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Troops parade through Cardiff for Armed Forces Day

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:10:00 GMT

Thousands of people were lining the streets today as part of a national celebration of Britain’s servicemen and women.

Fears over voter fatigue may see Assembly poll postponed

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

NEXT year’s National Assembly election could be postponed for a month to distance it from the referendum on more powers for the body, we can reveal.

UK troops complicit in torture ‘must be brought to justice’

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

BRITISH troops complicit in torture in war zones must be brought to justice, a former ambassador to the UN claims today.

The right to breastfeed

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

As a Government drive attempts to convince more women to breastfeed, West Wales editor and new mum Rachael Misstear looks at how society still struggles with the debate

Britain’s Armed Forces Day in Cardiff

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

WALES’ capital city is the focus for Britain’s Armed Forces Day celebrations today.

Hundreds of mourners turn out for soldier's funeral

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:38:00 GMT

Hundreds of mourners packed a church today to say goodbye to a soldier gunned down while on foot patrol in Afghanistan’s badlands.

Essay: End torture in all circumstances

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Allegations that British forces took part in torture must be fully investigated so that justice can be done, writes former UN ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry in his role as chairman of the charity Redress.

Arson alert as infants school burnt

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

SECURITY in Wales’ schools is not tight enough, teaching unions said last night after a blaze destroyed an infants school.

Patient at University Hospital of Wales has Legionnaire’s Disease

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:52:00 GMT

A PATIENT at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff is being treated for Legionnaire’s Disease, which is believed was contracted in the hospital.

Welsh scientists’ studying insects could create perfect perfume

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

IT SOUNDS like the perfect perfume – one with a divine aroma that never fades and is irresistibly attractive to the opposite sex.

Rhodri Morgan: Osborne takes inspiration from Howe's 1981 Budget

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

WHEN you embark on something novel like writing a newspaper column, you feel a bit like a batsman going to the crease.

Land Rover sparks S4C row

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

TELEVISION executives came under fire yesterday after a Welsh language countryside programme took out a £1,000-a-month lease on a Land Rover.

Dad claims spotlight from Prince of Wales during Wales visit

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:41:00 GMT

A toddler upstaged the Prince of Wales today when he spotted his father in the royal entourage and shouted out “Daddy!”

Swansea researchers bite into science of sharks' hunt

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:50:00 GMT

THE bloodthirsty 1970s blockbuster Jaws made a generation of people afraid to take to the water.

Alien-hunter Eve Myles discovers a familiar face at her old college

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:42:00 GMT

SHE has made a living hunting aliens. Yet Torchwood star Eve Myles found a friendly face as she returned to her old college to receive an honorary fellowship yesterday.

Essay: Why the Budget could be a cut too far

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:29:00 GMT

This week’s Budget was both cruel and flawed, and could push us back into recession, says Owen Smith.

Wales prepared for a scorcher

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

WALES is set for a weekend scorcher to round off a week of dry and hot weather.

Ice cream tradition scooped back into Roath

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:56:00 GMT

IT was a popular Cardiff tradition. Going to Roath Park and then wandering home via the Thayers [sub-corr] shop was a pastime for families in the city for more than four decades.

Proposal to cut teacher training days sparks row with unions

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

A ROW broke out between Wales’ Education Minister and its teaching unions yesterday over plans to slash the number of training days for teachers.

Lembit says he’ll run for London mayor position

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

LEMBIT OPIK said yesterday he will run for the job of London mayor if he wins his party’s blessing.