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19 year old Lewis Akrill, from Caerphilly, knows about the pains of Kidney disease. When he was just nine years old, he woke up with a crippling pain in his stomach. Doubled up in pain on the floor, his mother, Tracy, suspected something was really wrong. Lewis went to hospital for tests and was kept in overnight. It was then …

The crowds came out and the sun shone down on Cardiff’s newest farmers’ market. Local traders in the suburb of Whitchurch came up with the idea to ask the RCMA Social Enterprise, which already runs successful markets in Riverside and Rhiwbina, to stage the market in a bid to boost footfall to their shops. It launched today in the car …

The wholesale arm of struggling model shop Modelzone has been bought in a deal which will safeguard the jobs of its remaining workforce. Modelzone runs stores in Cardiff and Swansea as well as a portfolio of outlets across the UK and went into administration in June. The business and assets of Amerang, the wholesaler of toy and hobby trade products, …

Welsh miscarriage of justice victim Michael O’Brien has been granted permission to legally challenge a decision not to prosecute a retired detective whose evidence helped send him to jail for a murder he did not commit. Today Mr O’Brien received confirmation that the High Court had allowed him to seek judicial review of the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision not to …

The 17-strong group of Year 10 boys at Whitchurch High School raised eyebrows when they were seen in the morning striding around the school in borrowed skirts. Despite rumours that the pupils had been sent home, headteacher Huw Jones-Williams told the Echo no-one had been punished. He said: “We had a conversation with some boys this morning and they have …

A former House of Lords special adviser is facing jail after he was found guilty of harassing his next-door neighbours, a court heard. Desmond Hughes, 65, and his partner Clare Anderson, 50, both of Began Road, Old St Mellons, pointed security cameras in the direction of their neighbours’ home, stared at the family’s teenage daughter and phoned in trivial complaints …

BBC Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen has described the moment he was hit by shotgun pellets during a deadly protest in Cairo 12 days ago – and how he delayed a flight home formedical surgery so he could watch the British and Irish Lions. The 53-year-old Cardiff born and raised journalist was at the University of South Wales campus in …

There was outrage  yesterday after a  photograph emerged  which showed two men pushing buggies  across Cardiff’s River  Taff. At least one child  appears to be in one of the pushchairs, which  were being pushed  across the river at  Blackweir, near the  Blackweir Bridge. Penarth Coastguard  tweeted the picture  yesterday and warned:  “Blackweir is a  dangerous place to  swim, but this …

A Cardiff law firm which employs around 150 people in the capital has expanded into London with its latest acquisition. Geldards LLP, which has a staff of around 150 in Cardiff, has acquired the business and assets of London-based niche public services practice TPP Law. The deal is designed to strengthen Geldards’ national public services offering, servicing Government, local authorities, …

A man accused of murdering a pensioner in a burglary gone wrong has told a court that he raided homes ‘as a job’ as he described the night of the killing. Llywelyn Thomas, 76, was found dead inside his home in Ely Road, Chittering, Cambridgeshire, on December 18. Prosecutors allege he was savagely beaten after two men forced their way …