WE are the champions! Canterbury once again did not let us down, providing the perfect back-drop for another memorable day in the history of Glamorgan County Cricket Club. But talk about nerve-racking! As I said after the match, it was one of the most
NEWPORT can still qualify for the quarter-finals of the Celtic League, insists backs coach Richard Hill. And he also has a dig at the section of Newport fans who have been abusive. Newport have been written off after three defeats out of three and with
EBBW Vale will have two sets of opposition to worry about when they face Llanelli at Stradey Park on Saturday - the starting XV might be impressive, but just look at their replacements. British Lion Robin McBryde starts as a substitute alongside Wales
GWENT Health Authority may be £9 million in debt by the end of the financial year - more than twice as much as predicted. Rising drugs costs are the main reason for the potential overspend, which finance chiefs have dubbed a "worst-case scenario". But
TWO teenagers were rescued after fire broke out in Newport's former art college. Smoke was seen billowing from the disused building in Clarence Place at 8.50pm - and people could be seen on the roof. Firefighters from Maindee, Malpas and Cwmbran stations
THE head teacher of a Gwent school - where nine governors staged a mass resignation last term - has moved to another job. Linda Beavan (pictured is now working at County Hall, Cwmbran, after Monmouthshire council agreed to her request for alternative
IT was the end of an era for the Calzaghe family yesterday as the Gwent gym where world champion boxer Joe (pictured) learned to fight was finally torn down. As the tin-sheet building was demolished Enzo Calzaghe - the boxer's father and coach - admitted
HUNDREDS of mourners - many in school uniform - yesterday said farewell to tragic Newport teenager Michael Smith. Michael, 18, of Mallard Way, Duffryn, died when the car he was travelling in crashed into a billboard on Cardiff Road on September 5. Michael's
WASPS team manager Neil Street will need an improved return from his next guest rider if he is to steer his team into the Knockout Cup final. Injury to Craig Watson has left the Wasps struggling despite his high average. That gives them plenty of potential
THREE men broke into a Cwmbran golf club, caused £11,000 of damage and played golf with chocolate bars during "a very expensive form of drunken horseplay", a court heard. One of them had no recollection of going to the club because he had taken drink
A FORMER Newport police station, which was being used as a fetish club, could be turned into a house. Last year the building, on Alexandra Road, Pill, was home to The Clink, hosting fetish nights and orgy nights. But the club began looking for new premises
WELSH Secretary Paul Murphy has written to Torfaen council chiefs about a controversial housing plan on a school's playing field. Residents at Llan-tarnam have united against Torfaen council's plans to build housing on land which includes an acre of Llantarnam
THE THOMAS twins were used to being the only pair on the block - but not anymore. For at their new school there are four sets of twins... and a set of triplets. Ten-year-olds David and Ryan Thomas have just moved from Ystrad Mynach to Ynysddu Primary.
RESIDENTS on Newport's Blewitt Street found their address really lived up to its name yesterday. A massive power surge blew out thousands of pounds worth of electrical appliances, leaving TVs smoking and freezers defrosting in Baneswell. One resident
GLAD to be back -- that is the message from back row forward Joe Powell, who is back with Newport on a one-year contract. Newport have also signed prolific try scoring Bristol wing Luke Nabaro on a one-year loan deal. Powell left Newport in the summer
