Articles...
Nov 7 2007
JOE CALZAGHE will meet the Prince of Wales at Cardiff Castle on Wednesday – but promoter Frank Warren insists he deserves an invitation to Buckingham Palace....
Nov 7 2007
AS AN Olympic athlete, his diet was strictly regulated to help him achieve the maximum performance....
Nov 7 2007
THE Millennium Stadium should have been built outside Cardiff City Centre to maximise WRU profits, an economic expert said yesterday....
Nov 7 2007
MILLIONS of pounds worth of public money was needlessly put at risk by the Welsh Office and the Welsh Development Agency over the ill-fated LG projects in Newport, an Assembly Audit Committee report reveals today....
Nov 7 2007
FIRST Minister Rhodri Morgan was due to join Prince Charles today at the laying of this year’s Welsh Field of Remembrance....
Nov 7 2007
A MOTORCYCLIST who died after a crash on the M4 has been named as Michael John Workman....
Nov 7 2007
A GROWING pharmacy empire has added another three South Wales branches to its ranks....
Nov 7 2007
COUNTERFEITER Clive Kinsey sold copied music discs on eBay but claims he wasn’t in it for the money....
Nov 7 2007
A MASCOT dragon will be taking part in a pantomime this Christmas with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs....
Nov 7 2007
A YOUNG South Wales solicitor has been shortlisted for a prestigious award....
Nov 7 2007
CRIMES reported on Bonfire Night and Halloween were at an all-time low in a South Wales town....
Nov 7 2007
A SIKH schoolgirl is taking legal action against her school after it banned her from wearing a religious wrist bangle....
Nov 7 2007
LARGER-THAN-LIFE rocker Meat Loaf has been forced to cancel his Cardiff show due to illness – but has promised he will return....
Nov 7 2007
HUNDREDS of young golfers are dreaming of appearing at Ryder Cup Wales in 2010 after being part of a development scheme....
Nov 7 2007
A DAY centre has been set alight, causing smoke damage to the inside of the building....
Nov 7 2007
POSTIES are gearing up for their busiest time of year and people are being urged to get their Christmas mail in early....
Nov 7 2007
PARACHUTE technology has helped find a solution for drinkers suffering in the rain after the smoking ban....
Nov 7 2007
A 13-YEAR-OLD from Cardiff who has been moved from foster home to foster home had this to say about his befriender:...
Nov 7 2007
FRIENDS For You are recruiting for a new batch of volunteers to start their training in February....
Nov 7 2007
GREGGS’ first Cardiff 5k family fun run raised £7,000 for the Children’s Cancer Services....
Nov 7 2007
CHILDREN’S lives are being made brighter thanks to volunteers sparing a couple of hours a week to take them out....
Nov 7 2007
MAIL watchdog Postwatch has listed a string of “concerns” about plans to slash South Wales’ post office network – and urged residents to have their say....
Nov 7 2007
ENTERTAINER Frank Hennessey will be performing with friends....
Nov 7 2007
A TIME-WASTING product from South Wales hasn’t wasted any time in trying to crack America....
Nov 7 2007
A DERELICT caravan belonging to bus tycoon Clayton Jones has burned to the ground....
Nov 7 2007
A BITTER political row has blown up today over the school reorganisation of Welsh-medium education in Cardiff....
Nov 7 2007
A WANTED man was arrested amid dramatic scenes involving armed police....
Nov 7 2007
WELSH soprano Katherine Jenkins provided the musical highlight of last night’s grand opening of St Pancras station’s new Channel Tunnel rail terminal....
Nov 7 2007
POSTIES are gearing up for their busiest time of year and people are being urged to get their Christmas mail in early....
Nov 7 2007
A DAY centre has been set alight, causing smoke damage to the inside of the building....
Nov 7 2007
A VALLEYS counterfeiter who sold copied CDs on an internet auction site did so be because he was passionate about music, a court heard....
Nov 7 2007
TWO Cardiff MPs welcomed a Bangladeshi group to the Houses of Parliament....
Nov 7 2007
A MUSIC festival which sparked resident protests has been moved from the Vale of Glamorgan to Newport....
Nov 7 2007
MAIL watchdog Postwatch has listed a string of “concerns” about plans to slash South Wales’ post office network – and urged residents to have their say....
Nov 7 2007
A DOUBLE-GLAZING sales manager is in custody for sentencing after being found guilty by a 10 to two majority of attempting to kidnap a man....
Nov 7 2007
PUBLIC money was put at risk because of mistakes made by authorities over the huge LG inward investment project, financial watchdogs have declared....
Nov 7 2007
PRINCE Charles was in Cardiff today to visit a group of war veterans and boxing hero Joe Calzaghe....
Nov 7 2007
DRIVERS are flouting the ban on cars in the city centre like never before with almost two cars a minute driving on the pedestrianised St Mary Street....
Nov 7 2007
A WANTED man was arrested amid dramatic scenes involving armed police....
Nov 7 2007
FINANCE Minister Andrew Davies rejected criticism from cash-strapped councils over the One Wales coalition’s first budget....
Nov 7 2007
A WANTED man was arrested amid dramatic scenes involving armed police....
