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Swine flu hits 34 - and measles and mumps spread
2/7/2009 - Four new confirmed cases of swine flu in Wales were reported today, bringing the total to 34. The new victims are: A 23-year-old woman from Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. Her illness is linked to travel from Mexico....

Swans man says sorry to Sousa
2/7/2009 - Swansea City midfielder Ferrie Bodde has returned to the Liberty Stadium from his native Holland and said sorry that he was absent from training early this week because he had to have medical examinations and tie up his a...

Shane gets Lions share
2/7/2009 - Shane Williams is picked as one of eight changes in the British and Irish Lions side for the third and final Test against the Springboks in Johannesburg on Saturday. The Ospreys man came on as a late replacement last w...

Spain is Wales's top hotspot
2/7/2009 - Spain is still the top hotspot for summer sun seekers from Cardiff Airport. Research from low cost airline bmibaby shows that 66 per cent of passengers travelling with the airline from Cardiff in June, July and August ...

Bag makers bash Wales ban plan
2/7/2009 - Plastic bag makers are angry over a Wales plan to ban fee plastic shopping bags and bring in a possible price of 15p a time. The manufacturers consider the plan ludicrous, says PRW.com. According to the Carrier Bag ...

Cardiff sign centre half Hudson
2/7/2009 - Cardiff City today signed former Charlton centre half and captain Mark Hudson, aged 27. The fee is reported to be £1.075m with an extra £250,000 if Cardiff reach the Premier League. Hudson, who stands 6ft 1ins, m...

Help to switch to digital TV
2/7/2009 - Wales will become the first digital TV nation in the UK in March next year when the Wenvoe transmitter covering Cardiff and south east Wales completes its switch to a digital signal. And help is at hand for half a mill...

Anglesey sticks it to underage drink sales
2/7/2009 - A scheme to stop underage alcohol sales will be extended across Anglesey following a successful pilot in Holyhead,. It involves marking bottles and cans sold in local shops with a unique tamper-proof sticker. Polic...

Can you spot your stolen goods?
2/7/2009 - Gwent Police are appealing for people to come forward to identify numerous items of stolen property recovered from a house in the Pontllanfraith area. An 18 year old man has been arrested in connection with the burglar...

2,000 rush to see Welsh politicians' expenses
2/7/2009 - Almost 2,000 hits were made on the National Assembly’s new online log of Assembly Members' expenses in the first 24 hours. The system, which went live at 9am on June 29, places Wales at the forefront of transparency ...

Bassey's new album
2/7/2009 - Dame Shirley Bassey, 72, has signed a new major-label record deal reported to be worth half a million pounds. It will be the first collection of new songs from Dame Shirley for more than a decade and follows her perfo...

Heatwave over by weekend
2/7/2009 - This week's sweltering summer days in Wales will draw to an end by the weekend, says the Met Office. Today heavy thundery rain will edge in from the southwest. Today: Locally very heavy, thundery rain in the southwe...

Young Swan flies to Grimsby
1/7/2009 - Wales youth international Chris Jones has joined League Two club Grimsby Town on trial after rejecting an extension to his contract with Swansea City. The 19-year-old striker has opted to try his luck at Blundell Park ...

Sex slave sold for £2,000 in Wales
1/7/2009 - Gwent Police today described their part in dismantling an international prostitution ring which started when a girl was sold for £2,000 in Wales. Members of an East European organised gang have been sentenced to more...

Wales swine flu toll reaches 30
1/7/2009 - Four new confirmed cases of swine flu were reported in Wales today, bringing the total to 30. Wales is to receive surgical facemasks for healthcare workers who are likely to come into regular contact with people who m...

Welsh star heads Les Miz cast
1/7/2009 - Welsh musical star John Owen Jones will play Jean Valjean in the 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables, it was announced today. The new production of the world’s longest running musical opens at Wales Millen...

Watchdog on Wales political standards
1/7/2009 - A watchdog will make sure Welsh Assembly Members don't get away with wrongdoing and "whistle blowing" will be encouraged. “It is essential, with the current storm engulfing another place, that we ensure the public in...

