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100 arrests in Gwent
5/2/2010 - This week Gwent police have arrested 100 offenders in a high intensity, high visibility enforcement campaign to locate and apprehend prolific and priority offenders, known offenders and wanted people for offences such as...

Wales expect running battle at Twickenham
5/2/2010 - Shane Williams reckons England plan to blitz Wales with electrifying pace in Saturday's RBS Six Nations opener. England boss Martin Johnson has named speed merchants Delon Armitage, Matthew Tait and Ugo Monye in an att...

Swine flu jabs for toddlers well under way
5/2/2010 - The clinical consultation rate for influenza - not necessarily swine flu - in Wales during the week ending 31 January fell to 3.5 cases of flu-like illness diagnosed by GPs out of every 100,000 people in Wales. It was...

Tory axe hangs over Wales railways says Hain
5/2/2010 - Electrification of the main South Wales to London railway line will bring economic and environmental benefits, shorten journey times and improve services to rail passengers, Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain said to...

Cardiff clash of titans at Newcastle
5/2/2010 - Fourth-placed Cardiff are looking to continue their impressive recent run at Newastle United tonight by ending the only unbeaten home record in the Championship - a win that would propel the Bluebirds back into the race f...

Swans must turn draws into wins
5/2/2010 - Swansea City boss Paulo Sousa has called for his side to turn draws into victories ahead of tomorrow's early kick-off against Preston (1pm). The Swans have drawn four of their last five Championship outings and Sousa i...

Mums' glums lead to violent children
5/2/2010 - Mothers who became depressed when pregnant were four times as likely to have children who were violent at 16, says a new study from Cardiff University. This was true for both boys and girls. The mothers' depression, in...

Knife amnesty in memory of Anglesey stab victim
5/2/2010 - Police on Anglesey today launched an Island-wide knife amnesty in support of a walk in memory of a Holyhead man who was killed in November 2009. The two-month amnesty is in support of a memorial walk being held for 21-...

Wales govt rapped for failing manufacturing
5/2/2010 - Wales’s manufacturing sector needs clear direction on how the Welsh Government is going to use its resources in future, according to a new report from the Enterprise and Learning Committee of the National Assembly for ...

Whole new way of education for Heads of Valleys
5/2/2010 - More than £110m of Welsh Assembly Government funding has been set aside to transform the opportunities and prospects for young people, local residents and businesses in the Heads of the Valleys region. There will be ...

James and Gill called in as prop Jenkins withdraws
4/2/2010 - Wales prop Gethin Jenkins has withdrawn from the RBS 6 Nations clash with England at Twickenham on Saturday after failing a fitness test this afternoon (Thursday) on a calf problem picked up in training. Jenkins will ...

Green power to the people
4/2/2010 - Three communities in Wales are today celebrating winning up to £500,000 each to help install new green technologies. The grant money, awarded through the Government’s Low Carbon Community Challenge, will be spent ...

Postman murder unsolved after 7 years
4/2/2010 - Today, Thursday 4 February, marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of Paul Savage, a postman beaten to death whilst delivering mail on Clayton Road in Mold; and twelve months after launching a review of this investig...

Lee Byrne is over the moon
3/2/2010 - Lee Byrne intends to hit the ground running at Twickenham leaving all thoughts of the 16th-man controversy way behind him. "I'm absolutely over the moon, to be honest," he said this afternoon. " I'm just glad to p...

Sex alarms for Six Nations
3/2/2010 - Police in the Pwllheli and Porthmadog District are offering free personal attack alarms to prevent sex assaults ahead of the forthcoming Six Nations Championship. The alarms are being made available to help keep people...

Racism claim against Cardiff asylum seeker agency
3/2/2010 - No Borders South Wales were this afternoon holding a protest outside the Cardiff offices of the UK Border Agency - which deals with asylum seekers - and said the demo had taken on a new dimension in the light of revelati...

Call for probe as Auditor General quits
3/2/2010 - An independent investigation into the running of the Wales Audit Office has been called for after the shock announcement that the Auditor General, Jeremy Colman, has resigned with immediate effect. Plaid Cymru AM Leann...

