South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) back issues from May 2008:
Lofty ambitions!(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Luxury living, New York style Pages 4-5 A perfect ...
How we built our dream... Couple transform a Downs cottage bought at auction.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Cathy Owen Features Writer WHEN Linda and Graham Sharkey bought their new home, it was derelict and in need of a lot of care and attention. The then-cottage, which once belonged to an eminent South Wales businessman, had been derelict for quite some time. ...
property posers: Have I got a hope of getting money back?(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: RICHARD BATTRICK I lent my ex-partner some pounds 25,000 and re-mortgaged my house to consolidate his debts. I have not received any substantial repayments from him, and I now need this money. Because his credit rating is poor he has suggested I obtain a loan ...
property posers: Am I entitled to a half share from flat sale?(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: RICHARD BATTRICK I have left the family home and live in a flat. They now want to sell the house and are asking me to sign papers in order to do this. Will I be entitled to half of what they get for it? If the house is in joint names then, as a starting point, ...
Let the sun shine in to get yourself in a summery state.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... WHILE we wait with baited breath for the first signs of summer, a bright environment can lift spirits and banish the winter blues. And lightening up your home can make a real difference to your mood. Here are a few small and inexpensive measures which can make your home a haven of light. ...
Loft offers vast space in Bay.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Alison Young Features Writer AWAREHOUSE built in the late 19th century to store goods brought in on ships at Cardiff Docks is now offering the latest in New York-style loft living. When property developer Mark Andrews bought the Cardiff Bay building 10 years ...
hot homes extra; Homes with loft bedrooms.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Severn Square, Severn Road, Canton, Cardiff PRICE: pounds 365,000 This converted Victorian warehouse, a former cheese factory, is one of the few genuine loft apartments in Cardiff and is impeccably designed - it belongs to top Welsh designer Angela Gidden. Call ...
move on up; Why searches can save buyers a lot of problems.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... MANY purchasers get confused by the term "searches" and what it actually means in relation to their purchase. Searches are a list of standard questions raised with various parties at the time of purchase. The answers, or search results, provide vital information about the ...
Dream house by the sea for sale; Couple moving on after 10years on the coast.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Alison Young Features Writer EVERYONE dreams of moving to the coast and building their own home overlooking the sea. And for Jonathan and Katrina Griffiths that dream became a reality when they snapped up a building plot at Ogmore by Sea 10 years ago. ...
We've created a community'.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Matthew Thomas NATIONAL housebuilder Persimmon is on the verge of completing its latest development. Offering a total of 250 homes once complete, Wyncliffe Gardens in Pentwyn, Cardiff, has a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments and three and four-bedroom ...
Hot homes extra; Homes priced over pounds 500,000.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Penlline Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff PRICE: pounds 645,000 This huge Victorian semi retains many original features and fireplaces, but is in need of general refurbishment. The 290ft sunny rear garden has plenty of possibilities. For more information, call Kelvin ...
Star Ryan to kick off month for museums.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... WELSH rugby star Ryan Jones was due to kick off a month-long campaign to get more people in through the doors of museums across South Wales today. He will launch the Museums and Galleries Month (MGM) at Newport Museum and Art Gallery. It is ...
Views are wanted.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE next meeting of the National Assembly's health committee will include an open mic session. It ...
Homes pack fear over drains delay.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Peter Collins STANDING on the southernmost tip of Wales and commanding spectacular views over the Bristol Channel, Rhoose Point is the kind of modern housing estate that most people would find attractive. Since the turn of the Millennium, 600 houses have been ...
Vicious dog savaged our pet; Mum calls for law change after horror trip to the supermarket.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lisa Jones A MOTHER and her children were left screaming in terror after a dog viciously attacked their own pet during a shopping trip. Just inches from Alison Bailey's nine-year-old daughter, the animal savaged their dog Spoon outside Tesco in Culverhouse ...
'Elected today? Don't expect the same respect as 50 years ago' Former mayor standing down.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Peter Collins A VETERAN South Wales councillor, stepping down after nearly 50 years' service, has warned those elected today they will find the public don't respect them. Councillor Tony Williams, who is retiring from the Vale of Glamorgan council after 48 ...
Water will be on tap at Pizza Hut in green move.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... STAFF at a chain of pizza restaurants throughout South Wales will encourage customers to drink tap water instead of the bottled variety. Pizza Hut is taking the action in a bid to save customers money and reduce the ...
