Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales) back issues from June 2008:
life: Going with the Flo.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Laura Fraser on playing the Lady with the Lamp ...
5 minutes with... Paul McCartney.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... It must be great going back to Liverpool to play a big gig like this? Yeah, it is. It's always nice, I love going back to Liverpool, and to play a big gig like this is something special. How does it feel to be part of the celebrations? It's great. All of ...
Ode to a Nightingale; Why playing the Lady with the Lamp brought back happy memories of home for actress Laura Frase life cover star.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... F LORENCE Nightingale is widely regarded as one of the most famous Victorian Britons after Queen Victoria herself, so you can imagine that playing her in a television drama might seem like a daunting prospect. But not so for Glaswegian actress Laura Fraser. "I just ...
soap box coming this week; life cover star.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... CORONATION STREET: Steve winds up Dan and infuriates him when he ignores his request to stop parking his cabs outside the bookies. And while an excited Gail prepares for Ted's visit and David's return, Tony surprises Carla at the flat. POBOL Y CWM: Sion is horrified to discover ...
review: topmovies; This week's Top 10 films.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... 1 (-) Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull Aglorious nostalgia trip that delivers adrenaline-pumping thrills and spills interspersed with smart one-liners. But the hocus pocus storyline is preposterous. Indy's latest outing is half the film it could have been. 2 ...
review: dvds.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... NO COUNTRYFOR OLD MEN (Cert 15, 117 mins) Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) stumbles upon the bloody aftermath of a botched drugs deal and a suitcase containing EUR2.4m dollars. The money would solve all of Llewelyn's problems, and secure a rosy future for his wife Carla Jean (Kelly ...
books.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... THE BANQUET OF ESTHER ROSENBAUM by Penny Simpson (Alcemi, pounds 9.99) Set in 1920s Berlin, this is a quirky new novel about exile, told by a Jewish chef who uses her extraordinary recipes as a subversive form of storytelling. Esther Rosenbaum is the creator of chocolate hearts stuffed ...
Same old Sex! SEX AND THE CITY (15,145 mins) *** Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Hudson, Chris Noth, Jason Lewis.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... FANS of the trend-setting HBO television series rejoice! The film version of Sex And The City unwraps almost two and a half hours of fabulous couture, sassy girl talk, toned naked men, breathtaking New York City locations and enough relationship woes to give your waterproof ...
also released.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... THE UNWINKING GAZE (PG, 69mins) Subtitled The Inside Story: The Dalai Lama's Struggle For Tibet, Joshua Dugdale's documentary grants us unparalleled access to one of the world's most revered men, who remains a spiritual figure head for Budd his mand its followers, and an ...
Angela & Tony; Keeping it Real!(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... ANGELA: Everybody knows how much I love my mobile phone so imagine my glee when I heard about all the brilliant things you can do with a mobile. TONY: We heard of hidden secrets locked within your mobile including a code that will release 50% hidden power on a low battery. ...
new albums.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... ALANIS MORISSETTE - FLAVOURS OF ENGAGEMENT Flavours Of Entanglement sees the an gsty singer return to examining relationships and spitting bitter lyrics as she did so successfully on her 30million-selling breakthrough, and it's a markedly more successful record than any of her recent ...
top game.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... RACE DRIVER: GRID, PS3, pounds 49.99 Fans of racing games are often disappointed if a game proves to be either too arcade-y or too much of a plodding simulation. Race Drive: GRID does a fantastic job of juggling both balls, offering over-the-top thrills and spills for the casual racer, ...
Foxy music; PICK OF THE WEEK.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY NATHAN BEVAN FLEET FOXES - FLEET FOXES (out tomorrow) A NOTHER week, another new American band it seems. So what's to distinguish Fleet Foxes from all the other malnourished, scrappily-bearded young men out there who look like they need ...
tv choice: best reality.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Big Brother Launch Show, Channel 4, Thursday 9pm AFTER the trulydismalshowing of Big Brother: Celebrity Hijackearlier this year, you couldn' tb lame anyone for wanting this reality show consigned to the rubbish eap forever. Yet, with the resilienceo fakind of ...
tv choice: best health.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Great British Body, ITV1 Wales, Monday 9pm STYLE gurus (it sez 'ere) Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine have gone a bit Gok Wan and are on a mission to persuade as many men and women as possible to bare all and be proud. ...
tv choice: best culture.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Culture Show, BBC Two Wales, Tuesday 10pm OUSTED from their weekend tea-time slot - admit it, it was hardly the natural companion piece to Ant&Dec's Saturday Night Lobotomy - Lauren Laverne and the gang return to keep us informed and entertained. Ricky ...
tv choice: best documentary.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... The Devil Wears Primark, Channel 4, Tuesday 11.10pm SATANmight traditionally have the best tunes, but it seems he's nowalso cornered the market in cheap threads too. Alexa Chung takes an undercover look at how the high ...
tv choice: best comedy.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Peep Show, Channel 4, Friday 10.35pm ANYONE who's ever shared a flat will most likely be watching this from behind their hands in painful recognition of their own embarrassing past transgressions, all the while honking like a drain. ...
