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Nov 28 2007
A MAN charged with murdering a Polish man by stabbing him on a Wrexham street had used a knife which had been loaned to cut his baby’s christening cake, a court heard yesterday....
Nov 28 2007
A FORMER international basketball player has been appointed head of a leading Welsh independent school....
Nov 28 2007
FLIGHTS to new destinations across Europe could be brought to Cardiff by the airline which yesterday TU announced three new routes from Wales to UK airports....
Nov 28 2007
A CONVICTED paedophile who set up a website hoping to attract young men was jailed for four years yesterday....
Nov 28 2007
BRITAIN should press ahead with the development of genetically-modified crops, Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s top scientific adviser said yesterday. ...
Nov 28 2007
AS FILMING continued on the next series of Doctor Who in Cardiff yesterday, the BBC Wales ratings hit was unveiled as one of the must-see highlights of the newly-released Christmas TV schedules....
Nov 28 2007
As an MP's bid to have Wales represented on the union flag gets under way, reporter Rhodri Clark canvassed the opinions of experts on the issue....
Nov 28 2007
A MAN from Swansea flicked a burning cigarette on to dry grass, starting a runaway fire that killed another tourist on South Africa’s Table Mountain, a witness told a court yesterday....
Nov 28 2007
A SOUTH Wales coach company has launched an online booking facility....
Nov 28 2007
SECURITY-CONSCIOUS residents are being offered a new device to help keep their keys, purses and wallets safe....
Nov 28 2007
SCHOOL-LEAVER Lewis Jenkins has been awarded the first training package at a new opencast mining scheme in the South Wales Valleys....
Nov 28 2007
A STAIR lift, wheelchair and electric scooter are among the items donated for the Rhondda Cynon Taf Mayor’s Auction....
Nov 28 2007
CARDIFF Blues players Marc Stcherbina and Nick Macleod are to visit Remploy offices in Cardiff to mark the International Day of Disabled People....
Nov 28 2007
AN HIV and sexual health charity is calling for people to get involved in World Aids Day this Saturday....
Nov 28 2007
A “SPEEDING” motorcyclist killed a 15-year-old schoolboy, Cardiff Crown Court heard....
Nov 28 2007
UP TO one in three mortgage holders could face serious financial difficulties as a result of the recent “credit crunch”, a new report warns today....
Nov 28 2007
GIANT supertankers with cargoes of frozen gas can start heading for Wales from the Arabian Gulf next year after the controversial Pembrokeshire-to-Gloucester pipeline was completed yesterday....
Nov 28 2007
A TEAM from the Dyfed-Powys Police is to guest edit an edition of Radio 4’s Today programme....
Nov 28 2007
A MAN accused of killing a “fragile” 71-year-old man who intervened in a row told a court yesterday he head-butted and punched him to defend himself and two women....
Nov 28 2007
ONE of Wales’ busiest stretches of roads could be closed for up to a week following an accident, police said last night....
Nov 28 2007
The secret donations affair is the latest crisis to befall Gordon Brown, who faced the media in Downing Street yesterday. Political Editor Tomos Livingstone watched him handle yet another hospital pass...
Nov 28 2007
LABOUR suffered more damage from its association with secretive donor David Abrahams last night, with Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitting the party had, inadvertently, broken electoral law....
Nov 28 2007
THE travelling companion of a mother who died after packages of cocaine burst in her stomach yesterday told a court he had no idea she had planned to smuggle drugs back to the UK....
Nov 28 2007
A COMPANY prosecuted twice within a year for failing to maintain disused reservoirs that could pose a serious danger to life has assets of just £2 and is officially not trading, we can reveal today....
Nov 28 2007
WHETHER it’s roosting bats or hibernating dormice, the discovery of a rare species on a building site can be a developer’s nightmare....
Nov 28 2007
COUNCIL decision-making weaknesses preceded a multi-million pound overspend on a swimming pool project, which is now nearly two years behind-schedule....
Nov 28 2007
SCHOOL-LEAVER Lewis Jenkins has been awarded the first training package at a new opencast mining scheme in the South Wales Valleys....
Nov 28 2007
MORE than £2,000 was raised for charity by friends of a young couple who died in a plane crash....
Nov 28 2007
A TEENAGER from Cardiff had an audience of 30,000 people when she took to the stage to perform with fellow Scouts....
Nov 28 2007
CARDIFF Blues players Marc Stcherbina and Nick Macleod are to visit Remploy offices in Cardiff to mark the International Day of Disabled People....
Nov 28 2007
A SOUTH Wales coach company has launched an online booking facility....
Nov 28 2007
A NEW pub aimed at students will open after councillors granted a licence – despite dozens of objections....
Nov 28 2007
A MUSIC undergraduate is heading to India to work with orphaned children at a school in Calcutta....
