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Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Media Wales Ltd. publishes Western Mail, a community newspaper that focuses on news and events. The editor of this publication is Alan Edmunds.
Articles from March 22, 2008
A Cleaner in Search of a Perfect Joke; Coffee Break Preview the Clean House New Theatre, Cardiff
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THE brand new award-winning comedy The Clean House will be staging its Welsh premiere next month. Starring Patricia Hodge, pictured right, and Eleanor Bron, it will visit the New Theatre in Cardiff before its run in the West End. It tells the...
Aeronwy to Visit Dylan's US Haunts on Poetry Tour; Writer's Daughter to Also Launch Collection of Her Own Work
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Byline: Karen Price Chief Arts Correspondent THE daughter of Dylan Thomas is about to embark on an emotional journey to America to follow in her late father's footsteps. And she admits that during the five-week trip she will be "laying some ghosts...
ANTIQUES: Happy Bunnies; the Bargain Hunter Rabbits on about Bob-Tailed Figurines with a Dressing-Up Problem
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Byline: bargain hunter don rodgers THIS is the time of year for Easter Bunnies - or in this case, Easter Bunnykins. I sometimes wonder what WilliamMorris would have made of Royal Doulton's Bunnykin figurines. He famously said, "Have nothing in...
A Question of Design
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Byline: NICOLA WILKES Q Where can I buy a throw for a superking bed that will completely cover it? A Buying a throw for a superking bed might seem like a simple task but I am only too well aware that most throws really don't go anywhere near...
Are We Heading into a Recession or Is This the Darkest Hour before Dawn Brings Us Hope? Deepening US Economic Woes Spell Problems for Other Countries
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Byline: Mike Gibson AN INFLUENTIAL report yesterday warned that the world's biggest economy is on the verge of recession, which could spell major problems for the UK. A draft version of the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook...
A Taste of (Veggie) Things to Come; A BITE TO EAT at Canteen on Clifton Street, Cardiff
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VEGETARIAN diners have traditionally had a raw deal from much of Wales' restaurant and catering industry. From the ubiquitous ready-meal veggie lasagne found on pub menus throughout the land, to cafes' sole chips and beans options, non-carnivorous...
Bank Expected to Ease the Pressure of the Crunch on the Big Five; Range of Measures Predicted after Meeting with Big Five
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Byline: Nicky Burridge THE Bank of England is understood to be considering a range of measures to help ease the impact of the credit crunch on UK banks. Governor Mervyn King is expected to announce plans shortly to accept a wider range of collateral...
Being Ill Is Bad, but Not as Bad as Returning to Work; Coffee Break Home Truths
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THIS week I have mostly been suffering from the annoying things people say when you have the flu. Actual having the flu was bad enough. I lay in bed for days on end in a weakened state - which, as anyone who has seen me at full strength will attest,...
Bellway's Pencarn Village a Hit with Couples
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Byline: Emily Lambert A YOUNG professional couple have just picked up the keys to their brand new home. First-time buyers Rachel Mudd and boyfriend Richard Matthews are the latest residents to snap up a home at Bellway's beautiful development...
BOOKS: AUTHOR'S NOTES TOM BULLOUGH; Tom Bullough, Long Listed for Wales Book of the Year, Explains How Wordsworth and an Obscure Optical Device Inspired His Novel
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I CAME across the key idea in my novel, the Claude Glass, in Wordsworth: A Life by Juliet Barker. The great poet, she writes, had a particular loathing for the sort of tourist who would descend on his beloved Lake District and inspect its views...
BOOKS: The First Chapter; Tomark Its NewVoices Range of Books, Waterstone's Have Come Up with a Special Easter Quiz. Test Your Knowledge on Best-Selling Authors and Their First Books
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Section A: Debut Authors 10 questions on debut books by authors who have all gone on to have glittering literary careers. Can you name the authors? 1. In 1984 which Scottish author hit the bestseller lists with his first novel The Wasp Factory?...
Books: The Insider
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Byline: PETERFINCH WE'VE gone up Shan kill and turned towards the Falls. We're on a red double-decker bus with a guide explaining what we're seeing over the Tannoy. His Ulster voice twists between Protestant and Catholic never letting on just...
