Articles...
Feb 7 2008
NORMALLY I would not write to you as I lead quite a busy life – the same as most people, I suspect – working, raising the kids and so on....
Feb 7 2008
CYNON Valley has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Wales, it has been revealed....
Feb 7 2008
TRIBUTES continue to pour in following the closure of Tower Colliery – the last deep mine in Wales....
Feb 7 2008
ASDA is getting tough on parking space abuse – with all profits from fines going to charity....
Feb 7 2008
INTERNATIONAL rugby hero Gareth Edwards has recently been voted by those in the know as the greatest rugby player of all time....
Feb 7 2008
BY now you will no doubt be aware of the pay proposals offered to teachers by the Government....
Feb 7 2008
SO “Speeding headmaster Paul Davies returns to work” (Leader, January 14)....
Feb 7 2008
KIDS can say the funniest things – and my two are no exception....
Feb 7 2008
A VALLEYS pub landlord wants to create a Welsh-themed bar – right opposite the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff city centre....
Feb 7 2008
MAY I take this opportunity to thank Rhian and the staff at Hair House, John Street, Abercwmboi, for organising a Christmas prize draw that raised £110 for our local hospital raffle....
Feb 7 2008
DO our police officers come out after dark?...
Feb 7 2008
In time to come when we look back...
Feb 7 2008
An amazing 40 years ago, former Aberdare publican Howard Winstone took the world featherweight title. This week we look back on that historic night...
Feb 7 2008
THE Dare Valley Country Park is often described as “one of the best kept secrets in Wales.”...
Feb 7 2008
MORE than one in four Welsh children are trapped in poverty, according to new research....
Feb 7 2008
WE reported last week that around 300 new jobs could be created by efforts to boost tourism in the South Wales Valleys – with £1m grant aid coming to the Cynon Valley itself....
Feb 7 2008
A FEW nights ago I found there was nothing on the television, so I got in my car and went to the Tesco car park in Aberdare....
Feb 7 2008
VOLUNTEERS from around the world have left their mark at Dare Valley Country Park – by creating an orienteering course for children....
Feb 7 2008
CALLS have been made for a new strategy to help areas like the Cynon Valley still struggling to cope with the legacy of their industrial past....
Feb 7 2008
A CYNON Valley pub looks set to be demolished if plans are approved by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council....
Feb 7 2008
I miss having a game of snooker....
Feb 7 2008
MORE food scraps, plastic bottles and old papers have been recycled in the past few weeks than ever before, according to Rhondda Cynon Taf Council....
Feb 7 2008
I WRITE once again on the subject of the bird population in Aberdare Park....
Feb 7 2008
TOP Celtic group Mabon provided a night to remember as they descended on the Cynon Valley last weekend to headline a charity event....
Feb 7 2008
A PRIMARY school headteacher who was jailed for dangerous driving has been struck off for damaging the reputation of his profession....
Feb 7 2008
AN Aberdare newsagent has given his business a makeover in a bid to beat off competition from large chains....
Feb 7 2008
CWMBACH Male Choir are hoping to attract a sell-out audience to their St David’s Day concert at the Coliseum Theatre on Saturday, March 1, (7.30pm)....
Feb 7 2008
LIBRARIES throughout Rhondda Cynon Taf have revamped their popular online photographic archive of historic images....
Feb 7 2008
AN innovative way of helping people understand diabetes is being showcased in Cynon Valley....
Feb 7 2008
RHONDDA Cynon Taff Council is to spend an additional £500,000 on resurfacing local roads – five of them in the Cynon Valley....
Feb 7 2008
PERSONAL security alarms have been issued to Cynon pensioners following a series of handbag and purse thefts....
Feb 7 2008
PROFESSOR Mansel Aylward has issued an appeal through the Cynon Valley Leader to people worried about their hospital....
Feb 7 2008
A SECOND Cynon Valley councillor is recovering at home after contracting pneumonia....
Feb 7 2008
A LOST bus pass could have meant in a long walk home for Nancy Llewellyn – but instead it resulted in 60 years of happy marriage....
Feb 7 2008
A CAMPAIGN launched in the Cynon Valley three months ago to stamp out badger-baiting has proved a great success....
Feb 7 2008
We delve into our archives once again this week and take a look back on some valley entertainers from yesteryear. From a pop group to amateur dramatics, they have kept us amused for many years....
Feb 7 2008
ROAD improvement work will start in Hirwaun, Aberdare, next week....
Feb 7 2008
A FORMER garage owner and his wife have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary....
Feb 7 2008
A SOUTH Wales Valleys AM is calling for telephone kiosks to be maintained....
Feb 7 2008
TOWER Colliery is an icon of Welsh resistance, according to Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones....
Feb 7 2008
A VALLEY mother will never know why her 26-year-old son took his own life....
Feb 7 2008
PLANS are afoot for a big-screen adaptation of the Tower Colliery story – with Hollywood star Nick Nolte tipped to play pit chairman Tyrone O’Sullivan....
Feb 7 2008
THE death of a 45-year-old mother remains a mystery....
Feb 7 2008
WELSH celebrities and charity workers gathered to speed up the long wait for spring with an annual fundraising tradition....
