Articles...
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
LOCAL firms got to Meet The Buyers in a special event aimed at improving the quality of companies and their products....
May 1 2008
THURSDAY May 1 is election day – the day you get to choose the local councillor who will represent you area....
May 1 2008
ON May 1, you and I will be called upon to vote to choose those who will represent us at the local level....
May 1 2008
POLITICIANS ask for our trust when they solicit our votes to place them in office....
May 1 2008
BEWARE – rogue traders are on the loose across Taff Ely....
May 1 2008
LLANHARAN’S increasingly popular Dolau School is getting a £2.8m state-of-the-art extension....
May 1 2008
WELSH rugby WAG and mother of two, Jo Popham showed her support for the Children’s Hospice in Wales’ annual fundraising campaign for Ty Hafan....
May 1 2008
A TEENAGER who once found herself homeless has set off on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Africa to help others....
May 1 2008
SHARPEN your pencils – Rhondda Cynon Taf Libraries and Museum service is producing an anthology of poetry and short stories....
May 1 2008
TY HAFAN, The Children’s Hospice in Wales, is appealing for people across Wales to produce a small piece of textile work to create a patchwork the size of the Millennium Stadium....
May 1 2008
BUDDING animators who attend the University of Glamorgan have a chance of working at Nickelodeon UK....
May 1 2008
A WHERE We Live project has fired the imagination of school pupils as far afield as Slovakia thanks to a new book encouraging them to look after the environment....
May 1 2008
AUTISM sufferers are to be given a chance to fulfil their potential with a nationwide funding drive....
May 1 2008
WHILE Gavin and Stacey strike comedy gold, a Nantgarw bowling lane was clattering in celebration....
May 1 2008
FORMER Plaid Cymru leader Dafydd Wigley toured rundown Pontypridd town centre praising it as “a warm town, always open to debate”....
May 1 2008
RHONDDA Cynon Taff’s Teaching Local Health Board (tLHB) has been awarded a Prince’s Foundation Health Award....
May 1 2008
AROUND two thirds of adults think Welsh councils do not do enough for older people, according to a poll....
May 1 2008
A CARD shark from Pontypridd has become a National Poker champ at the age of just 18....
May 1 2008
“THIS road is making our lives a complete misery.”...
May 1 2008
I AM a resident of Tonyrefail and I am disgusted with its parking problems....
May 1 2008
A SHY local resident whom many believe does no-one any harm has been sentenced to death by the Welsh Assembly Government....
May 1 2008
A TAFF’S WELL businessman has been ordered to pay more than £5,515 in fines and costs for allowing waste to be dumped on his land....
May 1 2008
VOLUNTEERS have been busy this year visiting more than 1,000 people in prisons across South Wales....
May 1 2008
A TEENAGE driver from Tonyrefail is set to become the youngest person ever to compete in the Welsh Rally....
May 1 2008
A “JEALOUS” lover who grabbed his partner by the hair and pushed and punched her has been ordered to complete 12 months’ supervision by probation and carry out 120 hours of unpaid work....
May 1 2008
CARERS are invited to join a project which protects the people they care for if an accident or sudden illness occurs....
May 1 2008
THESE are the dramatic scenes after winds literally raised the roof of a bar named after Pontypridd superstar Tom Jones....
May 1 2008
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May 1 2008
USE your pooper scoopers – or be hit in the pocket....
May 1 2008
AWARD-WINNING charity New Horizons has received a grant of £4,500 for it to raise awareness and reduce the stigma associated with mental and emotional ill-health....
May 1 2008
RHONDDA Cynon Taf Council has pledged to cut its carbon footprint and improve its environmental performance....
May 1 2008
A WOMAN pleaded with district judge Vivian Manning-Davies to be sent to prison because she needs help to overcome her heroin addiction....
May 1 2008
A TEACHER who failed to stop pupils lighting firecrackers in class has been found guilty of serious professional incompetence – but not struck off....
May 1 2008
A 20-YEAR-OLD woman stole sweets because she needed to get sugar into her system after taking amphetamine....
May 1 2008
A FAMILY’S narrow escape from being crushed under tons of timber has prompted worries about the safety of huge trees in Hopkinstown....
May 1 2008
A PENSIONER made threatening gestures with his walking stick in a long-standing dispute with a neighbour....
May 1 2008
A TEENAGER received an immediate custodial sentence after he refused to comply with any form of community punishment....
May 1 2008
A CAR theft in Treforest has left a charity out of pocket, and a beauty contestant trying to pick up the pieces....
May 1 2008
AN E-MAIL service to encourage rail passengers to report loutish behaviour has been launched by British Transport Police....
May 1 2008
SPECTACLES, mosquito nets, medicines – and pigs – are part of answering the prayers of a desperately poor community on the other side of the world....
May 1 2008
CHILDREN and elderly people held a fundraising walk for Help the Aged....
May 1 2008
A SCHOOLBOY stepped into the road and collided with a car driven by a man with mental health problems....
May 1 2008
HUNGRY bus passengers in Ponty were greeted on their travels by a Grand Slam champ bearing gifts....
May 1 2008
THE PLUG has been pulled on The Full Ponty – but X Factor star Rhydian Roberts will perform his first Welsh gig to fill the breach....
May 1 2008
PONTY needs to stump up investment if Pontypridd Schools are to win the Dewar Shield in future....