Bridgend, England News

Four floors full of cannabis plants were today discovered by South Wales Police in a derelict building in Maesteg.

GARETH THOMAS last night came out fighting the corner of the club that launched his career, insisting that the idea of rugby league killing off union in Bridgend is unthinkable.

Four floors full of cannabis plants were today discovered by South Wales Police in a derelict building in Maesteg.

A 27-year-old mother who had been the victim of domestic violence hanged herself days after splitting up from her partner, an inquest heard.

KNIFE crime is not a problem in South Wales compared to large English cities, one of South Wales' most senior police officer insisted yesterday.

GAVIN and Stacey star Ruth Jones has landed her own morning show on BBC Radio Wales.

A LEADING Welsh expert today calls on A&E staff to help in the fight against violent and knife crime in a bid to identify trouble hotspots.

Mr Ward said Ryan Edwards' group of friends shouted something 'abusive' A man jointly accused of murdering a 20-year-old man in a railway station car park "ambush" said he was "gutted" when he heard Ryan ...

Tributes have been paid to a van driver who died when his vehicle overturned on the M4 near Bridgend.

SALFORD will be locking horns with old rivals Widnes in the battle for one of the coveted Super League licences.

A former Royal Marine jointly accused with two others of murdering a 20-year-old man told a court today the three of them could easily have been left "on the floor" in the attack.

The man chairing the public inquiry into Wales' largest E.coli outbreak is asking for further views as he works on his final recommendations.

A FATHER of two accused of murdering a man in a "military style" attack is a decorated war hero who served in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, a court heard.

Flood watches are in place for three rivers in south Wales for Wednesday night after heavy rain through the day brought localised flooding.

ALMOST 40 pupils vanished from Cardiff's education system this year. The children - all from ethnic minority communities - went missing from school rolls without warning.

PREGNANT Charlotte Church yesterday turned charity fundraiser to help lung cancer research.

AN increase in the numbers of married couples seeking a divorce has become the latest trend attributed to the current credit crunch.

WELSH house prices fell 0.7% in the year to May, according to new data from the Land Registry, adding to the turbulence elsewhere in the economy.

A British soldier was killed in Iraq by a freak bullet shot at long range through a small gap in his armoured vehicle, an inquest heard today.

An inquest has recorded a verdict of natural causes on a nurse who died two days after a scuffle on the ward of a Bridgend hospital.