Merthyr Tydfil County, Wales News

BBC Wales environment correspondent Iolo ap Dafydd considers where the three candidates for the Welsh Labour leadership stand on nuclear power, coal and GM crops.

A BOROUGH is counting the cost of several proposed public inquiries. Councillors in Merthyr Tydfil have been warned about escalating costs, which stand at 97,000 for 2009-10. But the projected bill for the following year is about 170,000 - made up of fees for engineering reports, barristers and professional witnesses.

HE MAY be the teenage heartthrob of the competition, but X Factor hopeful Lloyd Daniels' looks weren't enough to keep him out of the bottom two last week.

PUBLIC schools must come forward with proposals to help Wales' most vulnerable children to justify their charitable status, Labour leadership candidate Huw Lewis said yesterday.

MERTHYR TYDFIL players were told before kick-off that they must take a 50% wage cut.

A gas main explosion and fire which led to the evacuation of 50 homes and the collapse of a footbridge might not have been an accident, it has emerged.

A PAEDOPHILE "groomed" a 13-year-old girl, persuading her family to let him take her to a car rally where he had sex with her.

THE latest edition of the Merthyr Historian is on book store shelves. It is the 20th volume of articles to be produced by Merthyr Tydfil Historical Society.

A MAN has appeared in court accused of the murder of his next-door neighbour. Dean Pike, of Park Street, Clydach Vale, spoke only to confirm his name during today's five-minute hearing.

TEENAGERS caused thousands of pounds of damage after ram-raiding a jewellery store in a stolen motability car.

A MAN was robbed as he waited to catch a bus to work. The 31-year-old handed over 10 when he was threatened at the bus stop in Chestnut Way, Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, around 6.35am on Saturday.

GAS supplies to more than 1,700 properties are due to be restored today mon after an explosion caused the evacuation of around 50 homes.

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Leona Lewis has spoken out about being attacked by a fan at a book signing. She told the BBC's Sam Naz that "it could have been much worse" and she was "putting the past in the past". Peter Kowalczyk, 29, was charged with striking the singer at Waterstone's in Piccadilly, central London, on 14 October.

The fourth storm to hit the Philippines in a month has lashed the eastern province of Quezon, bringing heavy rain and winds to the region.

Thirty houses have been evacuated following what is believed to be a gas explosion.

THE BNP was condemned last night for "hijacking" a picture of a VE-Day street party in Wales, with former residents demanding an apology.

MERTHYR Tydfil are looking to take their league form into cup competitions tonight.

THE number of registered sexual offenders in Swansea has increased by 25 in the past year, official figures show.

A MAJOR poll published today shows Labour in "very deep trouble" in Wales and in danger of losing nine seats in next year's general election.