Articles...
Feb 5 2008
BRITISH Waterways is committing £15m to a major programme of repairs for a canal which burst its banks – to reopen it in time for the 2009 cruising season....
Feb 5 2008
THIEVES stole money from a high street bank after ripping a panel from a deposit safe in the lobby....
Feb 5 2008
TWO teenagers have been arrested in connection with the robbery of a female taxi driver last month....
Feb 5 2008
PLANS to blast a quarry on part of ancient woodland in South Wales were withdrawn yesterday....
Feb 5 2008
A MAN who was found dead at a house on Sunday was yesterday named by police....
Feb 5 2008
THE spiralling cost of a privately-funded Welsh trunk road have raised fresh concerns about how the new M4 relief road will be paid for....
Feb 5 2008
A CHILDREN’S nurse was struck off for a year yesterday after she admitted stealing medicine from the hospital where she worked....
Feb 5 2008
TRADERS were counting the cost of vandalism attack today – after a string of shop windows were smashed....
Feb 5 2008
A LANGUAGE Commission should be created with the power to take organisations to court if they discriminate against Welsh speakers, an independent report will recommend today....
Feb 5 2008
A TOP chef is calling for a national trail to help dedicated foodies seek out the best produce in the finest restaurants, farm shops and delis in Wales....
Feb 5 2008
CO-OP stores in Wales have banned the sale of eggs from caged hens....
Feb 5 2008
DOUBTS have been raised about the viability of proposals to establish a Welsh language daily newspaper on the day the Welsh Assembly Government is set to make a crucial announcement about the scheme’s funding....
Feb 5 2008
CONSUMERS in Wales are paying up to 18% more for electricity than customers in England, the Western Mail can reveal today....
Feb 5 2008
A WOMAN who claims she suffered brain damage as a new-born baby 22 years ago following heart treatment at Bristol Royal Infirmary yesterday launched a High Court damages action....
Feb 5 2008
PEOPLE who own their homes outright in Wales are sitting on £65bn of equity....
Feb 5 2008
A SURGE in ticket sales was noticed almost immediately following Wales’ historic victory against England at Twickenham, a WRU spokesman said yesterday....
Feb 5 2008
TRADING Standards’ officers are warning residents to be aware of lottery scammers who are stealing cash and identities....
Feb 5 2008
A PAEDOPHILE obsessed with pornography has been jailed for seven years for raping an underage girl and taking sexually explicit pictures of her....
Feb 5 2008
CASH was stolen from a bank after thieves ripped open a safe and took its contents....
Feb 5 2008
A VAN driver was taken to hospital today after his vehicle overturned in a busy city street....
Feb 5 2008
GWENT Cats Protections is holding an adoption day on Sunday....
Feb 5 2008
A PENARTH paedophile has been jailed for 16 months after indecently touching a teenager....
Feb 5 2008
WELSH celebrities have been among the first people to get their hands on the new Encyclopaedia of Wales....
Feb 5 2008
THE long-awaited rail service from Ebbw Vale to Cardiff is due to begin tomorrow, with none of the pomp and ceremony scheduled for the aborted December opening....
Feb 5 2008
THE first Conservative Secretary of State for Wales, Lord Thomas of Gwydir, has died at the age of 87....
Feb 5 2008
A PRIMARY school headmaster branded a “boy racer” by a judge after a crash which left another man paralysed was yesterday banned from teaching for at least two years....
Feb 5 2008
I READ with interest health correspondent Greg Tindle’s story, ‘24-hour hospital bed wait for OAP’ (Echo, January 30), which gave details of the plight of Valerie Tarr, 79, from Llanrumney, Cardiff....
Feb 5 2008
A GROUP of “eco” designers is working to make a nation of sustainable businesses – thanks to funding from the Welsh Assembly Government....
Feb 5 2008
PANCAKE lovers set for a day of gorging their favourite treats will have a tough job picking the tastiest toppings tonight....
Feb 5 2008
CAERPHILLY MP Wayne David signed a Book of Commitment to honour those killed in the Holocaust....
Feb 5 2008
ELECTRICITY costs South Wales’ families up to 18 per cent more than in England....
Feb 5 2008
GWENT Cats Protections is holding an adoption day on Sunday....
Feb 5 2008
POLICE have targeted a one-way street near a primary school which is being used illegally by some motorists....
