Articles...
Feb 1 2008
It’s been a hectic few months for Cerys Matthews, who has been making headlines for her love life rather than her music. But, as Sarah Miloudi discovers, she’s about to return to what she does best with a mini tour of Wales...
Feb 1 2008
WHEN your boyfriend puts your hamster in the rain, do you: 1) phone a friend, 2) attempt a solo rescue, or 3) dial 999?...
Feb 1 2008
NICK CLEGG yesterday used his first visit to Wales since winning the Liberal Democrat leadership contest to press for greater devolution....
Feb 1 2008
A GENERATION of ultra health-conscious young women are ditching sugar-laden fizzy drinks in favour of bottled water and fruit juices, a new report suggests....
Feb 1 2008
A MAN who robbed his own grandfather, holding a seven-inch blade to the pensioner’s throat, was today behind bars....
Feb 1 2008
At 23 years of age, Joe Blackman is the youngest Justice of the Peace on the Cardiff bench, and one of the youngest magistrates in Wales and the UK. Sally Williams went to meet him...
Feb 1 2008
A SOUTH Wales ex-pat killed his wife and kept her remains in a metal drum for 23 years, a court heard....
Feb 1 2008
A REGENERATION scheme is planned in Cathays, Cardiff....
Feb 1 2008
LOCAL authorities in Wales have defended the increase in middle managers earning more than £50,000 a year....
Feb 1 2008
PICTURES of South Wales’ perfect pets have been flooding in for the Echo’s Pet Idol 2008 competition....
Feb 1 2008
MPS can spend up to £87,276 annually – soon to be increased to £96,630 – to fund researchers, secretaries and assistants to staff their offices....
Feb 1 2008
LARGE swathes of Wales are among the “safest” parts of Britain, new figures showed yesterday....
Feb 1 2008
WELSH parents are among those buying stab-proof clothing to protect their children against knife crime and bullying, the Western Mail has learned....
Feb 1 2008
THE parents of a young boy who slipped and fell to his death in a river said yesterday they want their loss to remind landowners around the UK to maintain vigorous safety standards....
Feb 1 2008
A MANAGER working for a Welsh communications firm was sacked after her boss spied on her using a webcam, it emerged yesterday....
Feb 1 2008
GRAFFITI which blights bus stops, walls, play areas and parks is about to be blitzed using a special machine manned by young offenders....
Feb 1 2008
CARDIFF City fans are calling for a statue of FA Cup-winning captain Fred Keenor (above) – hopefully to be placed at the club’s new stadium....
Feb 1 2008
MOTORISTS travelling between South Wales and England face four months of weekend delays on the M48 Severn Bridge....
Feb 1 2008
DRIVERS in one Welsh city face increased parking fines, after plans to get tough over traffic enforcement were approved yesterday....
Feb 1 2008
THE group given the task of improving failing education services in Denbighshire was yesterday urged not to shy away from criticism....
Feb 1 2008
IT MAY be several thousand miles from their more usual habitat in the Arctic seas, but the West Wales coast could be becoming a popular destination for one of the ocean’s most awe-inspiring creatures....
Feb 1 2008
THE parents of a young boy who slipped and fell to his death in a river said yesterday they want their loss to remind landowners around the UK to maintain vigorous safety standards....
Feb 1 2008
WILD weather yesterday forced schools to close and left around 1,000 homes without electricity as Wales braced itself for a wintry end to the week....
Feb 1 2008
RESIDENTS of a Welsh care home for the elderly are trying out a revolutionary games console....
Feb 1 2008
MOTHERS-TO-BE will be offered what are believed to be the first free maternity yoga sessions at a Welsh hospital from today....
Feb 1 2008
TO MOST of us it is the white, delicate harbinger of spring....
Feb 1 2008
MORE than 100 jobs will be created in South Wales when the AA Driving School moves its operation to Cardiff this year....
Feb 1 2008
NEW Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has urged the community of Bridgend to “stick together” to reduce youth suicides....
Feb 1 2008
X FACTOR’S Rhydian Roberts has picked up his music degree....
Feb 1 2008
RESIDENTS are being invited to have their say on the regeneration of Treforest....
Feb 1 2008
FLORENCE Gwyther celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends around her....
Feb 1 2008
A £120M project to create two new hospitals for mental health patients has been given the go-ahead....