Brace Is Sure of TV Treat
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Byline: John Edwards THE battle for European places hots up tomorrow when Carmarthen Town host Bangor City in front of a live television audience (kick off 5.15). Old Gold player-manager Deryn Brace sees it as an opportunity for both teams to...
Brain Teasers
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FOLLOW MY LEADER Unravel the anagrams to reveal famous people. There's a link between all three to help you, plus a clue. 1 ONLY I CAN THRILL (Presidential would-be) 2 BENNY H LIAR (British politician) 3 I'DMURDER ANY HILLS (Climber) ...
Brought to Book: True Tales of Murder in Wales; Author Unearths New Details of Famous Crimes
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Byline: Steffan Rhys THE murder and subsequent feeding to pigs of a Polish farmer, the crazed gunman stalking the streets of a tiny Welsh village and the accused murderer found asleep in bed with his victim are just some of the true macabre crime...
Cardinal Blasts Bill That Could Cost Murphy His Cabinet Job; Gavin Cordon and Louise Hosie
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THE head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland yesterday urged Catholic ministers serving in the Cabinet to quit the Government rather than support "monstrous" legislation on embryo research. Cardinal Keith O'Brien, said there was an "obligation"...
Case Closed, Says Brown, after Howells Apologises; Ceasefire in War of Words over Colombia
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Byline: Martin Shipton Chief Reporter FOREIGN Office Minister Kim Howells will not be sacked by Gordon Brown after apologising for claiming that a union-backed campaign group supported the Farc guerrilla movement in Colombia. His comment to the...
Christians Hit out as Bookies Open Up on Good Friday
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Byline: Margaret Davis BOOKMAKERS reported steady business yesterday despite Christian criticism of laws allowing betting shops to trade on Good Friday for the first time. Under the 2005 Gambling Act, which came into force in September, betting...
Confused by Early Hay Fever, Voracious Slugs and Grass That Grows All Year Round? Even Scientists Now Have Trouble Recording What Used to Be Some of the First Signs of Spring
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Byline: Catherine Jones Although this weekend is forecast to be cold, generally flowers and nesting birds are far in advance of what we are used to. Is this courtesy of global warming or just another vagary of the traditionally unpredictable British...
Councils Are Facing Pounds 1m in Claims for Injuries to Do with Schools; Pounds 8,000 Sought for a Trip over 3in Lego Brick
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Byline: Abbie Wightwick Education Editor COUNCILS across Wales face at least pounds 1m in compensation claims for accidents and injuries in schools and on school trips, figures obtained by the Western Mail reveal today. In the past three years...
Crunch Time for Owners as Mortgage Providers Put the Brakes on Loans; the Crisis in Global Credit Markets Is Now Having an Adverse Impact Lower Down the Line. Emily Lambert Discovers Why
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Byline: Emily Lambert MANY homeowners are struggling to keep up with their mortgages, with nearly 10% admitting they are likely to miss a repayment during the coming year, new research shows. A further 22% of people said they would consider resorting...
Cymraeg; Meleriwynjames
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Byline: Dathlu wyau PA BETH sy'n dweud stori'r Pasg, ymmeddyliau Cristnogion a'r rheini sy' ddim yn Gristnogion? Croeshoeliad Crist a'i atgyfodiad ar y trydydd dydd neu derbyn wy siocled o Woolworths? Mae'r wy yn gymaint rhan o'r dathliadau a...
Digibox Fivetosee
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1 what? Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic when? Sky One, Tomorrow 6pm FANS of the fantasy author (who was recently diagnosed with a rare formof Alzheimer's disease) will have been jumping for joy at the prospect of this star-studded adaptation,...
DON'T MIND YOUR Qs & PS
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TAKE ONE Arfon Haines Davies has been gracing our screens for decades, and this week he's back on ITV Wales in a new series of Never To Be Forgotten Q You're back on the box this week presenting the sixth series of Never To Be Forgotten. What...
