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Apr 25 2008
A pensioner charged with breaching an anti-social behaviour order had her court case adjourned today....
Apr 25 2008
A FORMER Reliance officer is facing years behind bars after a jury found him guilty of being part of an £840,000 cocaine conspiracy....
Apr 25 2008
VOTERS should use next week’s local elections to "punish" Labour for scrapping the 10p tax band at a time of rising living costs, David Cameron said today....
Apr 25 2008
A MENTALLY ill man has been banned from every Marks and Spencer store in the UK after sexually assaulting three women.
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Apr 25 2008
TEACHERS from across Wales last night vowed to take further strike action if the Government refuses to listen to their demands for more pay....
Apr 25 2008
A DRIVER was killed near Ruthin this morning. The accident happened at 5.50am on the A494 between Loggerheads and Ruthin....
Apr 25 2008
YOUNG motorcyclists have been left devastated after thieves made a Great Escape-style getaway on their bikes....
Apr 25 2008
A PERSISTENT beggar has been given an antisocial behaviour order, banning him from asking for handouts....
Apr 25 2008
The nation might be might revelling in sporting success, but Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants to see the people of Wales prosper in other ways too. Here, coinciding with his visit today, he gives his thoughts on the future for our country...
Apr 25 2008
A TEENAGE driver has been banned from driving after he was caught almost three times over the legal alcohol limit....
Apr 25 2008
THE parents of a teenager stopped from buying food for a school project have expressed their anger at a leading supermarket....
Apr 25 2008
KATHERINE JENKINS certainly has a lot to sing about, after being named in a new list of the top Young Music Millionaires in the UK....
Apr 25 2008
THE family of a teenager killed at work has called for his employer to be jailed....
Apr 25 2008
After a sell-out Wrestlemania tour, the stars of WWE have announced they are coming back to the capital on Sunday, November 9, for the RAW Survivor Series Tour, at Cardiff International Arena....
Apr 25 2008
NEW laws protecting NHS staff from abusive patients will be extended to Wales after a U-turn by the Assembly Government....
Apr 25 2008
TEACHERS from across Wales last night vowed to take further strike action if the Government refuses to listen to their demands for more pay....
Apr 25 2008
CHARLOTTE Church is today named in a new list of the top Young Music Millionaires in the UK....
Apr 25 2008
CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron was due to visit Barry today as part of his party’s election campaign....
Apr 25 2008
A MAN has been taken to hospital suffering from possible skull and facial injuries after a three-car crash....
Apr 25 2008
THE search is on for a new home for a “loving” cat. The RSPCA’s Cardiff & District branch wants to rehome Mystique, who was rescued after being found living outdoors following her owner’s death. She needs a home with an experienced cat owner who can spend time gaining her trust. Contact Judith Evans on 01446 742130....
Apr 25 2008
THE iconic John Lewis city centre department store reaches a new landmark today....
Apr 25 2008
CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron was due to visit Barry today as part of his party’s election campaign....
Apr 25 2008
BUS passengers who normally use stops in Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, will have to use other stops for the next few days....
Apr 25 2008
FIRE has swept through a block of disused houses, vacated in preparation for a new development....
Apr 25 2008
DAVID Cameron had a brief encounter with the Prime Minister at a railway station today....
Apr 25 2008
FIVE newborn kittens have been rescued after being dumped outside a cafe in Cardiff....
Apr 25 2008
CARDIFF Concert Orchestra performs at Rumney Methodist Church on Saturday, May 3, at 7.30pm to raise cash to improve the building. Tickets £6. Children get in free....
Apr 25 2008
RAIL users in Wales could be hit in the pocket by plans to simplify the range of tickets on offer....
Apr 25 2008
Patients using Wales’ busiest hospitals are still spending too long waiting in A&E departments....
Apr 25 2008
A RECRUITMENT drive for health workers has been launched as part of a £22m project planned for Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan....
Apr 25 2008
Blaenau Gwent – total schools 36, of which 30 were closed/partially closed....
Apr 25 2008
In the latest of our election profiles, PETER COLLINS looks back at a tumultuous 18 months on the Vale of Glamorgan Council and looks ahead to the May 1 vote...
Apr 25 2008
THE BUILD-UP to the Bupa Great Wales Run 2008 is gathering pace....
Apr 25 2008
SARAH Lark – now the sole Welsh survivor in primetime TV talent show I’d Do Anything – has come a long way from playing Dracula’s hapless victim in a Cardiff am-dram....
Apr 25 2008
WALES has been urged to lead the United Kingdom in the elimination of plastic bags....
