Recently added articles from Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales):

'Scrap NHS dental charges to save the nation's teeth' pounds 27m cost of free dentistry could benefit more people than free prescriptions policy.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... Byline: Madeleine Brindley Health Editor ALL patients in Wales should receive free NHS dentistry in a bid to improve the nation's oral health, a dentists' leader urged last night. It is thought such a move would cost about pounds 26.7ma year, based on last year's ...

WRU reveal Anglo-Welsh major revamp.(Sport)

Aug 25, 2008 ... Byline: Delme Parfitt RADICAL plans for two new Anglo-Welsh Cup competitions are being drawn up which will have a major impact on both the regions and the semi-pro Welsh Premiership clubs, it emerged last night. Welsh Rugby Union chief Roger Lewis confirmed that moves ...

Thanks for the party, Beijing - now it's over to London.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... pages 8-9 CAPTION(S): THAT'S ALL FOLKS: Fireworks light up the night ...

He borrowed Kinnock's speech, but Neil's backing Joe all the way; Former Labour leader heaps praise on Obama's running mate.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... Byline: David Williamson SENATOR Joe Biden's selection as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's running mate has been greeted with delight by the man whose speech he famously borrowed. Mr Biden's own presidential campaign unravelled in 1987 when it was ...

Wales cancer expert hits out at NHS for 'rationing' newest drugs; 'Patients remortgaging houses to buy drugs freely available in countries of comparable wealth'.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... Byline: Madeleine Brindley Health Editor A SENIOR Welsh cancer expert has criticised a decision not to make four new kidney cancer drugs available on the NHS. Professor John Wagstaff, director of the Wales Clinical Trials Network, was one of 26 of the UK's leading ...

Paxman: It's men who are the victims.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... JEREMYPAXMAN has risked the wrath of his female colleagues by suggesting it is men who are being discriminated against at the BBC. The Newsnight presenter, 58, suggested that white, middle class men were overlooked in favour of women by his employer. His controversial ...

Rhod Gilbert misses out on comedy prize.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... WELSH comic Rhod Gilbert yesterday narrowly lost out on claiming the UK's most prestigious comedy award. Gilbert, 39, was beaten to the Intelligent Finance Comedy Award 2008 by Irish stand-up David O'Doherty. The charismatic Irishman won the prizeandpounds 8,000 prize ...

Doctor Who and the Tardis may materialise on big screen; Film version has to be 'great and fantastic'.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... Byline: Sally Williams THE NEW writer behind Doctor Who has given the broadest hint yet that the cult sci-fi series could be made into a film. Steven Moffat, who has replaced Swansea-born Russell T Davies as writer of the hit series, told an audience at the Edinburgh ...

Stigma warning over single mental health trust.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... PATIENTS with mental illnesses could suffer added stigma if plans for a single all-Wales mental health trust go ahead, it is claimed today. A major review of mental health services in Wales by Professor Michael Williams suggested the idea of a single organisation - Iechyd ...

Feeder lay it on in festival sunshine.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... THE sun shone on Welsh rockers Feeder as they performed at the Reading Festival yesterday. The band played a greatest hits set to the early evening main stage crowd, before headlining act Metallica brought the festival to a close. After playing a set drawing largely ...

MPs in call for sex education for pupils in primary schools; Bid to lower one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancies in Europe.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... Byline: Tomos Livingstone Political Editor SEX education should be made a compulsory part of the curriculum in all schools, a group of Welsh Labour MPs say today. In a letter to the Western Mail, the MPs call on the Assembly Government to change the rules in a bid to ...

'Whole communities under threat' as harsh weather and high seas hit coast.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... Byline: Steffan Rhys PARTS of Wales' coastline will be drastically changed or lost forever because it is no longer possible to hold back rising seas and coastal erosion, according to a new report. In some instances, this could even involve whole communities crumbling ...

wales news bulletin: Driver killed in dawn crash.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... A MAN died early yesterday morning after the car he was driving hit a bridge. The driver was declared dead at the scene ...

wales news bulletin: Kayak family rescued from sea.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... A FAMILY of four were rescued after all their kayaks capsized off the West Wales coast. The family, all experienced kayakers, were off Stackpole Head over the bank holiday when the ...

wales news bulletin: Duffy to open for Cold play.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... COLDPLAY will be supported by Welsh soul star Duffyon the North America leg of their current tour. The British rockers have been playing to sell-out crowds across America - and Duffy is ...

wales news bulletin: Wales all the way to choir final.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... WELSH singers have triumphed in the semi-finals of the BBC's knock-out competition Last Choir Standing. Cardiff's Only Men Aloud! and Ysgol Glanaethwy from Bangor will now compete for the top title on Saturday. Today, Only Men Aloud will arrive by speedboat to ...

wales news bulletin: Arrest after attack on pregnant woman.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... POLICE investigating an attack on a heavily pregnant woman in her home have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder. Nerys Price, 35, gave birth by emergency ...

uk news bulletin: Man, 21, dies after stab wound to heart.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... POLICE were last night continuing to investigate the murder of a 21-year-old man who was stabbed to death. The man, who has not been named, is believed to have been taken to hospital in Wolverhampton by taxi about 4amyesterday. Police were called to New Cross hospital ...

uk news bulletin: Daughter tells of Thatcher's ordeal.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... FORMER Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher's daughter Carol revealed details yesterday of her mother's struggle with dementia. In her new book, Carol Thatcher said she first noticed her mother's failing memory as the pair had lunch in 2000. She also disclosed that she ...

uk news bulletin: Blyton characters to make comeback.(News)

Aug 25, 2008 ... SOME of Enid Blyton's best-loved characters are to return in a new series of adventures, her estate said yesterday. The Famous Five, The Faraway Tree and Malory Towers will be revisited in 20 new books planned by the author's estate. Chorion, which ...