Articles...
Feb 21 2008
COUNCILS bought meat for school dinners from E.coli butcher William Tudor because he was cheap, despite being aware of complaints, the public inquiry heard today....
Feb 21 2008
A POLICE officer who witnessed a scuffle between two colleagues in a briefing room told a court today he has “never seen anything like it” in his career....
Feb 21 2008
THE Bishop of St Davids has announced he is separating from his wife....
Feb 21 2008
A SOLDIER used internet chat rooms in a bid to orchestrate the kidnapping of young children whom he planned to drug and sexually assault, a jury heard yesterday....
Feb 21 2008
A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition has opened to the public....
Feb 21 2008
BUS and rail passengers travelling in and out of Cardiff are being warned of changes being made to accommodate the sold-out Wales versus Italy rugby match on Saturday....
Feb 21 2008
WOMEN who turn up at a women’s refuge with just the clothes on their backs will be given a welcome pack....
Feb 21 2008
A “BARDIC” armchair linked to Llanddewi Brefi, made famous by the similarity of its name to a village in popular BBC comedy series Little Britain, is to go under the hammer tomorrow....
Feb 21 2008
IT WAS once a sleepy little village wedged between Cardiff and the Valleys....
Feb 21 2008
TWO Welsh politicians were among 46 individuals named yesterday by the Electoral Commission as having registered donations late....
Feb 21 2008
THERE’S still time to vote for the winner of the Echo’s Pet Idol competition....
Feb 21 2008
TEACHERS are being given a helping hand by a restaurant chain with the launch of a new free education pack....
Feb 21 2008
A DRUG addict begged magistrates to lock him up so that he could get help for his dependence....
Feb 21 2008
FROM stage to screen to ... council chamber?...
Feb 21 2008
A CHURCH is calling for faces old and new to share their memories to help celebrate its anniversary....
Feb 21 2008
A YOUNG singing sensation is required to join a team of talented actors for their latest show....
Feb 21 2008
A BARNARDO’S Cymru manager has been short-listed in the Leading Wales Awards for her work with children and young people who are sexually exploited....
Feb 21 2008
REGULARS at the troubled Maltings pub say it has been transformed into one of the best in Cardiff....
Feb 21 2008
ENGRAVINGS made by a Welsh wildlife artist dubbed a “genius” by the late Sir Kyffin Williams fetched £15,780 at auction yesterday....
Feb 21 2008
AROUND 200 lambs were killed when a lorry overturned in South Wales....
Feb 21 2008
TALENTED and gifted pupils in Wales are not being adequately supported by local councils, schools have told the Audit Commission....
Feb 21 2008
WELSH ministers are missing out on more than £8m because Whitehall has decided a quango that operates only in England actually benefits the whole of the UK....
Feb 21 2008
THE leading crew member on a yacht drowned during a national championship race held in Wales when a hook on his harness caught on a mast’s support wire, an inquest heard yesterday....
Feb 21 2008
WELSH motorists should expect the cost of petrol to continue to rise despite a 10% fall in crude oil prices within the past month, motoring groups warned yesterday....
Feb 21 2008
A MAN appeared in court yesterday accused of murdering a mother of four....
Feb 21 2008
A PIONEERING strategy that has drastically reduced the suicide rate in Scotland has been offered as a blueprint to help reduce the problem in Wales....
Feb 21 2008
RESIDENTS living in Riverside and Grangetown have blamed the traffic experiment in Cardiff’s St Mary Street for increasing congestion on their roads....
Feb 21 2008
A WOMAN who left the Rhondda as a seven-year-old is returning home to become the country’s top civil servant – aiming to make Wales the best small country in the world....
Feb 21 2008
“IT’S like a big warm bath – but you can swim in it,” laughed Louise Cole....
Feb 21 2008
THE Crown won the right to claim “squatter’s rights” yesterday after winning a titanic legal struggle with a “Lord of the Manor” who claimed ownership of vast tracts of the River Severn estuary....
Feb 21 2008
YOUNG volunteers have celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Council for Wales Voluntary Youth Sector (CWVYS) with Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy....
Feb 21 2008
CARDIFF council’s executive was today giving the go-ahead for the weekly collection of food waste....
Feb 21 2008
WORK is set to begin on new facilities for a pitch and putt golf course at a city park....
Feb 21 2008
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to make St David’s Day a bank holiday in Wales....
Feb 21 2008
BLOOD donors will get an extra special treat in the run-up to St David’s Day thanks to Brace’s Bakery....