Apr 25 2008
FITFLOPS, the sandals that “give you a workout as you walk” are set to be the must-have footwear in Wales this summer, according to shoe shop owners struggling to cope with demand....
Apr 25 2008
WARNINGS have been issued about Crocs shoes, worn by thousands of children across Wales, after scores of youngsters have been injured while wearing the flexible clogs on escalators....
Apr 25 2008
AT THE day’s start – usually the busiest time for South Wales’ schools – gates remained locked and school yards were quiet....
Apr 25 2008
TRIBUTES have been paid to a woman who died after a blaze broke out in her bedsit....
Apr 25 2008
CALLS have been made to relocate the Assembly Government’s health division to the “spiritual home” of the NHS – Blaenau Gwent....
Apr 25 2008
PLANS for a barrage across the Severn and concerns over the costs of the Olympics will be discussed at a joint meeting of ministers from the four UK governments....
Apr 25 2008
CAMPAIGNERS have challenged a British National Party candidate in next week’s local elections to prove a series of extreme claims made in a campaign leaflet – or stand down....
Apr 25 2008
THE People’s Voice candidate for Brynmawr wishes it to be known that, contrary to rumours, he is alive and well and would be grateful for support in next Thursday’s election....
Apr 25 2008
LABOUR has attacked Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives over their decision to select candidates with incidents in their past....
Apr 25 2008
ENERAL practitioners have been the gateway to the NHS for patients for decades....
Apr 25 2008
A SOUTH Wales church is planning six weeks of celebration to mark its centenary year....
Apr 25 2008
A CITY firm has won a contract to supply the Irish Republic’s police force with communications equipment....
Apr 25 2008
CARDIFF couple Rose and Bobby Pain have celebrated 60 years of marriage with family and friends....
Apr 25 2008
“FAIR pay for us now” – that was the message from hundreds of teachers as they gathered in Cardiff....
Apr 25 2008
AT THE day’s start – usually the busiest time for South Wales’ schools – gates remained locked and school yards were quiet....
Apr 25 2008
TRIBUTES have been paid to a woman who died after a blaze broke out in her bedsit....
Apr 25 2008
IT’S hard to imagine two more different television series than EastEnders and Agatha Christie’s Poirot, but local actor Richard Hope is moving deftly between them....
Apr 25 2008
GORDON BROWN and David Cameron storm into Wales today as they battle for support in next week’s high-stakes local elections....
Apr 25 2008
THIS was the scene, below, as firefighters fought to rescue three people from a plane crash at Swansea Airport....
Apr 25 2008
HUNDREDS of teachers in Wales are facing redundancy, according to figures obtained by BBC Wales’ Dragon’s Eye programme....
Apr 25 2008
PATIENTS are struggling to get a GP appointment in practices in parts of Wales as surgeries are closed for large parts of the week....
Apr 25 2008
MORE than 60 workers are facing the axe at the Pot Noodle factory, it emerged yesterday....
Apr 25 2008
A CARE home at the centre of neglect claims suffered a recruitment crisis and operated with the legal minimum of staff, a court heard yesterday....
Apr 25 2008
NHS operations are being cancelled – sometimes when patients are already anaesthetised – due to private decontamination firms damaging equipment or causing delays, the Royal College of Surgeons warned yesterday....
Apr 25 2008
MORE than 100 MPs have declared that they employ relatives at the taxpayers’ expense....
Apr 25 2008
A DRUG-DEALER who swallowed his stash of Class A narcotics had to be kept under observation in a specialist poisons unit for three days – and was arrested when his health was cleared....
Apr 25 2008
BRAVE residents tried to prevent armed robbers stealing a “substantial” amount of cash in a violent dawn raid at a Tesco Express store....
Apr 25 2008
THEIR ‘Jimmy’ may be a Floyd rather than a Page, but it didn’t stop Cardiff City emulating Led Zeppelin when they recorded their FA Cup single....
Apr 25 2008
SCHOOLS, social services and bin collections across the capital could be crippled within weeks as more than 6,000 council workers prepare to take industrial action....
Apr 25 2008
A TRAIN driver’s quick reactions have been commended after an ill passenger fell onto the tracks in front of him as the engine had just started moving away....
Apr 25 2008
AT THE day’s start – usually the busiest time for South Wales’ schools – gates remained locked and school yards were quiet....
Apr 25 2008
BAR staff in the capital have been named among the best after inspectors scoured pubs up and down Wales....
Apr 25 2008
THE family of a teenager killed at work has called for his employer to be jailed....