Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) back issues from August 2008:
Christ as a Women?(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A twist in the tale of the Eisteddfod's ...
inside track; the movies.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: matt Thomas JUST because Karen is off being schmoozed in Scotland, by which I mean she's at the Edinburgh Festival, things have ground to a halt here at Box Office Towers. In fact we've got one of the most important weeks of the year for the Welsh arts world ...
Wire in the BLOOD; There are some human achievements which are hard to believe-simply because they seem truly impossible Rob Driscoll meets the man responsible for one of them.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... O NE morning in August 1974, daredevil tightrope artist Philippe Petit walked on a one-inch wire between New York's Twin Towers at a death-defying height of 1,350 feet. The event would be described by many as "the artistic crime of the century", and Petit, although arrested by ...
the movies: film reviews; MUST SEE.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE 14 104 min ***** THE LOVE GURU 12A, 86 mins ***** SPACE CHIMPS U, 80mins ***** THE X-Files was one of those TV shows that encouraged a devoted kind of ...
the movies: dvd digest; new to rent from monday.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... VANTAGE POINT Cert 12, 86 mins ***** THE attempted assassination of the American President (William Hurt) sets secret agent Dennis Quaid on the trail of a terrorist conspiracy. Videos of the incident offering different perspectives play a key ...
'I'm NOT a one-trick pony' performing arts She was Maria, is going to be Gemma and is currently playing Sonia in a new show. But what else is there to Sound of Music star Connie Fisher? As she opens in a new London play, Matt Thomas finds out a few fascinating facts about the girl from Pembrokeshire.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Matt Thomas WE all know Connie Fisher as the call centre girl from Pembrokeshire, plucked from obscurity to head the cast of the hit West End show, The Sound of Music. But do you know what she's doing next? Actually, she's starring opposite ...
culture vulture; performing arts.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gareth Bryn Age: 30 From: Prestatyn Occupation: Film and TV director What was the last movie you saw? On DVD it was Black Book. It's a Dutch film set in World War II. A Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo HQ as a spy for the ...
Eisteddfod's art displays.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... GALLERIES across Cardiff are celebrating the Eisteddfod with special exhibitions, highlighting the links between the festival and the Welsh arts community. At the main Pontcanna Fields site the Arts Council of Wales-sponsored Y Lle Celf pavilion is showing the work of Charles ...
'God as a woman? It's not odd at all' As a self-described liberal Anglican priest, Aled Jones Williams is used to dividing opinions with his views on women priests and homosexuals. But with his new play, re-casting Jesus as woman in the modern-day Middle East, has he gone too far? Matt Thomas asked him.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Matt Thomas RELIGION is not a simple thing for Aled Jones Williams. "For me, God is a metaphor," he says. "It is a word in our language that represents a search from meaning. "As far as the supernatural goes, miracles and things like that I haven't got a ...
Music Maes-tro at festival.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... MUSIC is one of the most important aspects of the Eisteddfod, with choral, harp and band competitions forming the backbone of the week. Other events to be held on the Maes include Bryn Terfel singing Verdi's Requiem in Latin on Monday at 8pm. The baritone will be ...
Dramas to cause a stir.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... NOT all drama at this year's Eisteddfod is as controversial as Iesu!, but much of it is still guaranteed to cause a stir. Chapter Arts Centre's production company Rhosys Cochion is presenting Sharon Morgan's revealing drama Trafaelu ar y Tren Glas. It focuses on the ...
Double whammy of events promises to make it a really big weekend for music; music matters sound bites.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: gavin allen IT'S a big, big musical weekend in Cardiff. The Druidic craziness that is the National Eisteddfod begins tomorrow with kids reciting poetry and people winning chairs left right and centre, but it also brings a ton of top-notch Welsh language gigs ...
visual arts: Telling tales; A new exhibition at Penarth's Washington Gallery challenges artists to interpret myths and fairy tales. Here, curator Maggie Knight reveals what visitors can expect from the show.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... STORIES have the power to distil human fears and hopes, from the family dramas of Oedipus to the wild world of Red Riding Hood. In this Arts Council of Wales supported exhibition, eight Welsh artists condense the mysteries of myth and folktale into the sensual impact of art. ...
on show; exhibitions.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... ABERGAVENNY An exhibition of Book Art, featuring the work of contemporary artists and craftsmen from around the world. The show, called Unfolding, provides an opportunity to see and handle a selection of beautiful hand-made books @ The Art Shop until August 23 ...
