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  • Hi-tech company set to shed jobs later in year

    A leading Newport hi-tech company has confirmed reports that it is feeling the icy blast of deteriorating trade and is likely to announce further job losses this year. But Surface Technology Systems, makers of machines which etch silicon wafers for microchips

  • Tough timwa for Cup-bound Price

    DON'T point the finger at the coaches and keep the faith -- that is the message from Newport owner Tony Brown after a disastrous start to the season. Newport got off on the wrong foot when they lost all three of their pre-season friendlies, first to Pontypool

  • Toast for centenarian carer

    A GWENT woman thought to be the oldest carer in the Britain celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. Sprightly former nurse Lucy Hopkins, from Meadow Rise, Portskewett, still manages to take care of her 67-year-old son Paul who has Down's syndrome, whom

  • More timbers found in mud

    ARCHAEOLOGISTS around Britain say they are excited by the possibility of another ship being found in the mud on the banks of the River Usk. More timbers were discovered at the site of Newport's new arts centre in the Kingsway, where an historic ship has

  • Firm's goal is new jobs

    AROUND 70 jobs could be created in Newport with the arrival of one of the UK's fastest-growing sportsgear companies. Sports Soccer is planning to move into a two-storey building on the city's biggest edge-of-town commercial development. The company has

  • New deals set up in war-torn eastern lands

    Lyndon Thomas (pictured) has given his Gwent firm a say in global economic decision-making as the political map of Europe changes. NIGEL JARRETT spoke to him CHARTERED surveyor Lyndon Thomas is making sure the smaller players in the property business

  • Students win bosses' praise

    EMPLOYERS in the hairdressing trade are being attracted to the high quality of mature students graduating from a Gwent college. A report on Coleg Gwent by inspectors Estyn is full of praise for the hair and beauty department, to which it awarded a Grade

  • Thomas spares County's blushes

    Andrew Thomas was the unexpected goal-hero for Newport County last night as his double-strike earned the Exiles their first win in seven games. But County, 3-1 victors over Dr Martens Premier League rivals Chippenham Town at Newport Stadium, should have

  • City's shock poverty figures

    SHOCKING new figures reveal that a Newport estate has the highest level of child poverty in Wales. In Tredegar Park ward, which includes Duffryn, 81.7 per cent of children are judged to be living in poverty. Councillor Garry Brown, who represents the

  • Trish is out to make Wales an ICT leader

    TRISH Howard did such a great job of organising the biggest hi-tech bonanza of recent years in Wales that she has started a business to make her skills more widely available. And immediately she has begun shaping what she describes as an even better event

  • Ready for new tennis aces!

    TALENT spotting the youngsters to follow in the footsteps of Tim Henman and Virginia Wade is the aim of former Ebbw Vale steelworker Chris Hill. Tennis ace Chris, from Abertillery, who has made it to the top of the British game while holding down a career

  • Tributes after son dies in Thailand

    THE devastated family of a Gwent man killed in a car crash in Thailand have paid tribute to a "lovely boy". Ian Henson, (pictured) , 40, from Caldicot, died instantly on Friday, five hours' drive south of Bangkok en route to the holiday island of Ko Samui

  • James has an eye for garden centre

    JAMES Boyle (pictured) literally has an eye for business. It served him well when he was driving along the A48 outside Chepstow earlier this year and saw a sign for a garden centre to let. Built speculatively at Pwllmeyric by local construction firm Bob

  • Still no reply to AM over graves

    SOUTH East Wales AM Jocelyn Davies is still waiting for a response from the Home Secretary over the St Woolos Cemetery scandal. Mrs Davies wrote to Home Secretary David Blunkett and the local government ombudsman about the graves mix-up at the beginning

  • Pervert jailed for 18 years

    A FORMER leisure centre worker was sentenced to 18 years for sexually abusing two boys in attacks which a judge said robbed them of their childhood. John Glyn Jones, aged 55, of Roundhouse Close, Nantyglo, was found guilty of 11 charges of committing

  • Do you know where she is?

    POLICE have released this photograph of Pontypool 15 year old Jenna Baldwin, who has now been missing for seven days. And they have urged anyone with any knowledge of her whereabouts to contact Pontypool police station. Jenna, a pupil at Abersychan Comprehensive

  • Firm remembered in new company

    ONE of Gwent's oldest vehicle body repair companies is to be remembered in a new operation begun by its former staff. Ben Gibbs Industrial Finishes was forced to close its premises near the Newport Transporter Bridge a few months ago when work began on

  • Attacker gets five years

    A JOBLESS former factory worker who admitted mugging elderly women is today beginning a five-year jail sentence. Twenty-one-year-old Wayne Gadd, of Leadon Court, Thornhill, Cwmbran, had pleaded guilty to four counts of robbery committed against elderly

  • Support for 'Gateway to Wales'

    FURTHER government endorsement for Cardiff Airport by Gwent MP and Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy is another blow for plans to build an airport on the Severn Estuary at Newport. During a visit, Mr Murphy confirmed his commitment to the future growth and

  • Young mum dies week after giving birth

    THE daughter of a retired Gwent headmaster has died from cancer - just a week after giving birth to her second child. Sarah Heathorn, daughter of former Ebbw Vale Comprehensive head Mostyn Phillips, died at her home in Germany on September 6 with her

  • Popham wants a Wales cap

    ALIX Popham is still aiming for a Wales cap though he is soon to be based in the North of England, writes Robin Davey. He says he is leaving Welsh rugby because he wants to play in England and start enjoying his rugby again. The 22-year-old Wales A back

  • When the going gets tough....why should the tough get going?

    THE good people of Newport are at it already -- targeting managers and coaches once their teams lose a few games. Newport County won their first three matches of the season, were sitting on top of the table and some were predicting promotion. Then the

  • Children blamed for empty factory blaze

    FIRE chiefs say a blaze at a former dressing gown factory in Blaenavon was started deliberately. South Wales Fire Service divisional officer Mick Flanagan said: "This was a deliberate ignition of a pile of rubbish but it was a very small fire. "It's undoubtedly

  • Keep the faith

    DON'T point the finger at the coaches and keep the faith -- that is the message from Newport owner Tony Brown after a disastrous start to the season. Newport got off on the wrong foot when they lost all three of their pre-season friendlies, first to Pontypool

  • When the going gets tough....why should the tough get going?

    THE good people of Newport are at it already -- targeting managers and coaches once their teams lose a few games. Newport County won their first three matches of the season, were sitting on top of the table and some were predicting promotion. Then the