I was naive over Bloodgate, says Welsh ref
3/2/2010 - It was the scandal that rocked the rugby world to its core in 2009 - and Welsh referee Nigel Owens was at the centre of it. In a special documentary, Nigel Owens, broadcast on S4C on Friday this week (8.25pm), the re...

Lee Byrne plays and Williams wins hooking berth
3/2/2010 - Lee Byrne is reprieved to play and Gareth Williams will make his third start for Wales when Warren Gatland's side travel to Twickenham to face England on Saturday (kick-off 5.00pm) in the RBS 6 Nations opener. The Card...

Life elsewhere in the universe, says Professor
3/2/2010 - As we enter a new decade a clear pronouncement of our likely alien ancestry and of the existence of extraterrestrial life on a cosmic scale would seem to be overdue, says a Cardiff professor. Evidence is “steadily mo...

Wales Labour pick 20-year-old for general election
3/2/2010 - Welsh Labour today announced the selection of their youngest General Election candidate. Town councillor and student activist Richard Boudier, aged 20, has been confirmed as Welsh Labour's Parliamentary Candidate ...

Swans won't let Angel go for nothing
3/2/2010 - Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins says he is disappointed with reports that he has blocked Angel Rangel's chance to further his career with a transfer to Fulham. Rangel claimed Fulham had met Swansea's "high" valuatio...

Weatherman walks Wales
3/2/2010 - The stunning scenery of the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty will feature in this week's edition of BBC Wales' Weatherman Walking programme on BBC1 Wales at 8.30 tonight.. Presenter Derek Brockway will...

Carmarthenshire crackdown on altering listed buildings
3/2/2010 - The owner of a listed Llanelli bar has been fined £3,400 for making unauthorised alterations to the building. Douglas Andrew Lewis was prosecuted by Carmarthenshire County Council for making changes to Stamps, the for...

US scholars flock to Dylan Thomas
3/2/2010 - A group of top American academics was given a treat at Swansea's Dylan Thomas Centre during a visit to the UK. All 40 Fulbright scholars currently studying in Britain visited the attraction to listen to an overview of ...

Gorseinon clinic gets its blood up
3/2/2010 - New facilities at Gorseinon Hospital have been opened to improve access to blood tests for local patients. Capacity has been doubled to help the phlebotomy staff take samples from around 150 patients a day at the busy ...

Gary Lineker and Danielle Bux pay hospital visit
3/2/2010 - A patient visiting Morriston Hospital for his latest appointment caused a stir by bringing along his celebrity family. The patient’s sister, Hell’s Kitchen star Danielle Bux, and her football legend husband Gary Li...

Wales farmers want clear advice on bovine TB
3/2/2010 - Clear and consistent advice and guidance must always be readily available to farmers to explain any changes to pre-movement testing and compensation policies. That is according to NFU Cymru in its response to the Wels...

Sing a song of rugby
3/2/2010 - If the Six Nations tournament was about singing the Welsh would probably win it every year. A new handy companion will be published this week with the words to all the songs that will be sung in buses, pubs and stadi...

Thief runs away with shop till
3/2/2010 - A man is in police custody after being arrested following an incident at a shop in Hirael, Bangor, when a till was stolen. Shortly before 6pm last night a man ran into Glan Môr stores on Beach Road and stole the till...

More heavy snow for Wales
3/2/2010 - A new severe weather warning of heavy snow for Wales has been issued by the Met Office for this afteroon. A band of rain will turn increasingly to snow as it spreads northeastwards this afternoon, affecting parts of no...

Wales appoints first science overlord
3/2/2010 - Wales has appointed a Welsh born and internationally recognised scientist, Professor John Harries, as the country's first Chief Scientific Adviser. Professor Harries said: "Wales is a small country, but is capable of...

European millions to stop Wales floods
3/2/2010 - £6.1 million of European funding has been awarded to eight flood and coastal defence projects across Wales, Environment Minister Jane Davidson has announced. The latest award will support projects across Wales and red...

Valentine's ideas for Welsh brides
3/2/2010 - It’s the perfect Valentine’s date for all brides to be - the wedding fair at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. The fair takes place in the stunning surrounds of the Great Glasshouse on Sunday February 14 and ...