Downturn May Hit Brown's Pledge on Home Building
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ALTHOUGH a big increase in new home building up to 2020 was an early pledge of Gordon Brown's premiership, his bold plans may be hit by the sharp downturn in housing market prospects. The Government wanted an increase in supply to produce 240,000...
Estimates Blown Away as Art, Some Good Condition, Some Grubby, Captivates the Buyers
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Byline: Emily Lambert THE highlight of Peter Francis's latest auction at its Carmarthen base was a small piece of art that went way past its original estimate. The small but very beautiful oil painting by the 19th-century British painter Edmund...
FOOD: Slam in the Lamb; It's World-Renowned, It's Welsh and It'll Make a Tasty Treat for Easter
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WELSH lamb is tasty, tender and succulent and just perfect for an Easter celebration. It's famous the world over because it is produced to very high standards and carries a 'protected geographical indication' (PGI) status. This means you are assured...
Football: Capello Eyes Options on 'Slam Sunday'
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Byline: Mike McGrath FABIO CAPELLO is expected to be at Stamford Bridge tomorrow to watch the final Premier League game before England's friendly against France. The squad will meet that evening ahead of the midweek clash at Stade de France,...
Football: Court Victory Lifts a Massive Weight off City's Shoulders
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Byline: steve tucker with the Bluebirds news CARDIFF CITY boss Dave Jones goes into today's Severnside derby with Bristol City admitting the best result the Bluebirds have enjoyed recently came at the High Court on Wednesday. There it was ruled...
Football: Evans Hopes His Return Can Lift Side
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Byline: Darren Devine DRAGONS defender Gareth Evans believes his loan spell at non-League Tamworth has helped rejuvenate his Wrexhamcareer. Evans helped Blue Square North side Tamworth to five wins during his six-game spell at the club and believes...
Football: 'Tower of Strength' Scotland Earns Point for the Swans
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ROBERTO MARTINEZ hailed Jason Scotland as his "tower of strength" after the striker smashed his 26th goal of the season in the Swans' draw with play-off chasing Southend. Earlier in the week Scotland's agent Mike Berry complained that the Trinidad...
Fromwales
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Byline: JOHNJONES Bertha Thomas StrangerWithin The Gates (Honno, pounds 8.99) FIRST published in 1912, this collection of witty and sharply observed short stories, set in fictionalised Llandeilo, engages with feminist principles - chiefly...
Gardening: Green Goddess
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Byline: LYNNE ALLBUTT Top talk YOU wouldn't think gardening and sex would go together particularly well, but for TV presenter, actress and author Julie Peasgood, below, they were both key elements when it came to writing her latest book. Greatest...
Geiriau'n Dawnsio; Ahithau Newydd Gyhoeddi Casgliad O Farddoniaeth I Blant, Cerddi'n Cerdded, Gwyneth Glyn Sy'n Siarad a Bethan Mair
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MAE Gwyneth Glyn yn gosod rhybudd clir ar ddechrau ei chasgliad newydd o farddoniaeth i blant, Cerddi'n Cerdded. "Peidiwch a darllen y cerddi hyn os oes gennych alergedd at y canlynol: ailgylchu; bwystfilod; babis; blodau; cwsg; cymylau; ffrindiau;...
'I Never Wanted a Job as Much as This One' Rafe Spall Goes Back in Time Yet Again for His New TV Role
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Byline: Rob Driscoll reports YOU can't help wonder if actor Rafe Spall secretly hankers after a role in which he could wear jeans and a T-shirt. After star-making roles in A Room with A View, The Chatterley Affair and Wide Sargasso Sea, the son...
Jarvis Hopes Prince Will Rule
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MICHAEL JARVIS admits he is surprised Prince Forever heads the betting for the William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster today. The four-year-old - 13-2 with the sponsors - has been restricted to just three runs due to injury. However, it was his last...
Lefigruffudd
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Byline: Hawliau dynol UN HAWL sylfaenol sydd gan ddyn yw i ddewis peidio ateb cwestiynau ar hawliau dynol tra'i fod yn bwyta'i swper. Fel arfer mi fydda i'n cael gwared ar ymholwyr o'r fath drwy ddweud 'mod i'n defnyddio fy hawl dynol fel Cymro...