Moving fear for food stall.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Sarah Miloudi ASUCCESSFUL trader may have to shut up shop if council moves to end trading on a Cardiff street go ahead. For the second time in six years, mother-of-one Julie Bratcher may have to close her busy hot food stall or relocate elsewhere. ...
Police launch patrols project.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... POLICE are patrolling in a Valleys area as part of a drive to reassure residents. Rhymney neighbourhood policing team is carrying out the high visibility patrols of local wards as part of a targeted campaign to reduce crime and disorder. Officers are carrying out the patrols in ...
Diabetic service talk.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE Cardiff Voluntary Support Group for Diabetes UK holds its monthly meeting at the Bethel Whitchurch Community Centre ...
Guards take to the ring for charity bash.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... WELSH Guards are preparing to take part in a charity boxing contest. Three servicemen from the First Battalion Welsh Guards are among those taking part in a Charity Boxing Dinner in London, today. They will be competing as part of a team from the London district ...
School correction.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... IN yesterday's Echo we featured an article about a child who had walked out of Hywel Dda Junior School in Ely, Cardiff. We mistakenly carried ...
Two-day crime blitz sees 400 arrested; Crackdown targets criminal networks and drug dealing.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Katie Norman POLICE have arrested hundreds of people as part of a crackdown on drug-dealing, burglary, car theft and organised crime. At least 400 people have been arrested as part of South Wales Police's two-day blitz called Operation Jaguar. The ...
out & about: THREE free courses are.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THREE free courses are on offer at the Rumney Community Centre, Llanstephan Road, Cardiff. There's a mother, toddler and baby group on ...
out & about: CATS Protection Cardiff branch will be.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... CATS Protection Cardiff branch will be holding a spring fare at Albany Road Primary School, ...
out & about: CLASSES in internet skills.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... CLASSES in internet skills, flower-arranging and organic gardening are on offer this month. Courses running at St Cyres School, Penarth, in May include organic gardening on Monday evenings and spring flower-arranging on Tuesday ...
out & about: THE churchwardens of St Peter's.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE churchwardens of St Peter's, Old Cogan, Penarth, regret to announce that the proposed Creepy Tales & Creepy Trails event ...
out & about: MISSOURI Baptist University Chorale's.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... MISSOURI Baptist University Chorale's only Welsh concert takes place in Cardiff this Saturday. The ...
Accountancy pair scoop top marks.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... TWO Welsh students have scored top marks in their accountancy exams. Sally James and Kathryn Saunders, who were both trained by Kaplan Financial in Cardiff, scored the highest marks of more than 30,000 students who sat their Professional Accountancy exams this year. Sally was ...
Booze link to assaults.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A CAMPAIGN to highlight the link between alcohol and sexual assaults will be launched by Gwent Police this summer. Reports of assaults have increased during the summer months in ...
The place where you can drink and drive! Caffeine-on-the-go launched in Cardiff with the opening of first the Starbucks drive-through in Europe As the first Starbucks drive-through cafe in the whole of Europe opened in Cardiff, LISA JONES joined some thirsty customers.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... COFFEE shop giant Starbucks has opened its first European drive-through in the capital of Wales. The American global phenomenon has pitched up its own brand of perky customer service in Dunleavy Drive, Cardiff Bay Retail Park, offering a new coffee experience. ...
Angel of North trumps stadium.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... MORE people in Wales recognise the Angel of the North as a famous landmark than the Millennium Stadium, a poll has claimed. A survey carried out by the National Lottery showed that the Gateshead sculpture was the most recognisable of a list of 20 Lotto-funded landmarks across ...
Castle launch for business awards.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE search is on to find the most innovative businesses in the Heads of the Valleys area. A special awards project was launched at Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil. "Aiming High" is the theme of ...
Upmarket recipe.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A BAKERY is bidding to go upmarket by expanding is product range. Greggs, which has its ...
Charity's book to find vital papers.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE South Wales branch of a national charity has launched a tool to help older people organise important documents. Age Concern Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan has created the Life Book, after it found 97% ...
Steffan's the tops for a second year; Fundraising title is taken by teenager.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jessica Flynn Community Affairs Correspondent SCHOOLBOY Steffan Jones has proved he is really a top fundraiser - two years on the trot. As preparations continue for this year's South Wales Echo On Your Bike for Barnardo's event, the 15-year-old from Barry has ...
