Articles...
Apr 24 2008
COUNCIL staff in Merthyr Tydfil are being trained to combat the “silent killer” – carbon monoxide....
Apr 24 2008
FOR the past 15 years Craig Bounds has tackled all manner of terrain, but the next 12 days will test him to the max....
Apr 24 2008
AFTER more than seven years of drug abuse, heroin addict Paul Lewis died after smoking fatal amounts of the Class A drug....
Apr 24 2008
IT WAS, at one time, a chapel and then a temporary mortuary, but now the land of an old chapel in Aberfan is being used to help first-time buyers....
Apr 24 2008
A HOTLINE to encourage people to become the eyes and ears of the countryside has been launched....
Apr 24 2008
A TAKEAWAY owner has been banned by a court from running any food business....
Apr 24 2008
THE chairman of a Valleys taxi drivers’ association who was fined for smoking in his cab says he cannot kick the cigarette habit....
Apr 24 2008
LITTLE dancers with rhythm in their step shone out from the crowd during the Bristol Dance Eisteddfod....
Apr 24 2008
MOST people in the UK choose to cast their vote in person at a local polling station....
Apr 24 2008
A LUCKY Merthyr taxi driver has scooped £3,000 in Real Radio’s latest competition....
Apr 24 2008
FANCY a date with Andy Scott Lee?...
Apr 24 2008
CARDIFF Blues player Tom James joins pupils from a Valleys comprehensive school tomorrow to tackle litter and waste. A litter pick in the grounds of Penydre High School, Gurnos, and the removal of fly tipping materials is one of the activities planned by Merthyr council and Keep Wales Tidy. More than 550 volunteers from schools and community groups in Merthyr have signed up to tackle litter black spots in support of the Heads of the Valley Spring Clean....
Apr 24 2008
MERTHYR’S state-of-the-art sports centre is not expected to be completed until the end of August....
Apr 24 2008
DISHEARTENED, terrified and at a loss. Traders in Merthyr Tydfil have released a cry for help to Merthyr Council to save the “dying” town centre....
Apr 24 2008
MERTHYR and Rhymney MP Dai Havard has rebelled against the government by signing an amendment to the Finance Bill in relation to the proposed abolishment of the starting 10p tax rate....
Apr 24 2008
HE’S picked them up every morning and dropped them off safely at the school gates for the past 15 years....
Apr 24 2008
THE Stroke Association in Merthyr Tydfil has organised open days throughout the borough in the run-up to their May 13 awareness day....
Apr 24 2008
PEOPLE in Treharris are set to become healthier than ever – thanks to a Communities First grant....
Apr 24 2008
AFTER the ups and downs of the London Marathon, runners can now reflect on 26 miles of hard work – and, for some, look forward to next year’s event....
Apr 24 2008
BURGER lovers are tucking into highly-rated meat after their butcher struck gold at an awards ceremony....
Apr 24 2008
THERE is still time to give your vote for the star of your neighbourhood....
Apr 24 2008
THE work of a Merthyr Tydfil teacher will be used to help GCSE students across Wales....
Apr 24 2008
ELVIS-ALIKE Juan Lozano will open a concert in honour of the King this summer....
Apr 24 2008
A PARANOID schizophrenic who often heard voices telling him to kill died of a heroin overdose, an inquest heard....
Apr 24 2008
A YOUNG man attacked on a night out in Merthyr Tydfil faced the possibility of having a kidney removed because of his injuries....
Apr 24 2008
EARLIER this year Hallmark Healthcare and the Merthyr Express joined forces to search for Merthyr’s top gran and last week we held a champagne reception for the finalists at Greenhill Manor....
Apr 24 2008
FOLLOWING in the footsteps of Big Brother’s Little Brother presenter Dermot O’Leary, a former Cyfarthfa High School pupil is getting his face known worldwide....
Apr 24 2008
TUXEDOS, stars and some old fashioned glamour combined to make the opening of the brand new Myfanwy Theatre a night to remember....
Apr 24 2008
TRIBUTES have been paid to a prominent feminist and ‘Woman of Achievement’ from Merthyr Tydfil who has died after a long illness....
Apr 24 2008
A MARRIED couple who ran an internet “cottage industry” selling counterfeit designer clothing on eBay have narrowly escaped a jail term....