Feb 1 2008
A COUPLE who were rescued from their crashed car have thanked the footballers who came to their aid....
Feb 1 2008
THE cost of buying 10 popular breakfast items has soared by 23% in the past five years, according to one supermarket chain....
Feb 1 2008
SIX new stamps have been produced by the Royal Mail – paying tribute to Britain’s canine heroes....
Feb 1 2008
THE butcher jailed for causing the e.coli outbreak has been invited to comment on evidence against him that has been submitted to a public inquiry....
Feb 1 2008
ABOUT 200 children were sent home from a South Wales school after severe weather battered their buildings....
Feb 1 2008
THE number of patients who use A&E departments unnecessarily is to be investigated by the Assembly Government....
Feb 1 2008
REGIONAL airline Eastern Airways is boosting its flights from Cardiff International Airport to Newcastle this summer....
Feb 1 2008
A PREGNANT mum gave birth to her baby in the back seat of the family car as her husband ran for help, because they couldn’t find the maternity ward....
Feb 1 2008
THE Welsh language edition of the Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales is now on the shelves of bookstores....
Feb 1 2008
A BOSS used a webcam to spy on a mobile phone shop manager to catch her chatting to friends and ignoring customers, a tribinal heard....
Feb 1 2008
THE case of a man charged with causing the death of a South Wales mum in a car crash has been adjourned....
Feb 1 2008
A POLICE force is going American to block non-emergency 999 calls....
Feb 1 2008
A JOYRIDER and burglar who says an accused killer confessed to murdering his secret lover has been forced to deny making up the claims in order to net a £20,000 reward....
Feb 1 2008
IT’S not just the aliens fleeing in terror....
Feb 1 2008
THE spate of cannabis factories found in Cardiff is part of organised crime networks spanning the globe, Cardiff’s top police officer said today....
Feb 1 2008
MEMBERS of Canton Chorus will be performing their latest concert on the other side of the city....
Feb 1 2008
PART of a huge £15bn defence training academy earmarked for St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan is being ditched, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday....
Feb 1 2008
FIRST Minister Rhodri Morgan described climate change as “the most important single challenge facing the whole of humanity”....
Feb 1 2008
RESIDENTS of a Welsh care home for the elderly are trying out a revolutionary games console....
Feb 1 2008
MOTHERS-TO-BE will be offered what are believed to be the first free maternity yoga sessions at a Welsh hospital from today....
Feb 1 2008
A TRADER has been given a community service order for selling fake and potentially unsafe Winnie the Pooh and Power Ranger toys in a Welsh market....
Feb 1 2008
WELSH Labour has decided to set up its own think-tank to develop new policies following last year’s disappointing National Assembly election result, it was revealed yesterday....
Feb 1 2008
ONE of Wales’ longest-serving town criers is preparing to retire after 28 years....
Feb 1 2008
A DETECTIVE investigating the murder of grandmother Joyce Sutton admitted to a jury yesterday he handled vital evidence in a way that was “undesirable, unsatisfactory and not according to regulations”....
Feb 1 2008
A WELSHMAN kept up a charade his wife had run off with another man while keeping her remains in a wheelie bin in his back garden for 23 years, a court has been told....
Feb 1 2008
TRAFFIC had to be diverted around Caerphilly town centre after an elderly driver is thought to have collapsed at the wheel of his car which then hit a wall....
Feb 1 2008
FORMER Big Brother contestant Lisa Jeynes today said she was “devastated” after losing her appeal against a judge’s decision to throw out her libel action....
Feb 1 2008
A NEW restaurant which claims to be one of the highest in Britain, providing views across Wales from Liverpool, will open its doors today....
Feb 1 2008
A COUPLE who waited six years for their son’s employer to be prosecuted after he died in an industrial accident said yesterday they were very disappointed after the firm was cleared of negligence....
Feb 1 2008
A HEROIN addict who robbed his sick grandfather at knifepoint was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday....
Feb 1 2008
A DETECTIVE investigating the murder of grandmother Joyce Sutton admitted to a jury yesterday he handled vital evidence in a way that was “undesirable, unsatisfactory and not according to regulations”....
Feb 1 2008
GORDON BROWN last night backed calls for greater public scrutiny of parliamentary expenses, as disgraced MP Derek Conway was suspended from the Commons for 10 days....
Feb 1 2008
WHEN your boyfriend puts your hamster in the rain, do you:...