Nov 7 2007
PUBLIC money was put at risk because of mistakes made by authorities over the huge LG inward investment project, financial watchdogs have declared....
Nov 7 2007
A DAY centre has been set alight, causing smoke damage to the inside of the building....
Nov 7 2007
POSTIES are gearing up for their busiest time of year and people are being urged to get their Christmas mail in early....
Nov 7 2007
A COMPANY at the centre of a racism row has just one ethnic minority worker in its workforce of 143 people, an employment tribunal in Cardiff heard yesterday....
Nov 7 2007
A SPECIAL concert to commemorate Remembrance Day is being held at Llandaff Cathedral on Saturday at 7.30pm....
Nov 7 2007
TWO senior trainers from St John Cymru Wales met with Wales’ First Minster Rhodri Morgan before travelling to Zambia....
Nov 7 2007
A CARE home has hosted a groundbreaking musical workshop to help people living with dementia....
Nov 7 2007
A DRIVER has told how he did not see a motorcyclist who died after travelling across his path on a busy roundabout....
Nov 7 2007
THE British Council is to expand its operation in Wales and co-ordinate a major European programme in the UK from Cardiff....
Nov 7 2007
BLUEBIRD Robbie Fowler has been named the third richest player in football....
Nov 7 2007
A DOUBLE-GLAZING sales manager is in custody for sentencing after being found guilty by a 10 to two majority of attempting to kidnap a man....
Nov 7 2007
A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy may need skin grafts after he was seriously burned when a bonfire got out of control....
Nov 7 2007
DRIVERS are flouting the ban on cars in the city centre like never before with almost two cars a minute driving on the pedestrianised St Mary Street....
Nov 7 2007
CHRISTMAS shoppers looked on as firefighters saved a seagull trapped in a Valleys town centre’s festive lights. The seagull became stuck in the lights in Taff Street, Pontypridd, and fought for two hours to free itself before the fire crew brought it to safety. Vets examined the bird and said it would make a full recovery....
Nov 7 2007
As part of the Western Mail’s Environment Month, Martin Parkinson, a volunteer at the Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth, looks at energy efficiency in the home...
Nov 7 2007
A SENIOR lecturer yesterday defended a decision to allow tourism students to walk barefoot through a leech-infested jungle....
Nov 7 2007
THE standard of public services for Welsh people who have to travel to England to get them is to be the subject of a parliamentary investigation....
Nov 7 2007
A NEWLY-ELECTED council leader promised yesterday to improve local education standards, which have been slated by two independent reports....
Nov 7 2007
Welsh opposition parties said they were left scratching their heads by yesterday’s Queen’s Speech....
Nov 7 2007
GORDON BROWN used his first Queen’s Speech yesterday to try to jump-start his Premiership and put political distance between Labour and the Conservatives....
Nov 7 2007
A SCRABBLE superstar has flown to India to take on the world at the popular word game....
Nov 7 2007
PLAID CYMRU has seen key policies diluted to a “staggering” extent as a result of entering coalition with Labour, the Conservatives said yesterday....
Nov 7 2007
Chief reporter Martin Shipton examines the recent shake-ups in schooling across Wales, which form the background to today’s report...
Nov 7 2007
ACADEMIC results and the Welsh language improve when small schools close and pupils are moved to bigger settings, a controversial study published today will say....
Nov 7 2007
OLYMPIC athlete Iwan Thomas has revealed how a “super size me” diet left him addicted to red meat....
Nov 7 2007
THE streets of a Welsh town could take on a Continental buzz if a plan to provide cheap scooters comes to fruition....
Nov 7 2007
A 14-YEAR-OLD Sikh girl is to mount a High Court challenge after her school barred her for wearing a religious wrist bangle....
Nov 7 2007
HUNDREDS of young golfers are dreaming of appearing at Ryder Cup Wales in 2010 after being part of a development scheme....
Nov 7 2007
THE Millennium Stadium should have been built outside Cardiff City Centre to maximise WRU profits, an economic expert said yesterday....
Nov 7 2007
MILLIONS of pounds worth of public money was needlessly put at risk by the Welsh Office and the Welsh Development Agency over the ill-fated LG projects in Newport, an Assembly Audit Committee report reveals today....
Nov 7 2007
A 14-YEAR-OLD Sikh girl is to mount a High Court challenge after her school barred her for wearing a religious wrist bangle....
Nov 7 2007
LOCATING the Millennium Stadium in the centre of Cardiff means the Welsh Rugby Union is “giving money away”, the man behind a major study into its economic impact said yesterday....
Nov 7 2007
ACADEMIC results and the Welsh language improve when small schools close and pupils are moved to bigger settings, a controversial study published today will say....
Nov 7 2007
THE backlash against the gym has started despite ongoing concerns growing obesity....
Nov 7 2007
THE streets of a South Wales Valleys village were blocked by police during an armed siege last night....
Nov 7 2007
A PEDESTRIAN was killed when a delivery van rolled down a hill because its handbrake was not put on properly, a court heard yesterday....
Nov 7 2007
A TEACHER accused of sexually assaulting a young girl during a visit to Cardigan and downloading child pornography onto his school computer, has been cleared of all charges against him....