Letter: In Defence of Gav
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Byline: HUW BEYNON SIR - I never thought I'd find myself defending our Gav and Charl in the columns of the Western Mail, but readers regularly attack Gavin Henson for not singing the Anthem.Indeed it seems he is accused of being the only Welshman...
Life Couldn't Be More Perfect as Grand Slam Star Shane Goes Back to His Roots; A Week after Record Try-Scorer and Man of the Six Nations Shane Williams Helped Seal a Magnificent Grand Slam for Wales, Steffan Rhys Caught Up with the Mercurial Winger at Home
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Byline: Steffan Rhys AT THE bottom of an unmarked and heavily potholed driveway, Wales' man of the moment is relaxing at home. From his cosy living room, boasting timber beams and stand-alone wood burner supporting a picture of his one-year-old...
Likely Labour Leadership Hopefuls Trail Plaid on TV; Pair Notch Up Fewer Television Appearances Than Most Ministers
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Byline: Martin Shipton THE likely leading contenders for Rhodri Morgan's job are being left trailing by Plaid Cymru in the TV exposure stakes, according to new research. The First Minister has said he will be standing down next year, and his...
Mind Matters
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Byline: tryst Williams WOULD you sell a used car to this man? I'm aware the formulation, famously applied to Richard "Tricky Dicky" Nixon, should be about whether you'd buy a used car from a dodgy-looking shyster. But there must be something...
Morning Serial; Hole: Kidnapped in Georgia
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Byline: by Peter Shaw The mosquitoes were hell. As the day wore on it became hotter and the mosquitoes more vicious. I broke off small branches of foliage to use as fans, but nothing would deter those little devils and very soon, every exposed area...
Mytelly
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REVISIT and recycle - the buzz words of this week's television. As if the story hadn't been reworked enough, BBC One aired its adaptation of Christ's last days on earth in The Passion on Sunday evening. The first of this newfour-part series sawJoseph...
No Escape ... Wales' Part in the Business of Slavery; It Is Not Possible to Think of Slavery as a Matter for Bristol or Liverpool. Wales Played Its Part, Says Dr Chris Evans
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Byline: Dr Chris Evans IN FEBRUARY 1767 Solomon, a nineteen-year-old slave, ran away from his master in Northumberland county, Virginia. In response, his master issued a reward notice in the Maryland Gazette appealing for the capture and return...
Oliver's Army of Fans Grows as Star Puts Welsh Lamb on the Menu; Restaurant Will Feature Favourite Easter Offering
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Byline: Sally Williams WELSH lamb is being given a leg-up by Jamie Oliver this Easter after being selected for the seasonal menu of one of his best-known restaurants. Char-grilled lamb from Elwy Valley in Snowdonia will be served with aubergine...
Our Earliest Easter since 1913 Is Also the Coldest for 44 Years; Visit the Seaside - for the Indoor Sun Centre
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Byline: Robin Turner SNOW, hail, claps of thunder, driving rain and sleet - just some of what the heavens threw at Wales on the start of the Easter Bank Holiday yesterday. Snow fell on the hills just as forecasters predicted and brave visitors...
Penllwynteg's Moving History Spans 200 Years
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Byline: Emily Lambert THIS house in Penllwynteg, in the village of Mynydd-y-Garreg in Carmarthenshire, has been on the current site for around 200 years. However, the original house was located two fields away and had stood on that site for more...
Quiet Welsh Country Towns Attracting Increasing Attention on the Strength of Their Shops and Cuisine See Property Prices Soaring; Demand Is Rocketing to Live in Radically Transformed Rural Centres
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Byline: Steffan Rhys ONCE unheard of outside their own counties and rarely visited from further a field, a new class of chic Welsh town has emerged and is attracting increasing attention. Boasting colourful and well kept independent boutiques,...
