Articles...
Dec 14 2007
IAN WOOSNAM yesterday revealed that he has been unable to walk around a golf course because he is suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome....
Dec 14 2007
A SIX-YEAR-OLD schoolboy saved his mum after she collapsed....
Dec 14 2007
A CAR flipped on to its roof after hitting a parked vehicle....
Dec 14 2007
LOW blood sugar levels led to the death of a “dedicated” father and a “loving” partner, an inquest has heard....
Dec 14 2007
A NEW £1.2m bypass is bringing benefits to motorists and residents in Fleur de Lys....
Dec 14 2007
A BOY got the best birthday present when he starred alongside Robert Carlyle in his latest film....
Dec 14 2007
POLICE were left stunned when a father gave his teenage son alcohol – just hours after cans of lager had been confiscated from the youngster and his friends....
Dec 14 2007
Golden couple never found out who almost ruined their wedding...
Dec 14 2007
A TEENAGER who was due to star as Cinderella in her school pantomime has died from cancer just days before taking to the stage....
Dec 14 2007
MOTORISTS have been warned against leaving satellite navigation systems in their cars after another theft....
Dec 14 2007
DEDICATED domestic violence patrols will be operating over the festive period to provide specialist support to victims....
Dec 14 2007
A COMMUNITY worker today praised a leisure facility for injecting new life into a village, 15 months after it opened....
Dec 14 2007
A TREE has been planted in commemoration of a charity’s 25th anniversary....
Dec 14 2007
THE Welsh Refugee Council held its annual general meeting on Wednesday at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay....
Dec 14 2007
ON Wednesday the Echo gave an incorrect address for David Case, 44, who was sent to jail for conspiracy to import and supply drugs....
Dec 14 2007
A SIX-YEAR-OLD schoolboy saved his mum after she collapsed....
Dec 14 2007
A MAN has been found dead in his car at a Valleys beauty spot....
Dec 14 2007
House prices in Wales declined for the sixth consecutive month in November and at the fastest pace since May 2005, according to a survey released yesterday....
Dec 14 2007
COMMUNITY projects in the poorest parts of Wales will suffer a double whammy thanks to a decision to divert large amounts of Lottery funding to the London Olympics, a Welsh MP has claimed....
Dec 14 2007
HOME Information Packs (Hips) are introduced for one and two bedroom houses today amid warnings that the roll-out will push affordability for first-time buyers “off the scale”....
Dec 14 2007
AN investigation is being demanded into allegations that Welsh Liberal Democrats broke electoral law by failing to declare a £2,000 donation....
Dec 14 2007
A NEW bar is set to open its doors to clubbers next week....
Dec 14 2007
THE Independents have retained their seat in a Valleys by-election....
Dec 14 2007
YOBS caught drinking at Valleys stations have been warned they will face police action....
Dec 14 2007
LITTLE stars at a day nursery have put on a dazzling performance of the Christmas story....
Dec 14 2007
ON Wednesday the Echo gave an incorrect address for David Case, 44, who was sent to jail for conspiracy to import and supply drugs....
Dec 14 2007
POLICE are investigating two robberies in inner-city streets within an hour of each other....
Dec 14 2007
IT’S 10 days before Christmas, so most men, me included, are starting to think about their Christmas shopping....
Dec 14 2007
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after two women had their handbags snatched on the same street in Caerphilly within a day of each other....
Dec 14 2007
COUNCIL tax rises or local authority service cuts could be on the way....
Dec 14 2007
A COLD snap from Scandinavia is turning Wales “crispy white” and flurries of sleet and snow are settling on high ground as mid winter bites....
Dec 14 2007
A FATHER-OF-TWO was in intensive care yesterday – less than 24 hours after being found guilty of murdering his adulterous wife and attempting to murder their two-year- old son....
Dec 14 2007
THE family of a shipping clerk brutally murdered on her way home from a Christmas party said yesterday their pain will “never go away” after her killer died in jail....
Dec 14 2007
LOW blood sugar levels led to the death of a “dedicated” father and a “loving” partner, an inquest heard yesterday....
Dec 14 2007
A RETIRED civil engineer has raised serious questions about the safety of the LNG pipeline taking gas across Wales....
Dec 14 2007
THE costly legal battle that at one stage threatened the future of regional rugby at the Ospreys ended yesterday with both sides claiming success....
Dec 14 2007
COLIN HART’S articulated lorry ploughed into M4 safety barriers after he collapsed at the wheel, an inquest heard yesterday....
Dec 14 2007
POLICE have launched a five-pronged attack aimed at slashing the disruption caused by major crashes on the M4, the Western Mail can reveal today....
Dec 14 2007
WALES’ top doctor has called on people to improve their sexual health practices over Christmas in a bid to stem the “rising tide” of sexually transmitted infections....
Dec 14 2007
CHARLOTTE CHURCH and Gavin Henson would become the newest members of the so-called Cheshire set’s glitterati should the couple settle in the north of England, celebrity watchers said yesterday....
Dec 14 2007
HARD-WORKING staff at a Welsh ambulance station will be enjoying a very merry Christmas this year thanks to lady luck....
