WELSH rugby is on the brink of a crisis with the Welsh Rugby Union and three of the four regions falling out over the participation document or new charter. Newport Gwent Dragons, Llanelli Scarlets and Cardiff Blues have still not been paid their monthly
VISITORS had a blooming good time at a floral festival in Cwmbran St Gabriel's Church in Old Cwmbran played host to hundreds of colourful bouquets and arrangements created by Pontypool Floral Society at the weekend. More than £1,000 worth of flowers were
Next month, Gwent will remember the Basque children who came to Wales after fleeing the Spanish Civil War. Mike Buckingham spoke to a woman with bitter memories of a bloody and cruel conflict AS the bombs fell on her home city of Bilbao, Josefina Savery
Europe pulled off yet another fabulous Ryder Cup victory in Detroit yesterday - in record-breaking fashion, but only after one almighty scare. What many thought might be a walk in the park when they went into the final day at Oakland Hills needing to
NEWPORT nursery staff brought a touch of colour to a dull day when they stepped out to raise money for a good cause. Tiny Tots workers dressed as the Pink Ladies, of Grease fame, and were joined by some of the children for the sponsored walk from Clytha
NEWPORT today clinched a Civil Service jobs bonanza. Up to 600 positions at The Office of National Statistics (ONS) are being relocated from London and Titchfield in Hampshire. The move is part of Chancellor Gordon Brown's plan to relocate 27,000 civil
ENTREPRENEUR Sir Stanley Clarke, whose business interests included Chepstow Racecourse and the firm behind the regeneration at Llanwern, died yesterday aged 71. He was president of the company behind Chepstow Racecourse and former chairman of developers
COMPLAINTS about fireworks have rocketed - but Gwent authorities are now armed with new powers to tackle the problem. Fireworks were once limited to being used a few times a year, but it is now commonplace to hear them at any time. Between October and
FOOD, glorious food - Abergavenny was transformed into a gastronomic paradise once again at the weekend with its sixth food festival. On every street corner were footstuffs from all over Wales as the country's most successful celebration of food returned
A NEW row has erupted over the proposed closure of Trevethin Community School after it emerged that improvements to two other schools earmarked to take its pupils are already being considered. Torfaen councillors have voted to consult over the future
LEGENDARY American author Mark Twain once wrote "the more things change, the more they stay the same" and that was the case at Newport Stadium on Saturday as County ran the show against Cambridge City only to go down to a sloppy late goal. Peter Nicholas
LAST week the House of Commons voted by a large majority to ban hunting with dogs. The law is expected to come into force in 18 months' time after the government decided to use the Parliament Act to ensure it is not scuppered by the Hosue of Lords. Opponents
GWENT politicians had better sit up and take notice of the 'grey' vote in the forthcoming general election, Age Concern Cymru says. The charity has just issued its manifesto for the next general election, which it says could well be determined by the
Wales must employ a full-time manager to replace Mark Hughes, according to captain Gary Speed, pictured. Hughes will step down next month following the World Cup qualifiers against England and Poland after taking charge at Blackburn. For those two games
Newport coach Dai Rees insists his side are improving despite their narrow victory over Cardiff at the Arms Park on Saturday. The Black and Ambers were trailing at half-time despite dominating the first period, but eventually turned the game around to
