Lead theft from the roof of Tonypandy Primary School has left it open to the elements and with a huge repair bill. South Wales Police are investigating the incident after it was reported on August 16.
A Welsh jail was criticised for bussing inmates as casual labour. It was “immoral” for any company to rely on cheap labour, said Steve Gillan, general secretary of the Prison Officers’ Association.
It is now a year since a Swansea conman went on the run. Martin Evans failed to return to prison in August 2011 after he was let out for a weekend in Swansea.
Eight crews tackled a garage blaze at Llanarmon-yn-Ial. The fire, which began in the Denbighshire garage about 18:00 BST last Wednesday, spread to a house and another garage in the village.
A Bala in Gwynedd woman was hurt in a night-time robbery. The crime occurred in Plasey Street between 23:30 BST on Wednesday and 00:30 BST Thursday of last week.
Gwent Police have seen a 27 per cent drop in car crime, however North Wales Police have reported a 14% rise. The latter force is currently promoting a campaign to arrest this increase.
North Wales Police (NWP) assistant chief constable, Gareth Pritchard, said the force had invested in new IT and other systems to map anti-social behaviour ‘clusters’.
A fire was tackled at Llanwern Bowling Club in Newport. The alarm was raised at the club, which is situated in Ringland Way, on Monday (June 18, 2012) shortly after 20:15 BST.