Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales) back issues from May 2008:
SHAME OF OUR CHILD JUNKIES; Exposed: Addicted to drugs at just 13.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By SARAH MANNERS WALES' spiralling drug problem is turning children as young as 13 into junkies, Wales on Sunday can reveal. An investigation into heroin use in Wales found that the plummeting cost of the drug - alongside other Class A substances like cocaine ...
YOU WAIT AGES FOR A TITLE PARTY - THEN THREE TURN UP AT ONCE.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... SCOTT QUINNELL ON THE STRIFE AT STRADEY: Pages 12, 13 CAPTION(S): After ...
Labour heads to roll.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... LABOUR'S dramatic collapse under Gordon Brown would cost Welsh MPs four seats if this week's council results were replicated at a general election. ...
DJ freed after assault.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... A SOAP star and radio DJ ordered his giant Rottweiler to sit on his female neighbour while he assaulted another woman. Dale Kelly, who has appeared ...
HEADS WILL ROLL IN POLL; Marginal party seats at risk after Labour's election night rout.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID JAMES FIRST Minister Rhodri Morgan's wife Julie tops a list of Labour MPs in Wales facing defeat in the wake of the party's disastrous local election results. The Cardiff North MP's chances of holding onto her seat with her current 1,146 majority ...
Football: PURSE APPEAL SHOCKER; EXCLUSIVE 1 ON THE BALL WITH TWO STORMING FA CUP EXCLUSIVES Chairman of his panel has season-ticket at Ninian Park.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By MARK BLOOM SPORTS WRITER THE chairman of the FAW disciplinary panel which cleared Darren Purse to play at Wembleyisa Cardiff City season ticket holder, Wales on Sunday can reveal. Kieron O'Connor, a 54-year-old FAW council member, admits he has been a ...
PURSE APPEAL SHOCKER; ON THE BALL WITH TWO STORMING FA CUP EXCLUSIVES Chairman of his panel has season-ticket at Ninian Park EXCLUSIVE 1.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By MARK BLOOM SPORTS WRITER THE chairman of the FAW disciplinary panel which cleared Darren Purse to play at Wembley is a Cardiff City season ticket holder, Wales on Sunday can reveal. Kieron O'Connor, a 54-year-old FAW council member, admits he has been a ...
Brown TV interviews signal a fightback.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... PRIME Minister Gordon Brown will today subject himself to a grilling in a set of TV interviews in an effort to kick-start Labour's fight back following its Mayday meltdown. The party's 24% projected share of the vote on Thursday thrust it into third place behind the Lib Dems and ...
Football: Rafa jumps in with pounds 3mbid for Ramsey; ON THE BALL WITH TWO STORMING FA CUP EXCLUSIVES EXCLUSIVE 2.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: MARK BLOOM reporting LIVERPOOL have made a pounds 3mbid for Cardiff City's teenage sensation Aaron Ramsey, Wales on Sunday can reveal. Rafa Benitez's Anfield giants are the first Premier League club to test the Bluebirds resolve with a hard offer, after ...
UNITED STACE! Hard-nosed stage role's occurring for TV's Joanna EXCLUSIVE.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By KAREN PRICE SHE captured the hearts of the nation playing ditzy Barry girl Stacey. But Joanna Page is swapping girlie dresses for sharp business suits as she prepares for her next role - as a straight-talking American businesswoman. And aside ...
UNITED STACE! EXCLUSIVE Hard-nosed stage role's occurring for TV's Joanna.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By KAREN PRICE SHE captured the hearts of the nation playing ditzy Barry girl Stacey. But Joanna Page is swapping girlie dresses for sharp business suits as she prepares for her next role - as a straight-talking American businesswoman. And aside ...
High time this flawed system is changed; ON THE BALL WITH TWO STORMING FA CUP EXCLUSIVES CARDIFF CITY FC SPORT COMMENT.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: PAUL ABBANDONATO I KNOW Kieron O'Connor and he is an honourable man. Like most of the FAW council members, he does an awful lot of unsung, voluntary hard work behind the scenes to keep Welsh football going, only to be tarred with that free junket, blazer brigade tag. ...
