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Mar 5 2008
A SHAMBOLIC communication system meant senior health officials could not be contacted when the E.coli outbreak began, the public inquiry heard today....
Mar 5 2008
A PENSIONER who allegedly confessed murder to his cats was more concerned for their welfare after the killing than his dead partner, a jury heard....
Mar 5 2008
A POLICE officer sexually assaulted a woman in front of her two young children, a court heard yesterday....
Mar 5 2008
WELSH star Cerys Matthews will dare to go bare to launch national make-up-free day....
Mar 5 2008
THE reopened Ebbw Valley rail line was completed more than £8.4m over budget, it has been revealed....
Mar 5 2008
SHOPPERS will see Welsh pork and bacon disappearing from shelves because of financial pressures on the industry, campaigners warned yesterday....
Mar 5 2008
A HARD-HITTING investigation into the state of school toilets fell through the gaps in the wake of the Clywch inquiry and the death of a pupil in a school bus accident....
Mar 5 2008
THE COUPLE: Daniela Volpi, 22, a collections adviser, of Whitchurch, Cardiff, and Keri Griffiths, 24, a collections assistant manager, of New Tredegar. The couple have now made their home off Bute Street, Cardiff....
Mar 5 2008
COUNCILLORS in Merthyr Tydfil are due to meet behind closed doors to consider a report about an opencast mining scheme today....
Mar 5 2008
THE mum of teenage football prodigy Gareth Bale today spoke of her pride in watching her son play in the Premiership....
Mar 5 2008
AN MP met the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission to discuss media coverage of suicides in a South Wales town....
Mar 5 2008
THE Cardiff Institute for the Blind is mounting a horse-racing themed Spring Ball to whip up vital funds....
Mar 5 2008
HEAVYWEIGHT boxing champ Evander Holyfield met fans in Cardiff as he promoted his new book....
Mar 5 2008
LIQUIDATION is the only solution for the troubled Cardiff Chamber of Commerce....
Mar 5 2008
VIOLENT attacks at a privately-run prison leapt by more than a third, according to official statistics....
Mar 5 2008
THE controversial way Wales is funded is to be reviewed, it has been reported....
Mar 5 2008
GLAMORGAN Cricket’s redeveloped ground has a new name following a million-pound-plus sponsorship deal....
Mar 5 2008
AN independent South Wales brewer has served up drinks for the country’s top politician....
Mar 5 2008
THE case of a musical deemed blasphemous when it came to the Wales Millennium Centre will not be heard in the highest court in the land....
Mar 5 2008
IT COSTS £15,000, has a top speed of 56 mph, costs just 1.12p a mile to run, and takes around 10 hours to recharge....
Mar 5 2008
SNIPING between Cardiff Bay and Whitehall over the decision to scrap parking fees at Welsh hospitals continued yesterday, with a senior Welsh Minister saying criticism from England over waiting lists was causing “unnecessary tension”....
Mar 5 2008
PUBLIC toilets in a Welsh town have been forced to close because of users abusing staff working there....
Mar 5 2008
THEY’RE often stereotyped as a generation of moaners....
Mar 5 2008
A HELPLINE for male victims of domestic violence was launched in Wales yesterday....
Mar 5 2008
FALKLANDS veteran Simon Weston is to join a Tory Commission to advise David Cameron on welfare in the Armed Services....
Mar 5 2008
A CO-OP security guard was left traumatised when a thief pointed a handgun at his face and told him he was about to be “wasted”....
Mar 5 2008
A FORMER insider at a business support company that recently crashed has blamed the Welsh Assembly Government for the firm’s demise....
Mar 5 2008
A TROPICAL plant known as the voodoo lily is causing a bit of a stink after blooming for the first time at a Welsh attraction....
Mar 5 2008
ASSEMBLY members will be required to stretch their working week under a deal agreed yesterday....
Mar 5 2008
“DON’T call me a hero,” cries Prince Harry. Okay, I won’t. And neither should anyone else....
Mar 5 2008
A SPATE of thefts from gardens has sparked a warning from police for homeowners to keep fences in good repair and install security lighting....
Mar 5 2008
A 39-YEAR-OLD man has been given a three-year football banning order....
Mar 5 2008
VIOLENT attacks at a privately-run prison leapt by more than a third, according to official statistics....
Mar 5 2008
GLAMORGAN Cricket’s redeveloped ground has a new name following a million-pound-plus sponsorship deal....
Mar 5 2008
WAS your car broken into on Valentine’s Day?...
Mar 5 2008
OPPONENTS of the development of a former school site are questioning whether proper consultation procedures were followed....
Mar 5 2008
IT’S been 10 years since Frazer Richards, James Buckthought, Lee Cochran and Mark Jones lost one of their best friends to cancer....
Mar 5 2008
THE boss of a cake factory causing neighbours headaches today said: “We were here first.”...
Mar 5 2008
THE Assembly Government was today at loggerheads with a London Labour minister after he criticised Wales’ free hospital parking plan....
Mar 5 2008
YOUNGSTERS today usually know far more about the internet than their parents, or indeed their teachers....
Mar 5 2008
A CALL for children to get lessons in using social networking websites has been attacked by teachers and parents....
