Articles...
Jan 2 2008
A PARATROOPER who served in Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts is fighting for his life after a car crash which left his passenger dead....
Jan 2 2008
CLAIMS that average house prices in Wales could drop by 10% before next Christmas are misleading, estate agents said yesterday....
Jan 2 2008
WALES full-back Kevin Morgan was the mystery runner who started this year’s Nos Galan road race....
Jan 2 2008
WELSH Liberal Democrat leader Mike German has set his sights on a positive result in May’s local elections....
Jan 2 2008
A £340,000 bus station has opened in Mid Wales as part of plans to improve rural public transport....
Jan 2 2008
THE extremes of weather which characterised 2007 will continue in the first days of the new year, forecasters predicted yesterday....
Jan 2 2008
AN ESCAPED prisoner, described as a potential risk to the public, was back behind bars yesterday after more than two weeks on the run....
Jan 2 2008
WOMEN who pole dance to keep fit are being invited to take to the stage at a city club....
Jan 2 2008
COMMUNITY funding is being offered for fetes, festivals, shows, tournaments and carnivals by a Cardiff shopping centre. ...
Jan 2 2008
A FIRST-TIME author’s story of coping with the birth of her disabled son has sold more than 10,000 copies in the UK....
Jan 2 2008
NEW Year revellers kept the Welsh Ambulance Service busy, with paramedics responding to hundreds of 999 calls....
Jan 2 2008
PUBLIC transport workers face being assaulted, spat at and even have bricks thrown at them as they provide bus and rail services in South Wales....
Jan 2 2008
LIBRARIES are hoping to attract new members by giving away top prizes....
Jan 2 2008
RUSH-HOUR congestion is resulting in vehicle carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to nearly 2,700 plane trips to Europe, according to a new study....
Jan 2 2008
A HUSBAND and wife who set-up a magazine for young writers, photographers and designers are celebrating a successful first three months....
Jan 2 2008
THE number of prisoners who killed themselves increased dramatically in 2007, figures released by the Ministry of Justice show....
Jan 2 2008
WORKERS are increasingly claiming stress or depression to avoid facing disciplinary action, employers and lawyers claimed yesterday....
Jan 2 2008
THE plight of yob-plagued bus and train staff is one of the most worrying symptoms of the rising tide of violence on our streets....
Jan 2 2008
HIP-HOPERA is set to become the next big thing in South Wales thanks to songwriting workshops....
Jan 2 2008
OSCAR-WINNING actor Sir Anthony Hopkins has celebrated his 70th birthday on New Year’s Eve near his South Wales birthplace....
Jan 2 2008
A RETIRED footballer collapsed and died as he played a round of golf on Boxing Day....
Jan 2 2008
ECHO readers are being reminded to give their views on plans for the city’s new £4m history museum....
Jan 2 2008
THE Welsh Valleys are standing still, while equivalent areas in England and Scotland flourish, according to a damning report....
Jan 2 2008
HOLLYWOOD star Russell Crowe is imminently expected to make an visit to Wales to follow in the footsteps of Donny Osmond and Susan Sarandon and trace his family history here....
Jan 2 2008
AN ESCAPED prisoner, described as a potential risk to the public, was back behind bars yesterday after more than two weeks on the run....
Jan 2 2008
THE Welsh emergency services fielded 999 calls at the rate of almost four a minute overnight on New Year’s Eve, a police inspector said yesterday....
Jan 2 2008
PHOTOGRAPHERS are being wrongly prevented from taking pictures in public places by police who do not understand the law, a trade body said yesterday....
Jan 2 2008
A 39-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a man 11 days after he was allegedly assaulted in a city centre....
Jan 2 2008
WORK to rebuild a doctors’ surgery that was gutted by a blaze could begin as early as April....
Jan 2 2008
IT IS “inevitable” that all drugs will be legalised, a Welsh police chief claimed yesterday....
Jan 2 2008
SUPERMARKETS should only sell free-range chickens, a campaign group urges today....
Jan 2 2008
TRAINS operated by First Great Western are suffering more breakdowns since their maintenance was switched from Wales to England....
Jan 2 2008
A CITY centre bar is predicted to net South Wales councils at least £700,000 when it goes under the hammer, and could be turned into trendy apartments or offices....
Jan 2 2008
THE Government is giving a group of Iranian refugees a “raw deal” by refusing to withdraw a ruling that they belong to a terrorist organisation, according to Welsh politicians....
Jan 2 2008
PROUD parents celebrated the dawning of 2008 with a new addition to their family....
Jan 2 2008
CALLS have been made for a new strategy to help Valleys areas still struggling to cope with the legacy of the industrial past....
Jan 2 2008
A SUDDEN cold snap could bring a chance of snow tomorrow morning....
Jan 2 2008
A TEENAGER was today fighting for his life after an attack early on New Year’s Day....
Jan 2 2008
AFTER a gluttonous Christmas and New Year, thousands of people were waking up across Wales yesterday with a resolution to have a healthy 2008....
Jan 2 2008
THE Territorial Army is marking its centenary with a succession of celebrations throughout the year....
Jan 2 2008
FOR most of us Christmas and New Year are the best times of the year....
Jan 2 2008
SOUTH Wales estate agents have rejected claims that house prices will fall 10 per cent in 2008....
Jan 2 2008
WALES’ biggest rock and roll feud publicly came to an end at an Ebbw Vale couple’s wedding....
Jan 2 2008
SIX children from the Jenny School of Ballet have passed their ballet exams with Merit....