Danger from all angles for Eleri.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... WHILE the Welsh rugby team travel to South Africa to take on the world champions, presenter Eleri Sion and rugby coach Rowland Phillips join them for a different take on the country. In a new two-part series Rowland ac Eleri ar y Boks, the pair will face a range of challenges. ...
Daddy 's girl joins the sisterhood.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Y es, they're totally real!" shrieks Spencer Grammer when asked if the sororities and fraternities depicted in BBC Three's newseries Greek exist. "I have a bunch of friends who are in them," she continues excitedly. "I wasn't in one when I went to college, but they're ...
switchedon; what are your favourite TV stars upto?(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Michelle Ryan's turn as the BionicWoman has won her top place in a poll of the worst attempts at US accents. The former EastEnder, 24, starred as Jaime Sommers in last year's remake of the 1970s cult series before it was cancelled. At 51, Kim Cattrall is proof that older women ...
SCANDAL OF OUR ROGUE DRIVERS; 65,000 uninsured motorists on Welsh roads EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW DAGNELL MORE than 65,000 cars are being driven around on Welsh roads without insurance, Wales on Sunday can reveal. In some areas more than one in every ...
KATH'S EASY RIDER; WELSH DIVA'S MORE DONNA THAN PRIMA DONNA.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CATHERINE MARYEVANS YOU won't catch our Kath making any diva demands-all she wants is an old towel and a can of pop! Organisers at the Hay-on-Wye Festival were surprised when singing sensation Katherine Jenkins sent them a list of backstage requests. ...
From puppies and kittens to JD and Monster Munch - Stars' crazy requests.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Marilyn Manson requests that the air-conditioning is always on full, there is a plentiful supply of Haribo gummi bears, Doritos and microwave popcorn. He has also asked for a bottle of Absinthe and a bald lady of the night with no teeth. *** Mariah Carey ...
Jodie and George named as people's choices.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... JODIE Prenger last night won the final of I'd Do Anything to land the role of Nancyin the West End production of Oliver! As the result was announced live on BBC1 and the 28-year-old from Blackpool learned she had triumphed in the telephone vote she screamed and hugged Jessie ...
Lineker and Welsh girl 'set to wed'.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... GARY Lineker looks set to marry his Welsh girlfriend Danielle Bux - after the couple were spotted looking at engagement rings on holiday in Dubai. Cardiff-born ex-air hostess and model Danielle, 28, tried on ...
EUROVISION SHAMBLES! EXCLUSIVE Never fear, Tosh - you couldn't lose Dutch like our Bobby did.(Sport)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: NEVILLE SOUTHALL NEVILLE Southall last night revealed the amazing behind-the scenes antics which led to Wales being thumped 7-1 by Holland the last time the two countries met. On the day Wales once again take on the mighty Dutch, Big Nev claims that their ...
Former Boks boss blasts Wales hopes.(Sport)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: SIMON ROBERTS JAKE WHITE, the Springboks' World Cup-winning coach, has written off Wales' chances of victory on South African soil in the two-Test series, writes SIMON ROBERTS. The former South Africa coach, who quit after guiding his country to 2007 glory in ...
KATH'S EASY RIDER; WELSH DIVA'S MORE DONNA THAN PRIMA DONNA.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CATHERINE MARYEVANS YOU won't catch our Kath making any diva demands-all she wants is an old towel and a can of pop! Organisers at the Hay-on-Wye Festival were surprised when singing sensation Katherine Jenkins sent them a list of backstage requests. ...
Rush to bet on top talent.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... CHILD opera singer Faryl Smith and Escala were last night the hot favourites to win telly's Britain's Got Talent. The 12-year-old diva was given odds of 10/11 to win, edging out the electric string quartet who had odds of 13/8. The final of the ITV show went head to ...
