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Shaun made a wish and Jenson Button appeared
20/11/2009 - Formula One World Champion Jenson Button granted a brave young man a special wish this week. Shaun Donovan from Swansea has a type of brain tumour called Craniopharyngioma. On Wednesday 18 November 2009 he got to meet...

Operatic kick off for Cardiff Blues - Australia
20/11/2009 - The Cardiff Blues first ever rugby match against an international team will be kicked off by two singers from the International Academy of Voice at Cardiff University. Alun Rhys Jenkins, a Welsh Tenor and Mary-Jean O'D...

Ahoy there, Ruthin pirates!
20/11/2009 - By Spring time, children in Ruthin will be able to enjoy playing on a brand new Adventure Ship-Galleon - a ship shaped play facility with mast, rope, climbing nets, tower and slide as well as a new 20 metre zip wire after...

Ann Beynon to be Wales' Commissioner
20/11/2009 - Wales Office Minister Wayne David today welcomed the appointment of Ann Beynon OBE as Wales Commissioner to the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The three-year appointment will help to strengthen the Commission’...

£2.4million to conserve and celebrate Tywi Valley
20/11/2009 - Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has officially launched a £2.4million project, aimed at conserving and celebrating the Tywi Valley. Tywi Afon Yr Oesoedd (Tywi a River Through Time) is a partnership funded heritage p...

21 swine flu deaths in Wales
20/11/2009 - In spite of the NPHS influenza surveillance scheme showing that there has been a decrease in the rate of influenza consultations 21 people in Wales have died from swin flu, six more than were reported last week. 214 pe...

Fatal accident in Aberystwyth
20/11/2009 - Dyfed Powy Police is appealing for witnesses to a road traffic collision which occurred yesterday afternoon in Bryn Road, Aberystwyth. The circumstances were that the single vehicle involved left the steeply banked roa...

Statement on Christine Thomas's death
20/11/2009 - Dyfed Powys Police has issued a statement about the death of Christine Ann Thomas at Aberporth in July 2008. Her husband, Brian Thomas, who strangled her in his sleep while dreaming that she was an intruder walked free f...

Emergency floodline!
20/11/2009 - With many areas of Wales affected by flooding Police have issued a floodline information line telephone number. Trained operators are available 24 hours a day seven days a week and can provide immediate practical advice ...

Anchors away for Port Talbot Primary Care Resource Centre
20/11/2009 - Health and Social Services Minister Edwina Hart has officially opened the landmark Port Talbot Primary Care Resource Centre. The massive 62,000 square feet centre, built to look like an ocean going liner, offers a wide r...

New Wales child helpline announced
20/11/2009 - A new National Advocacy and Advice service for children and young people, backed with £459,850 of new Welsh Assembly Government funding has been announced by Children’s Minister Jane Hutt. The helpline will be the f...

Art entries invited for Eistedfodd
19/11/2009 - Once again there will be a large multi media exhibition in Y Lle Celf (Art Space) at the 2010 National Eisteddfod in Blaenau Gwent. Applications in both fine and applied art(including the moving image and performance art)...

Landslide area being made safe
19/11/2009 - Huge machinery has been on scene at the site of the Foel Goch landslide, on a major road linking the Rhondda and Cynon Valleys as part of an £85,000 Council to ensure the area remains safe for all. Rhondda Cynon Taf C...

Heather and Hillforts new chairman
19/11/2009 - Rod Williams, a hillfort and smallholding owner from Denbighshire has been named as the new Chairman of the Heather and Hillforts Landscape Partnership Scheme. As the owner of Penycloddiau hillfort and a 40 acre smallh...

Flood warning continues in Conwy
19/11/2009 - The flood warning is still in force for the Conwy Valley. An all clear has been issued for the Elwy and Gele Catchment from Gwytherin to St Asaph including Abergele. But a flash warning of heavy rain in Anglesey an...

From green to gold in Pembrokeshire
19/11/2009 - A green waste composting scheme in Pembrokeshire has been awarded the ‘gold standard' certification for compost producers. The PAS 100 certification has been awarded to PMR Direct Ltd, trading arm of The Pembrokeshir...

