South Wales Evening Post back issues from August 2007:
Green is left breathless
Aug 01, 2007 ... Wire in the Blood ITV1 Wales, 9pm "IT'S not afraid to delve into the dark side of human nature, butit's not gloomy or gruesome, thanks to the characters of Tony andAlex and their determination to put things right." That's how producer Philip Leach sums up the appeal of ...
Scores in swim with pier dash
Aug 01, 2007; ... Swimmers from across South Wales have made a big splash in PortTalbot. Thousands of spectators lined the promenade for the popular eventas around 76 people plunged into the choppy waters at Aberavon forthe 39th Round the Pier swim. Among the top swimmers taking part in the ...
Morriston back to the top
Aug 01, 2007 ... Morriston Snooker A moved back to the top of the Absolute SnookerSwansea Clubs Summer Snooker League with a 4-2 win over Cwmfelin A. Last week's leaders, Swansea Dockers A, had no game this week, butMumbles Conservatives A stay third after a 3-2 win over MorristonSnooker B; Nicky ...
pounds40m repair bill for council buildings
Aug 01, 2007 ... All of Swansea Council's buildings have been given a conditioncheck in an attempt to find out how much money will need to be spenton repairs. More than 400 buildings, including all 106 primary and secondaryschools, have been assessed by experts over the past two years. It ...
Go-ahead for new division
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Welsh Rugby Union's board of directors have given the go-ahead for the inclusion of 30 junior teams in the National Leaguewhich starts in a few weeks time. "This has to be the biggest boost that the smaller clubs have hadfor a considerable time," Llanelli District secretary ...
Lessons for ladies
Aug 01, 2007 ... Wsf Surf School at Llangennith, Gower is running the Rip CurlGirls Tour on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August. Rip Curl are encouraging girls and women to learn to surf inevents around Europe. These events are for absolute beginners upwards. On this weekendRip Curl are giving ...
Close shave for Mr post modern!
Aug 01, 2007; ... Donato Pompei runs a cut-throat business - in the nicestpossible way. The trained hairstylist has extended his range to male grooming. If you want something special for the weekend, this is where youcan get it. The 25-year-old has been giving cut-throat shaves at his ...
Top award for off-duty police hero
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Neath policeman has received a top award for his role inapprehending two aggressive and violent youths while off duty. Inspector Alex Chadd, who is based at Port Talbot, was shopping inNeath, with his two daughters when the incident took place. As he neared Caewern Post ...
Villagers aim to have a gas with fun day
Aug 01, 2007; ... A Fun day is being held in Cilfrew to repay villagers who dippedinto their own pockets to challenge a planning decision at London'sHigh Court. The residents contributed some pounds4,000 to support Linda Ware,secretary of Cilfrew Residents' Association, in taking on thecouncil ...
Vital role for volunteers
Aug 01, 2007; ... Leaving hospital for an empty home can be a terrifying prospectfor many elderly people. However, there is a scheme in Swansea that not only offerspractical and moral support for those discharged, but also means bedsare freed more quickly in our overstretched hospitals. It is ...
Self-confidence restored
Aug 01, 2007 ... Adele Bell has always been an independent and confident woman. But being admitted to hospital for just two days knocked her forsix. The 77-year-old had two strokes in one day at her Mount Pleasanthome, and says she has only managed to get back on her feet becauseof Age ...
Can you help age concern Swansea to help others?
Aug 01, 2007 ... The independent local charity helps more than 8,500 people everyyear. Every pound raised is spent on services for older people living inthe Swansea area. Its mission is to help older people stay well, physically andmentally, and remain in their own home for as long as ...
Make your vow to stay green
Aug 01, 2007 ... Something old, something new, something borrowed and something . .. green? Brides and grooms across Carmarthenshire have been urged to bekind to the environment when planning for their big day. Carmarthenshire Council has supported Waste Awareness Wales's(WAW) eco- weddings ...
Treat yourself to something special
Aug 01, 2007 ... Treat yourself with a visit this weekend to the Little LuxuriesSummer Designer Shopping Fair, in Mumbles. Little Luxury events are ...
Warning after maggots found in recycling boxes
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Health warning has been issued after maggots, rotting food, usedsanitary products and dog faeces were found in blue recycling boxesand bags collected in Carmarthenshire. Authority bosses are concerned for the welfare of those who sortout the boxes intended for recyclable paper, ...
