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Nov 15 2007
WELSH swimming star David Davies has revealed he plans to retire after the 2012 Olympics....
Nov 15 2007
A LONER was found guilty yesterday of murdering a Harrods shop worker who was found buried in a shallow grave on the common where she used to go jogging....
Nov 15 2007
A BRITISH man accused of murdering his six-year-old son after he jumped off a Crete hotel balcony with him in his arms is fit to stand trial, Greek authorities have ruled....
Nov 15 2007
A MOVEMENT to ban plastic bags across much of Wales received a boost yesterday as Newport made its bid to become the nation’s first carrier bag-free city....
Nov 15 2007
CONTROVERSIAL police chief Richard Brunstrom yesterday apologised for a “stupid, single bad decision” to show pictures of a headless motorcyclist at a press conference....
Nov 15 2007
FORMER Plaid Cymru leader Dafydd Wigley and veteran broadcaster Arwel Ellis Owen have been appointed President and Vice-President of the National Library of Wales....
Nov 15 2007
SHOPPERS could end up paying an extra £4 for fresh Christmas turkeys as a result of the latest bird flu outbreak, industry experts warned yesterday....
Nov 15 2007
A FACTORY worker murdered his girlfriend by strangling her on a lonely mountain road after a furious row, a court heard yesterday....
Nov 15 2007
THE fast food generation is fuelling a walking timebomb of type 2 diabetes cases which could blight children’s lives, experts have warned....
Nov 15 2007
THE sale and use of electric shock dog collars could be banned in Wales under plans being considered by the Assembly Government....
Nov 15 2007
A CRACKDOWN on deer poaching was launched yesterday to tackle the upsurge in the trade before Christmas....
Nov 15 2007
POLICE investigating the death of a man at a house have arrested a second teenager on suspicion of murder....
Nov 15 2007
CHILDREN as young as 10 are being charged with drug offences in Wales, the Western Mail can reveal today....
Nov 15 2007
CHILDREN as young as 10 are being charged with drug offences in Wales, according to figures obtained by the Western Mail....
Nov 15 2007
THE explosion in the popularity of social networking sites has made thousands of people vulnerable to cyber-fraud, a former FBI security chief warned yesterday....
Nov 15 2007
MARKS & SPENCER cemented its image as a marketing giant yesterday as the high street retailer unveiled its new spring summer collection, modelled by catwalk star Lily Cole....
Nov 15 2007
THESE are the first pictures of the £23m stadium the Llanelli Scarlets hope will secure their future and take them to the forefront of European rugby....
Nov 15 2007
INTREPID students have returned from a month-long expedition to Peru where they ventured through mountains and jungles in search of ancient ruins....
Nov 15 2007
IN Tuesday’s Echo we published a story about a man who was assaulted in a city pub on Friday, November 9....
Nov 15 2007
TEACHERS’ leaders today warned of a ballot for industrial action if redundancies and school closures were imposed as a result of the new Assembly funding deal....
Nov 15 2007
WORKERS at a Caerphilly engineering company have cycled their way to raising thousands of pounds for a Welsh cancer charity...
Nov 15 2007
JURORS in a manslaughter trial have been shown CCTV images of teenage hairdresser Michael Evans just before he was fatally punched....
Nov 15 2007
A PATCH of grass has been transformed into a green paradise thanks to the help of a group of volunteers....
Nov 15 2007
A CARDIFF band has been given the chance to open a major show tonight....
Nov 15 2007
A SOUTH Wales man whose niece was raped and murdered today spoke of his shock at reports convicted sex offender Peter Tobin could have been involved....
Nov 15 2007
CARING people are being urged to consider fostering a child in need....
Nov 15 2007
A VALLEYS shop manager has become the face of a calendar in aid of ChildLine....
Nov 15 2007
CHEER up a deserving child you know this Christmas with our special party and put a smile back on their faces....
Nov 15 2007
THREE schools in South Wales have scooped top media awards at a prestigious ceremony held in Cardiff....
Nov 15 2007
NAME: Kieran Willacott...
Nov 15 2007
COUNCIL taxpayers face a double whammy of higher bills and cuts in services in the wake of the Welsh Assembly Government’s funding deal....
Nov 15 2007
TOP officers are preparing to attend a national police awards ceremony....
Nov 15 2007
A WALKING protest has been organised against plans to build offices near a country lane....
Nov 15 2007
A LONG-SERVING councillor has spoken of his sadness at being deselected from his Merthyr Tydfil seat....
Nov 15 2007
A MAN hiding drugs between his buttocks said he had thought it was his birthday when he found the stash....
Nov 15 2007
A SCIENCE teacher delivered his baby son when his partner gave birth after just 20 minutes of labour....
Nov 15 2007
ARCHITECT and presenter Michael Davies will be signing copies of his new book, Discovering Welsh Houses, in Cardiff tonight....
Nov 15 2007
A POPULAR woodland has been saved from development....
Nov 15 2007
MERTHYR Tydfil council said today its 2.5 per cent increase in funding “is a poor one, as is the rest of the local authorities in Wales”....
Nov 15 2007
A LONG-SERVING councillor has spoken of his sadness at being deselected from his Merthyr Tydfil seat....
Nov 15 2007
POLICE probing a bungled bank raid today appealed for a number of people to contact them....
Nov 15 2007
TRAFFIC will be banned from a town later this month....
