Articles...
Apr 16 2008
A WARD has been closed to new admissions after a sickness bug outbreak at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales....
Apr 16 2008
BAFTA nominee Richard Harrington claims Doctor Who “doesn’t reflect Wales”....
Apr 16 2008
A SCHOOL library is starting an exciting new chapter thanks to Vicky Cornish and NatWest....
Apr 16 2008
A NEW “get tough” policy for the final phase of the multi-million- pound Waterfront development at the former Barry Docks is set to be sanctioned by council leaders today....
Apr 16 2008
A SPECIAL garden is to show off a Welsh university’s research links....
Apr 16 2008
PUPILS have taken part in a fruit-tasting session to boost healthy eating....
Apr 16 2008
A REGISTERED sex offender has been fined for failing to tell police he changed addresses. Michael Phillips, 48, of Redlaver Street, Grangetown, Cardiff, admitted the offence at the city’s magistrates’ court of failing to notify police of a change in his details between December 8, 2007, and March 9, 2008....
Apr 16 2008
CHILDREN are singing the praises of a family baker after receiving a “dough-nation” for a new karaoke machine....
Apr 16 2008
BOXING champ Joe Calzaghe is lending his support to a national fundraising event....
Apr 16 2008
AN INFLUENTIAL survey has revealed house prices are falling at the fastest rate on record....
Apr 16 2008
A POSTMAN said he crammed hundreds of undelivered items into the boot of his car because he couldn’t keep up with the demands of the job....
Apr 16 2008
HEALTH and safety officials have confirmed they were investigating a sunbed salon after a 13-year-old boy was left with burns....
Apr 16 2008
THE teenage victims of an attempted robbery in the city centre are being sought by police....
Apr 16 2008
HOUSEHOLDERS are being urged to make sure their chimneys are swept regularly following a fire at a house in Llanbradach....
Apr 16 2008
A JUDGE refused to jail a mother who faces having her children taken into care....
Apr 16 2008
BBC Wales presenter Louise Elliot has given birth to her third child – in the bathroom of her Cardiff home....
Apr 16 2008
AN ORIGINAL print of a cartoon published the day before the 1927 FA Cup final has been uncovered....
Apr 16 2008
PHONING a friend from the dock of a court – twice despite warnings – cost a 22-year-old man four weeks of freedom....
Apr 16 2008
A RECYCLING manager has been criticised for jetting off on a 10-month trip to Australia – funded by the taxpayer....
Apr 16 2008
TWO Cardiff City-supporting students are facing FA cup final heartbreak after their university scheduled an exam for the morning of the big match....
Apr 16 2008
DO you have a story to tell about growing up in the Welsh capital?...
Apr 16 2008
POTENTIAL developers are steering clear of the former Arjo Wiggins paper mill site in Cardiff because they think it is overvalued, the director of a major building company has told the Echo....
Apr 16 2008
CAT’S tales have been entertaining pupils at a Valleys’ library....
Apr 16 2008
ON page one of yesterday’ s Valleys edition of the Echo, we used a picture of paramedic Stef Roberts and Rhondda lorry driver Albert Knight to illustrate an item about paramedic Dylan Parry and his friend Stephen Morgan, who he saved after a car crash. We apologise for the error....
Apr 16 2008
OFFENDERS serving community orders spent the day cleaning up the countryside and creating fire-breaks yesterday, in preparation for the grass fire season....
Apr 16 2008
POLICE are warning people to be on the lookout for counterfeit money after reports of fake £20 notes circulating in the Valleys. Officers say they are of particular high quality and businesses in Caerphilly are being asked to check any notes they are given. Call Gwent Police on 01633 838 111 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111....
Apr 16 2008
MORE children in South Wales will be able to travel to and from school for free....
Apr 16 2008
A TEENAGE girl was allegedly pushed by a bus driver because her bus fare was 10p short....
Apr 16 2008
A FORMER Cambridge University lecturer is to give a talk on science and religion in Cardiff....
Apr 16 2008
A CONTROVERSIAL gated apartment block in one of South Wales’ most affluent suburbs was due to be given the go-ahead today despite opposition....
Apr 16 2008
The couple: Probation officer Gail Bozzoloa, 47, and student nurse Craig Preece, 44, of Pontprennau, Cardiff....
Apr 16 2008
A COLUMBIAN Archbishop has been visiting South Wales as part of a campaign for peace and justice in his country....
Apr 16 2008
A CITY hotel has donated £15,000 to a children’s charity....
Apr 16 2008
BAFTA Cymru nominee, actor Richard Harrington, has said Doctor Who “doesn’t reflect Wales”....
Apr 16 2008
A LONG drawn-out battle between quarry owners, lorry operators and villagers over huge vehicles driving through narrow roads has been won by the underdog....
Apr 16 2008
A CRACKDOWN on contractors who cause traffic chaos in the Vale by carrying out unauthorised work has been launched by highway officials....
Apr 16 2008
LIVING in a tree-lined avenue is a badge of status in suburbs that pre-date World War II....
Apr 16 2008
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT leader Nick Clegg is confident that children growing up in a bilingual Wales will find it easier to learn future languages....
Apr 16 2008
COMMUNITY activities in a former mining village are to receive a shot in the arm with the reopening of a former miners’ institute....
Apr 16 2008
PEOPLE are being given the chance to try out a range of art activities at a special event taking place at the White Rose Centre in New Tredegar next week....
Apr 16 2008
GORDON BROWN insisted last night that neither the credit crunch nor discontent within the Labour party would force him out of Downing Street....
Apr 16 2008
A PRISONER from an open prison has gone missing....
Apr 16 2008
HOUSE prices in Wales are falling at the fastest rate since records began, according to one of the market’s most influential monthly surveys....
Apr 16 2008
A SECTION of the Heads of the Valleys road at Merthyr Tydfil was closed briefly today, as firefighters tackled a car blaze....
Apr 16 2008
THE film about the love life of free spirited poet Dylan Thomas will launch this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival....
Apr 16 2008
IF you know your long-dogs from your balshags, or wear lorps instead of a fugare, chances are you are versed in the unusual dialect of a remote corner of West Wales....
Apr 16 2008
AMAZON, which opens its huge distribution centre at Jersey Marine on the border between Swansea and Neath today, is looking for a “loss prevention manager” to help secure the giant complex....
Apr 16 2008
BAN all traffic from the heart of our nation’s capital and allow a continental cafe culture to thrive....
Apr 16 2008
MOTORISTS face having to pay yet more for petrol after the price of a barrel of oil reached a record high....
Apr 16 2008
A TEN-MONTH assignment in Australia would be most people’s idea of a dream job....
Apr 16 2008
DEPUTY First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones is backing calls for more, original TV drama to be made in Wales....
Apr 16 2008
THE high numbers of people stuck in hospital beds after their treatment has finished remains a major problem for Welsh hospitals, an investigation has disclosed....
Apr 16 2008
THREE million people have registered with GPs in Wales – 100,000 more than the country’s official population....
Apr 16 2008
MEASURES have been drawn up by the Welsh Assembly Government to make school bus travel safer....
Apr 16 2008
THE judge will sum up today in the manslaughter case involving the mother and sister of a 16-year-old Llanelli girl who died from a heroin overdose....
Apr 16 2008
LIZ Williamson is preparing to trek across the Sahara desert in aid of Marie Curie....
Apr 16 2008
FOUR solicitors are saddling up to pedal in the cash for three children’s charities....
