Articles...
Mar 18 2008
A SERIES of meat inspectors took a "softly-softly" approach towards long-standing hygiene and structural problems at the abattoir which supplied E.coli butcher William Tudor....
Mar 18 2008
A peeping Tom attached a mirror to the end of a piece of wood to spy on his next-door neighbour as she undressed, a court heard today....
Mar 18 2008
TODAY’S Facebook and MySpace users could be haunted by their postings for generations to come, the creator of the World Wide Web warned yesterday....
Mar 18 2008
THE Easter Bunny came early this week to make a special delivery to Barnardo’s Cymru....
Mar 18 2008
CANCER patient Kate Williams will be joining a group of women called The Pink Feet on a run to raise money for charity....
Mar 18 2008
YOUNGSTERS will have some delicious Easter Eggs to tuck into this weekend thanks to the ride-outclub.com....
Mar 18 2008
BLUEBIRDS stars kicked off the Echo’s roadshow in Cardiff city centre, with fans queuing up to meet Steve Thompson and Glenn Loovens....
Mar 18 2008
Business editor Sion Barry looks at the current turmoil in global equity markets and assesses the outlook for the UK economy...
Mar 18 2008
THE Welsh tourism industry is gearing up for a four-week boomtime because schools will take their Easter holidays at different times this year....
Mar 18 2008
A RAPE trial jury was sent home for the night after failing to reach a verdict....
Mar 18 2008
EACH day, postman Mark Williams is up early on his rounds to make sure his letters and parcels are delivered on time....
Mar 18 2008
A BENEFIT concert will be held to raise money for Ghanaian cancer sufferer Ama Sumani....
Mar 18 2008
THE lights are set to go out in the capital – but don’t worry it’s not a power cut – it’s part of a drive to combat wasted energy....
Mar 18 2008
AWARDS for schools who have developed their grounds, cut the waste they produce and become more water efficient, were also handed out....
Mar 18 2008
PUPILS at a South Wales secondary school have scooped a national award after forging links with children in Kenya and Japan....
Mar 18 2008
A MUM-OF-SIX has warned families taking part in the new series of Coal House that they will face a tough new life on the home front....
Mar 18 2008
CHARITY shop staff are celebrating 17 years of raising funds by dressing up as the Bay City Rollers....
Mar 18 2008
HUNDREDS of people stepped out in the wet weather to help children with cancer....
Mar 18 2008
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help make the new Winding House Museum in New Tredegar a success....
Mar 18 2008
CANCER Research Wales is organising a fundraising five-a-side football tournament – with a difference....
Mar 18 2008
SOUTH Wales firms are proving slow to exploit opportunities from the 2012 Olympics according to a Lloyds TSB survey. It found 14 per cent of businesses felt it was too early to look into business generated by the games....
Mar 18 2008
THE Echo is looking for a special member of the community to be bestowed with the great honour of a Cardiff University People’s Fellowship....
Mar 18 2008
HE Westminster housing minister, Caroline Flint, was widely condemned last month for suggesting that those on benefit who make no effort to find work should lose their council houses....
Mar 18 2008
TWO cavers trapped for more than 30 hours underground will continue exploring the Dan-yr-Ogof cave system tomorrow – less than three days after they were rescued....
Mar 18 2008
IT SEEMS likely to be a few days before we know how exactly we’ll be able to commemorate our marvellous Grand Slam win....
Mar 18 2008
THE latest shockwaves in the credit crisis engulfing the global financial system wiped £51bn from the value of the UK’s biggest companies yesterday....
Mar 18 2008
A WAR hero and Commonwealth gymnast has been remembered in a book written by his wife....
Mar 18 2008
YOU may not look twice at your postman in the morning, or even at the ambulance which whizzes past you on the way to an emergency call. After all, they are just people doing their job....
Mar 18 2008
HOMEOWNERS and first-time buyers across South Wales are being warned to expect a rough ride as the effects of the “credit crunch” bite....