Judge hits out at Army 'beastings' after Welsh soldier's tragic death; NCOs cleared of killing private.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ben Mitchell, Lesley Richardson and Simon Evans A SENIOR judge yesterday launched a stinging attack on the Army for allowing soldiers to undergo unofficial "beasting" punishments after three noncommissioned officers were acquitted of manslaughter. Provost ...
Stay with City, Glenn, and go for Premier - urges McPhail.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Steve Tucker CARDIFF CITY skipper Stephen McPhail has told Rangers target Glenn Loovens: "Don't leave us." The Bluebirds entertain former European champions Ajax Amsterdam in a glamour pre-season friendly tonight amid further uncertainty over Loovens' future ...
Judge hits out at Army 'beastings' afterWelsh soldier's tragic death; NCOs cleared of killing private.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ben Mitchell Lesley Richardson and Simon Evans A SENIOR judge yesterday launched a stinging attack on the Army for allowing soldiers to undergo unofficial "beasting" punishments after three noncommissioned officers were acquitted of manslaughter. Provost ...
Royal Marine died in Beacons in Special Forces test.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A SPECIAL Forces hopeful collapsed and died during selection tests in the Brecon Beacons, it was confirmed yesterday. Royal Marine Benjamin Poole was on selection for the SAS and its RoyalNavy equivalent the SBSwhen he fell ill on Monday. The 26-year-old Signaller ...
Mummymakes movies and daddy makes pancakes as Catherine escapes paparazzi on idyllic island.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Katie Bodinger WELSH superstar Catherine Zeta Jones has liftedthe lidonthe idyllic life she lives in Bermuda with her young family. The Swansea-born actress prefers to spend time with husband Michael Douglas and children Dylan, seven, and Cerys, five, at their ...
Ferret set to stay but ITV Wales will axe politics show.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... ITV Wales is to scrap its late-night political show Sharp End but keep brands such as Wales This Week, the Ferret and Fishlock's Wild Tracks in its programme schedule for 2009, it announced yesterday. The broadcaster has been under intense pressure not to cut its coverage of ...
Parents expected to bring injured newlywed home for specialist help; MURDER SCENE: Cottage number 15 at the Cocos Hotel, Antigua, where Catherine Mullany was murdered and her husband Benjamin shot and critically injured.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Abby Alford CRITICALLY-INJURED newlywed Ben Mullany could be flown out of Antiguabyair ambulance as early as today, according to medics. It is believed he will be brought home to Wales this weekend by parents Marilyn and Cynlais for specialist treatment, days ...
Grieving family in tributes to Lee, 10.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... EMOTIONAL family tributes were last night paid to a 10-year-old boy who died after being knocked off his bicycle in a suspected hit and run. Lee Thompson-Walker was found unconscious near his home in Llanrwst, Conwy, on Monday afternoon. He had been knocked off his bicycle at ...
Brutal bullies jailed after gentle giant beaten to death in military-style attack; Argument at town bar led to ambush killing.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lauren Turner THREE men were yesterday found guilty of killing a 20-year-old in a train station car park. Ryan Edwards was on a night out with friends when he was badly beaten in the car park at Bridgend railway station, on July 6 last year. He ...
Homeowners faceheat or eat choice after British Gas announces 'immoral' 44% price increase.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Sarah Miloudi HOMEOWNERS in Wales will have to make the choice between heating or eating, it has been claimed, after British Gas announced its prices would increase by up to 44%. Campaign groups and Assembly Members yesterday labelled the latest set of rises ...
