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Apr 19 2008
IT MAY have been wet and windy outside, but the flowers were in full bloom yesterday (Fri) as Wales’ leading horticultural show opened in Cardiff....
Apr 19 2008
MORE of Wales’ historic buildings will be lost unless Cadw starts copying its English counterpart and steps in as a rescuer of last resort, it was claimed yesterday....
Apr 19 2008
CHAMPAGNE may have flowed in the heady first years of New Labour, but Rhodri Morgan has always preferred the politics of the pie and the pint....
Apr 19 2008
A GROUND-BREAKING programme is under way to take the brightest minds in government and turn them into leaders who can transform Wales’ future....
Apr 19 2008
A 47-YEAR-OLD father- of-two who stabbed his wife to death in a row over their pet dog was jailed for life yesterday....
Apr 19 2008
A YOUNG boy died the day after falling down stairs at home as he rushed to see a fireworks display, an inquest heard yesterday....
Apr 19 2008
IF all the greatest stories have a hero and a villain, then the Joe Calzaghe-Bernard Hopkins tale has found a snug home in the fantasy world that is Las Vegas....
Apr 19 2008
FORTUNE-TELLERS, mediums and spiritual healers marched on Downing Street yesterday to protest against new laws they fear will lead to them being "persecuted and prosecuted"....
Apr 19 2008
WALES could be faced with a fresh care homes crisis after the NHS raised nursing care funding by a paltry 39p per patient a day....
Apr 19 2008
THE sister and mother of a 16-year-old girl, who both watched TV instead of calling an ambulance as the teenager died of a heroin overdose, are now both facing jail....
Apr 19 2008
GORDON BROWN’S domestic difficulties threatened to overshadow his official visit to the US last night, as three more ministerial aides voiced concerns over the abolition of the 10p income tax rate....
Apr 19 2008
THE embattled Bishop of St Davids is understood to be on the verge of resignation following a huge controversy over his friendship with his married female chaplain....
Apr 19 2008
SOUTH Wales Christians have backed a campaign for justice in Colombia after an Archbishop from the South American country visited Cardiff....
Apr 19 2008
BARRY businessman Darren Tipples has appealed for the return of his stolen candyfloss machine....
Apr 19 2008
A PLANNING inspector has dismissed an appeal against the refusal of permission to build a garage to house four cars in a rural area....
Apr 19 2008
ONE of Britain’s most popular furniture stores Ikea is today celebrating its 21st birthday....
Apr 19 2008
IT MAY have been wet and windy outside, but the weather didn’t dampen spirits when Wales’ leading horticultural show kicked off at Cardiff’s Bute Park....
Apr 19 2008
PHANTOM of the Opera star Peter Karrie is hosting a Gala Variety Concert in aid of Bobath Children’s Therapy Centre Wales....
Apr 19 2008
A 17-YEAR-OLD has been charged with murder following the death of a surfer and former professional golfer....
Apr 19 2008
“I CALL it Breakfast at Winsen rather than Breakfast at Tiffany’s!”...
Apr 19 2008
POLICE were today continuing their hunt for arsonists who set fire to three empty warehouses on the Atlantic Trading Estate, Barry. Firefighters were called to the scene shortly before 10pm on Thursday but were unable to prevent the buildings being destroyed. Anyone with information can ring Pc Dave Hallett on 01446 734451...
Apr 19 2008
DETECTIVES have appealed for help in tracking down two men who robbed a man as he was walking home in Llandough....
Apr 19 2008
RUGBY league fans can view the Super League trophy at a shopping centre. Bridgend’s Celtic Crusaders players will meet shoppers at Bridgend Designer Outlet tomorrow when the trophy is displayed. Visitors can have their photograph taken with the cup....
Apr 19 2008
THE RSPCA is looking for volunteers with time on their hands to help the charity collect at Tesco stores in Cardiff....
Apr 19 2008
A DRIVING examiners strike due to hit South Wales on April 24 may not affect tests....