Lineker and Welsh girl 'set to wed'.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... GARY Lineker looks set to marry his Welsh girlfriend Danielle Bux - after the couple were spotted looking at engagement rings on holiday in Dubai. Cardiff-born ex-air hostess and model Danielle, 28, tried on several stunning diamond solitaires in the up market Cara shop ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: 'Well-liked' man shot.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... A MURDER investigation was launched after a popular shopkeeper was shot dead in his newsagents in Huyton, Liverpool, yesterday. Merseyside Police said Abdul Saeed, who was in his 40s, was from ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: Split idea condemned.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... THE dissolution of the power-sharing government in Northern Ireland over differences between unionist and nationalist would be ludicrous, the ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: Bay Briton 'charged'.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... A BRITISH resident held in Guantanamo Bay has been charged with terrorism offences, a legal charity said yesterday. Binyam Mohamed, 29, from London, denies any wrongdoing but has said there is no prospect of a fair trial. The case will now be referred to the US ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: One million set to flee.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... CHINESE authorities evacuated nearly 200,000 people yesterday and warned more than a million others to be ready to leave quickly as a lake formed by the May 12 earthquake threatened to overflow. ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: 'Vote Mugabe or go'.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... A TOP Zimbabwe an army general has called on the nation's soldiers to vote for Robert Mugabe, pictured, in a presidential run-off or quit ...
UK AND WORLD BRIEF: 62 foreigners killed.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... POLICE say that the death toll from attacks on foreigners that spread across South Africa over the past three weeks has risen to 62. National police spokeswoman Sally de Beer said that 670 people were injured. The ...
CHEAPER THAN; SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How low cost drugs EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MADELAINE BRINDLEY AN ECSTASY pill now costs less than the price of a pint in Wales, with other addictive drugs cheaper than a night on the town. Ecstasy is being sold on the streets of Wales for as little as pounds 1 a tablet - with the average price of a ...
Mystery of Ecstacy.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... ECSTASY is a chemical compound known, for short, as MDMA. But most pills sold as Ecstasy do not contain MDMA - some of the new man-made drugs, such as PMA and 4-MTA, can be passed off as Ecstasy, as can MDA, which is a psychedelic substance. These substances can have ...
Drug factories raids a triumph.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... CLASS A and Bdrugs and luxury cars were seized by police in raids at five cannabis factories across South Wales last month. A total of 69 people were arrested in the surprise raids on people's homes and a gym in Rhondda as part of National Tackling Drugs week in May. ...
Man faces Jersey sex allegations.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... POLICE last night charged a 45-year-old man over allegations of sexual abuse relating to the Haut de la Garenne former children's home on Jersey. Michael Aubin, who was born in Jersey and lives in Southampton, Hampshire, was arrested in the UK by Jersey officers on Thursday. ...
Drug runners beware - Wills is on hisway.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... PRINCE William is expected to join Royal Navy patrols searching for drug runners in Caribbean waters during an attachment with the service, it was announced last night. The future King could also find himself helping to provide humanitarian relief if a hurricane strikes the ...
Hauliers' petition went off the track.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... THE Conservatives have written to South Wales' Chief Constable over the way a hauliers' fuel protest was handled. More than 150 lorries travelled from West Wales last Tuesday, but Tories are questioning why they did not hand over a petition in Cardiff Bay. Police ...
FAKING IT: SITE SELLS 'DEGREES' FOR pounds 40; SPECIAL REPORT: Welsh Universities are furious over internet certificate website.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW DAGNELL FAKE degrees from every university in Wales are being sold on the internet for less thanpounds 40 a go, a Wales on Sunday investigation has found. Carrying official university crests, printed on parchment paper and with authentic embossed ...
Logo ban for cigarettes cheered on.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... ANTI-smoking campaigners have welcomed proposals to ban branding and logos on cigarette packets under UK Government measures to cut smoking. Ahost of tougher controls including plain packaging and a ban on the advertising of cigarette papers are under consideration by the ...
Towns need a rethink, not gadgets.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... ARADICAL redesign of our towns and cities will be needed to tackle climate change, the UK Government's design watchdog warned yesterday. The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe) said the current focus on "green gadgets" such as energy-saving light bulbs ...
Wales has got talent!(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: angharad mair ROB BRYDON was at the Hay Festival last week and told a sell-out audience that "it's a great time to be Welsh". Really? I can't say that I've noticed, especially when Cardiff County Council has dealt a severe financial blow in the same week to ...
Future of wildlife giving me butterflies.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: angharad mair THIS half-termholiday I have also been helping my daughter with a school project on butterflies. Not being much of a conservationist and having a tendency to take any wildlife for granted, it has been rather an eye-opener to find out that some ...
Ffion is a real gem.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: angharad mair THE second cultural festival in Wales this week was the Hay Literary Festival and I had the great pleasure of visiting this event for the first time. On Saturday I went there to interviewFfion Hague forWedi 7 and she turned out to be one of the ...
