Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) back issues from July 2008:
Clarke plots to curb the powers of Welsh MPs; Tories plan England-only voting.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tomos Livingstone Political Editor THE Conservatives will today unveil a newpolicy of a partial ban onWelsh MPs voting onmatters that only affect England. Ken Clarke, the former Chancellor, has drawn up the plans in a bid to address English concerns in the ...
Arriva buys up rival service offering cheaper bus fares; 'Outrage' will be taken to Office of Fair Trading.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rhodri Clark THE biggest public transport operator in Wales is paying a small bus company to withdraw a rival service which offers passengers cheaper fares. One AM yesterday questioned the morality of Arriva's move, which will leave public transport users to ...
It takes the French to know that the English spun Welsh King Arthur into one of their own; Arthurian historian claims Wales is missing out on tourism bonanza.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Darren Devine FRENCH historians have suggested King Arthur was indeed a Welshman despite years of English "spin" claiming the mythical figure as their own. As part of a major conference into the legend, academics saythat if the king ever existed he was ...
Possessive husband killed wife after pounds 40k offer to go; Murderer also attempted to kill his young son.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gareth Llewellyn A "JEALOUS" and "possessive" man who killed his adulterous wife in their bed and then attempted to suffocate their toddler son has been given a life sentence. Craig Bidgway was told he must serve a minimum of 14 years before he is considered ...
Seb Coe quashes hopes of Wales hosting an Olympic event in 2012; Mountain bike event to be held in Essex.(Sport)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gerry Holt LONDON 2012 Olympics chief Sebastian Coeyesterdayquashedhopesof bringing an Olympic event to Wales. Pressure had been growing on the 2012 Organising Committee to switch themountain biking event fromthe planned venue of Essex to Wales, where there ...
Girls' sex attacker on early release assaulted boy.(Sport)
Jul 01, 2008 ... APAEDOPHILE, jailed for sex crimes against girls but released early, was given a life sentence yesterday for attacking a boy. Wyndham Martin, 63, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court for sexuallyassaulting the 13-year-old. The court heard Martin befriended the ...
Judge rejects probe into offender's self-harming.(Sport)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A SENIOR judge refused to intervene yesterday in what he described as "one of the most bizarre cases I have ever encountered". A 21-year-old, who was born in South Wales but can only be referred to as "P" for legal reasons, was seeking permission to launch a humanrights claim ...
Funding pledge expected for patchy palliative care services; Official review will ask for 24-hour care for dying adults and children.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Madeleine Brindley A REVIEW of palliative care in Wales has found large gaps in existing services for patients with long-term and terminal diseases. Services are suffering from a lack of staff and funding and many patients are struggling to access palliative ...
Ancient Severn net fishery is saved.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE centuries-old tradition of lave net fishing is to be safeguarded thanks to an historic agreement. At the last fishery of its kind in Wales a small group of fishermen use 17th century techniques passed down through generations. Working in the shadow of the Severn Bridge they ...
Welshman at the heart of Obama's campaign courts 6m overseas votes; Democrats seek backing from abroad.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Martin Shipton IF Barack Obama is elected President in November, a Welsh public relations guru is likely to have played some part in his victory. Maesteg-born Steve Morgan will be in charge of foreign media relations when the Democratic Party holds its ...
Sciences 'a grade harder' at A-level than the arts; Study calls for new marking system to reflect the huge gap.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Hugh Macknight ACHIEVING top grades in science subjects is more difficult than gaining an "A" in the arts, it was claimed today. Researchers who analysed data from nearly a million exam results found subjects like physics, chemistry and biology at A-level are ...
uk news bulletin: Soldiers' bodies returned to Britain.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE bodies of two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week were returned to Britain yesterday. Sergeant Major Michael Williams, 40, of Cardiff, died in a firefight with the Taliban in the Upper Sangin Valley, while Private Joe Whittaker, 20, of Stratford-upon-Avon, ...