Mar 18 2008
A MALE victim of domestic abuse has welcomed the introduction of a helpline which will provide support and advice....
Mar 18 2008
THE abattoir which supplied E.coli butcher William Tudor received the lowest-ever hygiene score in Britain – but politicians allowed it to continue trading....
Mar 18 2008
THOUSANDS of runners turned out to raise cash for Sport Relief....
Mar 18 2008
ANXIOUS Cardiff City fans will hear whether their club will be forced into administration tomorrow – when a ruling in their High Court case is announced....
Mar 18 2008
A CENTRE dedicated to Britain’s worst mining disaster is to be reopened to the public next month following a makeover....
Mar 18 2008
THREE robbers are being hunted after they made off with cash from a security van delivering to a superstore cashpoint....
Mar 18 2008
CELEBRATIONS have been promised to mark Wales’ stunning Grand Slam triumph....
Mar 18 2008
TWENTY one people were stopped and searched as police officers took a pair of sniffer dogs onto the streets of Cardiff....
Mar 18 2008
A STUDENT has walked away with two prizes for his outstanding achievements....
Mar 18 2008
SOUTH Wales Police has appointed a new Assistant Chief Constable who earned her spurs in the controversial raid on London’s Finsbury Park Mosque....
Mar 18 2008
SICK-NOTE culture in some Welsh communities is so entrenched that nearly seven in ten people don’t work....
Mar 18 2008
Staff at job centres were among an estimated 80,000 who began a two-day strike over pay yesterday....
Mar 18 2008
A TRADE union has complained about problems it says have arisen since a controversial private company was contracted to look after people with learning disabilities....
Mar 18 2008
A COUNCIL has been criticised after two young children were removed from the Child Protection Register without a proper review....
Mar 18 2008
LOCATION, location, location is a familiar mantra among estate agents and property experts everywhere....
Mar 18 2008
THE abattoir which supplied E.coli butcher William Tudor was allowed to continue trading by politicians – despite receiving the lowest ever hygiene score in Great Britain....
Mar 18 2008
A THIRD of school toilets are “poor or abysmal”, according to a survey of teachers published this morning....
Mar 18 2008
THOUSANDS of runners turned out to raise cash for Sport Relief....
Mar 18 2008
HOMEOWNERS and first-time buyers across South Wales are being warned to expect a rough ride as the effects of the “credit crunch” bite....
Mar 18 2008
HOME owners and first-time buyers across South Wales are being warned to expect a rough ride as the “credit crunch” bites....
Mar 18 2008
POLICE investigating a vicious attack on an elderly woman have issued a fresh appeal for information....
Mar 18 2008
THREE robbers are being hunted after they made off with cash from a security van delivering to a superstore cashpoint....
Mar 18 2008
WHILE hundreds of thousands of fans flocked to Cardiff to cheer Wales to Grand Slam glory on Saturday, the mother of the campaign’s star player sat quietly at home babysitting her granddaughter....
Mar 18 2008
MORE than a third of the Welsh population tuned in to watch the Grand Slam triumph on television, setting record viewing figures in Wales....
Mar 18 2008
The souvenir Ray Gravell T-shirts which were worn by the Welsh rugby squad during their final training session before the Grand Slam-winning match are now available for the public to buy....
Mar 18 2008
A SERGEANT MAJOR accused of secretly filming teenage girls undressing at an Army camp, claimed yesterday that he was set up....
Mar 18 2008
A SOUTH Wales ex-pat who shot his wife and dumped her body in a metal drum has been jailed for 21 years....
Mar 18 2008
POLICE are appealing for information after a thief stole £200 in a distraction burglary....
Mar 18 2008
A MAN who claimed he suffered such chronic back pain he needed crutches to walk admitted yesterday refereeing weekend soccer matches....
Mar 18 2008
THE CDs’ waning popularity in the face of internet downloads was underlined yesterday after Top 40 singles were removed from the goods basket used to measure the cost of living....
