THE legal battle over Caldicot head teacher Marjorie Evans has helped tip Monmouthshire's education finances in to the red. Education and leisure heads say they anticipate an overspend of £400,000 for this financial year - with exceptional, one-off costs
DETECTIVES are questioning a man after a mother of four was stabbed to death and two police officers injured in a knife attack. Afryl Burr, of Queen Victoria Street, Tredegar, was discovered by her daughter on the kitchen floor of her home at 8pm on Saturday
Pontypool 23 Carmarthen Quins 20 CHRISTMAS may be over, but Pontypool were still in the giving mood. Unfortunately for their fans the present wasn't tries as they gave away a suicidal number of penalties against Carmarthen Quins at Pontypool Park on Saturday
TWO Grade II listed properties in Monmouthshire have been awarded almost £800,000 between them for refurbishment and restoration work to be done. A grant for £704, 500 has been given to Drybridge House in Priory Street, Monmouth by the Heritage Lottery
EBBW Vale skipper Chay Billen said Saturday's magnificent 22-20 win over Cardiff was just reward for the players' efforts during December and he hoped it "will be the turning point for us". Vale had lost their previous six games, several narrowly. Billen
Newbridge 45 Glam Wanderers 6 IT was Groundhog Day at the Welfare Ground on Saturday as Newbridge accounted for Glamorgan Wanderers in what was almost a carbon copy performance over a side they had beaten 46-12 in the Principality Cup the previous week
THE GWENT farmer at the head of last year's fuel protests has warned that the country will be brought to a standstill if petrol prices rise again. David Handley, chairman of Farmers for Action, spoke out after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
KAREN Weaver knows all about early arrivals after her baby made an unexpected entrance to the world on Christmas Day. And she and husband John have some words of support for new dad Gordon Brown his wife, Sarah, on the birth of their seven weeks' premature
CHEPSTOW-educated JK Rowling had a magical Boxing Day when she tied the knot with doctor Neil Murray in a secret ceremony. Among the handful of guests was Ms Rowling's father, Peter, and her stepmother, Janet, who still live in Chepstow. The couple were
JOHN Rodger's tireless work to put Blaenavon on the world map is rewarded with an MBE in the 2002 New Year Honours. In a stunning year for the Torfaen town, Blaenavon was awarded World Heritage Status, and Big Pit was named Wales Family Attraction of
Newport County 2 Tamworth 1 HITMAN Garry Shephard secured Newport County's fifth win on the bounce - and third place in the league - with a brace that dumped title-chasing Tamworth. His eighth of the season on the stroke of half-time and his ninth with
Ebbw Vale 22 Cardiff 20 HISTORY repeated itself at a snowy Eugene Cross Park when Ebbw Vale staged a magnificent fightback to beat Cardiff at home for the second year running. Vale trailed 17-3 at the interval and looked beaten, but their fantastic spirit
DELIGHTED children played in a winter wonderland in parts of Gwent after festive weekend snowfalls. Valleys areas were transformed by the snow, which settled in some places. Gritters were out around the county and Gwent Police reported that there had