Automatic right behind The Point.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE Automatic have become the latest band to lend their support to the campaign to keep Cardiff Bay music venue The Point open. The venue is under threat of closure because of a council noise abatement order after a complaint by a resident in a nearby apartment complex. ...
The great outdoors thrills young learners.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... MORE than 30 pupils from six Cardiff schools took part in a special day of outdoor learning. Woodland on the outskirts of the capital reverberated to the sound of children making friends and learning about the great outdoors at the Forest Friends Day at Fforest Fawr, near ...
Kelly's hoping spinal charity will blossom.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... AN awareness-raising campaign by a spine condition charity at the world's premier flower show has been backed by a beauty queen who received treatment as a child. Current Miss Wales, 24-year-old newly-qualified doctor Kelly Pesticcio, of Cardiff, owes her figure to doctors who ...
Cardiff characters; echo live.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: GAVIN ALLEN WHO are the people who symbolise Cardiff for you? A new exhibition which opens this Saturday gives one man's viewof the people who give the city its personality. Cardiff: Characters, by photographer Dan Green, pictured right, picks out ...
WIN.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... ELMER The Patchwork Elephant has packed his trunk for the long trip to Cardiff with his own show. The family stage show, aimed at children aged between three and six, is based on the based on the much-loved series of books by David Mckee, the best-selling children's author ...
REVIEW; St David's Hall, Cardiff Rating: ***.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Steeleye Span THERE were stories aplenty to be told in song at this concert by one of the country's pioneers of folk-rock. The trouble was that too many of the tales told by the excellent Maddy Prior and Steeleye Span were lost because I, for one, could not ...
MAY 1: Born today...(News)
May 01, 2008 ... ACTRESS Una Stubbs, 71, actress Joanna Lumley, 62, Echo reader David Sherrington, 57, celebrity chef Anthony Worrall Thompson, 56, singer/songwriter Ray Parker Jnr, 54, daughter of the late Princess Margaret, Lady Sarah Chatto, 4 To ...
MAY 1: Today in.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... 1927: Adolf Hitler held his first Nazi meeting in Berlin. 1931: The Empire State building in New York was completed. 1961: Betting shops became legal in Britain. 1971: The Daily Mail appeared for the last time as ...
Playtime: News Quiz.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... 1. Which Royal made a secret flying visit into Afghanistan to meet frontline troops? 2. Howmany adverts drew complaints last year? 3. In which US city does celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay plan to open a restaurant next year? 4. Who is regarded ...
Family news: Couple's newborn is a little Bluebird; Babies EVERY THURSDAY.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Edited by Katie Norman BABY'S NAME: Ioan Luc Phillips DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: At 1.28pm on Wednesday, April 9, at Bridgend's Princess of Wales Hospital. WEIGHT: 9lb 6oz PARENTS: Computer analyst Rhys Phillips, 30, and his partner Laura ...
'My fight to save my sight' echo 2 IT'S ALL ABOUT YOUR HEALTH Living with the condition which blinded her mum HEALTH Matters.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: GREG TINDLE RETIRED dinner lady Hazel Baldwin had no idea there was anything wrong with her eyesight. She'd always had good vision and took it for granted that it would always be that way. It was only through the experience of her elderly mother Lillian that ...
Checks are vital to pick up glaucoma.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... GLAUCOMA is a condition where the fluid which flows in and out of the eye is obstructed. This causes pressure in the eye to increase, damaging the optic nerve, and can eventually lead to restricted vision and even blindness. Two in every 100 people over 40 have ...
DEAR LINDA ... Send your questions to Wales' top agony aunt.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Linda Brice Fear of telling family I met man online I'VE been seeing someone for a few weeks now and it's been lovely. My family knows nothing about him. I'd love to tell them I'm seeing someone nice but there's one thing holding me back - telling ...
in the soaps...(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... EASTENDERS: Do all Branning males suffer from a weight problem as they all have trouble keeping their trousers up! Better Belts and Braces for the Brannings, I exclaim! Jack's the latest victim of this inherited disorder; an acute attack of which renders the victim so abruptly ...
