Bridgend, England News

SCREEN televisions, tablet computers, yo-yos and thousands of pounds worth of cash and cheques were given away by Welsh councils as competition prizes last year.

NEONATAL care in Wales has is in an "awful" and "very high-risk" state as a result of critical staff and cot shortages, leading experts said yesterday.

Statistics show men in Wales are more than four times more likely to kill themselves than women.

A BARRY teenager who spent months in prison awaiting trial was last week cleared of rape by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court.

But chiefs at Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board stressed the majority of people were being seen at its hospitals in Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot and Bridgend on time.

THE armed forces will face new difficulties if asked to go on a Libyan-sized operation as a result of defence cuts, a cross-party group of MPs will warn today.

Passengers on the line between Cardiff Central and Bridgend are seeing half an hour on First Great Western services added to their journeys as a result of Network Rail work delays overnight.

LAWYERS in Wales have given a cautious welcome to plans which would overhaul the family justice system so divorced and separated fathers get stronger rights to see their children.

BBC Wales has found that nearly A 2.3m was outstanding in December 2011, in figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests.

MORE than 1,800 people were caught in Swansea watching TV without a licence in 2011, TV Licensing has said.

THE former magistrates' court and nuclear bunker in the Rhondda is set to be given a new lease of life when it becomes a modern training academy for thousands of learners and job-seekers in the Valleys.

A TABLE dancing club planned for a venue next to a Swansea chapel is an affront to God, in the opinion of its pastor.

UK Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has demanded his department is notified in advance of any "contradictory" public health policies in Wales.

While house prices in Wales rose slightly last month, official figures show they are still 3% down on the year before.

But after eight years, eight IVF treatments, a 36,000 bill, and a battle with breast cancer, she was still childless.

SMILING happily in the company of his loving family, Luca Pucella looks no different to thousands of children his age across Wales.

THESE are testing times for the Ospreys but, if last night's 26-21 LV= Cup win over the Dragons was a glimpse of the future, the horizon could be brightening for the region.

The inquiry follows the Vale council's refusal of an application by Bridgend-based Coastal Oil and Gas to carry out exploratory drilling for shale gas at Llandow.

Vale council rejected an application by Bridgend-based Coastal Oil and Gas to carry out exploratory drilling for shale gas at Llandow.

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