Articles...
Jan 31 2008
FIVE women were yesterday WED sentenced for their involvement in a chain of brothels, including one where former Plaid Cymru Assembly Member Phil Williams died of a heart attack....
Jan 31 2008
HER hellraising past may seem a world away from The Sound of Music, but Cerys Matthews has revealed how she wants her family to be like the musical’s famously harmonious von Trapps....
Jan 31 2008
MORE than 27,000 families in Wales do not receive child maintenance payments they are due, according to figures from the Child Support Agency....
Jan 31 2008
A WELSH socialist choir is to return to Northern Ireland almost 20 years after its first visit, to celebrate peace....
Jan 31 2008
A MAN confessed to killing his secret lover as he awaited trial for her murder....
Jan 31 2008
A FORMER Barclays bank worker narrowly escaped a prison sentence yesterday for using her husband’s overdraft facility to swindle more than £30,000 from her employers....
Jan 31 2008
A MOTHER yesterday relived the moment her nine-year-old son was killed after falling into a waterfall at a popular Welsh beauty spot....
Jan 31 2008
A SHOP owner has admitted selling cider to a child....
Jan 31 2008
A TRAINING organisation providing opportunities for hundreds of South Wales young people is celebrating its silver jubilee....
Jan 31 2008
A FAMOUS male voice choir has performed with Forces’ sweetheart Vera Lynn....
Jan 31 2008
A MALE choir formed more than 40 years ago to improve the singing at Cardiff rugby matches is looking for new members....
Jan 31 2008
WELSH boxing champion Enzo Maccarinelli has confessed to having a childhood crush on Weird Science star Kelly Le Brock....
Jan 31 2008
THE Arts Council of Wales has won praise from financial watchdogs for learning lessons over the risks in awarding lottery cash to major projects....
Jan 31 2008
CHILDREN got a taste of Japan as they learned how to make sushi....
Jan 31 2008
A FORMER Barclays bank worker narrowly avoided jail after using her husband’s overdraft facility to swindle more than £30,000 from her employer....
Jan 31 2008
DROP-IN meditation classes are being held in Cardiff throughout February and March....
Jan 31 2008
A DRUG user has admitted going out equipped with a set of bolt croppers....
Jan 31 2008
RESIDENTS living on contaminated land are set to have their council tax bills cut by £100 a year – and it will be backdated....
Jan 31 2008
POLICE will be on domestic violence patrol during this year’s Six Nations....
Jan 31 2008
PLANS for the second phase of the Children’s Hospital for Wales have been approved by health chiefs in Cardiff....
Jan 31 2008
THE Welsh rugby squad, primed to start their Six Nations assault at Twickenham on Saturday, have given their backing to a charity calendar....
Jan 31 2008
AN AMBULANCE service chief last night expressed his “disgust” at thieves who stole an ambulance on a 999 call....
Jan 31 2008
A FARMER handed an increased council tax bill when his land became useless for grazing after the foot-and-mouth crisis has won his High Court fight against the Inland Revenue....
Jan 31 2008
Situated where the rivers Conwy and Machno meet, the Conwy Falls are one of Snowdonia’s best known attractions....
Jan 31 2008
THE father of a young boy who slipped and fell into a river at a Welsh beauty spot yesterday launched a scathing attack on safety standards at the site....
Jan 31 2008
MANY council tax bills could be reduced by £100 a year if local authorities in Wales were awarded English-style “value for money” ratings, it has been claimed....
Jan 31 2008
PLANS for a new pier and tidal power generation plant that could provide the blueprint for a remodelled Severn Barrage will be unveiled today....
Jan 31 2008
RUBY the Jack Russell is so well travelled she has her own bus pass....
Jan 31 2008
POLICE have named the man found collapsed in a city car park....
Jan 31 2008
A LABOUR councillor has died after a long illness. Former council worker and trade unionist Gordon Lewis lived in Tallis Street, Cwmparc, and was an ex-chairman of Rhondda Labour Party....
Jan 31 2008
A “GROSSLY dangerous driver” who left a pedestrian fighting for his life has failed to win a cut in his jail term....
Jan 31 2008
SOUTH Wales steelworkers who fought and beat the Government to win back their lost savings should get their first extra payments in May....
Jan 31 2008
A COURT case has lifted the lid on how police turn a blind eye to South Wales' illegal sex trade....
Jan 31 2008
A MAN has admitted careless driving after a prison officer died in a crash on his way to work....
Jan 31 2008
TRAINEE electricians across South Wales were recognised at the Electrical Contractors Association awards dinner....
Jan 31 2008
TEN workers who have given more than 25 years of service to an aluminium company have been recognised by bosses....
Jan 31 2008
THE extent to which the authorities “turn a blind eye” to brothels has been revealed in a court case....
