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Apr 23 2008
FIREFIGHTERS, paramedics and police officers have rescued a man who fell onto the banks of the River Taff during a dramatic city centre operation....
Apr 23 2008
We would like to hear from couples who have had a child with a surrogate mother or are considering surrogacy to make their family dreams come true....
Apr 23 2008
The parents of the latest teenager to be found dead in a suicide-hit county paid tribute to their "outgoing and purposeful" son today....
Apr 23 2008
LESS than a quarter of the streets in a valleys borough are considered clean - according to a survey....
Apr 23 2008
AN 84-year-old woman who suffered from schizophrenia and dementia and needed constant care died after being neglected by nursing home staff, a court heard today....
Apr 23 2008
THE RSPCA is investigating whether some farmers have taken a proposed cull of badgers into their own hands after four animals were found dead in a field....
Apr 23 2008
POLICE have named two people who died after a car crash on the Abergavenny to Raglan road on Sunday....
Apr 23 2008
TWO cars for sale on a garage forecourt were dangerous, trading standards officials found....
Apr 23 2008
A VALLEYS police operation has resulted in 266 arrests....
Apr 23 2008
A SUCCESSFUL scheme to tackle under age drinking and anti-social behaviour could be introduced in Wales....
Apr 23 2008
WELSH vicars today called for couples to be able to get married in the Anglican church of their choice in Wales....
Apr 23 2008
A YOUNG father with a string of public order convictions was employed as a city centre taxi marshal, whose work involved ensuring the safety of late-night revellers....
Apr 23 2008
ORGANISERS of an annual Sikh festival have spoken of their hopes for the future of the event....
Apr 23 2008
WHAT woman eat around the time they conceive can influence whether they give birth to a boy or a girl, researchers claim....
Apr 23 2008
PERHAPS the old motto about the NHS being “free at the point of need” needs to be revised in the post-devolution age....
Apr 23 2008
THE new Chief Constable for Gwent will be Mick Giannasi....
Apr 23 2008
AN EXHIBITION by the Merchant Navy Association (Wales) has opened at the Art Central gallery, in the former Barry Town Hall....
Apr 23 2008
A BUSINESSMAN commended by Gordon Brown has walked free from court after he admitted assaulting the man he suspected of having an affair with his wife....
Apr 23 2008
MORE than a quarter of a million people in Wales will be worse off as a result of the scrapping of the 10p income tax rate, Shadow Chancellor George Osborne claimed yesterday....
Apr 23 2008
AN NHS trust in England is refusing to treat Welsh patients in a row over funding....
Apr 23 2008
THE mother of Lembit Opik’s new fiancee yesterday revealed he had not asked her for her daughter’s hand in marriage....
Apr 23 2008
FOURTEEN people have died in a hospital and three care homes in Wales affected by flu outbreaks....
Apr 23 2008
HERO Joe Calzaghe touched down in the UK yesterday promising one last fight and hinting he might go on for longer....
Apr 23 2008
WALES has become the first country in the world to develop an action plan to improve services for people with autism....
Apr 23 2008
A PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition will help a church to celebrate its history....
Apr 23 2008
MORE than half of people living in Cardiff are not keeping personal documents like passports and birth certificates secure, research has revealed....
Apr 23 2008
REDISCOVER the lost age of medieval Old Cogan through the tales of a storyteller and a 13th-century knight....
Apr 23 2008
The Couple: Nationwide Access worker Rhodri Nelson, 26 and school teacher Natalie Lepore, 27, and both from Roath in Cardiff....
Apr 23 2008
THEY’VE conquered the Baftas, they’ve won a legion of celebrity fans and now hit comedy Gavin and Stacey is aiming to complete a fresh challenge – by bagging a Christmas number one single....
Apr 23 2008
A NEW police chief constable has been appointed by Gwent Police....
Apr 23 2008
THE FAMILY of a rugby player who broke his spine during a match were today praying for his recovery after a horrific injury....
Apr 23 2008
TALENTED young tennis players in South Wales are being given a further boost with the appointment of a talent performance coordinator for the region....
Apr 23 2008
THE Church in Wales has made it clear to the beleaguered Bishop of St Davids that he cannot expect any compensation payout if he resigns his post....
Apr 23 2008
A DRUNKEN teenager who wrote off his father’s sports car while the family were on holiday has been warned to steer clear of trouble as he narrowly avoided jail....
Apr 23 2008
PLAID Cymru’s honorary president Dafydd Wigley will join the party’s candidates on the campaign trail in the South Wales Valleys tomorrow, ahead of the local election on May 1....
Apr 23 2008
MOTORISTS who ignore new parking restrictions in a South Wales town’s main shopping street will face £30 on-the-spot fines, police and traffic wardens have warned....
Apr 23 2008
As part of our series profiling the ward battles in Cardiff, DAVID JAMES looks at the areas where Labour needs the Tories to do well...
Apr 23 2008
PEOPLE living in Wales have the lowest fear of dying alone, a survey revealed....
Apr 23 2008
THE Vale of Glamorgan’s maritime history will be explored during a five-week course at Penarth Community Learning Centre, starting on May 8....
Apr 23 2008
NOTED Cardiff writer Ivy Alvarez will be showcasing her new work in Switzerland next month....
Apr 23 2008
CERYS MATTHEWS has joined the fight to save the capital’s popular music venue The Point from closure....
Apr 23 2008
THE controversial paediatrician David Southall has won a legal battle to overturn a suspension from working as a doctor....