uk news bulletin: Pilot hits out at ban on falcon stunt.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A PILOT yesterday criticised a decision preventing him from dropping a peregrine falcon from1, 500ft in a daring stunt. Malcolm Howland hoped to launch Crowbar the peregrine falcon from his plane above the Wickenby Wings and Wheels event near Lincoln at the weekend. ...
uk news bulletin: Hottest day of the year so far is on cards.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TEMPERATURES were forecast to soar today with forecasters predicting the hottest day of the year. The mercury could reach a sweltering 28Cin London according to Paul Mott, a forecaster at Meteo Group. Only in Southamptonon June 10 have temperatures risen as high as 28C so far ...
world news bulletin: Grandfather hacks family to death.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A GRANDFATHER hacked his two grandchildren and his wife to death with an axe and badly wounded his daughter in an attack in an Australian country town yesterday. Police said they were searching for a man in his late 70s who they believe fled the house in Cowra, 155 mileswest of ...
world news bulletin: Soldier wounds 16 at military show.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A SOLDIER wounded 16 people including a three year-old child after accidentally firing live bullets at a French military show. Four of the wounded were in serious condition. The incident happened on Sunday during a demonstration of hostage-freeing techniques at a ...
world news bulletin: Millions of bees escape after accident.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TWELVE million honey bees were accidentally released after the lorry carrying them overturned on a Canadian motorway. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said a downpour of rain had helped to contain the bees near New Brunswick. "Mother nature has been very ...
Death fall boy was trying to halt friend.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A 12-YEAR-OLD boy fell to his death trying to save a friend during a school skiing trip to the Austrian Alps, an inquest heard yesterday. Hayden Waller plunged 30ft on to rocks while walking with three friends near their hotel in the southern resort of Mallnitz. ...
Barton to be sentenced for assaulting teammate.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... PREMIER League footballer Joey Barton will be sentenced today After pleading guilty to assaulting a former teammate. He punched Ousmane Dabo, a former colleague at Manchester City, knocking him unconscious, and continued to hit him as he lay on the ground. Barton, ...
Sister of Ben begs for knife violence to end; 'Please let us learn from Ben and every other child stolen from us'.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Matt Williams and SamMarsden A FORMER East Enders star made an emotional plea for young people to put down their knives yesterday after her teenage brother became the latest victim of violence on Britain's streets. Popular GCSE student and budding actor Ben ...
Pressure continues to mount for Brown.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... GORDON BROWN'S latest fight back was in danger of being derailed last night by internal rows and fears over Labour's dire finances. As the Prime Minister unveiled a major overhaul of the NHS to mark its 60th birthday, a former party treasurer warned that its books were in the ...
Mortgage approvals fall.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The number of mortgages approved for people buying a house sank to a new record low during May, figures showed yesterday. Loans agreed for people moving home slumped by 28% during the month to just 42,000 - a third of the number agreed in May last year, the Bank of England said ....
Buyers sitting out price falls are fuelling a boom in the rental market; Surge in demand biggest for decade.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tim Lewis A SLUMP in house prices combined with the end of cheap mortgages has led to the biggest boom in the Wales' rental market for a decade. Estate agents are reporting that demand for rental properties is now so high it has led to bidding wars between ...
Brothers' franchise takes Italian luxury into first UK store in Cardiff.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... UP MARKET Italian furniture maker Natuzzi is opening its first UK store in Cardiff. The company has entered into its first franchise partnership in this country with Robert and Roger My nett, opening the store in Cardiff Bay's Old Pump House - left vacant since the departure of ...
Missing minister's friend still hopeful; wales news bulletin.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE childhood friend of a minister who went missing on a walking holiday in Slovenia a week ago is leading prayers for him last night. The Rev David Fox, a minister with the United Reformed Church in Penarth, was reported missing from his hotel after going walking. ...