Nov 28 2007
FIREFIGHTERS and staff from South Wales Fire & Rescue Service enjoyed a grand awards night at Cardiff’s Holland House Hotel....
Nov 28 2007
A SOUTH Wales housing association has been rewarded for its commitment to making its buildings green....
Nov 28 2007
KEEPING the front porch in pristine condition has been the proud pastime of grandmothers for generations....
Nov 28 2007
CAKE maker and founder of Little Venice Cake Company, Mitch Turner, will be holding a cake masterclass on Friday....
Nov 28 2007
AN £8.7m grant towards the cost of developing an Olympic-standard canoe slalom centre in Cardiff Bay has been approved....
Nov 28 2007
UNSUNG heroes of the Valleys are to be recognised tonight in an award ceremony....
Nov 28 2007
SOUTH Wales homeowners are more at risk from a radioactive gas than almost any other region of the UK....
Nov 28 2007
BIDS for Welsh celebrity memorabilia are flooding in to help raise cash for Mencap Cymru....
Nov 28 2007
LOW-COST airline Flybe today promised travellers it would expand flights from South Wales to the Continent....
Nov 28 2007
A COUNCIL website featuring its recycling mascot has won a gong....
Nov 28 2007
A MAN accused of kicking and beating a grandfather to death “felt terrible” when he realised the seriousness of his alleged victim’s injuries....
Nov 28 2007
THE UK-WIDE battle for £50m lottery funding is on – and people are being urged to back the bid for cash for schemes in South Wales....
Nov 28 2007
WELSH heritage agency Cadw has announced a trio of new appointments....
Nov 28 2007
A DECISION on a riverside development is expected by mid- January following a public inquiry....
Nov 28 2007
X FACTOR’S Rhydian today issued a personal plea to Echo readers: Help me have the Christmas number one!...
Nov 28 2007
A COUNCIL today warned people walking dogs to clean up their pet’s mess – or face court....
Nov 28 2007
SEVENTY jobs have been created in the run-up to Christmas after Argos launched a new store....
Nov 28 2007
A HIGH-POWERED trade mission to sell the Welsh film industry to Bollywood has been ridiculed by the Indian press....
Nov 28 2007
A TEENAGER from Cardiff had an audience of 30,000 people when she took to the stage to perform with fellow Scouts....
Nov 28 2007
A NINE-MAN team from the valleys has lifted the Welsh Rotary Games trophy....
Nov 28 2007
MORE than £2,000 was raised for charity by friends of a young couple who died in a plane crash....
Nov 28 2007
THE public can make their views known on the proposed closure of six Post Office branches through Cardiff council....
Nov 28 2007
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an unprovoked attack at a city bar....
Nov 28 2007
RESTAURATEURS throughout South Wales have set up special dining nights to help raise funds for the victims of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh....
Nov 28 2007
FOUR cancer charities have joined forces for a 370km cycle ride in India....
Nov 28 2007
DETECTIVES are investigating a suspected arson attack on a terraced cottage....
Nov 28 2007
THE trial over the death of schoolboy Bill Lockwood had to be halted when a juror fell ill....
Nov 28 2007
CHRISTMAS television will this year rely on “tried and tested” family entertainment while providing little for young children, experts said last night....
Nov 28 2007
The “Billie factor” showed no signs of abating yesterday, as the BBC Christmas schedule confirmed the former Doctor Who star would return to our screens in a second Philip Pullman adaptation....
Nov 28 2007
TROUBLED singer Amy Winehouse has cancelled her South Wales gig due to take place tonight....
Nov 28 2007
POLICE have described a house fire as suspicious....
Nov 28 2007
MARIE Curie hospice will be holding its annual Lights to Remember ceremony for people to shine a light in memory of their loved ones....
Nov 28 2007
SIXTEEN finalists were going head to head tonight to be named Wales’ best performance poet....
Nov 28 2007
ANGRY motorists today demanded to know why a main road into the city will be closed for a week after a lorry hit a bridge....
Nov 28 2007
A SPOKESMAN at Roath Fire Station said the driver of the lorry continued to drive the vehicle for a further quarter of a mile after hitting the bridge before he realised the extent of the damage....
Nov 28 2007
PEOPLE are invited to a free festive environmental day....
Nov 28 2007
THE trial over the death of schoolboy Bill Lockwood had to be halted when a juror fell ill....
Nov 28 2007
A KIDNEY patient said he feared for his life after an airline left a case with his vital medical supplies behind....
Nov 28 2007
A NEW public arts body for Wales has been launched complete with a controversial logo – thanks to a £500,000 hand-out from lottery funds....
Nov 28 2007
DETECTIVES are investigating a suspected arson attack on a terraced cottage....
Nov 28 2007
A PORTUGUESE man living in Cardiff has been ordered to carry out community work for supplying ecstasy....
Nov 28 2007
TWO muscular dystrophy sufferers will light the first candle at a charity Christmas concert....