Mar 5 2008
A HARD-HITTING investigation into the state of school toilets fell through the gaps in the wake of the Clywch inquiry and the death of a pupil in a school bus accident....
Mar 5 2008
A HELPLINE for battered boyfriends and husbands has been launched after a successful pilot....
Mar 5 2008
IF you have a local shopkeeper, grocer, butcher or publican who you think deserves a special award for their fabulous service then we want to hear about them....
Mar 5 2008
IT WAS a piece of cake for Welsh opera star Bryn Terfel to take time out of his busy schedule to help children with cerebral palsy....
Mar 5 2008
TORCHWOOD fan Ceri Street raised £377 for a charity close to her heart while getting her hands on a signed framed photograph of the programme’s cast....
Mar 5 2008
A 23-YEAR-OLD man has admitted kerb-crawling....
Mar 5 2008
THOUSANDS of lives could be saved thanks to a Cardiff businessman who has helped raise £53,000 for The Meningitis Trust by cycling 1,000 miles....
Mar 5 2008
A NEW showroom will be selling dresses worn by the stars....
Mar 5 2008
IF you have a local shopkeeper, grocer, butcher or publican who you think deserves a special award for their fabulous service then we want to hear about them....
Mar 5 2008
A SCHOOL dinner lady escaped jail after glassing a man in a restaurant – because it was his own fault....
Mar 5 2008
A VALLEYS boy who grew up watching films at Treorchy’s Parc and Dare theatre is now working on some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters....
Mar 5 2008
A 39-YEAR-OLD man has been given a three-year football banning order....
Mar 5 2008
A SPATE of thefts from gardens has sparked a warning from police for homeowners to keep fences in good repair and install security lighting....
Mar 5 2008
MORE than £88,000 of taxpayers’ money has been paid out in compensation to Welsh Assembly Government employees involved in accidents at work, we can reveal today....
Mar 5 2008
ELDERLY allotment holders and disabled horse riders in a Valleys town face being evicted....
Mar 5 2008
“DON’T call me a hero,” cries Prince Harry. Okay, I won’t. And neither should anyone else....
Mar 5 2008
A SCHOOLGIRL claims she was raped near a river where groups of youngsters met to socialise and drink lager and cider last summer....
Mar 5 2008
A RUGBY-LOVING postie who single-handedly set up eight junior teams at a small Valleys club has been nominated for an award....
Mar 5 2008
POP band Girls Aloud have announced a second Cardiff date on Tuesday, June 3....
Mar 5 2008
PEOPLE power in a city suburb has led to an improvement in road safety....
Mar 5 2008
A CARDIFF Bay restaurant is to spice things up by hosting a competition to find South Wales’ top curry recipe....
Mar 5 2008
A RETIRED Cardiff lecturer has written an account of his life growing up in rural Yorkshire....
Mar 5 2008
AN after-school gardening club will be set up at a South Wales Valleys school thanks to Lottery funding....
Mar 5 2008
BEST-SELLING children’s author Jacqueline Wilson is to sign copies of her new book tomorrow....
Mar 5 2008
A NEW survey begs the question – are young people today badly served by public services or are they just a grumpy generation?...
Mar 5 2008
FORMER colleagues of mobile phone salesman-turned-singer Paul Potts said today they were delighted his story is to be made into a Hollywood movie....
Mar 5 2008
A HELPLINE for battered boyfriends and husbands has been launched after a successful pilot....
Mar 5 2008
SOME communities have seen a rise in late-night violence after the introduction of round-the-clock drinking, the Government admitted yesterday, as it promised a fresh crackdown on troublespots....
Mar 5 2008
EXOTIC holidays, home extensions and paying their partner to be a house husband....
Mar 5 2008
“COWBOY cabbies” are once again being urged to keep one eye in the rear-view mirror as authorities step up their campaign against them....
Mar 5 2008
A HARD-HITTING investigation into the state of school toilets slipped through the net in the wake of the Clywch inquiry and the death of a child in a school bus accident....
Mar 5 2008
A SCHEME to crack down on drinking in public across swathes of Cardiff city centre has been approved by councillors....
Mar 5 2008
INVESTIGATORS today confirmed a fire at the Royal Mint was started by an electrical fault....
Mar 5 2008
CHARLOTTE Church has lost four stone thanks to a vibrating fitness machine....
Mar 5 2008
PASSENGERS planning to fly from South Wales can now browse online flights and fares in Welsh. Cardiff International Airport’s www.cwlfly.com has gone bilingual so users can choose whether to read Welsh or English....
Mar 5 2008
FALKLANDS War veteran Simon Weston has accused the Government of betraying British heroes....
Mar 5 2008
A BUDDING teenage plumber has scooped an award for his acting skills....
Mar 5 2008
FIRE crews were called to fight a blaze which spread to the roof of a house in a city estate today....
Mar 5 2008
TWO vicars have called for the Bishop of St Davids to face an investigation to establish whether he has given “just cause for scandal” after announcing he was separating from his wife....
Mar 5 2008
HEART attack patients will today call on the Welsh Assembly Government to improve access to life-saving rehabilitation services....
Mar 5 2008
WELSH schools should give children lessons in how to use Facebook and other social networking internet sites, it was warned last night....
Mar 5 2008
LAW LORDS have refused to hear a blasphemy case concerning the musical Jerry Springer – The Opera....