Feb 5 2008
A REFERENDUM on the creation of a Welsh Parliament must not be held on the same day as the 2011 Assembly elections, the Liberal Democrats said yesterday....
Feb 5 2008
ROYSTON Moore, accused of murdering his secret lover, told police he didn’t know she’d been murdered after they realised her death was suspicious....
Feb 5 2008
A SPECTACULAR “twister” was spotted off the west coast yesterday, prompting Welsh weather forecasters to warn of more on the way today....
Feb 5 2008
A PENSIONER clambered onto a council office block and smashed up the roof with a hammer, then denied doing the damage in a bid to appear in court, a jury heard yesterday....
Feb 5 2008
WELSH Secretary Paul Murphy has discussed the recent spate of suicides in South Wales with Assembly First Minister Rhodri Morgan, it emerged last night....
Feb 5 2008
A CHAMPION crimper is heading to Chicago to compete in the Hairdressing World Championships – for the sixth time....
Feb 5 2008
THE former mistress of a Welshman accused of killing his wife in Australia and hiding her body for 23 years, has said she always believed her love rival was alive and would return one day....
Feb 5 2008
HARD-LEFT party Respect will select candidates tomorrow to stand in Cardiff at May’s council elections....
Feb 5 2008
VALE MP John Smith joined staff at a children’s hospice to celebrate a £10,000 donation from NatWest and RBS....
Feb 5 2008
ECHO readers have been showing off their pride in their pets, sending us hundreds of pictures for the Pet Idol 2008 competition....
Feb 5 2008
A RUGBY scheme is helping to kick antisocial behaviour into touch....
Feb 5 2008
MP Julie Morgan is looking for nominations for the best South Asian restaurants in her constituency....
Feb 5 2008
CHINESE and Welsh people in the capital will come together to celebrate the start of the Asian nation’s New Year on Sunday....
Feb 5 2008
POLICE are investigating the death of another teenager found hanged in Bridgend....
Feb 5 2008
WELSH Health Minister Edwina Hart has today announced plans to improve the long waits for emergency care in hospitals across South Wales....
Feb 5 2008
PARENTS today questioned why a “boy racer” headteacher jailed for 15 months was allowed back to the classroom while still on licence....
Feb 5 2008
HIGH-LEVEL discussions have taken place over the spate of suicides in South Wales prior to a House of Commons debate on the issue this week....
Feb 5 2008
CAMPAIGNERS, including a druid high priestess, were celebrating today after winning a battle against plans for a limestone quarry....
Feb 5 2008
FOR three years Amy Oliver has kept asking, “Where’s my nana?”...
Feb 5 2008
A REWARD for information leading to the capture of the killers of a Welsh postman was yesterday increased to £100,000....
Feb 5 2008
WELSH international footballer turned film star Vinnie Jones yesterday suffered a disappointing start to this year’s National Hare Coursing Championship in Ireland....
Feb 5 2008
the amount estimated lost by businesses across Britain through lost productivity because of workers’ internet use...
Feb 5 2008
PLANS to ease pressure on over-stretched A&E departments and simplify patient access to emergency care in Wales will be unveiled today....
Feb 5 2008
UP TO 91% of workplace internet use in Wales is spent on social networking sites like Facebook, according to startling new research out today....
Feb 5 2008
THERE is no link between the controversial MMR jab and autism, the largest ever published study on the issue will say today....
Feb 5 2008
FOR the seventh year, staff at the Glendales Fruit Shop in Ely, Cardiff, will be pulling on their silly socks....
Feb 5 2008
WALES rugby hero Martyn Williams helped Marie Curie Cancer Care get its Daffodil appeal off to a blooming great start....
Feb 5 2008
FORMER South Wales Echo journalist Islwyn Evans has died at the age of 82....
Feb 5 2008
TRADITIONAL-STYLE neighbourhood policing is being brought into the 21st Century with the launch of a new website....
Feb 5 2008
AN MP is urging women to join the battle against cancer....
Feb 5 2008
VALLEYS councillor David Lewis has died at the age of 72....
Feb 5 2008
WE may not like cuddling, but we love a good cwtch....
Feb 5 2008
A PROBE has been launched into the leaking of confidential information about a pay deal for Cardiff’s council’s chief executive....