Kath's back after dazzling the Geordies.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... WELSH diva Katherine Jenkins is back in Wales tonight in her high-kicking show Viva La Diva. Kath, left, who's going out with Blue Peter hunk Gethin Jenkins, is bringing back her song-and-dance cabaret extravaganza to the CIA in Cardiff for a two-night stint after fans demanded ...
'Cole couldn't face me with Muppet jibe'.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By STEVE TUCKER CARDIFF CITY captain Darren Purse was not overly concerned Andy Cole called him a "muppet" - he just wished the former England international had said it to his face! Hard-man Purse was celebrating this week after the FAW rescinded his red card ...
'Enders scoops TV soap awards.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... EASTENDERS scooped the big prize at last night's British Soap Awards, landing the gongs for both Best Soap and Best Storyline. The BBC favourite also picked up the prize for best dramatic performance, which was won by Jo Joyner, who plays Tanya Branning. She won the title for her part in ...
Maddie: 'Secret meeting revealed.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... THE millionaire businessman behind the campaign to find Madeleine McCann had dinner with a British man suspected of abducting her, it emerged last night. The meeting was revealed on the first anniversary of the toddler's disappearance, which was marked by services around the ...
Holiday misery.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... TRADERS across Wales yesterday blamed bad weather warnings for depressing bank holiday business. While many families headed for the sands of the Gower or the hills of Snowdonia for an early May break, many in the tourist trade were left ...
top movie; sunday review This week's Top 10 films.(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... 1 (-) Forgetting Sarah Marshall Wonderful romantic comedy about one guy's disastrous efforts to recover from the heartbreak of being dumped by his beautiful girlfriend. Russell Brand is hilarious as a British rock star. ***** 2 (-) The Eye Remake of Oxide & Danny Pang's 2002 ...
Hooked on hard drugs and they' re just thirteen; SPECIAL REPORT: HEROIN ABUSE IS RIFE AMONG OUR KIDS.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By SARAH MANNERS CHILDREN as young as 13 are becoming hooked on hard drugs in Wales' heroin capital. Teenagers have told Wales on Sunday how they routinely dole out hundreds of pounds a month to feed their addictions - while still at school in Swansea. ...
Joy as Bulls go UP; LEAGUE TWO.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... HEREFORD 2 GRIMSBY 0 HEREFORD United celebrated promotion to League One in style with a comfortable win in front of their biggest League crowd of the season. Goals from skipper Ben Smith and Theo Robinson were enough to send the 6,020-strong crowd home ...
videos & dvds; sunday review.(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... CHARLIE WILSON'SWAR (15, 97 mins) Based on true events in the '80s, Mike Nichols's comedy revolves around Texas congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks), who answers the plea of on-off lover Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts) to spearhead a campaign to increase funding for Mujahideen fighters ...
Champers, and didn't our Swans deserve it! CELEBRATIONS AT LAST BRIGHTON 0 SWANSEA CITY 1.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By CHRIS WATHAN at THE WITHDEAN FIRST the Brandy, then the champagne-enough to make any Swansea fan drunk with joy. Who could blame them as finally they saw Swans' hands firmly around the League One silverware at long last? And you can bet the ...
Blockbuster with a brain; sunday review Downey Jr shows his metal in this superhero spectacular.(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... IRON MAN (12A, 125 mins) ***** Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges WITH great power comes great responsibility ... and an equally great temptation to abuse that power for significant personal and financial gain. The ...
