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Switch-off for main road lights

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 18:50
Thousands of street lights in Caerphilly county are being switched off to reduce emissions and energy costs.

Crackdown over buggies on buses

BBC Education - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 17:17
Parents with buggies who take up wheelchair spaces on buses face a crackdown in a government campaign.

Labour edges ahead on education

BBC Education - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 17:02
A BBC Newsnight poll suggests that the Tories are failing to win over voters unsatisfied with Labour's record on education.

Internet up for Nobel Peace Prize

BBC Technology News - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 16:57
The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Supermarket plan for shop centre

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 16:26
Plans to re-open a supermarket on the site of a former shopping centre which had been earmarked for regeneration.

Politicians run Sport Relief mile

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 16:13
Tory MP for Monmouth David Davies was first of 40 MPs and peers to cross the line in the Sport Relief Westminster Mile.

150 Toyota jobs to go on Deeside

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 15:52
Around 150 jobs will go at the Toyota plant on Deeside, Flintshire, as part of 750 posts going across the UK.

More schools fail Ofsted checks

BBC Education - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 15:35
More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, according to figures just released.

Church signs deal to fund album

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 15:35
Singer Charlotte Church agrees a £2m deal with a music investment company to finance her next record.

Ambulance service chief to quit

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 15:22
The chief executive of the Welsh ambulance service is to stand down at the end of March.

Man 'attacked with baseball bat'

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 15:20
A 34-year-old man is left severely traumatised after being attacked with a baseball bat in an attempted robbery.

Armed robbery at travel agents

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 15:16
Police appeal for information after an armed robbery at a travel agents in which staff were threatened with a knife.

Man guilty of murdering daughter

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 14:54
A man stabbed to death his 17-year-old daughter with a hunting knife as she sat in the passenger seat of his car.

Jones calls for Wales to be smart

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 14:30
Fly-half Stephen Jones insists Wales have to be smart, clinical and efficient if they are to beat Ireland at Croke Park on Saturday.

Health survey needs city support

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 14:26
A project aiming to test 500,000 people in the UK to improve the prevention of serious illnesses rolls into Swansea.

School lotteries 'destabilising'

BBC Education - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 13:56
Lottery admissions can be destabilising for children and bad for their welfare, the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, says.

Police appeal over woman attack

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 13:28
Dyfed-Powys Police appeal for witnesses after a 19-year-old woman is attacked in a town.

... to a blanket to hug a mountain

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 13:26
A 20ft hand knitted blanket is to be laid out in the Brecon Beacons after a blessing and ceremonial walk on Mother's Day.

SNP and Plaid's BBC debate anger

Wales on the BBC - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 13:14
Plaid Cymru and the SNP say planned televised debate plans breach the BBC's duty of impartiality.

Mobile phone allows boss to snoop

BBC Technology News - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 12:53
Mobile technology that could allow prying bosses to monitor every movement of their staff is developed in Japan.
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