Feb 21 2008
BUDDING young cricketers in Cardiff can look forward to playing at a home of their own – thanks to the Echo....
Feb 21 2008
A CARDIFF artist has won two commissions to display her work in Dubai....
Feb 21 2008
A 40-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court charged with 16 counts of downloading child pornography from the internet....
Feb 21 2008
A TEACHER accused of being unable to stop children setting off firecrackers in his classroom, told a disciplinary hearing yesterday how being attacked by a pupil permanently changed his attitude to his job....
Feb 21 2008
THE Army has been called in to perform a “mine sweep” over a picturesque Welsh lake to search for unexploded World War II bombs....
Feb 21 2008
MINISTERS yesterday tried to force the pace on welfare reform with plans to force the long-term unemployed to work and encourage GPs to issue “well notes” to help cut the numbers on incapacity benefit....
Feb 21 2008
THE convention examining whether Wales wants a referendum on a Scottish-style parliament needs to connect with ordinary people rather than political elites, the man who will chair it has said....
Feb 21 2008
BLAMING “phantom” opponents of the Welsh language for Labour’s disappointing election results risks splitting the party, Valleys AM Huw Lewis has warned....
Feb 21 2008
A CHILDREN’S drink that looks like a syringe has been slammed by parents and drug counsellors who say it should be taken off the shelves....
Feb 21 2008
BEING five minutes late for the pharmacy led heroin user John Coleman to buy the £200 worth of the class A drug which police found in his pocket in City Road, Cardiff....
Feb 21 2008
THE use of a single vacuum packing machine for both raw and cooked meat at E.coli butcher William Tudor’s factory was “like playing Russian Roulette”....
Feb 21 2008
A UNIQUE car has hit the streets in a bid to drive Wales to pull off an Italian Job in their campaign for Six Nations glory....
Feb 21 2008
A STUNNING bronze sculpture of a raven has been hacked away from its base and stolen just weeks after it was placed along a popular woodland walk....
Feb 21 2008
A POLICE officer accused of punching a colleague during a row over who should drive a van claimed yesterday he acted in self-defence....
Feb 21 2008
AN £8.8m package to help farmers recover from the effects of last year’s outbreaks of foot-and-mouth was described yesterday as “a total disgrace”....
Feb 21 2008
A PENSIONER had his jaw broken in two places after being wrongly accused of being a burglar....
Feb 21 2008
FIREFIGHTERS from across South Wales were called to deal with a chemical find when 20 barrels were dumped on the roadside....
Feb 21 2008
A POLICE officer has said sorry for hitting a colleague in a schoolboy-style squabble over cups of tea....
Feb 21 2008
ALMOST half of all emergency ambulances failed to reach critically ill patients within eight minutes....
Feb 21 2008
THE use of a single vacuum-packing machine for both raw and cooked meat at E.coli butcher William Tudor’s factory was “like playing Russian roulette”....
Feb 21 2008
A FORMER GP has been appointed to the most powerful civil service post in the Welsh Assembly Government....
Feb 21 2008
AUSTRALIA’S Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard couldn’t contain her laughter after being voted second in a poll of the nation’s sexiest women run by a raunchy men’s magazine....
Feb 21 2008
A FILM student has found himself in his own fantasy adventure after winning £56,000 on the Lotto....
Feb 21 2008
ARE you a man who loves to shop?...
Feb 21 2008
WELSH sport chiefs are on the lookout for inspirational individuals for Adult Learners Week in May....
Feb 21 2008
TWO organisations have won Severnside annual Recycling Awards...
Feb 21 2008
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a chip pan fire in a house....
Feb 21 2008
A TEACHER accused of failing to stop children setting off firecrackers in class has claimed an attack by a pupil changed his attitude to his job....
Feb 21 2008
BUNCHES of colourful flowers were today the only visible symbol of the grief wracking a community after the death of teenager Jenna Parry....
Feb 21 2008
“I wouldn’t pay £4 for a pint. The prices in Cardiff at the moment are fairly reasonable. Prices are going up quickly though.”...
Feb 21 2008
THE stepfather of one of the first suicide victims from Bridgend borough today called on vulnerable young people to think of their families....
Feb 21 2008
A £125,000 boost for community arts development for the Valleys was revealed today....
Feb 21 2008
A NEW sports stadium could be built in Bridgend as the town’s rugby league side bids for a Super League franchise....
Feb 21 2008
A DYING biker’s last wish to go to his final resting place in a blaze of glory has been granted....
Feb 21 2008
EDUCATION chiefs fear there will not be enough cash to fund a learning revolution planned for primary schools in Wales....