PHIL BLANCHE marks Roberto Martinez's men out of 10.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: PHIL BLANCHE DORUS DE VRIES 7 SAFE pair of hands as Brighton threatened early on but wasn't helped by his defence. Had his work cut out at times but didn't really look like getting beaten. ANGEL RANGEL 7 STAND-OUT man at the back in the ...
books; sunday review.(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... JUST ANOTHER MZUNGU PASSING THROUGH, by Jim Bowen (Parthian, pounds 9.99) Set in Kenya in the late 1990s, this is the story of Welshman as he heads for poverty-stricken Africa. It follows the experiences of Griff, a young, naive farmers' son from West Wales, as he settles in to an English ...
Lisa was on a real high giving birth.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... FORMER Steps singer Lisa Shentall-Lee and her family have spoken about the birth of her baby son and how the new arrival has changed their lives. Jaden Anthony Shentall-Lee was born on February 23 at 2.29pm. He was two weeks premature and weighed 6lb 10oz. ...
Martinez acclaims his 'special moment'.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... ROBERTO Martinez hailed the crowning glory to his side's champion season as one of the proudest moments of his career. And the smiling Swans boss insisted it showed he was right to hang up his boots to concentrate on steering his side to glory. Martinez quit playing ...
Angela & Tony; sunday review Keeping it Real!(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... ANGELA: It's not often we can say: "We're a Real winner!" TONY: Yes, according to latest industry figures, Real Radio remains the biggest commercial radio station in Wales. ANGELA: And we knowwhy - we have the most fun, the best guests and the biggest laughs. We've ...
IN BRIEF: Rail accused.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... A SECOND person has been charged in connection with an incident in which a passenger train hit objects on a railway line in the west of Swansea on March 1. Gregory Hardy, 19, and ...
Football: Griff in race to get fit; WELSH CUP.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... LLANELLI super-striker Rhys Griffiths faces a race against time to be fit for today's Welsh Cup final. The 28-year-old frontman and firefighter has been struggling with a hamstring problem ahead of the Reds' end-of-season showpiece clash with Bangor City. Griffiths ...
new albums; sunday review.(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... JACK MCMANUS - EITHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT A perfectly timed audio antidote for any lingering SAD out there, Either Side Of Midnight gives the listener dose after dose of summery pop. The album kicks off in emphatic style with the boisterous Milky Way and overall the album feels like a worthy ...
IN BRIEF: Search now off.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... ANUNDERWATER search to find the body of missing a fisherman has been abandoned after divers found no trace of him. A police team spent five hours searching the area around Trefor off ...
top game; sunday review.(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... SINGSTAR SUMMER PARTY, PS2, pounds 19.99 Karaoke continues to captivate drunken revellers and home gamers alike, and this latest release unleashes dozens of the latest titles on PS2. It's a perfect partner for those balmy summer nights after a barbecue and a beer, the attention ...
IN BRIEF: Canine heroine.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... ADOG saved a drowning woman's life by dragging her from a fast flowing river. Plucky labrador retriever Penny was hailed a heroine after she swam into the Elwy and pulled the unconscious ...
A little bit country, a little bit rock 'n' roll; PICK OF THE WEEK what's on.(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: BY NATHAN BEVAN ROBERTPLANT &ALISON KRAUSS @CIA, Cardiff, Thursday May8 I had not heard of this new bluegrass singer Robert Plant before, but I understand he was once In another band who were quite popular. I'm joking, of course. I ...
CARBON CRAZY; St Davids is among top pollutants.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By KATIE BODINGER RESIDENTS of St Davids - which aims to become the first city in Wales to go carbon neutral - have some of the highest carbon footprints in the country, according to shock new figures. The picturesque Pembrokeshire resort - famed for its ...
Football: Safe... for the season; LEAGUE TWO.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... CHESTER 0 MACCLESFIELD 0 CHESTER finished their league campaign without a goal in more than 360 minutes of football but more importantly they maintained their League Two status for another season. A precious 0-0 draw in midweek against promotion-chasing ...
best of the rest; what's on.(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... Tift Merritt @ Monkey Cafe Bar, Swansea, Wednesday Grammy-nominated US songstress brings her blend of folk, blues and rock to the bijou surroundings of the Monkey Cafe Bar. Enquiries: 01792 480822 Lightspeed Champion @ The Point, Cardiff, Wednesday Once part of flash-in-the-pans ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: Boy stabbed to death.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... FOUR teenagers were arrested yesterday after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death in a block of flats. The boy, who has not been named, was attacked in a stairwell at Newall House, Harper Road, ...