Negative equity looming as house prices plummet; Record falls mean average home worth 8.1% less than a year ago.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Matt Withers Political Correspondent HOUSE prices in Wales are now falling at a record rate as the credit crunch continues to pile pressure on to the property market, new figures released yesterday show. The average home across Wales and England lost 8.1% of ...
1,000 fish found dead inriver; Wales newsbulletin.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A SUSPECTED pollution incident has killed 1,000 fish on a Welsh river. The incident, which occurred on the River Trothy at Llantilio Crossenny, between Monmouth and Abergavenny, is the second fish kill in the last week that could affect populations in theWye area. Both ...
Policehunt for missingman; Wales newsbulletin.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A MAN facing charges of burglary and assaulting a police officer has gone missing after failing to appear at crown court. Lee Stuart Evans, 23, is described as being 6ft, of heavy build, with a ruddy complexion, straight short brown hair, and blue ...
OAPs targeted by bogus caller; Wales newsbulletin.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... AN ELDERLY couple have twice been targeted by a bogus water engineer, police said yesterday. Officers in Swansea are investigating an attempted distraction burglary at the home of the couple, who are aged 88 and 94. ...
David BlunkettMP; Wales newsbulletin.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... IN the Starfile section of Monday's Western Mail, we printed a profile of Rt Hon David Blunkett MP. The article was submitted to us by an agency and we wish to make clear that the ...
World-famous sculptor 'absolutely thrilled' to be chosen for Gravell tribute.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Steffan Rhys ONE of the world's leading sculptors has been commissioned to create an everlasting tribute to a Welsh rugby legend. David Williams-Ellis has been selected to create a bronze sculpture of ex-Wales star Ray Gravell, which will stand outside his ...
Karadzic tells court his rights have been abused.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FORMER Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared before a war crimes court yesterday for the first roundofwhat is certain to be a long fight. Having shaved off the bushy beard which formed part of his disguise during 11 years on the run, Karadzic's response to being accused ...
Families unveil plan for July7memorial; Uk newsbulletin.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FAMILIES of those killed in the July 7 London bombings today unveil plans for a memorial of 52 pillars - each representing an innocent victim of the atrocity. Each stele will be grouped together in four interlinking clusters, representing the four separate attacks that took ...
Plants inspiresolar power advance; Uk newsbulletin.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A NEW breakthrough could allow sunshine to become one of themost important sourcesof clean renewable energy, it was claimed last night. Up to now solar power has been a "Cinderella" energy sourcebecausestoring the sun's energy is so expensive and inefficient. Now ...
Presenter bitten by terrier at dog show; Uk newsbulletin.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FORMER Blue Peterpresenter Peter Purves was treated in hospital after being bitten by a terrier at a dog show, the event organisers said yesterday. The 69-year-oldCrufts commentator was injured as he hostedan "AllAboutDogs" day in Norwich, on Sunday. Mr Purves suffered a gash ...
Mancharged over girl's body in case; World newsbulletin.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A MAN was charged with murder yesterday after the dismembered body of his British girlfriend was found in a suitcase in central Brazil, police said. The remains of 17-year-old Cara Marie Burke were discovered by the side of a river in Goiania on Monday. Goias state ...
Bus passenger's headchopped off; World newsbulletin.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A BUS passenger stabbed the man sitting next to him dozens of times before decapitating him. Canadian police yesterday said the attack happened on Wednesdaynight as the buswas en route from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba. They refused to give further ...
Dogs rescued from butcher; World newsbulletin.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... EIGHTEEN dogs were rescued from the butcher's knife in the northernPhilippines using a newlawagainst the illegalmeat trade, it emerged yesterday. ANational Bureau of Investigation agent, Serafin Gil, said two suspected dog meat traders were arrested in Monday's raid and have ...
Murder probe not ruled out over home deaths.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... POLICE yesterday refused to rule out a murder inquiry into the deaths of at least five children whose charred remains were found at a former children's home on Jersey. Officers said bones and teeth uncovered by detectives investigating abuse at Haut de la Garenne belonged to ...
