Articles...
Dec 12 2007
THERE will be huge disappointment for Blaenau Gwent residents this Christmas, after the Assembly announced that the long-awaited Ebbw Vale rail link has been delayed....
Dec 12 2007
THIS is a computer-generated image of one of the suspects police are hunting for two bogus policeman burglaries....
Dec 12 2007
A NEW contingency fund should be set up to help councils cope with the costs of eastern European migration, the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) said yesterday....
Dec 12 2007
THOUSANDS of people lined the streets of Cardiff yesterday to welcome home soldiers from Iraq....
Dec 12 2007
A WOMAN from Wales took the reins of power in Australia for the first time yesterday as she stood in for the travelling prime minister....
Dec 12 2007
WELSH Tories have “nailed the myth” that Wales is a Conservative-free country, party leader Nick Bourne has declared....
Dec 12 2007
THE Wales Millennium Centre is now free of debt....
Dec 12 2007
A MAN has been unanimously cleared of rape following a trial at Cardiff Crown Court....
Dec 12 2007
WELSH soldiers marched proudly and remembered those who have lost their lives in action during an emotional and moving ceremony....
Dec 12 2007
GLENYS Kinnock today spoke out to justify her decision to boycott Robert Mugabe’s appearance at an EU summit....
Dec 12 2007
A new rail station has opened to the public at Llanharan, between Bridgend and Cardiff, months before the official opening....
Dec 12 2007
DRIVER Andy Hazell battles to find a place to park his new car – because it’s an 18ft-long fish....
Dec 12 2007
THE Welsh economy could fall further behind rival regions of Britain and Europe if the Government refuses to electrify our railways, experts warned yesterday....
Dec 12 2007
A WELSH police force has inadvertently revealed how speed cameras have replaced police officers....
Dec 12 2007
SHOPPERS and commuters have waited 45 years for the next train to Cardiff....
Dec 12 2007
THREE schoolboys yesterday won their right to free bus travel after a four-and-a-half-year legal battle....
Dec 12 2007
A REVIEW into the “commercialisation” of childhood was announced by the Government yesterday....
Dec 12 2007
SOME of the world’s biggest food and drinks firms have pledged to reduce their advertising to young children....
Dec 12 2007
EDUCATION must return to the days of vocational training to provide the skills Wales needs, according to a new report....
Dec 12 2007
AN elderly woman has been swindled out of £16,000 in an internet con....
Dec 12 2007
COMEDY duo The Mighty Boosh are coming to Cardiff during their 2008 live tour....
Dec 12 2007
RHYDIAN Roberts is to duet with classical star Katherine Jenkins in the X Factor final on Saturday....
Dec 12 2007
SOUTH Wales Police are appealing for information after a woman with an Irish accent visited a house claiming to sell lucky pebbles....
Dec 12 2007
A CHILD had to be cut out of a car after it was involved in a crash on a busy Cynon Valley road....
Dec 12 2007
A BARCLAYS Bank worker faces imprisonment for unlawfully arranging overdraft facilities for her husband....
Dec 12 2007
THE grandad of Ryan Giggs today said he was “over the moon’” as the Welsh wing wizard collected an OBE at Buckingham Palace yesterday....
Dec 12 2007
POLICE are warning tradesmen about thieves on the lookout for tools....
Dec 12 2007
RUGBY heroes brought festive cheer to poorly children and their families....
Dec 12 2007
A COMPLAINT has been made after a Valleys nightclub closed for the night after a visit by police....
Dec 12 2007
FRONTLINE police officers are meeting today to decide whether they should demand the right to go on strike in an increasingly bitter row over pay....
Dec 12 2007
A MAN accused of murdering his adulterous wife before attempting to kill his two-year-old son will not be giving evidence, the jury trying him was told yesterday....
Dec 12 2007
ANYONE meeting royalty can be forgiven for trying to show off a glamorous new hat or a flashy new outfit....
Dec 12 2007
CONCERNS have been raised over controversial plans for flats opposite a war memorial....
Dec 12 2007
A SAFETY campaign has been launched urging people to make sure their Christmas lights are safe....
Dec 12 2007
A LENGTHY fight by residents to stop sewage being discharged into a stream near their homes has ended in victory....
Dec 12 2007
AN energy watchdog is urging householders to help tackle climate change this Christmas by saving energy....
Dec 12 2007
BBC Wales sports presenter Fran Donovan will compere a Christmas concert to raise money for young cancer sufferers....
