Stuart Gregory remains seriously ill in hospital....
Jan 17 2008
A WELSH Assembly grant of more than £3.1m has been awarded to Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and other local authorities across Wales....
Jan 17 2008
FEMALE delegates from Cynon Valley have met Plaid AM Leanne Wood at the Senedd to discuss how women can make a difference in their communities....
Jan 17 2008
THREE generations of belly dancers are inviting others to join them when they return to class on January 17....
Jan 17 2008
THE South Wales Police Authority is asking for volunteers to help visit police station cells across the South Wales Valleys....
Jan 17 2008
THIS Valentine’s Day, the British Heart Foundation wants the people of Cynon Valley to make a public declaration of love....
Jan 17 2008
AFTER 18 years in the business, a Cynon Valley landlord has spread his wings and opened his own brewery, writes CARYS JONES....
Jan 17 2008
A POULAR retired priest from the Archdiocese of Cardiff has died suddenly at his home, aged 73....
Jan 17 2008
PLEASE join me in sparing a thought for the millions of animals that suffer each year in our laboratories....
Jan 17 2008
I HAVE not written to this newspaper for quite a while, but really felt that I had to write in after reading your front page article (Leader, January 3)....
Jan 17 2008
PLANS for a flagship cancer unit to serve patients in Cynon Valley will take a major step forward in 2008....
Jan 17 2008
A VALLEYS based charity is helping locals in Uganda set up a machine shop business....
Jan 17 2008
THE WORLD’S first ever Commissioner for Older People, Ruth Marks, insists Wales’ growing number of over-60s can make an absolutely vital contribution to the nation’s future....
Jan 17 2008
NOS Galan 2007 proved to be the biggest for more than 20 years – and thanks must go to everyone who helped. Race numbers were up and spectator numbers were up....
Jan 17 2008
THE dog world has gone barking mad! I always thought a ‘canoodle’ was having a smooch in the back row of the pictures....
Jan 17 2008
A FIELD of almost 400 runners gathered in Oxford Street, Mountain Ash, for the 2007 Nos Galan adults race....
Jan 17 2008
Old hallowed ritual, The end of the year, O’ spirit of the valleys, Guide the new dawn in...
Jan 17 2008
I READ with interest this week that motorists found guilty of causing death could avoid jail – despite a tough new law being brought in....
Jan 17 2008
I HAVE been absolutely shocked this week to read of the plight of the Ghanaian woman who has been sent to her homeland – even though she is desperately ill....
Jan 17 2008
CHRISTMAS is as far behind us now as it ever will be....
Jan 17 2008
WE would like to take this opportunity to thank your readers and NSPCC Cymru/Wales volunteers in Rhondda Cynon Taf for their hard work and continued support throughout 2007....
Jan 17 2008
THE Colstars perform the family pantomime Dick Whittington at the Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare, next month....
Jan 17 2008
THE distraught mother of a missing teenager has got the news she has been hoping for – her daughter has been found safe and well....
Jan 17 2008
PEOPLE living in Cwmaman were left puzzled when around 40 trees were cut down in the village....
Jan 17 2008
A CYNON Valley man has raised more than £800 for the charity supporting lupus sufferers – a disease which took the life of his friend’s daughter....
Jan 17 2008
WORKERS at a Cynon Valley double-glazing company which went into administration last week could soon learn if their jobs are safe....
