Articles...
Jan 9 2008
A £100M marina development described as one of the most innovative in the UK was given the go-ahead yesterday....
Jan 9 2008
A JOBLESS scaffolder burst out laughing when his drunken exploits were described in court....
Jan 9 2008
SUPERMARKETS are likely to see changes to their Code of Practice after the Competition Commission decided some are “just too ruthless” towards farmers....
Jan 9 2008
PREPARATIONS are under way for the funeral of a South Wales man who was murdered hours before his son’s 21st birthday party....
Jan 9 2008
UPMARKET food chain Waitrose is set to open its first supermarket in Cardiff – in a former DIY store....
Jan 9 2008
A SPATE of car crimes near businesses and car parks in Cardiff Bay has been halted after three prolific thieves were caught....
Jan 9 2008
PUPILS returned to school to find their minibus had been torched by vandals....
Jan 9 2008
A JUDGE is to decide today whether or not a senior manager at the National Assembly groped and assaulted a colleague....
Jan 9 2008
POLICE are investigating after two handbags were stolen from a house....
Jan 9 2008
SCIENTISTS appear to have discovered a “holy grail” of cancer research by training the body’s immune system to hunt down the killer cells....
Jan 9 2008
WALES’ accident and emergency departments must be expanded if they are to meet a new 15-minute handover target, say the Conservatives....
Jan 9 2008
PLANS are being drawn up for Wales’ first nurse-led NHS walk-in centre, the Western Mail can reveal today....
Jan 9 2008
WALKERS are being urged to look out for marine turtles stranded on beaches, after several were found washed up in recent days....
Jan 9 2008
LONG working hours mean fathers are missing out on spending around a month a year with their children, according to new figures....
Jan 9 2008
MINISTERS are funding an inquiry into the operation of the police DNA database, it was revealed today....
Jan 9 2008
A JUDGE is to decide today whether or not a senior manager at the Welsh Assembly groped and assaulted a colleague....
Jan 9 2008
ENTERTAINER Roy Noble has reinvented himself by shaving off his beard for the first time in almost 34 years....
Jan 9 2008
A COUPLE must pay more than £3,600 after neglecting their pet dog so badly that a vet thought he would die....
Jan 9 2008
THE family of former Echo journalist John O’Sullivan are raising funds for the Noah’s Ark Appeal which supports the first dedicated children’s hospital for Wales....
Jan 9 2008
ROY Noble has shaved his beard off for the first time in almost 34 years....
Jan 9 2008
A ROBBER threatened a 58-year-old pub-goer with a knife after he had left a city drinking spot....
Jan 9 2008
A NEW wonder gum which could reduce the unsightly mess left on city streets has gone on show in Cardiff....
Jan 9 2008
TWO public meetings putting police in the spotlight are being held by South Wales Police Authority....
Jan 9 2008
A TERMINALLY-ILL African woman who has lived in South Wales for five years was today said to be “distressed and confused” as she was sent home....
Jan 9 2008
BRIAN LITTLE has signed Chester City pair Phil Bolland and Gavin Ward to bolster Wrexham’s efforts to save their league status....
Jan 9 2008
ALMOST one third of Welsh workers face being locked into three-year pay settlements after Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised yesterday to get tough on public sector wages....
Jan 9 2008
ALMOST one third of Welsh workers face being locked into three-year pay settlements after Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised yesterday to get tough on public sector wages....
Jan 9 2008
PEOPLE who want to play a part in helping police their local area and fight crime are being urged to join their local neighbourhood watch group....
Jan 9 2008
I WAS saddened to hear of the death of John O’Sullivan, who for most of his life was a true campaigner, whether as a journalist or in retirement....
Jan 9 2008
A WOMAN and two paramedics were recovering today after a car collided with an ambulance on a 999 call....
Jan 9 2008
COMPUTER-FRIENDLY politicians have been sharing the details of their daily lives with millions of people on a social networking website....
