Neath and Port Talbot County, Wales News

A husband who walked free after strangling his wife during a nightmare revealed today he has been told by psychiatrists never to sleep with anyone again.

A TEENAGER made a gun gesture with his hand towards a shop manager before shouting threats and an obscenity about Allah.

Prosecutors have defended a murder charge against a man who blamed a sleep disorder after he killed his wife while he said he was dreaming about an intruder.

A DRUNKEN man jumped up and down on top of a car until the driver thought the roof would collapse.

A husband who had a nightmare in which he fought a burglar woke to find he had strangled his wife, a court heard.

Concerns: James Hadley, who owns Lextan salon in Barry, south Wales, has admitted five health and safety charges Concerns were raised about an unmanned tanning salon four months before a 14-year-old girl was badly burned on one of the sunbeds, a court heard today.

MICHAEL SHEEN is following in the footsteps of KEVIN SPACEY - he has taken on director duties at a top U.K. theatre company.

POLICE have charged two men with the robbery of a taxi driver in Skewen. The men, aged 19 and 25, will appear at Neath Magistrates Court on November 20, 2009.

SOUTH Wales clubs have vowed to stand their ground against the FAW following plans to direct Welsh Premier League representation from its ruling council were unveiled.

A WREXHAM man left for dead after a vicious mugging says he is still battling the emotional scars, 18 months on from the attack.

A MURDER trial jury was sent home last night after failing to reach a verdict in the case of Polish dairy worker Lukasz Reszpondek.

OLD girl abducted and strangled in Cardiff and the death of a retired Swansea moneylender are just two of the 28 unsolved murder cases going back to the start of World War II that South Wales Police is reviewing.

THE importance of first-aid training was brought home to Wendy Rowe less than a year after learning the vital skills of life-saving and she's now in line for an award.

Seasick Steve has risen from living rough to megastardom. The gentleman of the blues tells Gavin Allen how Wales provided the platform for his incredible transformation IN an age of polished pop, Seasick Steve is a throwback.

A play about teenage suicide in Bridgend is among the works due to be performed in National Theatre Wales's inaugural year, it was announced today.

A photofit appeal has been issued by South Wales Police after a man was robbed at knife-point. The incident took place on a path leading to the Morfa Retail Park in Swansea on Friday, 20 October at about 1130 GMT.

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

A GOAL from Celtic's Somali-born wonderkid Islam Feruz, still only 14 years old, sent Wales spinning to Victory Shield under-16 defeat at Rhyl's Belle Vue ground.

A YOUNG Ammanford man with learning difficulties was beaten up in an unprovoked attack as he made his way home after a family party in Llanelli.

Official figures show rising house prices in September in all regions except the north-east and in Wales House prices rose by 0.9% in September according to the Land Registry.