Quizopedia
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Byline: by Mike Harris 1 In the world of international sport, who are known collectively as the Azzurri? 2 Name the crime writers who created the following detectives - Sir John Appleby, Mr Calder and Mr Behrens, Inspector Wexford, Inspector...
Ready. Aim.You're Fired! the Tasks Are Harder, the Candidates Hungrier, and the Boss Is Tougher Than Ever. Yes, the Apprentice Is Back. but Just How Close Is the Reality Show to the Real World of Business? Emily Lambert Asked the Experts If They're Sweet on Sir Alan Sugar's Brand of Reality TV
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Karen McGrath Managing director of Cardiff-based corporate event management company Eventure UK LIKE him or loath him, Sir Alan Sugar is the conduit to ensure The Apprentice makes great entertainment and I would relish the idea of taking part as...
Research Homes in on How to Support Start-Ups; Policymakers Must Act on GEM Verdict the Professor Who Shoots from the Hip
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Byline: dylan jones evans LAST Tuesday, the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report for Wales was launched in Cardiff. Globally, the GEM study covers 42 countries, interviews more than 156,000 adults annually and represents the world's...
RHAGOLWG Y Gorau O Raglenni Teledu Cymraeg TELEDU; 7 DAY TVGUIDE
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Byline: EMILY LAMBERT FFLUR DAFYDD AR Y BOCS A HITHAU'N adeg lle mae pawb ar dan eisiau symud am-yn-ol, mae cysyniad rhaglen gerddorol newydd Chis a Meinir yn ddigon amserol. Fedrwch chi ddim troi'r radio ymlaen heb glywed rhyw fersiwn newydd...
Rolling out the Red Carpet Treatment for Ready Buyers as the Market Moves Cautiously in Response to Credit Clamp
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DESPITE upheavals in financial markets around the world, estate agents warn that the traditional Easter start to the house buying season is unlikely to produce any sharp and spectacular falls in asking prices. But they claim there is much more scope...
Rugby Union: I Intend to Finish Job at Worcester - Ruddock
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Byline: Paul Abbandonato MIKE RUDDOCK last night insisted he had unfinished business in the Guinness Premiership and was ready to spurn any approach from Ireland to make him their new coach. But the former Wales Grand Slam-winning coach did concede...
Rugby Union: Scarlets Up to Second after Bonus-Point Win
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Byline: Andy Howell at Stradey Park IT was business as usual for the Scarlets as they sent the Blues home from Stradey Park for probably the last time under the cloud of another defeat. Former Wales and British Lions winger Dafydd James put the...
Rugby Union: Shane Plans More Millennium Magic
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Byline: Simon Thomas SPEED king Shane Williams has no intention of taking his foot off the gas following his Grand Slam heroics. The wing wizard may have equaled the Six Nations try-scoring record with six touchdowns and been named player of...
Rugby Union: Shock Cup Axe for Marshall as Ospreys Prefer On-Fire Phillips
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Byline: Simon Thomas Rugby Correspondent MIKE PHILLIPS has been rewarded for his Grand Slam heroics by getting the nod over scrum-half rival Justin Marshall for the Ospreys' big EDF Cup semi-final against Saracens. And fellow Wales Six Nations...
Rugby Union: Williams Up There with Lomu as One of the Greats, Insists Justin
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Byline: simon thomas rugby correspondent JUSTIN MARSHALL says Shane Williams is up there alongside Jonah Lomu as the greatest finisher he has ever seen in the game of rugby. Ospreys scrum-half Marshall played alongside Lomu, below, for the All...
Rugby Union: William's Welcome Was Shameful; A Woman's View on the World of Sport
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Byline: carolyn hitt A MID all that excitement, drama and joy at the Millennium Stadium last Saturday was it really necessary to boo Prince William? I have my views on the anachronism that is the role he inhabits and yes, he has been spotted...
Rugby Union: Wizards Have a Point to Prove; Principality Welsh Premiership We're the Official Newspaper
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Byline: Howard Evans Aberavon V Neath Talbot Athletic Ground, Monday, 2.30pm ONLY once have Aberavon ever beaten Neath in a league match and the Wizards' squad is littered with players rejected by the Welsh All Blacks, writes Howard Evans....