£20,000 Legacy Fund helps young Anglesey golfers
19/11/2009 - Pupils at Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern, on Anglesey, are to benefit from a new golfing facility on the school grounds, thanks to an investment from The Ryder Cup Wales Legacy Fund. The £20,000 new practice facilities, whic...

Minister visits new cancer and heart scanner
19/11/2009 - Health Minister Edwina Hart will visit the University Hospital of Wales to see how work is progressing on a new specialist scanner, which can be used to identify the early stages of cancer and coronary heart disease. T...

Living proof that smoke alarms save lives.
19/11/2009 - A mother and daughter and their elderly neighbour are living proof that smoke alarms really do save lives after they were the victims of a fire in their home in Deiniolen in the early hours of this morning Thursday 19th N...

Lifejackets - the difference between life and death
19/11/2009 - Lifejackets can make the difference between life and death its as simple as that, say the Maritime and Coastguard Agency who are appealing to the loved ones of commercial fishermen to persuade them to wear lifejackets wh...

67arrested in North Wales crackdown
19/11/2009 - As a result of yesterday's impact day across the six counties of North Wales, officers can now confirm that a total of 67 people have been arrested. Since 6am yesterday morning teams of officers have been executing war...

Cardiff University team wins Queen's Award
19/11/2009 - Pioneering Cardiff University research into violence, alcohol and late-night safety has been recognised with one of the highest awards in the academic world. The University’s Violence and Society Research Group was a...

Safer cycle tracks for Wales
19/11/2009 - Transport Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones AM has confirmed that the Welsh Government will back the National Assembly Enterprise & Learning Committee’s proposed legislation on Highways and Transport. The proposed Legislative...

Moscow ballet returns to Carmarthen
18/11/2009 - Following last years’ enchanting production of Coppelia, Moscow Ballet-La Classique return to Carmarthenshire Theatres by popular demand, with a performance of classic fairytale The Sleeping Beauty at Carmarthen’s ...

£1,500 art prize for Torch Theatre competition
18/11/2009 - An award of £1,500 is being offered to the winner of a new Annual Open Art Competition and Exhibition being launched at the Joanna Field Gallery in the Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, next spring. With the aim of being ...

Argentina versus Cardiff University today
18/11/2009 - Ahead of their clash with Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, Argentina’s rugby team will take to the pitch in a friendly fixture against Cardiff University’s rugby team. Taking place at the University Spo...

Peter Hain comments on Queen's speech
18/11/2009 - The foundations of a National Care Service, abolition of child poverty and help towards energy bills for the frailest, most vulnerable people in our communities are amongst new Government legislation to deliver economic r...

Flooding and warning of more to come
18/11/2009 - A flood warning has been issued for the Conwy Valley with severe weather expected tomorrow. The Elwy River has risen and is under flood watch. The local Council control room has been activated telephone (01492) 57...

Penlan Leisure Centre closed with roof damage
18/11/2009 - Swansea's Penlan Leisure Centre has been temporarily closed because of roof damage caused by severe overnight weather. Swansea Council officers are on site to investigate the damage and determine what remedial works ne...

IVF treatment to be increased for Welsh women
18/11/2009 - Health Minister Edwina Hart yesterday announced that women in Wales will have access to two cycles of IVF treatment free on the NHS from April next year. Since 2005, women in Wales have had access to one cycle of IVF t...

Body found in Llandudno fire
18/11/2009 - Crews from Llandudno were called to a property on Brookes Street, Llandudno at 10:40am this morning, after being alerted to blackened windows and smoke issuing from a two storey house. Firefighters gained access to the...

New vehicle to fight rural domestic abuse
18/11/2009 - Dyfed Powys Police and New Pathways are set to get a new safety awareness vehicle to help in the fight against domestic abuse. The force and charity New Pathways have received funding from the Welsh Assembly Government...

Have your say on inland waterways
18/11/2009 - Members of the public are invited to have their say on Wales’s inland water when the Sustainability Committee Chair goes on the road this week. The National Assembly for Wales bus will be visiting Betws-y-Coed, Wrexh...

Rhodri welcomes All Wales Convention report
18/11/2009 - The Welsh Assembly Government has welcomed today’s publication of the report of the All Wales Convention. First Minister Rhodri Morgan said: “I very much welcome the publication of the report of the All Wales Conve...