Apr 19 2008
THE most dangerous roads in South Wales can be revealed today....
Apr 19 2008
A mother who lost her son in an horrific car crash has today called for signs to make drivers more aware of dangerous roads....
Apr 19 2008
IF YOU fancy seeing your name set in stone alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins, then get yourself a paver in Caerphilly....
Apr 19 2008
A 46-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court charged with prostitution....
Apr 19 2008
A LONE sniper who shot two young men with a potentially lethal air rifle was jailed indefinitely yesterday, after a judge said he poses a “serious risk” to the public....
Apr 19 2008
Here’s what readers who posted views on our icWales website forum said:...
Apr 19 2008
CONFUSION still reigns over who has the right to drive down one of the main arteries in our capital, EIGHT months after private cars were banned....
Apr 19 2008
THE first petition marking a new electronic way of lobbying the Assembly Government will urge the administration not to add fluoride to drinking water....
Apr 19 2008
THE sister and mother of a 16-year-old girl, who both watched TV instead of calling an ambulance as the teenager died of a heroin overdose, are now both facing jail....
Apr 19 2008
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former mayoress of a Welsh town, who died in a road accident in Tenerife....
Apr 19 2008
From the Afghan hills to the plains of Pakistan, heroin snakes daily through invisible channels on its relentless way to Britain....
Apr 19 2008
A SENIOR Labour backbench AM has warned that coalition partner Plaid Cymru is fuelling tension between the two parties by highlighting divisions between Cardiff Bay and Westminster....
Apr 19 2008
FORTY years ago tomorrow Enoch Powell delivered one of the most infamous speeches in modern history....
Apr 19 2008
Cardiff University Research Garden – representative of research at the university and includes daffodils being used to create an Alzheimer’s drug, recycled mobile phones and a vegetable patch. Awarded the RHS silver medal....
Apr 19 2008
A LONE sniper who shot two young men with a potentially lethal air rifle has been told he poses a “serious risk” to the public....
Apr 19 2008
THE embattled Bishop of St Davids is understood to be on the verge of resignation following a huge controversy over his friendship with his married female chaplain....
Apr 19 2008
Bishop Carl Cooper was seen as a high-flyer in the Church in Wales....
Apr 19 2008
BUYERS and sellers are welcome at a charity car boot sale....
Apr 19 2008
BBC Radio Wales presenter Louise Elliott has told of her surprise as she delivered her daughter in her bathroom....
Apr 19 2008
THE loss of a large area of woodland to make way for a new road link has been described as “regrettable” by a local authority....
Apr 19 2008
A FOOTBALL fan banned from matches following serious violence in Cardiff city centre has failed in his bid to get the prohibition lifted....
Apr 19 2008
A CITY hotel has officially unveiled its new look after a multi-million pound revamp....
Apr 19 2008
Amanda Bunn, 32, an account director, of Roath Park, Cardiff, tucked in to a takeaway from the Sunny Chinese in Roath, Cardiff,with husband Richard, 33, a site manager, her mum Janet Wood, 59, a retired lecturer, and dad Robert Wood, 62, a retired deputy headteacher....
Apr 19 2008
BOXING hero Joe Calzaghe is due to take on the fight of his life in the early hours of tomorrow morning....
Apr 19 2008
ACCIDENTS on our roads are happening at an alarming rate....
Apr 19 2008
PUPILS from the Bishop of Llandaff Church of Wales School are taking part in the West and South Wales Regional Final of the Institute of Ideas and Pfizer Debating Matters Competition....
Apr 19 2008
FAMILIAR faces from S4C children’s series, Planed Plant Bach, will appear at Caerphilly Leisure Centre on Monday in a special show for nursery-age children....
Apr 19 2008
THE latest legal requirements for private landlords will be set out at a meeting in Caerphilly on May 6....
Apr 19 2008
FIRST-TIME London marathon runner Angela Duffy finished the event in five hours and 58 minutes....
