Introduction
Quakersyard.co.uk was originally set up by Gareth to secure the Broadband connection to the Treharris Exchange by means of a campaign. BT supplied loads of leaflets and we got busy delivering them! Few months later the Treharris exchange had reached its registered target and we (Quakers Yard Community) were to get broadband. Well that seems like ages ago now! This site is now an information source for the Quakers Yard area and Internet users alike. Enjoy your vists here.
Todays Welsh News (BBC) - BBC News
The very latest news brought to your screen
| A 16-year-old girl, thought to be on her way to collect her GCSE results, has died after a collision with a refuse lorry. |
| GCSE girl dies in lorry collision |
| A couple, whose son burned down their home, are helped to rebuild their house by their local community. |
| Community help rebuild arson home |
| A grandmother is completing the last few miles of her round the world run on crutches after injuring her leg. |
| World run to finish on crutches |
| Actress Catherine Zeta Jones reads a poem at the funeral of her 91-year-old grandmother. |
| Zeta mourns namesake grandmother |
| A fire engine was put out of action after a woman tried to drive it away while crews were dealing with an incident. |
| Fire engine damage woman charged |
| Jobs are secured after BAE Systems signs a 15-year deal with the Ministry of Defence to supply ammunition. |
| BAE in £2bn MoD ammunition deal |
| Two men who kicked and punched a blind man before stealing his wallet and mobile phone are jailed. |
| Two jailed for blind man attack |
| RNLI volunteers give birth to seven babies over a seven month period. |
| RNLI crew launches seven babies on world in seven months |
| New figures show fewer patients are choosing expensive dental treatment while extractions are up. |
| Extracting the data - fewer fillings but more removals for NHS dentists |
| Wales manager John Toshack says the front-line partnership of Paul Parry and Freddie Eastwood is "not quite right". |
| Strikers fail to convince Toshack |
| Wales's David Davies just misses out on Olympic gold in the men's 10km swim after a brave performance at Shunyi. |
| Battling Davies wins 10km silver |
| Clickable map of where our Olympic GB stars hail from |
| Local heroes |
| Celebrations as pupils receive their GCSE results |
| Exam success |
| It's 100th birthday for Edwardian 'shed on wheels' |
| 'Oldest' caravan |
| A gallery of your digital images from around Wales |
| Your pictures |
| 33 people are remembered 140 years after tragedy |
| Rail crash |
| BBC Wales' Welsh-language online news service |
| News in Welsh |
| A statue will be built at the Millennium Stadium in honour of the late war hero Sir Tasker Watkins, it is announced. |
| Statue for Sir Tasker at stadium |
| A 150-year-old tree threatened with the chop can stay, a council's planning committee rules. |
| Monkey puzzle tree avoids chop |
| A surprise inspection finds 'a degree of complacency' at two Welsh prisons, although standards remain good overall |
| Mixed findings in jail inspection |