U.S. Park tribute to town expat
Aug 01, 2007; ... An American park is being opened in memory of Llanelli- bornwoman, who spent her life helping community groups. Terry Day, who died last month, lived in the north western city ofBoise. Her devoted husband of 54 years, Patrick, donated seven acres ofland, worth more than ...
Why evening's best for removing that shadow
Aug 01, 2007 ... Donato Pompei comes from a family of hairdressers. His father Alfredo is in the trade and now runs a separate salonin Swansea. Mr Pompei senior used to use a leather shaving belt, or "strop", to sharpen his razors when he did the cut-throat shaves. Donato himself ...
School elections captured on film
Aug 01, 2007 ... Pupils at a Swansea primary school have already had their firsttaste of higher education after the Open University made a visit. The university focussed on Terrace Road Primary School's schoolcouncil to show how the pupils participate in its running. School council co-ordinator ...
Shop rules out flashy service
Aug 01, 2007; ... One-hour developing at Boots means just that. When Richard Collins went into the Quadrant shopping centre branchto get his pictures developed on a quiet Sunday, staff refused tohand them over because the hour was not up. Mr Collins had popped back to the photo counter after 40 ...
Kids name new flats
Aug 01, 2007 ... Pupils at Parkland Primary School, in Sketty, have completed anunusual assignment - naming three blocks of ...
All aboard as rafters set to put the oar in
Aug 01, 2007 ... It's summer in Swansea, and that means raft builders are at work. The countdown is on for this year's Mumbles Raft Race, which takesplace on Sunday morning. Throughout the city groups of teams are transforming their designsinto the real thing, with just days to go. The ...
Street party details grow
Aug 01, 2007 ... More details of this year's World Party Weekend in Swansea havebeen unveiled. It takes place amid an explosion of colour and noise on theweekend of August 25 and 26. The festival is based around two main events, Swansea MAS Carnivaland Samba Tawe for City Streets - Summer ...
Working to beat booze crisis
Aug 01, 2007 ... Action is being taken by chiefs at West Glamorgan Council onAlcohol and Drug Abuse to tackle the problem on our doorstep. Swansea area manager Christina MacDonald said a binge-drinkinggroup would be put in place to help people cope. She said: "I think the 24-hour drinking law ...
Hues the best view?
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Gower gem is being held up as a reason to visit Wales. CountryLife ...
Drunk swore at two officers
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Port Talbot man has been fined by magistrates after drunkenlyabusing police. Mark Honeybone, of Seaview Close, was seen staggering around thetown's Station Road by two officers. The police officers went over to quiz the 39-year-old, but hebecame aggressive and started ...
Haulage firm in 200 jobs boost
Aug 01, 2007; ... Up to 200 jobs are to be created at the former Panasonic factoryin Port Talbot. The site has remained empty since the electronics company shutthe plant last December with the loss of 250 jobs. But most of those are now set to be replaced. Road haulage giant Owens ...
Rallying call to back city museum
Aug 01, 2007 ... Swansea residents are being urged to get behind the NationalWaterfront Museum's bid to make the finals of the 2007 NationalLottery Awards. The city attraction has been selected to battle it out againstnine other Lottery-funded projects from across the UK in the BestHeritage ...
'Back out of ground row'
Aug 01, 2007 ... Uplands councillor Peter May has called for an end to politicalbun-fighting over the future of St Helen's recreation ground. Swansea West AM Andrew Davies and council leaders have beeninvolved in a spat over plans for the ground to be used by SwanseaUniversity. Mr Davies ...
Local foster children need more visits
Aug 01, 2007 ... Children looked after by foster parents in Neath and Port Talbotare not being checked on often enough, national social serviceswatchdogs say. The Care and Social Services Inspectorate for Wales (CSSIW)carried out an inspection of the council's foster care service inMarch. A ...
Police arrest two and raid homes in day-long swoop
Aug 01, 2007 ... Police in Neath carried out a series of house raids as part of aday-long operation. It was led by the neighbourhood policing team and assisted by thedrugs team, in response to information given at Pact meetings. Two arrests were made - one for theft in Neath town centre and ...
Home objectors' deadline
Aug 01, 2007 ... Objections to plans to build on land at Bryncoch Farm must be inby tomorrow. The deadline for people to voice their opposition to council plansis midday on August 2. Bryncoch Action Group have already ...
So do you fancy a dip?
Aug 01, 2007; ... A Huge shark has been spotted in the sea off Swansea. It wasswimming about five miles south of Swansea Bay. It is believed to be the first sighting of its kind this far eastin the Bristol Channel. The breed of shark in question can grow up to 35ft and weigharound seven ...
