Articles...
Apr 9 2008
Ex-Wales and Newcastle football player Malcolm Allen avoided jail today after receiving a suspended sentence for drink-driving....
Apr 9 2008
A man who hacked off the head of a five-foot-long boa constrictor while high on a cocktail of cocaine and vodka was jailed for 28 days today....
Apr 9 2008
A WELSH college has become the first in the UK to offer business start-up courses – in Polish....
Apr 9 2008
A BODY found yesterday was last night confirmed as that of missing mountain biker Greg Walker....
Apr 9 2008
THE public has been warned not to approach a prisoner who yesterday absconded from an open prison....
Apr 9 2008
A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Abertillery was yesterday arrested on suspicion of murder....
Apr 9 2008
A SWIMMING centre had to be evacuated after a gas leak was discovered....
Apr 9 2008
AMATEUR music groups will perform in hospitals across Wales to help patients recover....
Apr 9 2008
AN initiative set up in Wales to cut drink-related violence is to be used in other cities....
Apr 9 2008
THREE robbers armed with an iron bar and a large kitchen knife targeted a bookmakers....
Apr 9 2008
A FARMER, 74, was crushed to death by a bull, an inquest heard yesterday....
Apr 9 2008
A MAN has died following a street attack, it emerged yesterday. The 46-year-old from Newport died after being treated at the Royal Gwent Hospital for two days....
Apr 9 2008
SOUTH WALES’ gay community is to get a voice in shaping this year’s new-look gay pride event in Cardiff....
Apr 9 2008
THE closure of the newly refurbished swimming pool at Rhondda Sport Centre must be a huge disappointment for residents in the area....
Apr 9 2008
As part of our series of interviews with the leaders of the political groups on Cardiff council, the Echo’s DAVID JAMES met Liberal Democrat chief Rodney Berman...
Apr 9 2008
CITY residents will be able to recycle food waste once a week under an election pledge by council leader Rodney Berman....
Apr 9 2008
A SPATE of smash-and-grab attacks on phone boxes is being investigated by police in the Vale of Glamorgan....
Apr 9 2008
FAULTY cars taking part in an event in Barry were taken off the road by police....
Apr 9 2008
THREE people have been arrested for public order offences following an operation to tackle youth disorder....
Apr 9 2008
DURING April 1,000 music gigs, including some in Cardiff and the rest of the nation, will take place for Oxfam’s Oxjam festival....
Apr 9 2008
THE floods that devastated homes in Barry last summer have led to a major advice campaign by Environment Agency Wales....
Apr 9 2008
AN ARTIST who has led the Welsh delegation at the foremost international Celtic festival for 17 years claims he has been forced to quit by the Welsh Assembly Government....
Apr 9 2008
REALITY show singer James Fox is attempting to hit the top of the charts after releasing Cardiff City’s official FA Cup final song....
Apr 9 2008
POLICE officers could be stationed in busy hospital departments across Wales in a bid to deter patients from attacking NHS staff....
Apr 9 2008
KYLIE MINOGUE warned women to seek a second opinion as she revealed the first doctor she saw failed to diagnose she had breast cancer....
Apr 9 2008
LABOUR today pledged to limit council tax increases in Cardiff to the rate of inflation over the next four years as council tax emerged as a key local election battleground....
Apr 9 2008
SOUTH WALES’ gay community is to get a voice in shaping this year’s new-look gay pride event in Cardiff....
Apr 9 2008
YOUNG actors rehearsing for future success are hoping to land their first award....
Apr 9 2008
ST JOHN Cymru Wales is launching a recruitment campaign aimed at tackling the problem of social integration....
Apr 9 2008
TODAY should have been one of the happiest days of Rhiannon Davies’ life as she walked down the aisle as bridesmaid at her dad’s wedding in South Africa....
Apr 9 2008
CARDIFF-BORN Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones was due to launch the Young Musician of Wales competition today....
Apr 9 2008
A SOUTH Wales care home due to start in the summer is to stage an open day....
Apr 9 2008
FIREFIGHTERS are urging people to contact police with information about arsonists who are costing them £3m a year to put out grass fires....
Apr 9 2008
ST JOHN Cymru Wales is launching a recruitment campaign aimed at tackling the problem of social integration....
Apr 9 2008
YOUNG actors rehearsing for future success are hoping to land their first award....
Apr 9 2008
PLANS for a major housing scheme on the site of what was once the world’s biggest ironworks come before Valleys councillors for consideration today....
Apr 9 2008
FOUR men and two women were arrested yesterday in connection with suspected income tax and corporation tax fraud....
Apr 9 2008
A RECORD number of HIV cases have been diagnosed in Wales over the past year – the highest rate since the start of the epidemic nearly 30 years ago....
Apr 9 2008
GORDON BROWN insisted last night the nosedive in the property market was “containable” after new figures showed the sharpest drop in house prices since 1992....
Apr 9 2008
THE father of a girl killed in a car crash last night paid tribute to a “Valley Girl with Gucci taste”....
Apr 9 2008
ANOTHER so-called “garden grabbing” development has been rejected by planners....