Jan 31 2008
Diana Jones openly built up a sex empire of four “massage parlours” in Cardiff and Swindon over two decades, Cardiff Crown Court heard....
Jan 31 2008
A LABOUR councillor has died after a long illness. Former council worker and trade unionist Gordon Lewis lived in Tallis Street, Cwmparc, and was an ex-chairman of Rhondda Labour Party....
Jan 31 2008
THREE former battery hens have returned home to roost after being stolen from their new owner’s garden....
Jan 31 2008
BIG Brother contestant Lisa Jeynes today lost her appeal against a judge’s decision to throw out her libel action....
Jan 31 2008
A CITY centre fashion store has launched an investigation after a schoolgirl claims she found a four-inch blade in her new bag....
Jan 31 2008
A SEVERE weather warning has been issued for Wales....
Jan 31 2008
OUTSPOKEN North Wales chief constable Richard Brunstrom, pictured above, is to apologise to an MP for comments he made about him on a fly-on-the-wall TV documentary....
Jan 31 2008
POLICE were investigating a suspicious death yesterday after a man’s body was found near a sports club....
Jan 31 2008
A MINER who was forced to retire after breaking his neck has been awarded more than £100,000 compensation, it was announced yesterday....
Jan 31 2008
As the Assembly Government considers introducing Welsh honours system, Political Editor Tomos Livingstone wonders whether it’s what Wales really needs...
Jan 31 2008
A QUICK-THINKING teenage skateboarder has been praised by police after snapping a robber on his mobile phone....
Jan 31 2008
POLICE investigating four robberies in Cardiff Bay are urging walkers to take care after dark....
Jan 31 2008
CHILDREN in primary schools throughout Caerphilly are receiving important lessons in safety at this year’s Crucial Crew event...
Jan 31 2008
AN ILLEGAL immigrant has appeared in court charged in connection with maintaining a cannabis factory....
Jan 31 2008
WITH fewer young people to educate, an ageing population, high rates of economic inactivity and a need for a higher skilled workforce, Wales is ripe for change....
Jan 31 2008
THREE former battery hens have returned home to roost after being stolen from their new owner’s garden....
Jan 31 2008
A YOUNG mother had to go into hiding when her ex-lover repeatedly breached restraining orders banning him from contacting her, Cardiff Crown Court has heard....
Jan 31 2008
PUPILS and staff at a Caerphilly comprehensive school are helping in the fight against cancer by putting the ‘fun’ into fundraising....
Jan 31 2008
COMEDY lovers can come along to a fun night where they choose what to laugh about....
Jan 31 2008
THE last time he saw his home town it was in the midst of a depression with up to half its miners out of work and families shrouded in poverty....
Jan 31 2008
ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams yesterday attacked 24-hour drinking as the “tip of the iceberg” in a culture of alcohol abuse in Britain....
Jan 31 2008
THE family of a businessman awarded more than £1.8m compensation after he was killed in an ambulance crash yesterday faced a bid to strip them of most of the payout....
Jan 31 2008
A PETROL station’s bid to sell alcohol and late-night hot food has been met with fierce resistance....
Jan 31 2008
ONE in four Assembly Members has recently employed a spouse, partner or child....
Jan 31 2008
TORY MP Derek Conway last night announced he would step down at the next election, after embroiling the Conservatives in “sleaze” allegations over payments to his family....
Jan 31 2008
A HEALTH expert has called on Wales to introduce its own public health law to counter growing obesity levels and poor lifestyles....
Jan 31 2008
LABOUR MPs are increasingly worried civil service pay rates are undermining attempts to improve the Welsh economy....
Jan 31 2008
PLAID CYMRU should concentrate on making the new devolution settlement work rather than talk about a referendum on a Welsh parliament “every five minutes”, the party’s leader at Westminster Elfyn Llwyd said yesterday....
Jan 31 2008
THE Arts Council of Wales has put its house in order since a major funding debacle at the beginning of this decade, according to a report published today....
Jan 31 2008
WOMEN from black and ethnic minorities are achieving success thanks to the work of a charity....
Jan 31 2008
ONE of Wales’ richest businessmen has died at the age of 85....
Jan 31 2008
A CONCERT and prize draw has raised more than £2,000 for charity....
Jan 31 2008
A SUPERMARKET car park on top of three disused mines now sits on thousands of metres of foam....
Jan 31 2008
A CARAVANETTE believed to have been stolen from Cardiff was found burnt out on Caerphilly Mountain last night....
Jan 31 2008
WELSH companies have a major role to play in tackling climate change, says Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones....
Jan 31 2008
BINGO jackpot grandmother Christine Bradfield is back at work!...
Jan 31 2008
A MAN has admitted careless driving after a prison officer died in a crash on his way to work....
Jan 31 2008
A “GROSSLY dangerous driver” who left a pedestrian fighting for his life has failed to win a cut in his jail term....
