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Mar 12 2002
Plans to open up the UK's postal service to competition could lead to a "complete breakdown" in the provision of a universal service, Plaid Cymru warned today....
Mar 12 2002
The drifter accused of murder at an Australian hostel where 15 young travellers, including seven Britons, were burned to death will not give evidence, will not call witnesses, and through his lawyer today blamed the fire on someone else....
Mar 12 2002
Former Leeds and Wales international footballer Mark Aizlewood was today banned from driving for a year and fined £750 after he pleaded guilty to drink driving....
Mar 12 2002
For many of those who lost loved ones in the Australian hostel fire, the trial of drifter Robert Long was little more than a side show....
Mar 12 2002
Cookery writer and broadcaster Delia Smith today dismissed as a storm in a mixing bowl a spat with MEP Glenys Kinnock.
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Mar 12 2002
Lawyers for the drifter accused of starting a fire at an Australian hostel that killed 15 young travellers said their client will not enter the witness box or call evidence in his defence....
Mar 12 2002
NEWS broadcaster Huw Edwards encourages anyone to open up a book on World Book Day in Wales....
Mar 12 2002
MANY books can enrich lives but few have the power to change them....
Mar 12 2002
SCORES of teachers could face redundancy because of a funding crisis caused by an estimated £20m hole in local authority education budgets....
Mar 12 2002
DOZENS of cabbies drove slowly through a South Wales town to protest against their "appalling" treatment by council officials....
Mar 12 2002
THE final instalment of the farce of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council was played out yesterday, after four weeks and £20,000 in legal fees, as a High Court judge said its councillors had never ceased to hold office. And the standard of legal advice given to the council was under scrutiny after Mr Justice Elias, sitting in Cardiff, said, "There has been a muddle in Merthyr Tydfil; the council has got itself into a fix....
Mar 12 2002
HOME Secretary David Blunkett yesterday launched a package of anti-crime measures to tackle persistent criminals....
Mar 12 2002
POLITICIANS have often been accused of being long-winded, and now a local authority could be about to prove the point....
Mar 12 2002
EURO-MP Glenys Kinnock will set off to Zimbabwe today to hear for herself how the country's presidential election has been conducted....
Mar 12 2002
GLENYS KINNOCK last night insisted Delia Smith still had the recipe for success, after claims she had suggested the television chef was out of date....
Mar 12 2002
WELSH Secretary Paul Murphy last night predicted an enhanced role for the National Assembly - if it shows it is using its current powers to good effect....
Mar 12 2002
PLAID CYMRU will tomorrow go on the offensive, demanding three Labour AMs explain their recent conduct to the Welsh Assembly....
Mar 12 2002
LITTLE William Gittins died in his father's arms after being struck by a tractor on their family farm, an inquest heard yesterday....
Mar 12 2002
RESIDENTS and politicians gathered outside the controversial Nantygwyddon landfill site yesterday to celebrate its final closure....
Mar 12 2002
A TEENAGER left fighting for his life after being shot in the head with an air rifle has regained consciousness, police said yesterday....
Mar 12 2002
A VIGILANTE has been jailed for three years for an attack on a man he had accused of being a child molester....
Mar 12 2002
STAFF at Wales's biggest local authority have voted in favour of strike action in support of a colleague dismissed for whistleblowing....
Mar 12 2002
THE Australian drifter accused of starting a fire at a hostel that killed 15 young backpackers, including seven Britons, confessed to the crime, police told a court yesterday....
Mar 12 2002
GEMMA COFAX and Stuart Smith personify the problems facing West Rhyl, which is one of the areas which has been named as a Policing Priority Area by the Home Office....
Mar 12 2002
A MAN has been jailed for four months after he attacked a passer-by who tried to stop him driving his car while drunk....
Mar 12 2002
PLAID CYMRU is to call for a national postal service for Wales, accusing Consignia of failing the country....
Mar 12 2002
DISABLED children from Chernobyl are to receive treatment in South Wales, thanks to the work of a charity....
Mar 12 2002
JULIEN Kendall is determined to stop drinking....
Mar 12 2002
AN initiative to help mobile phone users protect themselves from criminals is being launched in Cardiff this week....
Mar 12 2002
PARALYMPIC gold medal-list Tanni Grey-Thompson believes World Book Day in Wales is a great celebration....
Mar 12 2002
THE NATIONAL Assembly has been accused of a debacle over its plans to annually assess the performance of teachers in Wales....
Mar 12 2002
THE Countryside Council for Wales will meet today to look at ways in which it can help local authorities use their new powers under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act....
Mar 12 2002
A DOG called Hero who lived up to its name and saved his master's life has ended up getting a pat on the head from Ann Widdecombe....
Mar 12 2002
THERE are between 20 and 25 castles in Carmarthen-shire but many are in ruins....
Mar 12 2002
ONE of the most deprived areas in Wales is fighting for its very survival....
Mar 12 2002
A FIRE at a girls' school in Mecca led to the deaths of 14 pupils because there were no emergency exits, Saudi media said today....
Mar 12 2002
IT must have felt like the fulfilment of a young Formula One fan's dream....
Mar 12 2002
A YOUNG football fan who was banned from Ninian Park by his mother is going to watch the Bluebirds as the VIP guest of Cardiff City owner Sam Hammam....
Mar 12 2002
THE biggest ever investigation into prostate cancer will be launched in Cardiff tomorrow....