Cardiff ready for the Ashes
1/7/2009 - A hundred thousand extra people are expected in Cardiff over the five days of the first ever Ashes Test match in Wales between England and Australia starting on Wednesday July 8. Cardiff Council's advice to motorists ...

Hospital given OK as swine flu hits health worker
30/6/2009 - The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Wales rose to 25 today with nine new victims. They include a 25-year-old man from Cardiff who is a healthcare worker at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. Close conta...

Welsh politicians come clean on expenses
30/6/2009 - A public online log of Welsh Assembly Members’ expenses claims has been launched on the National Assembly website. It means that everyone will be able to see, at the click of a mouse, what expenses their Assembly Mem...

Anglesey plans for life after Aluminium
30/6/2009 - Anglesey County Council is to host the first Anglesey Aluminium community action group meeting in Holyhead on Friday. Smelting operations at Anglesey Aluminium, which employs more than 500 people, are under threat of c...

Opera on Swansea big screen tonight
30/6/2009 - La Traviata from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden will be shown on the big screen in Castle Square, Swansea, tonight. (Tuesday at 7.) It is part of the BP Summer Big Screens Programme and will feature a star cast...

Your poem could win £5,000
30/6/2009 - Multi-award winning poet and short story writer Jackie Kay and Anglesey-based poet and Poetry Wales Editor Zoë Skoulding have been announced as judges for the 2010 Cardiff International Poetry Competition. The competi...

Car thieves target sat navs
30/6/2009 - Police in Blackwood and Bargoed are advising motorists to never leave items on view, following a number of thefts from vehicles over recent weeks. Over the last month, 24 vehicles have been targeted in the Blackwood ar...

Wales tightens up on GM crops
30/6/2009 - Measures to protect Welsh farmers from the possible economic consequences of contamination from GM crops were announced today. Views are being sought on proposals including the imposition of strict liability on GM crop...

Wales heatwave warning
30/6/2009 - People in Wales were warned today by the National Public Health Service to take steps to protect their health during this week’s heatwave. And North Wales Fire and Rescue Service warned of the danger of grass fires. ...

Bingo! Wales theatre wins £3.9 million
29/6/2009 - Sherman Theatre Cymru in Cardiff today received a capital lottery grant of £3.9 million from the Arts Council of Wales for work which will see the building completely transformed. The building will have new seating i...

Wales bags it
29/6/2009 - Wales today announced plans to reduce free one-use carrier bags. An estimated 480 million plastic bags are used in Wales each year and it takes between 500 and 1,000 years for them to degrade. Jane Davidson, Minis...

Welsh gymnast wins third British title
29/6/2009 - Welsh Rhythmic Gymnast Francesca Jones won her third British Senior Rhythmic Gymnastics title in Stoke on Trent over the weekend. She also won the gold medals on rope, ball and ribbon.   “I am very pleased with my...

Records tumble at Cardiff Pool
29/6/2009 - Cardiff International Pool confirmed its reputation as one of the world's best competition pools after 58 records were broken over the weekend. The British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Championships featured nearly...

Criminologists in Cardiff
29/6/2009 - Author Phillip Sands, who exposed how high ranking members of the Bush administration were involved in authorizing torture, will be among speakers at an international criminology conference starting in Cardiff today. T...

Secrets of Oystermouth to be unearthed
29/6/2009 - Fascinating discoveries are hoped for as archaeologists today start a dig on the site of Swansea's 12th century Oystermouth Castle. Volunteers will work alongside experts as the group excavates outside the castle's wes...

Welsh props bashed out of Lions finale
29/6/2009 - Welsh props Gethin Jenkins and Adam Jones have both been ruled out of Saturday's third and final Test against South Africa. Blues prop Jenkins underwent surgery in Pretoria after fracturing his right cheek bone in a cl...

Wales cemetery vandalised
29/6/2009 - Gravestones and statues on more than 20 graves were damaged at Bethania Cemetery in Blaenau Ffestiniog over the weekend. Flowers and memorial vases were strewn around the cemetery. Police, who said said thousands o...