Drinkers dig in for worm fun
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Pub landlord has managed to wriggle customers back through hisdoors again - by holding a worm charming night. Alan Parkhouse said takings had dipped at his Port Talbot boozersince the laws on smoking changed in April. So, the 57-year-old decided to come up with something a ...
Switch for monitor
Aug 01, 2007 ... An air pollution monitoring station has been shut down in PortTalbot. The unit, based at Groeswen Hospital, Margam, was used to keeptrack of air quality near the Corus steelworks. Air quality levels have been monitored there since 1997, when thelocation was made an Air ...
Chance to pick up a holiday read
Aug 01, 2007 ... A New national scheme will allow visitors to Carmarthenshire toborrow books from the county's libraries, regardless of where inWales they come from. The scheme, which is being launched across the country thissummer, will also allow county residents to borrow from ...
Councillor's surgery
Aug 01, 2007 ... Plaid councillor Martyn Peters is to hold an advice surgery inNeath this week. Mr Peters, ward ...
Tafarn can't prevent another Mrs B title
Aug 01, 2007 ... Monday MRS Bouquet have been crowned division one champions once again. They only managed a draw this week but it was enough to take themclear of second-placed Tafarn y Trap, who came through a tough matchwith Numptee United with a deserved 4-2 victory. That leaves ...
Rugby players arrested over alleged assault
Aug 01, 2007; ... Three Neath rugby players have been arrested over an assaultallegation while on a pre-season training camp in Worcester. The police action follows a city centre incident involving anumber of people last Saturday night. Two people were treated at Worcestershire Royal Hospital ...
School closure 'shows lack of consultation'
Aug 01, 2007; ... Council chiefs in Carmarthenshire have approved the closure ofLlansadwrn Primary School, sparking claims they are agreeing to shutschools without proper consultation. Welsh language campaign group, Cymdeithas yr Iaith, has accusedthe council of working from a template and giving ...
Paying price of drug waste
Aug 01, 2007; ... Money which could fund more than 80 heart bypass ops is beingwasted in Carmarthenshire each year by people ordering prescriptionsthey never use. An audit by the local health board has found that more thanpounds700,000 of wasted medicines - the equivalent to 86 heartbypasses or ...
Low note as music guild folds
Aug 01, 2007; ... The dream is over for a Swansea community business which promotedgrassroots music. Tunetown - the old Swansea Songwriters' Guild - struck up in 1988but the lack of funding and a permanent venue has forced it to fold. Chairman Nigel Clatworthy said those involved had ...
Thieves hit cafe
Aug 01, 2007; ... Thieves have smashed their way into a popular Swansea cafe andmade off with a large quantity of cash. The raiders also took a computer hard drive from the business's hi-tech CCTV system. The attack on Cafe Mambo on the Kingsway happened sometimebetween 1.30am and 4.30am on ...
Boot sales at car park
Aug 01, 2007 ... Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway Company is holding fund-raisingcar boot sales at Island Place car park, Llanelli. The company is working to set up a heritage centre and railway ...
Charity offers help as elderly miss out on pounds110-a-week allowances
Aug 01, 2007 ... Llanelli's older residents could be missing out on pounds110-a-week payments. Age Concern Cymru has launched its Your Rights benefit campaign,to ensure those entitled are claiming Attendance Allowance andDisability Living Allowance. The charity, which an office in Murray ...
The basking shark basics
Aug 01, 2007 ... Basking sharks can grow up to 35ft and weigh seven tonnes. They are the second largest fish in the world. They eat by filtering out plankton from the sea with their hugemouths. They can filter an Olympic-sized swimming pool quantity of waterevery hour. They are ...
Boyce: Scott can step up to the plate
Aug 01, 2007 ... Scott Gammer is the man to revive the flagging British heavyweightscene, according to his manager Paul Boyce. Following Matt Skelton's sleep-inducing victory over MichaelSprott last month, the division is in desperate need of a tonic. And Boyce insists his former British ...
Plaque to honour city engineer
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Swansea family have had an ancestor's work in shaping a part ofthe city recognised. David King was joined by his daughter Marianne Matthews and hernine-year-old daughter Hannah, for the unveiling of a plaque tocommemorate his great, great, great, great, grandfather, the ...
Heroin dealer slapped with jail sentence
Aug 01, 2007; ... A Llanelli heroin dealer has been sent to prison for three yearsand three months. Raymond John Worgan sold the class A drug to friends as a way offunding his own addiction, Swansea Crown Court heard. He was arrested in May when police found heroin on him after hewas caught ...
