COMMUNIST mayor Annie Powell was celebrated at the weekend as a blue paque was unveiled in her honour in the Rhondda Valley.

A BLUE plaque will be unveiled in Rhondda on Friday June 6 in honour of social campaigner Annie Powell, who was elected communist mayor of Rhondda in 1979, soon after Conservative Margaret Thatcher ...

Rhys Edwards explains why it's a relief to have lost his unbeaten record as he prepares for Thomas Essomba, writes ...

Joel Trembath, 21, of Caroline Street, Tonypandy, was fined £300, handed seven penalty points and ordered to pay £30 costs for driving without insurance and helping another drive while unlicensed.

Stephen Davies, 38, resisted when officers attempted to arrest him and he assaulted one of them by strangling him, the violent struggle that ensued captured on police bodycam ...

Jamie Michael, 46, from Penygraig, southeast Wales, served in the Iraq War and was twice sent to Sierra Leone as a peacekeeper. The former serviceman was remanded in prison for 20 days after the ...

Mark Williams had to be hooked up to an oxygen tank as he played an exhibition match in Lhasa, Tibet. The three-time world champion was joined by a stellar cast but had to play at nearly 12,000 ...

Mark Williams had to be hooked up to an oxygen tank during a snooker exhibition played in the spectacular setting of Lhasa, ...

Eunice Rees, 87, waited in the car as her childhood sweetheart John, 87, went into the Penygraig Co-op for a spot of shopping the Rhondda, South Wales. The retired engineer never returned after ...

John Rees intervened when Zara Radcliffe began attacking shoppers in Penygraig, Rhondda Cynon Taf, in 2020. His granddaughter, Madeleine Davidson-Houston received the Queen's gallantry medal on ...

Morgan's old rugby club, Penygraig RFC, offered support to those who played alongside him. It said: “On behalf of everyone at Penygraig RFC we would like to pass on our sincere condolences to ...