Hot pliers used in revenge over flat; wales news bulletin.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A MAN was branded with hot pliers then forced to walk naked through Carmarthen to wncentre, Swansea Crown Court heard yesterday. Paul Hobson, prosecuting, said Mark Hutchins, 39, and 21-year-old Jamie Webb- Harries-both of Spring Gardens, Carmarthen - took their revenge on ...
Priest tricked in dead mum con; wales news bulletin.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A MAN who conned a clergyman as part of a scam to ensure he could carry on collecting his dead mother's pensions was jailed for 10 months yesterday. Gerard Thomas, 53, of Winch Wen, Swansea, hoodwinked a Catholic priest by getting him to sign forms which attested his dead mother ...
Prince's gas-guzzling Aston Martin DB6 learns to get by on surplus British wine; Carbon emissions cut by 18% as cooking oil fuels Range Rovers.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Andrew Dagnell THE Prince of Wales's income rose by more than pounds 1m last year, Clarence House has revealed. Prince Charles' private estate, the Duchy of Cornwall, is now worth pounds 16,273,000, according to annual accounts published yesterday. ...
pounds 600k recovered in cheese firm fight.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE Welsh Assembly Government has clawed back pounds 600,000 in public money from a cheese company which closed its packing plant in Wales after receiving a grant from the Assembly to expand. Dairygold Food Products was awarded a Processing and Marketing Grant of pounds 663,528 ...
Man burnt in 'suicide' car.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A MAN who accidentally blew himself up lighting acigarette after an abortive attempt to gas himself has been ordered to complete an "enhanced thinking skills" course. Ian Noll, 39, rigged up a gas canister in a car to drive to a beauty spot to kill himself. A court ...
McKellen to star in Prisoner remake.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... ITV last night confirmed that Sir Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel (pictured, right) will star in the network's remake of 1960s classic cult thriller, The Prisoner. American film actor Caviezel will take the role of Number Six while McKellen will appear throughout the series as ...
Ex-NFU Cymru leader admits lamb offences.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A FORMER president of the National Farmers' Union in Wales, who has an OBE for services to agriculture, yesterday pleaded guilty to 12 animal welfare charges. Hugh Richards, 65, from Felinfoel, Llanelli, (pictured above) admitted transporting 12 lambs that wereun fit to ...
Boat triggers search.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A FISHING boat believed to have left Milford Haven on Saturday was yesterday found drifting with no crew around 30 miles off the coast of New quay in Cornwall. The boat was found by a Belgian fishing crew, who said its engine was cold but could be quickly re-started. A Royal ...
They sing jolly hymns ... but what they mean is very serious; Church in Wales minister says the Anglican Church has been split.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Williamson Senedd Correspondent A SPLIT in the Anglican Church has taken place in all but name, experts said yesterday. Conservative Anglicans have formed a new international group, called the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans. Launched at the Global ...
Witness sought over dead mother; wales news bulletin.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... DETECTIVES have issued CCTV pictures of a man they want to interview in connection with the death of a mother of two who had been homeless and living on the streets of Swansea. The body of Julie Richardson, 42, was found on the steps next to the Ken Bukan Karate Club in Bethesda ...
Copy the Urdd, MP tells England; wales news bulletin.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... ENGLAND should introduce its own version of the Urdd Eisteddfod to encourage more youngsters to sing, Children's Minister Kevin Brennan said yesterday. The Cardiff West MP said ...
Billy, 69, to sail back to Australia; wales news bulletin.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A WELSH ex-pat who built a boat in Australia to pay a visit to his old school pals is preparing to sail back Down Under in the same vessel. Billy Hughes, 69, spent 15 months sailing ...
Bishop of Bangor faced his last illness with courage, faith, hope; Friends salute a feisty and inspirational man.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rhodri Clark THE Bishop of Bangor, the RtRev Anthony Crockett, died yesterday morning after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 62. Less than a fortnight ago he told the Western Mail of his heartbreak at being too unwell to travel to Bardsey on a rare ...