Dec 14 2007
GORDON BROWN flexed his political muscles towards the Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Parliament yesterday, telling them “This is devolution, not federalism”....
Dec 14 2007
A CORONER said yesterday he would support further DNA tests on a rubber glove which killed a severely autistic resident at a care home....
Dec 14 2007
TAILBACKS of up to seven miles were triggered on the M4 yesterday when three people were seriously injured in a walking-along-the-motorway crash....
Dec 14 2007
HEALTH chiefs were yesterday writing to 950 patients whose details were on a stolen computer....
Dec 14 2007
A MAN who was yesterday jailed indefinitely for killing a pensioner who intervened in a row could be out in less than three years....
Dec 14 2007
THE peer behind plans to make the pill available to under 16s from England’s chemists last night called for pilot schemes in Wales....
Dec 14 2007
SOUTH Wales Police have come under scrutiny after eight deaths in custody in two years....
Dec 14 2007
A MURDERER remains in intensive care after collapsing in his prison cell....
Dec 14 2007
A CRAZY morning of madness came to one Cardiff company today with the arrival of Keith Chegwin and the GMTV crew....
Dec 14 2007
WOULD you like the fantastic opportunity to take your whole street skating at the bmibaby Cardiff Winter Wonderland?...
Dec 14 2007
PRISONERS hoping to receive illegal festive gifts from visitors this Christmas are being warned they will face the consequences....
Dec 14 2007
ONE of Cadw’s longest-serving members is retiring after 40 years’ service....
Dec 14 2007
FOR the cost of £1 you could become a Friend of Cefn Fforest Eco Park....
Dec 14 2007
A NEW communities website is to be officially launched by Welsh Deputy Minister for Regeneration, Leighton Andrews....
Dec 14 2007
THIS is the battered face of grandfather David Atwood who was punched and headbutted as he tried to protect his daughter....
Dec 14 2007
AT the time he punched and headbutted David Atwood, Jamie Pilcher was on bail after being charged with drug dealing....
Dec 14 2007
A FATHER-OF-TWO was in intensive care yesterday – less than 24 hours after being found guilty of murdering his adulterous wife and attempting to murder their two-year- old son....
Dec 14 2007
THE family of a shipping clerk brutally murdered on her way home from a Christmas party said yesterday their pain will “never go away” after her killer died in jail....
Dec 14 2007
PLANS to build more than 100 flats have been thrown into disarray after councillors labelled them as rabbit hutches....
Dec 14 2007
LITTLE stars at a day nursery have put on a dazzling performance of the Christmas story....
Dec 14 2007
CONCERNS for two community post offices earmarked for closure may be highlighted at a conference proposed by an MP....
Dec 14 2007
PIZZA lovers were in for a special treat as some dough-lightful Roman sculptures went on show in a city restaurant....
Dec 14 2007
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a grandmother who veered across a road into the path of an oncoming car....
Dec 14 2007
GYPSY traveller accommodation is to be improved with a £1.7m grant....
Dec 14 2007
PROTESTERS will be demonstrating against the French delicacy pâté de foie gras....
Dec 14 2007
THEY got their kit off and posed for a saucy calendar to raise funds for a new strip and equipment – and it’s proved to be a Christmas cracker!...
Dec 14 2007
A NEW bar is set to open its doors to clubbers next week....
Dec 14 2007
A TRUANCY patrol stopped 54 children who were out and about during school time....
Dec 14 2007
A WELSH MP was due to hand over £2,500 to Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice today....
Dec 14 2007
A SQUAD of soccer stars brought surprise Christmas cheer and a sack of presents to cancer patients at a South Wales hospital....
Dec 14 2007
LEGAL aid funding has been granted for more than 1,000 cases in Wales to help the most vulnerable....
Dec 14 2007
BUILDING a barrage across the Severn to generate electricity would do irreversible damage to important natural habitats, the Environment Agency’s chief executive warned yesterday....
Dec 14 2007
THE fiasco over the capture of 15 Royal Navy sailors by Iran and the later decision to let them sell their stories to the press was a “national embarrassment”, a committee of MPs says....
Dec 14 2007
GORDON BROWN issued a stern reminder yesterday that power in the post-devolution age still resides at Westminster....
Dec 14 2007
AN UNEXPECTED visitor to Cardiff Bay caused quite a stir when he abseiled down the side of the Wales Millennium Centre....
Dec 14 2007
A “LOVELY” man died behind the wheel of his car after it careered into a wall....
Dec 14 2007
SOUTH Wales Police have come under scrutiny after eight deaths in custody in two years....
Dec 14 2007
A TEENAGER who was due to play Cinderella in her school pantomime has died from cancer just days before her starring role....
Dec 14 2007
TRAIN passengers in South Wales are experiencing fewer delays....
Dec 14 2007
THIS is the councillor who has been given the task of sorting out the controversial traffic changes in Cardiff’s St Mary Street....
Dec 14 2007
A COUSIN of murdered shipping clerk Geraldine Palk said today “the pain will never go away” despite her killer’s death....
Dec 14 2007
A COUNCIL meeting was overrun with protesters with four picket lines set up outside Cardiff’s City Hall....