Labour MPs call for Miliband sacking.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TWO Labour MPs yesterday went publicwithcalls forDavid Miliband to be sacked as Foreign Secretary, after he failed to quell speculation he is planning a challenge to Gordon Brown's leadership of the party. Although Mr Miliband insisted in a radio interview that he is not ...
McCanns' lawyers begin trawl through police files.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... LAWYERS acting for the parents of Madeleine McCann yesterday began trawling through the Portuguese police files on the investigation into how their daughter disappeared, the couple's spokesman said. Gerry and Kate McCann's legal team received notification from the authorities in ...
Porsche driver arrested over open-top bus crash.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lesley Richardson A PORSCHE driver was yesterday arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after crashing head-on with an open-top bus whichtoppledonto its side throwing passengers fromthe vehicle. Despite initial fears of serious injuries, all those on the ...
I don't care if people download my tracks for free, says Duffy.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tim Lewis POP sensation Duffy has sparked controversy in the debate over illegal music downloads by admitting she "doesn't care" if people file-share her tracks. The 24-year-old from Nefyn, Gwynedd, said she was just happy more people had access to her music ....
Victims' Commission post challenge.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE appointment of Northern Ireland's first Victims' Commission will be subject to legal challenge by a Welsh university academic, it was revealed yesterday. Aberystwy th University lecturer Dr Marie Breen-Smyth is bringing a fair employment case even though she was offered one ...
Will patients soon be looking forward to the meal trolley? Bid to improve hospital service as more relatives resort to takeaways.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Williamson A BID to improve hospital food across Wales will begin today. The Royal College of Nursing Wales will be commissioned to train NHS staff at every stage of the food chain to source, cook and serve the nutritious meals patients need and their ...
Hospitals and politicians welcome 'long overdue' initiative.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust serves around 8,600 meals per day. A spokesman for the trust said it was already involved in a number of initiatives, and investments, to continue to improve its food and catering service. "Of course, we welcome any ...
Anger at community 'injustice' after wooden beach hut is sold for pounds 85,000.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: John Fahey A COMMUNITY leader has reacted with fury to news that a beach hut has sold for a reported pounds 85,000 in his coastal resort. The little wooden hut at Abersoch, North Wales, complete with its own stamp-size patch of sand, smashed its guidepriceof ...
Teenager 'possessed by demon' killed father with sword; 'Delusional' son detained indefinitely.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gareth Llewellyn ATEENAGER killed his father with a samurai sword after convincing himself he had been possessed by a demon, a court heard yesterday. KaneMorgan thrust the weapon into his father's back until it exited his chest in the belief that he was going ...
Historic company on its way to modern site.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... MEDIA Wales is moving ... but only 150 metres up the road. As from Monday, Wales' leading publishing company will be based in a new six-storey office building at Six Park Street, a stone's throw away from its home for the last 47 years at Thomson House, Havelock Street, in the centre of ...
Parking tickets down due to warden shortage.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... COUNCIL leaders at one Welsh authority have warned of a drop in parking ticket income - because of a traffic warden shortage. Neath Port Talbot Council say they are experiencing a difficulty in recruiting suitable staff. As a result, they anticipate income from parking tickets ...
Clumsy cow saves farmer's life.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A CLUMSY cow inadvertently saved a Welsh farmer's life when it bashed him against a JCB and put him into hospital, it emerged yesterday. Because when medics examined 71-year-old Ken Bellis after he lost the feeling in his legs, they discovered he had potentially deadly prostate ...
We'll give the pounds 4 school uniform a try, say mums as store rivals clash over their bargain ranges.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Abbie Wightwick A SCHOOL uniform price war broke out yesterday as Asda launched a pounds 4 outfit to rival the pounds 6.50 range on sale at Marks & Spencer. Unveiling its bargain range, Asda said it was the cheapest-ever school uniform. The ...
