Articles...
May 1 2008
EIGHT care home workers accused of deliberately neglecting an elderly Bedlinog woman who later died have gone on trial....
May 1 2008
THE families of the E.coli victims believe the public officials charged with protecting their families failed in their duty....
May 1 2008
ASDA in Merthyr Tydfil has got everyone involved with its birthday celebrations this year....
May 1 2008
EFFORTS need to be made to make Merthyr Tydfil a more ‘gay friendly’ borough, according to a leading lesbian, gay and bisexual organisation....
May 1 2008
ONE of the most challenging, and rewarding, aspects of being a politician of the left is the daily fight against bigotry in all its forms....
May 1 2008
A MARRIED couple who ran an internet “cottage industry” selling counterfeit designer clothing on eBay have narrowly escaped a jail term...
May 1 2008
HUNDREDS of people took part in the annual Macmillan Walk through the streets of Aberdare last weekend to raise money to help cancer sufferers in the Merthyr Tydfil, Rhymney and Cynon valleys....
May 1 2008
MERTHYR Tydfil Angling Association has defended work carried out on the Trevithick and Taff Trails....
May 1 2008
Top dogs will be clicking their heels in Merthyr Tydfil next weekend....
May 1 2008
MISTAKES by Merthyr Council have disappointed campaigners who were wrongly told they had won their fight to claim rights of way....
May 1 2008
THE chairman of a Valleys taxi drivers’ association caught smoking in his cab has been hit with a £100 fine and £195 costs by magistrates....
May 1 2008
THIS is just as an observation by a long-term resident of Merthyr, with an interest in the past, of the impressive civic and historical sites and buildings left in Merthyr:...
May 1 2008
WITH buildings such as the old General Hospital and the former Town Hall falling into disrepair, why can’t some of these old buildings be used for housing or turned into flats?...
May 1 2008
RUSTY gates, rotting wood and peeling paint – is this really what you would expect of a council-run building used by people with mental health problems?...
May 1 2008
TWO sets of election candidates have accused each other of irregular electoral practice and are pursuing mutual legal action....
May 1 2008
TAX rate rebel Dai Havard has thrown his support behind plans to compensate people left out of pocket by new changes....
May 1 2008
l A BAND with a Merthyr Tydfil vocalist at the helm play a hometown gig this weekend....
May 1 2008
HE started off with one desk and a cheeky grin, and now Derek Phillips is celebrating 50 years of business....
May 1 2008
FORGET Britain's Got Talent, how about Bedrock’s got talent....
May 1 2008
SCHOOLS across the borough will be going green with envy now that Edwardsville Primary has been crowned the Welsh eco champion....
May 1 2008
DESPITE a £650,000 sale and plans to turn the dilapidated old Town Hall into a modern office space, work has yet to begin on the old building which is falling further into disrepair each day....
May 1 2008
DESPITE the shambolic mess in the town centre, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council are still claiming the work on the regeneration will be completed by mid-May; but there is a catch....
May 1 2008
A VIOLENT teenage girl walked free from court after scarring a 16-year-old girl for life by smashing a glass jug in her face....
May 1 2008
‘IF music be the food of love, play on’ is the famous opening line of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, but pupils from Pen y dre are hauling the old comedy play into the 21st century....
May 1 2008
LLANCAIACH Fawr Manor in Nelson has a busy May schedule....
May 1 2008
HAPPY Birthday Prince Charles Hospital...