Football: Football coaching gets the female touch.(Sport)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CATHY OWEN SHE has spent many years watching football from the sidelines. But now Marie Dunne wants to get more involved and give something back to the game that has given her and her son so much over the years. The 40-year-old has signed up to a ...
Rugby Union: Star's mumhelped launch scheme.(Sport)
May 01, 2008 ... THE mum of teenage football prodigy and Tottenham Hotspur star Gareth Bale was one of the famous mums who helped to launch the scheme. And the 47-year-old, who lives in Whitchurch, Cardiff, is delighted with the massive response. "I think a lot of mums are involved ...
'Snacking - that was the big problem' echo2 diet diary.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... NAME: Louise Laferla FROM: Miskin, Pontyclun AGE: 37 HEIGHT: 5ft 7ins JOB: School cook at Creigiau Primary School WEIGHT BEFORE: 16st 3 1/2 lbs in May 2007 WEIGHT AFTER: 11st 6lbs CLOTHES SIZE BEFORE: 22-24 ...
FOOD FOR thought; echo2 diet diary Rhiannon Harris is a nutritionist at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rhiannon Harris My elderly aunt has recently left hospital and has lost weight. Can you suggest what she can eat to build herself up again as she has such a small appetite? If your aunt can prepare meals then encourage her to eat small balanced meals and ...
Horse Racing: Back Border to beat second-place bogey.(Sport)
May 01, 2008 ... AS unlucky animals go, they do not come much more unfortunate than Borderlescott. Robin Bastiman's stable stalwart was second no less than six times last season, being beaten less than half-a-length on each occasion - and that after being edged out a short head on his final ...
Angling: Caerphilly angler is the big cheese at Festival.(Sport)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ron Cousins NEIL Morgan, from Caerphilly, turned in a great performance to win the three-day Spring Festival at Holgan Farm against a field of anglers from various parts of Britain, who travel each year for this popular fixture. Competitors rotated around the ...
Angling: Sherlock tells tale of carp.(Sport)
May 01, 2008 ... HOPES were running high when Glamorgan AC members arrived at Turley Court for their match on Orchard Pool. Previous visits had seen catches of carp well in excess of 100lb, but this time the fish played hard to get and the best effort was 34lb 7oz of fish to 8lb from Caerphilly ...
NHS SOS.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Hospitals hit by chronic shortage of junior doctors Rise in 'bed blocking' costing pounds 69mayear Some services being closed ...
Voters start to decide who's going to run councils.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... VOTERS were starting to trickle into polling stations today to cast their vote in the council elections. Polling stations were manned and opened from 7amand will be open until 10pm as candidates wait with bated breath to find out if they will be voted in. At the ...
21-year-old found dead as family on holiday; Shock at apparent suicide.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gerry Holt and Laura Wright A 21-YEAR-OLD man apparently hanged himself at his mother's house while she was away on holiday. David Murrell was found dead by his sister, according to neighbours close to his home in Llanrumney, Cardiff. David's ...
Assault man 'stable'.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A 61-YEAR-OLD man taken to hospital yesterday after a serious assault was today said to be in a "stable condition". The pensioner was scalded and suffered cuts to his face, a broken wrist and swelling as a result of the assault in Roath, Cardiff. ...
New arrest in possible electoral scam.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A SECOND arrest has been made as part of an investigation into voter registration irregularities in a city ward. As voting began in the local elections in South Wales today, immigration officers made an arrest in Riverside, Cardiff. It follows the arrest of a ...
'I'm waking up because I've stopped breathing' NHS IN CRISIS? CRISIS THREE NHS SOS.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A PATIENT is worried a serious sleeping condition could kill him after a specialist clinic denied him treatment. Craig Ballson was told by a consultant he should attend the Sleep Apnoea Clinic at Llandough Hospital after he originally sought medical help at the University ...
Bed blockers cost Wales pounds 69m a year; CRISIS TWO NHS IN CRISIS?(News)
May 01, 2008 ... AN increasing number of hospital beds across Wales are being taken up by patients who have finished their medical treatment and are waiting to be discharged. After a three-month fall the number of "bed blockers" is on the rise with 639 beds occupied by those who should be looked ...
Remember to switch off.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE Carbon Trust is urging all employees to remember to switch off lights and computers before they head out the door tomorrow, the last working day before the bank holiday. Leaving non-essential lights and computers on during bank holidays and weekends could cost small and ...