Dec 12 2007
AN anti-litter champion today wished residents of Rhondda Cynon Taf a green Christmas....
Dec 12 2007
FIRST Minister Rhodri Morgan will tuck into a traditional Christmas turkey dinner five months after a health scare – but without the gravy....
Dec 12 2007
CAMPAIGNERS trying to save their swimming pool from closure have taken their fight to the National Assembly....
Dec 12 2007
WELSH politician Julia Gillard became the first woman ever to take charge of Australia – after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd went abroad....
Dec 12 2007
LOCAL councils face making cuts in services and hiking bills after the Assembly Government’s controversial draft budget was approved....
Dec 12 2007
SOUTH Wales Police are appealing for information after a woman with an Irish accent visited a house claiming to sell lucky pebbles....
Dec 12 2007
A FLAT-SCREEN television may hold the key to a burglary in which a knife was held to a four-week-old baby’s neck, detectives said today....
Dec 12 2007
THE House of Lords is to debate the controversial idea of building a barrage across the River Severn....
Dec 12 2007
THE senior councillor who presided over a series of transport blunders today sensationally quit Cardiff council’s executive -– just 24 hours before he faced a motion of no confidence....
Dec 12 2007
THE re-opening of a South Wales Valleys train line was today welcomed by independent rail watchdog, Passenger Focus....
Dec 12 2007
A VALLEYS man has been found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to his horses....
Dec 12 2007
A TEACHER has raised thousands of pounds for charity after completing the New York marathon....
Dec 12 2007
THE Assembly Government’s controversial draft Budget was approved last night despite massive opposition from the leaders of councils across Wales....
Dec 12 2007
WELSH rugby great Graham Price received an MBE at Buckingham Palace yesterday....
Dec 12 2007
DEPUTY First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones was last night named Welsh Politician of the Year in a competition sponsored by the ITV Wales Yearbook....
Dec 12 2007
AS Ryan Giggs collected his OBE yesterday, the football scout who discovered him 27 years ago revealed how he had always known the youngster was destined for greatness....
Dec 12 2007
A SCHOOL has been labelled “virtually impossible to fail in” despite its decrepit buildings, in an inspection report....
Dec 12 2007
WOULD you like the fantastic opportunity to take your whole street skating at the bmibaby Cardiff Winter Wonderland?...
Dec 12 2007
UNDERCOVER investigators set a trap for illegal fly-tippers by posing as tenants wanting to dump rubbish....
Dec 12 2007
PLAID Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones has picked up his second Politician of the Year award....
Dec 12 2007
A JUDGE has given a teenage attacker the chance to have Christmas with her family – as long as it’s a quiet one....
Dec 12 2007
RUBBISH is being picked up at night or late from homes in a city suburb because of a shortage of drivers....
Dec 12 2007
A CARPENTER has had to brave wind, rain and cold in his bid to carve the world’s largest love spoon....
Dec 12 2007
THIS weekend will be the last chance to see a restored Victorian house lit up in all its glory....
Dec 12 2007
CARDIFF is a hot spot for absent parents who fail to pay child support bills....
Dec 12 2007
RUGBY heroes brought festive cheer to poorly children and their families....
Dec 12 2007
THE decision over the second stage of a £14bn defence contract awarded to a Welsh armed forces training centre is still to be made, Bob Ainsworth, Minister for the Armed Forces, said yesterday....
Dec 12 2007
A MANAGER at a West Wales care home where a 22-year-old man died after swallowing a rubber glove told an inquest yesterday he did not believe the man would have swallowed it voluntarily....
Dec 12 2007
THE Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has spoken candidly about the pressures he faces in his post, admitting that it is not an “easy job”....
Dec 12 2007
HIGH interest rates and rising house prices have pushed the percentage of income needed to service a mortgage up to the highest level for more than 16 years, figures showed yesterday....
Dec 12 2007
PARAMEDICS were taken to hospital after they were bitten by a patient being treated for a suspected drug overdose....
Dec 12 2007
THE old classics have been unveiled as Wales’ favourite Christmas reads....
Dec 12 2007
THE largest skills centre in Wales is to open tomorrow....
Dec 12 2007
SMOKE detectors alerted a family when a fire broke out in their bathroom....
Dec 12 2007
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown returned from his high-profile trip to Afghanistan to surprise a group of Welsh children visiting No10 Downing Street....
