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A letter dropped onto my doormat that was neither a bill nor junk mail. This was most unusual and entirely welcome. Most of the communications I receive come by impersonal e-mail, which offer none of the joy and little of the excitement of receiving a “proper” letter. The  “proper” letter came in an expensive envelope and the author had addressed …

The mother of an ex-soldier who died after suffering from depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder says the army should have done more to help her son. Linda Chamberlain watched her only son, Robert, change from a “fit and healthy” teenager who had always dreamed of joining the army into an alcoholic who, she said, drank to escape memories of …

Giant seagulls are moving in to Welsh towns – and feeding on the eggs and chicks of nuisance gulls. Great black-backed gulls – up to twice the size of the gulls we normally see in towns – are the top predators at sea colonies in the wild. Now some are breeding on urban roofs, surrounded by the ready meals in …

Some of Wales’ most notorious killers might never have been brought to justice under new government rules for keeping DNA, experts have warned. The Home Office is in the process of destroying six million samples in a move that has been labelled “impossible to understand” by one victims’ charity. They are all expected to be disposed of by the end …

A star of controversial reality show The Valleys insists its young cast are not being pressured to behave outrageously by TV bosses, saying: “They are being themselves!” The MTV show – now into its second series – has been criticised for encouraging impressionable youngsters to behave as badly as possible for the cameras. This has included drinking urine, getting legless …

It should have been a career highlight and a chance to write his name into the history books. But as Welsh players bravely battled – ultimately in vein – against a talented Fiji side in the Hong Kong Sevens final earlier this year, 29-year-old Ifan Evans was 6,000 miles away facing life-changing surgery. Evans had been on target to become …

I regularly advise senior employees working in financial institutions in London. These employees make most money via their bonuses which can be three or four times basic salary.  read court decisions on bonuses as closely as I used to read Jackie magazine in form two. Earlier this month the Court of Appeal decided the case of Dresdner Kleinwort  and Commerzbank …

She may have lost out in tonight’s battle round of The Voice but singer Elise Evans says singing The Green Green Grass of Home to her mentor Sir Tom Jones felt like winning the show. The 18 year old, who wowed judges Sir Tom, Jessie J, Danny O’Donoghue and Will.i.am in the first round of the BBC talent series’ blind …

Abacus House is an anonymous looking structure. A commercial property in every sense. Yet its bland appearance belies its contents, for here is a hive of leading edge technology, an e-commerce consultancy developing software applications that drive customer relations and management solutions. The company housed here is Eysys, which has already secured a number of high-level consultancy projects with leading …

Everton manager David Moyes says he will help his chairman Bill Kenwright to appoint his successor at Goodison Park. Glaswegian Moyes, who is a good friend of Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay, is likely to say good words to the Everton owner about the man who won the Championship title for the Bluebirds this season and has now been installed …