Owner saw her cat killed by dogs.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A DOG owner was yesterday ordered to pay pounds 250 compensation to his neighbour after his bull terriers killed her beloved pet cat. Clive Dowsett, 38, let his two Staffordshire bull terriers run loose outside his house where they caught the scent of the black and white cat ...
If we want to boom, we'll have to put up with a bit of bust, too; OPINION wayoutwest.(Leaders)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Steve Dube in Carmarthen I DON'T know whether it's just me, but I seem to hear sad tidings of a great depression. Historians are always going on about how the past repeats itself, and how we never learn from our mistakes. I've always thought that a ...
Western Mail: Leave Clarke's proposal on shelf to gather dust; COMMENT.(Leaders)
Jul 01, 2008 ... IT'S little wonder Tony Blair, the man who introduced the devolution settlement, concluded the best way to deal with the West Lothian question was not to ask it. Thosewho'vetriedto put forward an answer to this constitutional conundrumhave tendedto findeven more difficult posers ...
Letter: Beware of our very greedy neighbour.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: E LLOYD SIR - Nowadays we hear a great deal about plans for the construction of a Severn Barrage, a project to which I am currently totally opposed. I very much contend that this scheme should not go ahead until our country has its own Parliament independent ...
Letter: Shadows of the past.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: RUSSELL G NORRIS SIR - My memory takes me back 80 years and I am endeavouring to write a journal of my lifetime and wonder if your archives or readers can fill in some of the gaps. I have no computer or access to one, so any correspondence would need to be sent by snail ...
Letter: Waste of resources.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: M EVANS Roger SIR - The proponents of Welsh language, who have written to your paper recently, appear to be of an extremely blinkered vision. The Welsh Language Society insists on the wasteful duplication of information on official forms, road signs etc on the ...
A POSTCARD FROM WALES.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Send your pictures together with contact details to Saffron Jenkins at wmreaderpics@mediawales.co.uk ...
Pupils warned over pop music levels; RETRO REPORT July, 1998.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Woolway ONE in every 10 schoolchildren will suffer from an ear disorder later in life as a result of being exposed to loud noises including pop music. Anumber of youngsters will probably experience the onset of tinnitus - permanent ringing in the ears - ...
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Galileo Galilei All truths are easy to understand once they ...
Letter: Tourism off target.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: DR GARETH REES SIR - The Welsh Assembly Government has announced a massive further pounds 4.2m to promote tourism in the current financial year. The letters from H John and Rees Davies (June 12 & 16) provide descriptions of their experiences of the Welsh ...
Letter: Failing to listen.(Letters)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: OWEN BURT SIR - As a parent with two children attending and thriving at Llansadwrn School, I was delighted with the decision of Jane Hutt, the Minister for Education, to reject the proposal by Carmarthenshire County Council to close Llansadwrn School. A ...
Mae angen tipyn o bomp bob hyn a hyn; welsh column.(News)(Column)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Hafina Clwyd YR OEDD hi'r hyn a elwir yn Dywydd Dilwyn Miles ddydd Sadwrn. Hynny yw, yr oedd yna ambell i ddafn o lawyn yr awel a chymylau bygythiol uwchben y Bala. Mi fyddai Dilwyn, yn y dyddiau pan oedd ef yn Arwyddfardd, wedi penderfynu ers oriau mai dan do y byddai ...
Here's to continuing good health of the NHS; denise robertson.(News)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Jul 01, 2008 ... IN JULY, 1948, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness were brought together under one umbrella organisation-the NHS- to create one of the most comprehensive health services in the world, but it's most important feature was that treatment would be free to all. This ...
Saintly Val's sex life shocker.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... NEWS that saintly Valerie Single ton actually had a torridsex life, including a fling with squeaky clean fellow-presenter Peter Purves, was bizarre, rather like Andy Pandy having it away with Muffin the Mule. I was lying in a darkened room to recover when I heard that ...
Zimbabwe dictator fails his own gentlemanly cricket test.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... LAST week the Government used cricket as a weapon against Robert Mugabe, when it banned Zimbabwe's national team fromplaying a series against England. Him Indoors is disappointed but understands why it had to be done. On the day bloody and beaten Zimbabweans queued ...
