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Rhymney Valley Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Moving ceremony staged as war memorial gets new home by Ian Caleb, Moving ceremony staged as war memorial gets new homeSUNSHINE broke through the clouds and made a fitting tribute to a rededication service in the Rhymney Valley.With blue skies and 70 people in attendance, the Ystrad Mynach War Memorial was confirmed in its new location with a tribute to the men who died for our country.Under...
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Rhymney Valley Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Poetry for the people comes to the Valleys by Ian Caleb, THE latest issue of popular literary magazine Red Poets will be appearing throughout Rhymney Valley after its successful launch.The annual release, now in its 14th edition, was well-received at a Blackwood bash full of poetry for the people.The Miners’ Institute was packed out to hear more than a dozen poets reveal choice cuts of work...
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Merthyr Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
How will our son manage? by Ian Caleb, A WORRIED father is looking for a solution after a funding cut left his son, who has learning difficulties, unable to get to college.Wayne Munkley has been attending Merthyr College for several years as a student, taking general learning support lessons and gaining friends.But with a change in transport policy, Wayne, 26, no longer has fully subsidised...
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Merthyr Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Rugby hero a class act by Ian Caleb, Rugby hero a class actA WELSH rugby great dropped in to a primary school in a bid to tackle learning difficulties.Scott Quinnell visited Caedraw Primary School in Merthyr Tydfil to show pupils to charge head on at problems he evaded for years.Entertaining the year five and six children with tales of his rugby past, the patron of the Welsh Dyslexia Project...
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Merthyr Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Coffee lovers full of beans for fundraiser by Ian Caleb, Coffee lovers full of beans for fundraiserMUGS all over the boroughs were raised in a morning toast to a worthwhile cause.The world’s biggest coffee morning created a stir as it paid a whistlestop tour around the nation for Macmillan Cancer Support.With money pouring in as fast as cups were being filled, people of all ages got to share...
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Merthyr Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Youths all at sea in race adventure by Ian Caleb, Youths all at sea in race adventureROOKIE sailors swapped their schooling for the high seas as part of a shipping festival.Three teens were plucked from sailing excursions and taught everything they needed to know to man a ship on the waters.And their hard work was rewarded with their entry in the Tall Ships Festival race, becoming some of the...
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Rhymney Valley Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
WITH last week’s report on the reduction of the X38 bus service, the Rhymney Valley Express found a situation that could isolate the communities of the Rhymney Valley. To find out more about the October 6 changes, reporter Ian Caleb travelled on the 5.10pm from Cardiff to Bargoed and talked to the people it affects most.
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Merthyr Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
KETTLES all over the nation are boiling in preparation for the Macmillan Coffee Mornings. by Ian Caleb, On September 26, people get a chance for a chin-wag and a cuppa, to speak to friends old and new.But aside from a dedicated morning, cancer is very much treated as an impolite conversation killer, worse than any bout of flatulence.When you think about it, the C-word is as much a social disease...
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Merthyr Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Top teacher: It’s an award for my team, not just for me by Ian Caleb, A HEAD may soon be called the Pride of Britain, but she has been the pride of the Gurnos for 14 years.Denise Morgan MBE has led Goetre Infants’ School through curriculum changes, foundation schemes and the odd change of staff.And a nationwide search for innovative teachers who have made a real difference ended with the crowning...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Prison is the key to future by Ian Caleb, ENTHUSIASTIC councillors have voted to start the process to locate a 900-inmate prison in Merthyr Tydfil.Merthyr Council has begun to open negotiations with the Ministry of Justice in an attempt to reduce the shortage of prison space in Wales.And with one of the competing three sites choosing to lend its support to Merthyr’s bid instead, the proposed...
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Merthyr Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Duo’s endurance fundraiser by Ian Caleb, WITH their fundraising target tantalisingly within reach, two volunteers are willing to row the extra mile.Rhys Evans, 18, and Matthew Evans, 20, have a few weeks to go before they have to hit their target to fund a three-month trip to help less developed countries.But with the deadline drawing near, the boys have decided to push their limits and cross...
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Rhymney Valley Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Caught! by Ian Caleb, A victory is being claimed for the police on a nine-day sting operation on the Heads of the Valleys.Rhymney police teamed with Blaenau Gwent to target illegal motorists with a crackdown on road users.With over 80 offences identified in the period of operation, vehicle number plates were scanned against databases alongside the usual pursuit of gathered intelligence.The operation...
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Rhymney Valley Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Police target illegal motorists by Ian Caleb, A victory is being claimed for the police on a nine-day sting operation on the Heads of the Valleys.Rhymney police teamed with Blaenau Gwent to target illegal motorists with a crackdown on road users.With over 80 offences identified in the period of operation, vehicle number plates were scanned against databases alongside the usual pursuit of gathered...
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Merthyr Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Demand for council to take steps over crumbling roads by Ian Caleb, Demand for council to take steps over crumbling roadsROADWAYS racked with damage are being left to crumble because of their omission from council policy.Sections of road in Trelewis have become pothole-strewn hillsides through heavy use, while footpath steps are unstable and drains are clogged with dirt.And without heavy funding...
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Merthyr Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Depressed woman didn’t take her own life by Ian Caleb, A WOMAN fearing the results of a potential biopsy did not take her own life, an inquest has heard.Marilyn Williams, 62, of Gethin Street, Abercanaid, suffered from depression after the death of her mother and a car accident last year which led to the appearance of a breast lump.But at an inquest held last Friday, Deputy Coroner Jeff Thomas...