Retiring reasons to be cheerful
Aug 01, 2007; ... Retirement, it seems, is no longer shunned by the nation'sworkforce or seen as an admission that you're past your sell by dateand deserve to be unceremoniously dumped on the scrap heap. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. According to the financial protection firm ...
Memories live on in garden
Aug 01, 2007; ... Friends and teachers of two Swansea schoolboys who died arehelping to make sure they are never forgotten. Daniel James Comprehensive School pupils Matthew Thomas andMatthew Bennett are being remembered in a special garden at theschool. Matthew Thomas, aged 14, from ...
Moving on to a new job
Aug 01, 2007 ... Dominic had always been outgoing and comfortable dealing withpeople, so when he left school at 18, after getting average GCSEs andA-levels, he took a job at the local council, doing admin, receptionand switchboard duties. Two years later he decided he wanted to become a police ...
Bridging the gap?
Aug 01, 2007; ... Not so long ago women were chained to the kitchen sink andfrowned upon for going out to work. Women were the child-rearers, the cooks and the cleaners, whilemen were the breadwinners who earned a wage and provided for theirfamily. How things have changed. Since getting the ...
Homeless get media training
Aug 01, 2007 ... Hundreds of young homeless people will be given the chance totrain for jobs in the music and media industries under a new scheme. BBC TV presenter Natasha Kaplinsky launched a new Government-backed network of 10 media training centres, where homeless peoplecan ...
Strapless hot summer look
Aug 01, 2007 ... The latest fashion craze of ...
Time to cycle on the right track
Aug 01, 2007 ... You've got to hand it to the governing body of professionalcycling. The biggest name in their sport was caught doping at their mostprestigious event and not only did they throw him out straight away,they also threw his whole team out too. Cycling has had an endemic problem ...
Matt can add gloss
Aug 01, 2007 ... It has been rumoured for many weeks, but last week Glamorganfinally made it official. Matthew Maynard will become Glamorgan'scricket manager in September. Having read through the press release made by the club and lookedat the comments made by Matt, I have to say I'm pleased with ...
Engineering success
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Taster session at Swansea College for women interested inengineering has led Angela Rees to a great new career. The taster session, held in association with Chwarae Teg and theJive project, aimed to assist women looking to return to work oreducation. Angela was so enthused ...
School street-clean challenge
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Gorseinon Town Councillor has promised pounds100 to the schoolthat comes up with the best idea for cleaning up litter from ...
Teenagers punished for handbag thefts
Aug 01, 2007 ... Two holidaymakers from Ireland have been sent to a young offenderinstitution for snatching the handbags of two women at a bus stop inPort Talbot. Jason Shields and Aiden Hooper were each given 18-month sentencesat Swansea Crown Court. Judge Michael Burr said it was a serious ...
Winner Paul's got plenty to smile about
Aug 01, 2007 ... Chart topping Port Talbot singer Paul Potts has got lots to smileabout. The 36-year-old, who shot to stardom after winning ITV's Britain'sGot Talent show, has had his wonky teeth fixed. He had always said his teeth would be the first thing he wouldhave done thanks to his ...
Warning issued to drivers after spate of car thefts
Aug 01, 2007 ... Motorists in Neath and Port Talbot are being warned not to leavevaluables in their vehicles. It comes after a number of thefts from cars in the Baglan Moorsand Sandfields West during the early hours of yesterday morning. Thieves gained access to the vehicles by smashing side ...
Firefighter shortlisted for top honour
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Llanelli firefighter who jumped into a river to save a drowningman has been honoured for his bravery. Firefighter Steve Thomas, who works in Bridgend, is a regionalfinalist in the annual Vodafone Life-savers Awards. He and colleague Gordon Thomas were first on the scene ...
Motorbike crash riders in critical condition
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Motorbike rider and pillion passenger remain in critical butstable condition in hospital following a weekend road smash in Gower. The bikers were taken to Morriston Hospital after the collision onthe B4436, in Bishopston, on Sunday. The bike, which is understood to have been ...
New member for town council
Aug 01, 2007 ... Gorseinon Town Council has agreed to appoint a new member to avacant seat following the resignation ...
Plan info requested
Aug 01, 2007 ... Gorseinon town councillors have asked for more information about aplanning application for permission for infill at the Pencefnardafarm site. The councillors have asked ...