Morning Serial; Marilyn and Me.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: by Shanta Everington My cheek is pressed against the bed and it feels sore. I touch my skin andit feels all funny and hard. I don't press it hard because it would hurt. If the scars don't go away, I can put makeup on them or maybe the doctors will do an operation on my ...
coffee break: QUIZ OF THE DAY.(Competition/Offers)
Jul 01, 2008 ... 1. On which golf course are the Ginger Beer, Hell Bunker and the Beardies? 2. Who in 1815 invented the miner's safety lamp? 3. How did Cardinal Karol Wojtyla make headline news in 1978? 4. Which US showman is said to have coined the phrase: "There's a ...
Coffee break: Time to face the music and dance; Preview Exit & Out The Gate, Cardiff.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A NEW double bill by award-winning choreographer Sandra Harnisch-Lacey will receive its UK premiere in Wales this month. Following the success of their shows, More Than Just A Jelly Baby and Final Cut, which toured Wales, Europe and Canada, Cardiff-based Harnisch-Lacey Dance ...
Coffee break: Homecooking; Quick picnic pasties with salami and mozzarell Waitrose.(Features)(Recipe)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Ingredients 200g cherry tomatoes 1/2 x 25g pack fresh basil, roughly torn 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced 1 tbsp olive oil 500g pack Saxby's Ready to Use Puff Pastry 70g pack Waitrose Milano Salami 2 x 125g tubGalbani Santa Lucia Mozzarella Light, drained 1 egg, beaten Method Preheat the ...
They said what.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... "Gordon is not interested in strutting his stuff on the show courts; he is quite happy to do it on the outer courts which makes him quite unique for a politician" Health Secretary Alan Johnson on Gordon Brown "I need my men to be stable, smart and sorted" ...
Traders resist pounds 50m, 600-job plan for town; County says scheme would revive Cardigan.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Steffan Rhys A PROPOSED pounds 50m development in a West Wales town will secure its future and create more than 600 jobs, it was claimed yesterday. The controversial Bath House project would see a new hospital, healthcare centre, supermarket and social housing ...
Trinity Mirror lowers profits forecast.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TOUGH economic conditions sawTrinity Mirror revise its 2008 profits forecast yesterday. The media company, which publishes the Western Mail, said "advertising market conditions have deteriorated" which "reflected the uncertain outlook for the UKeconomy". It said it was being ...
Online fashion firm's bucking the trend with doubled profits.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE appetite for online shopping showed little sign of wavering yesterday as internet fashion retailer ASOS doubled profits and posted healthy sales. ASOS, which stands for As Seen On Screen, beat City forecasts with pre-tax profits of pounds 7.3m in the year toMarch 31 - more ...
city market report.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE London market posted gains of almost2%yesterday as oil and commodity stocks fuelled a blue-chip rally. A fresh all-time high above EUR143 a barrel for oil helped petrochemical firms, while takeover manoeuvres among mining and telecoms firms also added impetus. ...
Baraka Foods laps up investment for jobs.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Aled Blake Business Correspondent A VALLEYS food manufacturer is receiving more than pounds 250,000 investment as it looks to achieve pounds 4m turnover next year - and create a dozen jobs. Baraka Foods' move into the retail market has proved a successful one ...
Tinopolis profits surge in last results before delisting.(News)(Financial report)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TELEVISION production company Tinopolis yesterday posted its last set of financial results before it delists from the Stock Exchange. The Llanelli-based business will be taken private on July 10 in a deal worth around pounds 44m. Yesterday the company reported a fall ...
Attack on B&B funding proposal.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... MORE than 800,000 private shareholders of Bradford & Bingley have been urged to vote down the lender's pounds 400m fundraising plans next week. The UK Shareholders Association (UKSA) said smaller shareholders - which hold around 35% of the group's stock - "should consider ...