Football: Shrews look to future; LEAGUE TWO.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... ROCHDALE 1 SHREWSBURY 1 FORWARD-thinking Shrewsbury manager Paul Simpson quickly set his sights on next season as his club's under-achieving campaign came to a close. Despite being confronted by a Rochdale side bereft of many of their regulars, Shrewsbury ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: GP checks panned.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... A SYSTEM of monitoring doctors, which is being recommended for introduction in England, is unlikely to prevent or deter ...
Football: Little: 'Conference teams could beat us'.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... WREXHAM boss Brian Little has admitted there are already a host of sides in the Conference better than his Dragons outfit and the close season will now be vital in deciding the club's future. Little watched his side grab just their fourth away win of the season with a dramatic ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: Afghanistan killing.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... A SOLDIER killed when his patrol vehicle hit a mine in Afghanistan was named yesterday. Trooper Ratu Babakobau, 29, from Fiji, was killed and three other soldiers were injured at 1.50pm on ...
Football: DRAGONS TAKE A BOW WITH FINAL ACT OF DEFIANCE; BAYNES DOUBLE SECURES WIN: LINCOLN CITY 2 WREXHAM 4 Coca Cola LEAGUE 2.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By STEVE TUCKER at SINCIL BANK UNFORTUNATELY it was a case of too little, too late for Wrexham as they signed off in the Football League with a certain amount of style and maybe just a little bit of pride reclaimed. This was a final game of the season which ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: SUN-SEEKERS Rachael Wilmot and Zara Bowden.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... SUN-SEEKERS Rachael Wilmot and Zara Bowden, from Australia, soak up some of the Bank Holiday weekend sun on the beach in Brighton, East Sussex. The hottest ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: Boys found dead in car.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Two children were found dead in a parked car last night. The bodies of the two-year-old and six-year-old were found in the car in Glasgow. Strathclyde Police ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: Lohan ad's defended.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... A US trade group has defended its use of a photo of troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, right, on an advert against devices ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: Police search rooms.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... POLICE searching the underground dungeon where Austrian pensioner Josef Fritzl held his daughter captive for 24 years are to use sonar equipment in case there are more hiding places. But officers could work ...
tv choice; DON'T MISS THIS!(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... best american import Moonlight, Living, Friday 8pm ALONG with back-from-the-dead rom com Pushing Daisies and computer nerd-turns-secret a gentseries Chuck, here's another Americans how that's so high concept it practically gives me a nose bleed thinking about it ....
DJ KELLY SET HIS DOG ON WOMAN; Former Real Radio man spared jail after 3am assault on neighbours.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By LIZ KEEN ADJ attacked two women and got his giant rottweiler dog to sit on one of them after they complained about his loud music. But Dale Kelly, who has also appeared on S4C series Poboly Cwm, was told he would not have to pay compensation to the victims ...
Amy will not sing Bond tune - producer.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... AMY Winehouse is not ready to work, her producer Mark Ronson said yesterday, after the pair failed to finish recording the theme to the latest James Bond film. "We tried to work for a little bit," he said. "I'm not sure she's ready to work on music yet." Ronson, who ...
Nesbitt's burning the midnight oil.(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... WHEN Cold Feet first appeared on our screens in the late 90s, it was heralded as the "British Friends" and made overnight stars of its six central cast members. James Nesbitt was - prior to playing the happy-go-lucky, womanising Adam - a familiar face on British TV thanks to ...
IOAN'S A REAL SUPERHERO!(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: angharad mair IOAN GRUFFUDD, Welsh Hollywood star of Fantastic Four, was a hero to us, the Welsh, at the Bafta Wales ceremony in Cardiff last Sunday night. Having thanked the director Mike Leigh for presenting him with the Tlws Sian Phillips Award he then ...