Seventh Rise Running of Welsh Becoming Insolvent
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THE number of people declared insolvent in Wales has risen for the seventh successive year, as the impact of heavy credit card borrowing hits consumers, the Insolvency Service revealed. There were 2,968 bankruptcies in Wales in 2007 - a 168% increase...
SOAPS EMILYLAMBERT; the Bad Boys Are out in Force This Week, and Whether It's David Platt in Corrie, EastEnders' Sean Slater or Andy Sugden Down in the Dales, Only Misery Lies Ahead for Anyone in Their Way
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CORONATION STREET LEANNE reveals her desperate situation to Dan before admitting she's more than happy to ensnare a smitten Paul in her scheme. Dan watches, incredulous, as Leanne turns her considerable charms on the hapless chap, before revealing...
Some May Be Forgotten but Nothing Measures Up to the Imperial System
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Byline: Jeffery Muse MEASURING the imperial way has been retained in the UK, much to the relief of all those born and raised using feet and inches. This was a move prompted by our ties with America that retains this system of measurement and...
Spotlighton
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Byline: Dermot Murnaghan Image Dependable presenter Best Known For Breaking the news about Princess Diana's death in 1997. Early Life Dermot John Murnaghan was born in Devon in December, 1957, but his family later moved to Newry,...
Spotlight On
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Byline: Jo Joyner Image English rose actress Best Known For Playing Tanya Branning in EastEnders Early Life Born in 1978 in Essex, her parents are Peter and Anne, and Jo has one brother, Dan. The family later moved to the Midlands,...
Spruce Up Your Home and Add a Spring to Your Step; Interiors
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Byline: YVONNE JONES NOW is the time to treat your home to a complete overhaul, and give it a bright new face for spring. Kick off by rearranging your furniture to create a fresh new look - it's a great way of having a spring clean, sorting out...
STEPHEN JONES - O CLERMONT I NANTES, Stephen Jones, Lynn Davies, Y Lolfa, Pounds 8.95
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Byline: STEPHEN JONES DEUDDEG mis o orfoledd a diflastod, a dyma'r hanes. Does yna'r un anrhydedd yn fwy i chwaraewr rygbi na chapteinio ei wlad. Daeth y fraint honno i ran Stephen Jones yn fuan ar ol iddo ddychwelyd i'w gartref ysbrydol ar y Strade....
Struggle and Strife; It Was the Harshest of All Industries, with Welsh Miners Only Expected to Live until the Age of 40 at One Time. in an Extract from a New Book on Our Coal Industry, Ronald Rees Charts the Dangerous Circumstances under Which Our Men, Children and Often Women Worked
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THE authors of the 1842 report on the employment of children in mines listed the 10 most common ways in which miners could be injured or killed: 1) Falling down the shaft. 2) Being struck on the head, by something falling, when descending or ascending...
The Acid Test
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Byline: JOHN HUMPHRIES FLOWERING shrubs are among the biggest impulse purchases for gardeners who, with the dawn chorus ringing in their ears and the green shoots of spring in direct line of sight, wake up to the new gardening year. By now some...
The First Word
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Byline: HANNAH JONES I HAVE been having colourful dreams about a certain rugby player which is a bit strange for a number of reasons. 1. I don't dream. Or at least if I do, I don't remember them. I'd say that on average, I recall about half a...
This Bank Holiday Weekend, Look out for the 'Twuncers' Who Fill the Country Roads in Their Search for New Views; Walkers Taking Two Cars So They Don't Have to Repeat the Route
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Byline: Rhodri Clark THE promise of empty roads, fresh country air and un spoilt scenery help lure walkers in their droves to the Welsh countryside. But transport officials say groups of walkers are increasingly spoiling the very rural idyll...
This Sea-View Home Is Filled with a Century of Loving Care and Craft
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Byline: Emily Lambert STILL with its finely original features including oak floors, magnificent bay windows, high ceilings and a host of period fireplaces, Haldon stands testament to being loved by families for more than a century. Set in beautiful...
