A pet shop owner set to appear in a TV show about the theft of a kitten from her shop has fallen victim to would-be thieves for a second time. Carol Ivory, 60, will star in tonight’s episode of new BBC show Fightback Britain as it tells the story of how she turned to local media – including the Echo …
Read More »They are almost as synonymous with a Welsh seaside holiday as bucket and spades or ice-cream. But seagulls displaying aggressive behaviour at one of the nation’s most popular beach resorts have prompted calls for a “gull cull” – amid fears for public safety. Councillors in Tenby say herring gulls in the town are attacking builders on rooftops and families on …
Read More »Radical changes to drive up the quality of Welsh buses could force lifeline bus services off the road because no new funding is available, warn experts. Some councils plan to rank bus operators as gold, silver or bronze – with different subsidy rates for each category – to stimulate improvements to vehicles, staff and information provision. Also on the cards …
Read More »Hundreds of Welsh soldiers who returned from Afghanistan are struggling to cope – raising fears there could be more deaths like those of Welsh Guardsman Dan Collins who took his own life, a veteran HAS warned. Former Welsh Guard Dai Graham made the stark warning as he prepares to set off on a £1m fundraising walk to help ex and …
Read More »Bake Off is back. Prepare yourself for 10 weeks of flour-dusted drama, a rainbow selection of Mary Berry’s lovely jackets and assorted Daily Mail articles on Paul Hollywood’s tortured love life. And, of course, lots and lots of cake. This series has an added topping of excitement for me because my friend Rhiannon’s daughter Beca will be baking for Wales. …
Read More »The side-project of Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys and an album by the former frontman of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci head the shortlist of this year’s prestigious Welsh Music Prize. Praxis Makes Perfect by Neon Neon, a collaboration between Gruff Rhys and producer Boom Bip, as well as Summer Special by Euros Childs, have made the shortlist of 12 albums, which …
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A mother locked up for a year without trial in a Dominican Republic jail has been dealt the devastating blow she may have cancer. Nicole Reyes, 37 from Rumney, was arrested when her husband Jorge, 38, died in a car crash on the island on July 9 last year. Mum-of-two Nicole swapped Cardiff, for the Caribbean island state 10 years …
Read More »The Cardiff 10K: Sunday 8th September (10am) 2K Family Fun Run Sunday: 8th September 2012 (9.15am) Last year one young Bluebirds fan was singled out for attention, Hywel Davies, who is undergoing dialysis at the unit, was presented with a signed Cardiff City shirt and two season tickets, which Hywel and his father have enjoyed for the past year. A …
Read More »The Cardiff 10K: Sunday 8th September (10am) 2K Family Fun Run: Sunday 8th September 2013 (9.15am) Having previously never entered the team race before, players from the orchestra have been training together whilst they have been on tour, ensuring they are fit and ready for the September 8th Race. Robert Plane, a clarinettist for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, …
Read More »Chris Opie, of former Formula One motor-racing world champion Nigel Mansell’s cycling team UK Youth, won the inaugural Hitters’ GP event at Llandow Race Circuit. He out-sprinted Russell Downing (Net-App Endura) and twice Olympic track champion Ed Clancy (Raph-Condor JLT). The big-money race was organised by one of Team Sky’s Welsh riders, Luke Rowe, and attracted a star-studded field of …
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