Football: Goytre still on to be champs; WELSH LEAGUE.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... DINAS Powys took over at the top of division one from overnight leaders Goytre United after a handsome 3-0 victory over Cwmbran Town. The Vale of Glamorgan title holders netted through Ricky Morgan, David Brooks and top scorer Drew Fahiya, but Goytre remain favourites for the ...
School daze.(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... YOU can practically hear the roar of frustrated hormones as teenager Simon pushes his yellow Cinquecento 1.1 to the max. Simon is the kind of middle-class suburban teenager who can't buy a drink in a pub and never gets the girl - he's one of the characters in E4's first original ...
Broadcasting giant Edwards is honoured.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: angharad mair AT ANOTHER little recognised award ceremony this week, a real giant in the Welsh broadcasting industry was honoured for his work. Owen Edwards is still considered today to be one of the greatest news reporters on Welsh television. He went on to ...
Football: Riggott swings it for Teessiders; BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... MIDDLESBRO' 2 PORTSMOUTH 0 MIDDLESBROUGH boss Gareth Southgate has revealed he dragged Chris Riggott off a golf course to answer his club's emergency call. The 27-year-old defender was recalled from his loan spell at Stoke amid fears that Emanuel Pogatetz ...
switched on; what are your favourite TV stars up to?(Features)
May 04, 2008 ... SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell - who was arrested earlier last month on suspicion of assaulting an officer at Heathrow Airport - is to appear in the second season finale of US TV show Ugly Betty. Other guest stars have included Victoria Beckham and Gene Simmons. BOTTOM ...
Shakin' will rock Glasto.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: angharad mair After Shirley Bassey's success at Glastonbury last year it's fantastic that another Welsh ageing rocker will be performing there this year. Shakin' Stevens has been described by the organisers as this year's "curve ball" which they like to throw ...
Football: RON ON REDS TITLE CHARGE; BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP NEARLY THERE: 10-man United inspired by Cristiano.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... MANCHESTER UTD 4 WEST HAM UTD 1 SIR Alex Ferguson has warned Manchester United they have won nothing yet - but he remains supremely confident the Barclays Premier League title will be theirs next week. The 4-1 demolition of West Ham at Old Traffordmeans ...
'PRAY LIKE MAD' FOR MADDIE; New twist 1 year on.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By JON HARRY THE millionaire businessman behind the campaign to find Madeleine McCann had dinner with a British man suspected of abducting her, it emerged last night. The meeting was revealed on the first anniversary of the toddler's disappearance, which was ...
HAPPY HOLLY-DAY; Sexy soap scoops the TV awards.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... Byline: By LISA JONES HOLLYOAKS came out tops at the British Soap Awards last night with a luke-warm performance from Emmerdale. At the 10th annual ceremony, the sexy drama picked up six out of 17 awards, with five going to Coronation Street, four to EastEnders and ...
Football: Valencia's double does for dozy Villa.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... ASTON VILLA 0 WIGAN 2 STEVE Bruce saw his Wigan side record only their second away win of the season against Aston Villa to emphatically ensure their Barclays Premier League survival, then admitted it was one of the finest moments of his managerial career. ...
Street graffiti art is Pure Welsh Evil.(News)
May 04, 2008 ... A WELSH graffiti artist by the name of Pure Evil has joined artists from around the world at a festival which aims to transform a whole street into an art exhibition. Pure Evil, originally from Rhiwfawr near Ammanford - who calls himself the "Welsh Banksy" - is taking part in ...
Ram-shackled.(Sport)
May 04, 2008 ... BLACKBURN 3 DERBY 1 DERBY boss Paul Jewell shrugged off his side's status as the worst team in Premier League history after defeat to Blackburn and insisted his thoughts have already turned towards next season. The Rams' defeat means they will be unable to ...