Cardiff and it’s Bay

Chris Coleman insisted he had no complaints towards Cyprus over their brutal treatment of Gareth Bale as 10-man Wales stayed top of their European Championship qualifying group with a 2-1 victory in Cardiff on Monday night. Nine players were booked in a bruising encounter at the Cardiff City Stadium and Wales midfielder Andy King was sent off two minutes into …

THE RSPCA has warned it will prosecute anyone suspected of poisoning animals after four cats in one street were put down after drinking anti-freeze. The two distraught pet owners, who had to pay combined vets’ fees of £1,400, say it is too much of a coincidence to have been accidental. Amanda Powell called the vet when she noticed one of …

WALES 2 CYPRUS 1 TEN-MAN Wales survived an almighty scare against Cyprus at the Cardiff City Stadium to keep their Euro 2016 qualification campaign on track. The Dragons raced into a two-goal lead courtesy of sub David Cotterill and Hal Robson Kanu, but spent almost half the contest with their backs firmly against the wall after Andy King’s rash challenge …

13 October 2014 Crimestoppers is supporting a new campaign by homelessness charity Shelter Scotland to raise awareness of the practice of illegal eviction by private landlords. It is estimated that hundreds of illegal evictions are carried out each year in Scotland. Cases involve eviction without following the correct legal processes, changing the locks, or threatening violence or intimidation. Alarmingly, many …

13 October 2014 A reward of up to £3,000 is being offered by crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a corrosive liquid attack on a man in Witham. The victim, a man in his 50s, suffered terrible burns to his hands and face when the liquid was thrown …

BEAUTIFUL: Bryn Celli Ddu, a late Neolithic chambered tomb on Anglesey. A tiny country surrounded by its better-known neighbours, England, Scotland and Ireland, Wales is a part of the United Kingdom but has a heritage and language all its own. Bordered by England to the east, it is surrounded by water to the north, west and southern borders. The country …

Firefighters saved more than 100 pets, including dogs, cats, parrots and iguanas after a blaze broke out in a suburban home. Crews calmed six frightened dogs before leading dozens of other animals to safety at the terraced house in Southampton . Two soot-covered dogs and a ferret were even resuscitated by firefighters using oxygen masks, but four animals – a …

September 2014 Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge News Archive Car park fly-tipper fined £200 FLY-tipping his partner’s rubbish has cost a Burnham-On-Sea man more than £200 for his first offence. Five black sacks of refuse, discovered next to the ‘bring banks’ in Burnham’s Lynton Road led council investigators to a woman living nearby and then to her partner. More… Ofsted celebrations at …

NEWPORT Gwent Dragons’ hideous start to the Guinness Pro12 continued after they were beaten 24-10 by Edinburgh at a soulless Murrayfield. Both sides headed into the game with a solitary win to their name but it is the Scottish strugglers that go into their European campaign with a spring in their step. The Dragons looked like they could sneak the …

SCRUM-HALF Jean-Baptiste Bruzulier says he’s ready to roll up his sleeves and compete for a starting place in Worcester Warriors’ Greene King IPA Championship squad. The 22-year-old will be making his first-team debut tomorrow (3pm) in Warriors’ British and Irish Cup clash against Nottingham at Meadow Lane. Bruzulier, who arrived at Sixways in the summer, is behind Charlie Mulchrone and …