In an effort to improve carrying capacity on South Walian trains, the lengthening of platforms at 42 stations got underway this week.
Starting in Pontypridd, the £13.2 million revamp has already caused problems for travelers with many left standing about Taffs Well station waiting to be bused into Cardiff. And we all know how I […]

Who? What? Brechfa? That was my initial response. I’d never heard of the village of Brechfa until I was pointed towards the Brechfa village website, run by… an anonomous webaster (Let us know your name! Post in the comments below!).
So, where is it? Well, it’s located in Carmarthenshire and appears to […]

This is the big question of the day. It seems rugby hero Gavin Henson may not be keeping his lips to himself these days.
Although I can think of a multitude of sins greater than kissing a shop assistant, if he did it, (and rumors certainly suggest he did), it’s rather tacky considering Charlotte […]

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Take a look at the photo here. Is it from the film version of the Lord of the Rings? No, it’s not! It’s actually a family home which has been built in Pembrokeshire. After four months of hard work and around £3,000, the family had an environmentally friendly home in this […]

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The questionnaire is posted here on behalf of Siaron Hughes, a Welsh graphic designer who is studying for her MA.
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Although meant to be in use by 2004, the start of construction on Valleywood has been delayed due to a variety of environmental concerns surrounding animals and sewers. But it now looks like everybody has the green light for construction of the £300 film studio action set to be built on the old coal […]

Well, even Alun Jones agrees Wales could have done a lot better on last weekend’s test. ‘It wasn’t good enough,” he said ”We’ve got high standards and we are bitterly disappointed with the way it went. We didn’t live up to our own expectations - the scoreline makes that more clear than words ever […]

The folks on the beach at Aberavon probably don’t think so - at least they didn’t Friday afternoon.
With the only public toilet facility for miles closed by rescue operations all afternoon, it goes without saying the local pubs were doing a bang up business as desperate people found their way into town and the public […]

There’s an article in today’s icWales that discusses the severity of the stress Welsh workers are experiencing. This is far from a Welsh problem - it extends around the world.
The article cites, as the main causes, long work hours, high levels of debt, the sheer stress of trying to deal with a workload that’s […]

A harrowing rescue was pulled off by the coastguard off the cliffs above Rhossili this past week when Jess, one sheep and a taxi driver suddenly found themselves with a beautiful ocean view from their less-than-desirable vantage point halfway down the cliff face.
Sounds like a good sheep joke, doesn’t it?
Syd Anderson from Tycoch, the dog’s […]

The ever popular blow-up sheep has now ventured into the world of sport as they become jockeys in the Llandudno annual donkey derby.
Unfortunately, this year insurers had refused to insure the event so the usual jockeys, local children, were unable to take part. The derby has been held for the past 39 years with […]