Nov 15 2007
THE plug has been pulled on a shopping centre’s Christmas lights because of crippling repair costs....
Nov 15 2007
A SKELETALLY thin dog was found wandering on a remote common with a badly infected ear....
Nov 15 2007
WENDY Gane keeps a small pump close to her chest at all times....
Nov 15 2007
THE Government is targeting low-paid workers in Cardiff in a campaign to raise awareness of the minimum wage....
Nov 15 2007
DINAS Powys Orchestra’s winter concert is being held in memory of one of its most active members....
Nov 15 2007
STORE workers are preparing to become soap characters for a Coronation Street themed day....
Nov 15 2007
THE plug has been pulled on a shopping centre’s Christmas lights because of crippling repair costs....
Nov 15 2007
A HELMET and six wooden arrows have been stolen from a medieval village in South Wales....
Nov 15 2007
IN Tuesday’s Echo we published a story about a man who was assaulted in a city pub on Friday, November 9....
Nov 15 2007
A WALKING protest has been organised against plans to build offices near a country lane....
Nov 15 2007
A LANDMARK was reached as bulldozers moved in to pull down Cardiff’s athletics stadium....
Nov 15 2007
THEATRE students are preparing to tread the boards in London’s West End....
Nov 15 2007
BEER mats are encouraging drinkers to stay safe this party season....
Nov 15 2007
A MUCH loved roundabout has won itself a place in a best-of-British calendar....
Nov 15 2007
AN electronics company has received a UK-wide award for innovation....
Nov 15 2007
TOP officers are preparing to attend a national police awards ceremony....
Nov 15 2007
A NEW £50,000 Multi Use Games Area has opened for children across South Wales....
Nov 15 2007
TWO teenage friends spent a summer of madness causing more than £30,000 worth of damage to schools....
Nov 15 2007
WORK to renew almost seven miles of water mains is set to start next Monday....
Nov 15 2007
ILLEGAL deer poachers will find themselves hunted in the run up to Christmas....
Nov 15 2007
HEALTHY eating is being encouraged through a new food co-operative....
Nov 15 2007
A VALLEYS shop manager has become the face of a calendar in aid of ChildLine....
Nov 15 2007
ONLINE Christmas shoppers have been offered advice about how to avoid potential pitfalls....
Nov 15 2007
AN illegal immigrant who tried to jet from South Wales to Canada on a different person’s passport has been jailed....
Nov 15 2007
COUNCILLOR Gerald Jones, deputy leader of Caerphilly council and cabinet member for resources, (inset) said: “While the council welcomes the news that we have received an above-the- national-average increase this year, we are still faced with making tough decisions as we strive to deliver quality services to local people in this difficult financial climate....
Nov 15 2007
THE country’s top prosecutor was yesterday accused of being involved in a campaign of racist bullying against a senior Crown Prosecution Service lawyer....
Nov 15 2007
CHRISTMAS shoppers in the Welsh capital have been spared traffic chaos after council officials last night postponed a controversial one-way system experiment....
Nov 15 2007
PARENTS have vowed to mount a “full-on” campaign against plans to close their children’s school....
Nov 15 2007
WELSH Euro MPs have backed new plans to tackle climate change by limiting emissions from aircraft....
Nov 15 2007
A PENSIONER was left shocked after she came face to face with a burglar in her home....
Nov 15 2007
HEARTBROKEN workers at South Wales’ final Remploy factory earmarked for closure are ready to strike to save their jobs....
Nov 15 2007
DEDICATED workers and a volunteer have been rewarded for a healthy commitment....
Nov 15 2007
BUSINESSES have been busy signing up for the chance to sponsor Cardiff City shirts for just £1,000....
Nov 15 2007
WOMEN’S Institute leaders have visited the European Parliament in Brussels....
Nov 15 2007
RHONDDA Cynon Taf council’s leader Russell Roberts, inset, described the financial settlement as derisory....
Nov 15 2007
STORE workers are preparing to become soap characters for a Coronation Street themed day....
Nov 15 2007
BATTLE lines have been drawn as people around South Wales fight to save 31 doomed post offices....
Nov 15 2007
CHILDREN across the city are being urged to plant up their wheelbarrows ready for the city’s premier horticultural show next spring....
Nov 15 2007
TWO teenagers arrested on suspicion of murder were due in court today charged only with burglary – after it emerged the alleged victim had died of natural causes....
Nov 15 2007
A TRAVEL agent has told of the moment she booked the Trinidad holiday for drug-mule mum Nicola Last, which ended in her death....
Nov 15 2007
THE search is on to find the best place to spend Christmas in Britain....
Nov 15 2007
A NEW chief inspector for schools in Wales has been appointed....
Nov 15 2007
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown yesterday unveiled a wide-ranging package of measures to bolster security in public places....
Nov 15 2007
THE daughter-in-law of former Labour leader, Neil Kinnock, has narrowly missed out on becoming the first female Prime Minister of Denmark....
Nov 15 2007
A DRUGS “mule” who tried to smuggle 34 bags of cocaine into the UK from Trinidad travelled to the holiday destination out of season, a court heard yesterday....
Nov 15 2007
Chief reporter Martin Shipton examines the ramifications of the first local government settlement since Plaid entered government...
Nov 15 2007
SCHOOL closures and hikes in council tax across Wales were predicted yesterday as local authority chiefs condemned an “abysmal” funding settlement....