Jan 9 2008
The couple: Joanna Jones, 28, full-time mum, and Richard Harding, 33, a carpenter, of Llanedeyrn, Cardiff....
Jan 9 2008
DRUNKEN Dafydd Clack disturbed a street of neighbours in a campaign of crime after already burgling their local health centre....
Jan 9 2008
CANCER patients are being given a helping hand to get to hospital thanks to Barclays Bank....
Jan 9 2008
A TEENAGE dad-to-be has been found hanged just three months before the birth of his baby daughter....
Jan 9 2008
DRUNKEN Dafydd Clack disturbed a street of neighbours in a campaign of crime after already burgling their local health centre....
Jan 9 2008
THE sum of £750 may be tiny in comparison with £9m, but for Plaid Cymru it has huge symbolic significance....
Jan 9 2008
PETER HAIN apologised yesterday over the way his bid to become Labour’s deputy leader was run as he faced further questions over the unsuccessful campaign....
Jan 9 2008
BURGLARS broke into 21 homes on 19 roads over two weeks in a Christmas crime spree....
Jan 9 2008
THEY may be in adjoining counties, but the train ride from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth is a marathon that takes more than six hours....
Jan 9 2008
A SENIOR employee of the Wales Audit Office has revealed that he was sent on gardening leave as he was about to begin an investigation into the possible illegal disclosure of confidential patient information from the NHS....
Jan 9 2008
POLICE are appealing for information after thieves stole a television and £100 in cash from a property in Penrhyn Terrace, Phillipstown, New Tredegar....
Jan 9 2008
A FORMER Echo journalist has spoken of the torment of living in Kenya....
Jan 9 2008
WELDER Peter Evans was delighted to be our latest Grab a Grand winner after entering on his wife’s behalf....
Jan 9 2008
A CELEBRITY haunt is closing in two weeks....
Jan 9 2008
A MAGNIFYING glass is believed to have started a fire in the bedroom of a house....
Jan 9 2008
IT is a far cry from Life on Mars. South Wales Police has today been named the most gay-friendly employer in Wales....
Jan 9 2008
YOUNG school children went without their daily intake of calcium when thieves stole 70 cartons of milk from Phillipstown Primary School in New Tredegar....
Jan 9 2008
CARDIFF City’s David versus Goliath FA Cup tie against lowly Chasetown has proved a real money-spinner for fans cashing in on matchday memorabilia....
Jan 9 2008
A GHANAIAN woman who came to study in Wales five years ago has been told she must return to the African country, despite being terminally ill....
Jan 9 2008
A 42-YEAR-OLD man has been given a restraining order banning him from going into three city churches....
Jan 9 2008
A WOMAN and two paramedics were recovering today after a car collided with an ambulance on a 999 call....
Jan 9 2008
STAEDTLER workers are to stage a protest over the closure of their factory at the firm’s headquarters in Germany....
Jan 9 2008
FOUR people were taken to hospital after a collision on a busy valleys road....
Jan 9 2008
SIAN Lloyd (inset) said she is the happiest she has ever been following her whirlwind romance and marriage to millionaire Jonathan Ashman....
Jan 9 2008
THEY may be in adjoining counties, but the train ride from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth is a marathon that takes more than six hours....
Jan 9 2008
A SENIOR employee of the Wales Audit Office has revealed that he was sent on gardening leave as he was about to begin an investigation into the possible illegal disclosure of confidential patient information from the NHS....
Jan 9 2008
PASSENGERS are being left stranded on the platform because they are not being informed when buses replace trains....
Jan 9 2008
A MURDERED Welsh businessman had suffered a series of raids at his South African home before he was shot dead by armed intruders, his family revealed yesterday....
Jan 9 2008
The sister of a Welsh businessman found stabbed to death in his South African home several years ago said last night there is “no hope whatsoever” that the killers of the latest British murder victim will be caught....