Apr 19 2008
A BIG spring clean is getting underway in one area of South Wales....
Apr 19 2008
EIGHT youngsters have unveiled an eye-catching mural at Pengam railway station....
Apr 19 2008
PATIENTS at Llandough Hospital Children’s Centre have taken part in art and craft days run by Barry College....
Apr 19 2008
A South Wales war veteran was left injured and upset after being attacked by two youths who drove off in his car....
Apr 19 2008
THE law caught up with would-be robber Darren Moore when he was jailed yesterday for an offence some three years after it happened....
Apr 19 2008
FORMER Olympic athlete Colin Jackson has been getting in touch with his spiritual side to present a new television series....
Apr 19 2008
A FORMER criminal court dock officer who denies being part of a cocaine conspiracy, has also denied having a cannabis factory in the garage of his bungalow....
Apr 19 2008
THE residents of South Wales’ millionaires’ row are more used to Jaguars, Aston Martins and even the odd Ferrari lining their affluent street....
Apr 19 2008
STAN Devonish is hoping for a vintage Cardiff City performance at next month’s FA Cup final so Bluebirds’ fans can toast the moment in style....
Apr 19 2008
A MAN who has been in prison 20 times failed in a bid to get his latest sentence shortened....
Apr 19 2008
A FIVE-DAY roadshow promoting environmental awareness takes place next month....
Apr 19 2008
IF A three-storey block of flats were built near existing houses in Caerphilly it would have an “overbearing and unneighbourly” presence, a planning inspector said....
Apr 19 2008
A NEW home furnishings store is to open in Cardiff, bringing 37 jobs....
Apr 19 2008
A WELSH boxing triumph in Las Vegas has been predicted by First Minister Rhodri Morgan ahead of Joe Calzaghe’s clash with Bernard Hopkins....
Apr 19 2008
MICHAEL Smyth is no ordinary hardworking dad....
Apr 19 2008
EW issues divide opinion as much as the preservation of our shared history. What to preserve and what to consign to the dustbin are never questions that will produce a consensus, and nowhere are the arguments more vocal than when a building has to be saved or destroyed....
Apr 19 2008
TRIBUTES were paid yesterday to veteran Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody, who died aged 77....
Apr 19 2008
A NEW political group formed to protect small schools and Welsh-speaking communities has been backed by a former UK Independence Party (Ukip) candidate who has criticised Welsh-medium education....
Apr 19 2008
A TEENAGER was yesterday charged with the murder of a father who died after a month in a coma following a street attack....
Apr 19 2008
CHAMPAGNE may have flowed in the heady first years of New Labour, but Rhodri Morgan has always preferred the politics of the pie and the pint....
Apr 19 2008
A SECRET Beatles cartoon was revealed yesterday – more than 40 years after a wild Swinging Sixties party in a country house....
Apr 19 2008
WALES could be faced with a fresh care homes crisis after the NHS raised nursing care funding by a paltry 39p per patient a day....
Apr 19 2008
FORTUNE-TELLERS, mediums and spiritual healers marched on Downing Street yesterday to protest against new laws they fear will lead to them being “persecuted and prosecuted”....
Apr 19 2008
SOME callers have been unable to get through on a new streamlined business support phone number launched this week, the Assembly Government has admitted....
Apr 19 2008
A MOTORIST who killed a man when he drove down the wrong carriageway on his first motorway outing was jailed for four years yesterday....
Apr 19 2008
SIAN Lloyd is hoping to enjoy the sweet taste of her own homegrown tomatoes this summer....
Apr 19 2008
APRIL is ticking away and it has been true to form on the weather front....
Apr 19 2008
A FLASHER was caught on the spot – after exposing himself to an off-duty policewoman....
Apr 19 2008
HOME for Naomi Stringer has to be functional, cosy and, above all, a haven for her and boyfriend, Guy, to relax in....