CONFESSIONS OF AN AAMAN; Canoodling couples and naughty pets are all in a day'swork.(Features)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NATHAN BEVAN CATS stuck inengines, hamsters loose inside dash boards, nudist ramblers and amorous couples romping naked in the back of broken-down ice cream vans - your local AA patrol has seen it all. Attending more than 3.5 million call-outs a year they ...
Manics in farewell to cafe haunt.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... THE Manic Street Preachers have paid tribute to a cafe where they penned many of their early hits, which closed its doors last week. Dorothy Cafe in High Street, Blackwood, has shut up shop after nearly 60 years. The cafe, which opened just after World War II inside a ...
IN BRIEF: Bus link ends.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... ABUS link helping commuters use the new pounds 30mrailway line from EbbwVale to Cardiff has been abandoned. The Welsh Assembly Government said a shortage of passengers meant it ended ...
IN BRIEF: Toddler tests.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... POLICE say toxicology tests areto be carried out on a toddler who died after collapsing at his home near Bridgend. Anambulance was called to Nantymoel just before midnight on Wednesday. Dylan ...
IN BRIEF: Tides trap 74.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... COASTGUARDS are urging beachgoers to check tide times after more than 70 people had to be rescued in one afternoon. Atotal of 74 people, including a seven and two-year-old, were rescued in North Wales, ...
TICKING BOMBS; More than 65,000 cars on Welsh roads don't have any insurance EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW DAGNELL MORE than 65,000 cars being driven around on Welsh roads are uninsured, we can reveal. Motorists' lives are being put in peril in some areas of the country where more than one in every 10 cars have no form of cover. Figures show ...
'Near-fatal crash ruined our lives'.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... DAD-OF-TWO Glenn Jones was involved in a near-fatal car crash with an uninsured driver - and is still suffering four years after the accident. In 2004 Glenn was driving with his partner Beth Evans and their son Kelly, six, when David Lee Matthews collided with their car in ...
Granny 69, with specs appeal.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... AGRAN of four is hoping to be the next Kate Moss after entering a national modelling contest. If Sheila Drewim presses judges at high street optician Specsavers she could win a 12-month contract with MOT models, a photoshoot, a holiday to Barbados and the Spectacle Wearer of the ...
It's cool for Catherine in Central Park.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... CATHERINE Zeta Jones looked stunning as she took a break from filming in NewYork, despite drawing criticism for her recent weight loss. The 38-year-old mum of two from Swansea was spotted keeping herself busy on the set of her new movie The Rebound in Park Slope. The romantic ...
SACKED NURSE 'ABUSEDBABIES' EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW DAGNELL A NURSE who manhandled and verbally abused newborn babies has been removed from her job, we can reveal. As a childrens' nurse, Mari Holland Roberts was trusted by parents to look after their babies at the Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, in Bodelwyddan, ...
CORKSCREW-haired drummer.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... CORKSCREW-haired drummer Stuart Cable gets nil points for his choice of entertainment for a first date. The ex-Stereophonics tub-thumper was spotted treating a mystery blonde to a night out, watching the Eurovision song contest in - wait ...
IT doesn't take much to get Keira Knightley.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... IT doesn't take much to get Keira Knightley into bed. Apparently if you can make her laugh, you're halfway there. And it's Welsh actor Matthew Rhys who has been tickling her funny bone of late - but only in character ...
THE Office star Lucy Davis.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... THE Office star Lucy Davis has gone all gooey-eyed over her Welsh actor husband, Owain Yeoman. Lucy, who's busy making a big name for herself Stateside with roles in Ugly Betty and Studio 60 On The Sunset ...
WE knew it was on the cards.(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... WE knew it was on the cards, but it seems that Celeb-land's oddest couple have decided to make rumours of a 'break' in their relationship a reality. Sienna reportedly burst into tears over pictures of her ex, Jude Law, kissing fashion model and rock star Rod's daughter Kimberley Stewart. ...
Bryn's the boy for a bodice-ripper!(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... THE man renowned for "sexing up" the classics wants to get his hands on a more contemporary character - Uncle Bryn from the Bafta Award-winning comedy Gavin And Stacey. Like the rest of the country, Andrew Davies, who is behind such TV bodice-rippers as Pride and Prejudice and ...
ALICE GOES CLUBBING!(News)
Jun 01, 2008 ... HER latest film might be called Dangerous Parking, but it was more a case of dangerous putting for starlet Alice Evans when she put husband Ioan Gruffudd in hospital with a blow from a golf club. The Bristol-raised blonde has revealed that Ioan ended up dazed and drenched after ...