Drunk teenager, 16, smashed stolen car at 107mph.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Jones A DRUNK teenager in a stolen luxury Lexus smashed into a row of parked cars at 107mph-on the first time he'd ever driven. The boy, 16, was more than three times over the drink-drive limit when he stormed out of a family party to break into the ...
'Having a warm home should be a fundamental right but increasingly older people are being forced to choose between heating and eating' Concern over poverty on pension's 100th anniversary.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lisa Jones THE Government is today being urged to end pensioner poverty on the centenary of the introduction of the state pension. Pensioner groups called on the Government to increase the level of the basic state pension - currently pounds 90.70 a week - and ...
Buying power was greater in 1908.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE Old Age Pensions Act 1908 was introduced to create a means-tested state pension of up to five shillings per week in an attempt to combat poverty among older people. But people had to wait until they were 70 years old to claim their pension, and even then they had to pass a ...
NEWSROUND: Cardiff buildings in the pink for Eisteddfod.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TWO of Cardiff's most famous and historic buildings are currently in the pink to markthe return of the National Eisteddfod to the capital. Each evening in the build-up to the event, and for its duration, City Hall and the Norman keep at Cardiff Castle, will be flooded in a hot ...
NEWSROUND: Five set for trial over private eye murder.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A FORMER Metropolitan Police detective is among five men set to go on trial in connection with the murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan 21 years ago. The Singapore-born 37-year-old, brought up in Llanfrechfa, Monmouthshire, was found in the car park of the Golden Lion ...
NEWSROUND: Police car damaged in junction collision.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A POLICE car was badly damaged last night after colliding with two other vehicles while responding to an emergency. Witnesses said the South Wales Police Ford Focus had blue lights flashing and sirens sounding as it approached are dlight at a junction in Canton, Cardiff, at ...
Don't simply stuff our children with facts - teach them to think; the pensioner.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Elaine Morgan I RECEIVED an e-mail from England saying: "I was at Pontypridd Grammar School in the '50s and was given enormous encouragement by your husband." A few readers may remember this boy called Peter Dorke. In Morien's classes he was told to sit at ...
Western Mail: Onus now on Antiguan police to solve murder; COMMENT.(Leaders)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HE murder of young doctor Catherine Mullany in the honeymoon attack that also left her husband fighting for his life has touched hearts all around the world. The sheer horror of the attack, at the happiest moment in any couple's life, has left family, friends and those who never knew them ...
Letter: Biomass burner plan hasn't come to me.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: JANE DAVIDSON SIR - I would like to outline my position on biomass as a renewable energy following comments attributed to me reported in the Western Mail (Up market flats fighting plan for local pounds 100m biomass burner, July 28) which implied I was in favour of a ...
Letter: How will pollution benefit valley?(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: ROGER HARRIS SIR - The Western Mail on July 29 had two articles and an editorial regarding the future of the coal industry in Wales, specifically in the Upper Neath Valley. Much is made of the fact that clean coal technology is the future, even though ...
Letter: Labour MPs should have spoken up.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: J OWEN SIR - The chickens have come home to roost for those Westminster MPs who failed to speak up against devolution for Wales in the run-up to the Referendum of 1997. The latest demand by the members of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee for a cut in the ...
Broccoli a weapon in cancer fight; RETRO REPORT August, 2005 How we covered...(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Edited by Tony Woolway COMPOUNDS in broccoli could provide a new weapon against bladder cancer, research has shown. A previous study found that eating the green vegetable could help protect people from the disease. Men who ate two or more half-cup ...
A POSTCARD FROM WALES.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Send your pictures together with contact details to Saffron Jenkins at wmreaderpics@mediawales.co.uk ...
Letter: Energy assessors without work too.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: C KING SIR - I can readily sympathise with people such as teachers (Western Mail, July 24), physiotherapists and even nurses, who undergo expensive training, only to find no work on offer. As a qualified domestic energy assessor I paid out several thousand ...