TRAVEL: Ecstatic about a Static! Tryst Williams and Family Are Converted to Static Caravan Breaks Abroad
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Byline: Tryst Williams HOLIDAYING in Tuscany can inspire daunting thoughts of wildly expensive breaks alongside ranks of annoying, well-heeled Middle-Englanders. Tony Blair (remember him?) and his family visiting the holiday villa of an accommodating...
TRAVEL: SHORTSTAY in AMSTERDAM
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THE first time I went to Amsterdam it turned out that my mother had been worried about my welfare. She thought that people - or men in particular - went to the laid-back Dutch city for two things, the relaxed cannabis laws and the red-light area. ...
TRAVEL: That Old Familiar Feeling; with Its Teashops, Inns and Rolling Hills New England's Name Is as Appropriate as Ever, Says John Spencer
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Byline: John Spencer TODAY'S visitor to New England could be forgiven for believing the region was named to reflect its strikingly familiar landscape, with a plethora of English place names, village greens and churches, and lighthouse-dotted shorelines....
Up to School Authorities to Maximise Safety; COMMENT
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FOR teachers to refuse to take pupils on school trips because of the fear of compensation claims should anything should go wrong would be a huge admission of defeat. One teaching union is already advising its members not to participate in such trips...
US Presidential Hopefuls Suffer Security Breaches; Rice Apologises to Obama and Clinton
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Byline: Mike Jones ALL three US presidential hopefuls had their passport application files trawled through by unauthorised government workers, it emerged yesterday. Hours after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apologised to Democratic runner...
Victorian Landmark in the Capital Is Put on the Market; Former Staff Club Could Be Leased as a Restaurant
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Byline: Aled Blake Business Correspondent A LANDMARK building in the centre of Cardiff has been put on the market - a month after its owner bought it at auction. The Grade II-listed South Glamorgan Staff Club on Westgate Street could be a prime...
Violence against People in Rural Wales Up by a Third In10years-Tories
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CRIME in rural parts of Wales has risen more sharply than in urban areas over the past decade, according to new figures released by the Conservatives. Their statistics show for some crimes, such as violence against a person, the number of incidents...
WALES: Hamilton Revved Up for Challenge
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Byline: Nick Briggs Sepang LEWIS HAMILTON believes McLaren are in good shape for this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix after the Briton shrugged off a minor mechanical malfunction to set the fastest time in yesterday's free practice sessions. Hamilton...
WALES: Rees Steps from Shadows and Aims to Spark a Great Double
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Byline: Phil Blanche Sports Editor WORLD champion Gavin Rees plans a glory march - both inside and outside the ring. Rees defends his WBA light-welterweight crown in Cardiff tonight as he steps out of the shadow of stablemates Joe Calzaghe and...
When Gabby Met
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Byline: shaun It took just 11 minutes for Wales defence guru Shaun Edwards to open his heart to Gabby Logan about Wales winning the Six Nations last weekend, living a 'boring' life, his father's tough love and the event which shook his world - the...
Why Commons Is Still Smarting over the 'John Lewis' Allowances; Real Politik
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ANYONE who believes MPs are out of touch with the world outside Westminster will roll their eyes at the news that Parliament starts its Easter break on April 3, more than a week after everyone else celebrates Easter itself. So perhaps it's appropriate...
Wimpey's Flagship City Vizion a Clear Winner with Home Buyers
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THE second phase of City Vizion - George Wimpey's flagship development in Newport - has received a huge thumbs up from the home-buying public. The scheme, comprising more than 400 apartments, was launched at Riverside Arts Centre last month and...
Women's Own
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Byline: lynne barrett-lee HOW are you getting on with the bag situation? I only ask because I just did a small inventory, and we are positively drowning in the things. You'll know the drill. As with coveting your neighbour's whippet and brewing...
WRU Warns of Action as Official's Tickets Turned Up on eBay; Director Praised for Honesty after Scare Sorted Out
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Byline: Robin Turner THE WRU last night warned that it employs a team of private detectives who track down tickets being sold above face value. The disclosure came after a WRU director found part of his ticket allocation was put up for sale one...
