Recently added articles from South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales):
Volunteering key to a new career; ADVERTISING FEATURE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... SINGLE mum Yvonne Knowles urges others to take up volunteering as a stepping stone to finding work. Yvonne has returned to full-time work after gaining invaluable experience through volunteering and support from Jobcentre Plus. Yvonne 47, ran her own ladies clothing ...
Busmen ride the freeway to aid charities.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jessica Flynn TWO pensioners will embark on a 300-mile bus odyssey around Wales to raise money for a major South Wales charity. Neighbours Jeff Amos and Brian Lee hope to raise cash for the Sully children's hospice Ty Hafan by spending four days travelling the ...
WHAT'SON.
Jul 01, 2009 ... THE Friends of St Lawrence at Lavernock, the small medieval church on the coast at Lavernock Point between Penarth and Sully, are holding a Service for Sea Sunday on July 12 at 3pm to which all are very welcome. The Reverend Margaret Stark will lead the service. Free parking is available ...
Second hospital staff member has swine flu; Nine new cases of virus in Wales confirmed by laboratory tests.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Madeleine Brindley ANOTHER person working at the University Hospital of Wales has been confirmed as having swine flu. The 25-year-old man, who has not been named as he is no longer at work, is one of nine new confirmed cases of the virus announced yesterday. ...
Rundown area set for renewal.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A RUNDOWN part of Barry is set to receive substantial investment next year. Vale of Glamorgan council cabinet members have agreed to declare the Castleland ward in Barry a renewal area. Councillor Rhodri Traherne, cabinet member for economic development and ...
Top musical to be staged; NEWSBRIEF.
Jul 01, 2009 ... TOP musical The Thorn Birds will be at Wales Millennium Centre from July 7 to July 11. Staged by the Wales Theatre Company, it will be directed by its internationally acclaimed, ...
Explore gardens for a good cause; NEWSBRIEF.
Jul 01, 2009 ... THE annual Open Gardens Trail in Penarth takes place on Saturday, July 25, from 10am to 6pm and on Sunday, July 26, between 2pm and 5pm. Admission to the event, in its 13th year, is by rover ticket to all gardens at a cost of pounds 4, which also includes tea and ...
Ultrasound postgrad course; NEWSBRIEF.
Jul 01, 2009 ... THE University of Glamorgan will offer the first postgraduate ultrasound courses in Wales. The courses, which include a postgraduate diploma and a Master of Science, will increase the clinical ultrasound skills of a range of healthcare ...
BROUGHT TOJUSTICE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... THE following cases were heard at Cardiff Magistrates' Court: Amy Lisa Druce, 22, of Bute Street, Butetown, Cardiff, was given a 12-month community order and told to pay pounds 50 compensation to her victim after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman, failing to surrender to custody, ...
Welcome to the Valleys - land of opportunities! Report talks up region as 'a honey-pot for tourism'.(Report)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: David Williamson LIFE in the Heads of the Valleys is often criticised as beset by unemployment and poverty. But a major new report says there is much in the area to be praised while attacking some of the worst Valleys stereotypes. The Bevan ...
AMs call for tough measures to tackle hospital violence.
Jul 01, 2009 ... NOT enough is being done to protect NHS staff from violence and aggression, a cross-party group of AMs will claim today. They will condemn a "general lack of urgency" and a low number of prosecutions, amid concern that the official figure of 6,950 incidents in 2008-09 may not be ...
Wales give it their best shot in the Tri-Nations; HOCKEY.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Steve Jones WALES' veterans enjoyed an eventful weekend competing in this season's Tri-Nations tournament in Edinburgh. The Dragons didn't always en-joy the rub of the green, as injuries, suspect decision-making by officials and a taxing fixture schedule all ...
School nets a great medal haul in UK championships; ATHLETICS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... EIGHT pupils from King's Monkton School in Cardiff took part in the finals of the UK Independent Schools Athletics Championships in Birmingham, where they won five medals. After qualifying in Yeovil, last month, the Welsh youngsters represented the south west region in various ...
Devils add Armour to their side; ICE HOCKEY.
Jul 01, 2009 ... ALAN Armour has signed for the English National League Cardiff Devils. Former Swindon Wildcats and Bracknell Bees player Armour will be a key player for the club and his capture from ENL rivals Oxford City Stars is a major coup for Cardiff Devils, who now have direct links with ...
A sporting search is on; NEWSBRIEF.
Jul 01, 2009 ... SUPERMARKET Asda is launching a search for all sports and activities providers in South Wales to help provide free sports for kids as part of its ongoing commitment to ...
New shop for town centre; NEWSBRIEF.
Jul 01, 2009 ... A FORMER Ferrari's bakery shop in Valleys town centre is re-opening as a mobile phone store. ...
Youngsters' gold award; NEWSBRIEF.
Jul 01, 2009 ... FIVE young people from Merthyr Tydfil have been awarded the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. Former Bishop Hedley High School students Elizabeth Sullivan, Victoria Scrivens and Bleddyn Escott, ex-Cyfarthfa High School pupil Rachel Jones and Daniel Evans, who had ...
Coach firm facing drivers' hours rap; Offences not a threat to safety, insists boss.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rhodri Clark A COACH firm featured in a fly-on-the-wall TV documentary faces disciplinary action at a public inquiry. The Traffic Commissioner for Wales - the official who licenses bus and coach operators - will consider the "repute" of the managers of Ferris ...
Admiral's man hopes to realise American dream.
Jul 01, 2009 ... THIS is the man charged with making Admiral the success in America that it is in the UK. The Cardiff-based insurance firm is looking to gain a foothold in the multi-billion-dollar US car insurance market. Andrew Rose and his team will be based in the city of Richmond ...
Pick of the day.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Celebrity MasterChef (8.00pm) The six remaining contestants are challenged to cook a two-course meal for 30 schoolchildren before preparing a roast dinner to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace. Continues tomorrow. James May at the Edge of Space (10.00pm) The presenter ...