Apr 23 2008
Kay Swinburne said she was a supporter of the National Assembly getting full lawmaking powers....
Apr 23 2008
On St George’s Day, we asked prominent English figures living in Wales how English they felt...
Apr 23 2008
WORK begins next week on the demolition of the old Neath Civic Centre....
Apr 23 2008
Wales’ first Tory MEP tells Martin Shipton why she wanted an ‘open and fair ballot’ instead of current women-first policy...
Apr 23 2008
SHOPKEEPERS have voiced support for a new scheme which could be introduced to tackle underage drinking....
Apr 23 2008
PUPILS strutted their stuff at an ’80s theme day as they celebrated the 20th birthday of Bishop Childs Church in Wales Primary in St Mellons, Cardiff....
Apr 23 2008
THE Echo has now discovered the whereabouts of six of the medals belonging to Cardiff City’s 1927 FA Cup winners....
Apr 23 2008
A SOUTH Wales taxi driver fined after council officials spotted him smoking in his cab has criticised their “Big Brother” attitude....
Apr 23 2008
YOUNGSTERS have been making a splash with free swimming lessons....
Apr 23 2008
CARDIFF’S Hilton Hotel is hosting a Sex and the City-themed evening to celebrate the release of the new film....
Apr 23 2008
THERE are just a matter of days left for you to nominate a special and dedicated person for an extra special award....
Apr 23 2008
When the university first opened in 1883, it had 13 academic staff in 12 departments. This photograph of the first academic staff was probably taken in the garden of the Old Infirmary in Newport Road – the university college’s first home....
Apr 23 2008
THE closing date for entries for our Peoples Fellowship award is on Friday....
Apr 23 2008
SOUTH Wales police officers have been working with school children to improve their understanding of different cultures....
Apr 23 2008
GRANDMOTHER Michelle Murray’s NHS day job means she has a knack with a needle....
Apr 23 2008
WHEN cancer patient and fundraiser Bridget McNally won £50,000 on TV show Deal Or No Deal she promised to buy her daughter a horse and name it Noel after the veteran TV host....
Apr 23 2008
A 28-YEAR-OLD man was pushed to the floor and robbed in the city centre....
Apr 23 2008
UNDERAGE on-street drinking is a problem throughout Britain....
Apr 23 2008
FIRST Minister Rhodri Morgan has congratulated the cast of Gavin and Stacey for their Bafta win, calling the hit BBC3 show “superb”....
Apr 23 2008
A HEROIC seaman who climbed a five-storey building to rescue 12 children and women following a tsunami has had his medals returned to his home city....
Apr 23 2008
THE Welsh Poker League final will be held in Cardiff this weekend....
Apr 23 2008
A DOORSTEP attacker has assaulted a woman, injuring her face....
Apr 23 2008
A TEENAGE victim of a paedophile has today criticised a 12-month supervision order handed out as a punishment to her abuser....
Apr 23 2008
A FORMER civil servant who claims she was sexually harassed by her boss today appeared on television appealing to employees to report bullying and harassment....
Apr 23 2008
GOK Wan’s Clothes Show is coming to Cardiff....
Apr 23 2008
A CALL to place post offices in chapels has been backed by Welsh Tory leader Nick Bourne....
Apr 23 2008
A VALLEYS police operation resulted in 266 arrests. Officers in Merthyr and Rhondda Cynon Taf raided suspected drug dealers and burglars in a three-day blitz called Operation Eagle Two....
Apr 23 2008
FAMILIES have moved into newly-built energy-efficient homes....
Apr 23 2008
VULNERABLE youngsters in Wales will be getting a helping hand from the Principality Building Society....
Apr 23 2008
RESIDENTS on a South Wales housing estate demanding action to turn a patch of land into a playground have been backed by the housing association which owns it....
Apr 23 2008
VULNERABLE youngsters in Wales will be getting a helping hand from the Principality Building Society....
Apr 23 2008
RESIDENTS on a South Wales housing estate demanding action to turn a patch of land into a playground have been backed by the housing association which owns it....
Apr 23 2008
THOUSANDS of customers are set to find out if they stand to get any money back from banks over controversial overdraft charges....
Apr 23 2008
THOUGHTFUL pupils have come to the rescue of a school friend who had his bike stolen....
Apr 23 2008
A FUN auction will raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind....
Apr 23 2008
WORK to repair a broken fence that raised “public safety” concerns has been welcomed by a South Wales MP....
Apr 23 2008
S4C is set to announce its enhanced line-up of children’s programmes at Europe’s largest youth festival next month....
Apr 23 2008
THE Israeli government said yesterday it had agreed to pay around £1.8m in compensation to the family of a Welsh film-maker shot dead while filming a documentary in Gaza in 2003....
Apr 23 2008
FILMMAKERS who shot a love scene in the Senedd without permission abused the trust of the Assembly, it was claimed yesterday....
Apr 23 2008
A VAT inspector has been jailed for two and a half years – for a £32,000 VAT fraud....
Apr 23 2008
ACADEMICS and pundits say they fear ITV Wales could effectively be out of business within little more than two years unless a concerted campaign is launched....
Apr 23 2008
A WELSH vicar is hoping to encourage more parishioners back to his church by selling pints from the pulpit....
Apr 23 2008
UNDER-PRESSURE Hillary Clinton last night refused to speculate about the future of her presidential campaign if she does not win the Pennsylvania primary decisively....
Apr 23 2008
GAVIN AND STACEY actor James Corden described his television Bafta success as the best night of his life, as he attended a London film premiere....