Apr 9 2008
A CHALLENGE has been set for all gardeners in Bridgend....
Apr 9 2008
AN OPENCAST mining company is buying two minibuses for community use....
Apr 9 2008
PRISONERS are to help make hanging baskets for schoolchildren....
Apr 9 2008
NINE out of 10 people would rather read classic novels than watch 20th century film adaptations, according to research out today....
Apr 9 2008
AN MP yesterday described as “ludicrous” a suggestion that a disabled constituent should make a 150-mile train journey for a medical assessment – arriving at 2.25am....
Apr 9 2008
THE sister of a 16-year-old girl who died of a heroin overdose almost died herself after taking the drug two years earlier....
Apr 9 2008
A FATHER of four attacked his former girlfriend after she told him their two-year-old daughter wasn’t his, a court has heard....
Apr 9 2008
THE troubled Valleywood film studios could be saved by a plan designed to pay off its debts....
Apr 9 2008
STRICTLY Come Dancing star Gethin Jones, sweetheart of Welsh golden girl Katherine Jenkins, has quit Blue Peter three years after joining the long-running children’s show....
Apr 9 2008
RELATIVES of a frail pensioner whose bank account was emptied after her death have spoken of their disgust at the sentence given to the woman responsible....
Apr 9 2008
THE countdown is on for this month’s annual fundraising walk which pays tribute to a courageous grandmother who died of cancer....
Apr 9 2008
THE Bristol arm of a Cardiff-based restaurant chain has been sold off because it is not financially viable....
Apr 9 2008
FOOTBALLERS are to be left out in the cold after arsonists destroyed a 100-year-old park pavilion used for sports....
Apr 9 2008
BARGOED Chamber of Trade is to hold its next meeting at the Capel Hotel in Gilfach, Bargoed, on Monday at 6.30pm....
Apr 9 2008
THE driver of a runaway bin lorry which smashed into six cars and a streetlight has spoken of his horror as he narrowly missed crashing into a bus full of passengers....
Apr 9 2008
CARDIFF-based presenter Trevor Fishlock will address the Women’s Institute Wales’ annual conference next Wednesday....
Apr 9 2008
EXTRA funding will extend a town centre facelift scheme....
Apr 9 2008
BLOOD donor sessions will be held by the Welsh Blood Service at Holy Trinity Church, Nelson Road, Ystrad Mynach, on Thursday, April 17, from 10am until 6pm, and on Friday, April 18, from 10am until 4pm....
Apr 9 2008
A GIRLS Aloud fan is spending more than £100 on flowers for the group because he believes their music saved his life....
Apr 9 2008
A RAIL supervisor has been promised he will not be locked up after admitting stealing from two train operators....
Apr 9 2008
GETTING hold of and understanding election material is hard enough. But it can be even tougher for disabled people....
Apr 9 2008
A PLAQUE to commemorate two “forgotten” war heroes who were both awarded the Victoria Cross will be held in Penarth on April 27....
Apr 9 2008
THERE has been a “sharp surge of interest” by businesses in South Wales who want to be part of the multi-billion-pound Defence Training Academy development in St Athan....
Apr 9 2008
THEY have been dubbed both “willing pets” and “wretched blind pit ponies”....
Apr 9 2008
HUNDREDS of motorists and rail commuters were delayed yesterday when an articulated lorry became jammed under a bridge....
Apr 9 2008
AN OPT-OUT system for organ donation could be abused, leading to another national body parts scandal, an inquiry has been told....
Apr 9 2008
RENOWNED fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel has revealed that creating Princess Diana’s wedding dress was one of the proudest moments of her life....
Apr 9 2008
HOUSING experts are confident the Welsh market will not crash, despite figures showing a decrease of almost 5% in the value of properties....
Apr 9 2008
THE Ebbw Vale rail service is starting to lift the local property market within two months of its launch....
Apr 9 2008
ROUGH Guide has published its first handbook highlighting days out for the disabled....
Apr 9 2008
POLICE found more than £800,000 of cocaine changing hands in a B&Q car park in Bridgend....
Apr 9 2008
HOUSING experts say the Welsh property market looks set to weather its current storm, despite new figures showing that the value of Welsh properties slumped last month....
Apr 9 2008
THE battle for Cardiff council is finally hotting up....
Apr 9 2008
THE Bluebirds could be flying to the No 1 spot in the charts – thanks to an FA Cup Final single....
Apr 9 2008
WHEN Jeff George moved to New Zealand 13 years ago it could have spelled the end of a 30-year love affair with Cardiff City....
Apr 9 2008
FIREFIGHTERS from across the capital battled a blaze at a supermarket....
Apr 9 2008
MORE than 3,000 signatures have been gathered in support of a threatened music venue....
Apr 9 2008
COCAINE worth more than £800,000 destined for the streets of South Wales was seized by police as it changed hands at the B&Q car park in Bridgend....
Apr 9 2008
IT MAY be a long way from designing Diana’s wedding dress to a BHS shop window in Cardiff – but that is where famous fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel was yesterday....
Apr 9 2008
STRICTLY Come Dancing star Gethin Jones has quit Blue Peter three years after joining the long-running children’s show....
