Wales

STEPHEN GLOVER: Devoid of common sense, what is wrong with Britain's police chiefs?

One of the most disturbing developments in Britain over the past 30 years has been the loss of confidence which many ordinary law-abiding citizens have in our police. In common with his dismissed predecessor, Sir Ian Blair, he...

Rent Dylan’s birthplace

Dec 2 2008 by Robin Turner, Western Mail IT’S a chance to experience your very own Child’s Christmas in Wales. But renting out 5 Cwmdonkin Terrace – where Dylan Thomas wrote his famous work – for Christmas week will not come...

In Pictures: Greenland and Climate Change

Soundman/Producer Arwyn Evans and cameraman Mike Harrison shoot BBC Wales's O Flaen Dy Lygaid programme by the Ikertivaq glacier in eastern Greenland. BBC Wales's environment correspondent Iolo ap Daydd at Ikertivaq glacier...

Farming News: Smaller breeding flock may fail to fill new gap in market

Dec 2 2008 by Steve Dube, Western Mail A DECLINE in sheep numbers could mean that farmers lose out on a golden opportunity to meet an increased demand on the Continent for Welsh lamb. Trade is opening up as a result of a huge...

Banker Dyfrig John maps out road ahead for Wales

Dec 2 2008 by Aled Blake, Western Mail THE chief executive of HSBC last night outlined how Wales can be flexible enough to cope with the economic downturn – and be ready to exploit future markets. Dyfrig John argued that a...

'Contaminated land' housing row

Objectors to a social housing project near a former beryllium plant say they fear the site is contaminated. Pembrokeshire councillors are set to discuss the 37-home application on land off Marble Hall Road in Milford Haven. A...

Bringing vulnerable adults in from the margins - new cross-sector coalition forms

Clinks, DrugScope, Homeless Link and Mind announce groundbreaking joint campaign, 'Making Every Adult Matter’ – supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - to address the plight of some of the most socially excluded and...

‘Give blood and save tiny babies’

Dec 2 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, South Wales Echo MUMS today called for more people to donate blood to help save the lives of premature babies. Bliss, the special care baby charity, has joined forces with the Welsh Blood...

NHS staff work-to-rule

Dec 2 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail Thousands of NHS staff across Wales will work to rule tomorrow in a national day of action over pay. Unite union, including nurses, paramedics, bioscientists, therapists and NHS...

Isolation and loneliness grow as as old-style communities crumble

Dec 2 2008 by Darren Devine, Western Mail LONELINESS is on the increase in Wales, but new research says that Scotland and parts of England are faring worse. Academics at Sheffield University found older people suffer worst when...

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