WILFRED WRIGHT has green fingers - and he has the perfect patch to prove it. Because Mr Wright, 66, of Pant Road, Newport, is the winner of the city's best allotment competition. The contest is run by Newport Allotment Assoc-iation and the judging panel
NEWPORT hand full debuts to wing Alex Cadwallader and lock Matthew Veater when they take on unfashionable but unbeaten Connacht in the Celtic League in Galway on Friday evening. Newport's injury problems continue to mount. With Ben Breeze ruled out for
YESTERDAY we revealed how paedophile John Glyn Jones was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment after a series of sickening sex attacks on two boys. One of his victims exclusively tells Ceri Hillier about his torment. A simple visit to Nantyglo leisure centre
THE Gwent boxing hall in which world champion Joe Calzaghe began his career was demolished this morning. The old tin sheet building, near Newbridge Rugby Club, was torn down after Caerphilly council officers warned it was no longer safe. The premises
A JUDGE has hit out at crown prosecutors over a Cwmbran drugs case in which an expensive, two-month police surveillance operation was carried out. A prosecutor accepted a single guilty plea to a charge of supplying cannabis in the case of Richard Hughes
YESTERDAY Newport's Tredegar Park ward was identified as having the highest level of child poverty in Wales. Rhiannon Beacham went out to investigate life on its streets. IN the poorest council ward in Wales, there is a daily battle to deal with some
A GWENT woman faces giving birth in prison after being jailed for two months for animal cruelty. Sharon Jenkins, (pictured) 25 , of Marine Street, Cwm, near Ebbw Vale, is seven months pregnant and, if she serves her sentence, could give birth in prison
A BUS driver accused of causing death by dangerous driving fought back tears yesterday as he relived the moment he saw a woman crushed by his vehicle. Alfred Cunningham, aged 56, of Eureka Place, Ebbw Vale, who denies the charge, was giving evidence during
GWENT has the highest number of police officers it has ever had, according to figures released yesterday. Gwent Police Force has increased strength from 1,274 at the end of March 2001 to 1,333 at the end of March 2002, a rise of 59 officers. The figures
EBBW Vale are determined to appeal against the sending-off of flanker Tyron Morris from last Saturday's 45-25 Celtic League win over Caerphilly. Director of rugby Ray Harris said defiantly 'we are definitely not accepting that' after watching a video
NEWPORT Wasps are just two meetings away from reaching the Premier League Knockout Cup final but, for Lee Dicken, tonight's semi-final first leg is like falling out of bed - literally! While the rest of the Wasps travel up from South Wales and all other
GLAMORGAN hope to end their season with a bit of a bang at Sophia Gardens this weekend but their one-day triumph is still taking a bit of getting over. The county face Northamptonshire at home starting today days after they popped the champagne corks
POLICE are hunting a man who indecently assaulted a woman as she walked alone in Cross Keys. The assault happened at 9pm on August 28 as the woman approached the bridge by Halls Road. The woman, 28, saw a group of 'boisterous' young men walking towards
BLAENAU Gwent have joined Oakdale and Blaenavon in trouble, perilously close to the brink - but officials insist they will not ruin the club by paying players. They have yet to play a game this season, calling off their preliminary round Welsh cup-tie
WORLD champ Joe Calzaghe admitted today that the destruction of his famous old Newbridge gym will take a while to "sink in". Bulldozers moved in this morning to crush the shack where Calzaghe has trained with his father Enzo since he was eight. The local
FIVE super teams -- that could be the future for Welsh rugby at the top end of the game. Regional, district or provincial rugby is a near-certain non-starter whatever the views of Wales coach Steve Hansen, his predecessor Graham Henry or anyone else.
MAUREEN Hendon is facing her third kidney transplant in less than 10 years. She told Edward Davie what it is like living with dialysis and why she is urging people to register as an organ donor. Maureen wraps a letter around an electoral registration
A TEENAGER attacked a pensioner and stole his takeaway supper because "he had nothing to do" a court heard. Retired engineer William Chivers, (pictured) 86, of Rectory Road, Sofryd,d near Abertillery, died six weeks after he was robbed of his pie and
