NEW postmaster Mike Clark's decision to re-open a post office in a Gwent village is keeping him busy. Villagers in Penhow and people from the surrounding area have had to travel up to five miles to the nearest post office after the one at the village
THE campaign to restore the Newbridge Memorial Hall is still gathering pace - with many fundraising events planned for the rest of the year. Friends of the Memo have already arranged around a dozen concerts and open days - and a Christmas pantomime is
A NEWPORT grandmother is living in fear after a log was hurled through her front window. Doris Ryan, 79, was in bed when her home in Bettws, was attacked at 1.45am on Sunday. The next morning she found shattered glass all over her sitting room and was
AIR travel may have its problems, but it certainly makes the world a smaller place. And that includes bringing distant marketplaces closer to Welsh producers. Cardiff Airport plays host to the bmibaby operation, the low-cost division of Britain's second-biggest
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
Phillip Price, pictured, has paid tribute to the strength of European golf after the stunning victory in the Ryder Cup, but says he still plans to quit Europe for the US next year. The Newport-based 2002 Ryder Cup hero will compete in the US qualifying
THE owners of a popular Cwmbran crche yesterday lost their battle to stop a pizza parlour opening in the premises it uses. Now the parents of hundreds of children registered at the Izzie Busy Bees crche in Cwmbran will have to make alternative care arrangements
ART for the artistically challenged is how Helena Iannetta describes her pottery painting shop. The new business which opened in Griffin Street, Newport, last Friday, is based on decorating pots with your own unique designs and then glazing and firing
A Gwent business is set to close its doors after its insurance rocketed because the building is made of the same material as New York's World Trade Center. Abergavenny-based Minola Smoked Products is to shut on October 15 - 20 years to the day when it
PARENTS battling to save a threatened Newport school are planning their next moves. Malpas Park Action Group is calling on Assembly Education Minister Jane Davidson to intervene and halt the planned closure. Last week Newport council dealt the blow they
DAREDEVIL fundraisers abseiled 100 feet down Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital to raise more than £3,000 for our Sparkle Appeal. Newport mayor Paul Cockeram joined 25 other fundraisers for the event on Sunday. Councillor Cockeram said: "It was my first time
NEWPORT West MP Paul Flynn hailed Corus' announcement last week of its first profit in five years as a "pleasure for Newport steelworkers". He was among a group of steel area MPs to receive a special briefing from Corus chief executive Philippe Varin.
A HUNDRED people crammed into a room at the Coldra's Holiday Inn last week to listen to Wales coach Mike Ruddock. He was the guest of Newport Business Club, the first speaker since the club relaunched itself with new sponsors and a new committee. As a
AFTER 20 years' service with Glamorgan and Gwent Housing Association Robert Smith was made chief executive on June 1. It's a big job for the Swansea-born surveyor, being responsible for 3,500 properties, a turnover of £10 million and a staff of 80. He
FORMER world champion boxer Robbie Regan was starting an 18-month jail sentence today for his part in a violent attack. Newport crown court heard 34-year-old former bantamweight Regan committed the offence with Lynne Morgan, 46, and Darren Thomas, 37.
LESLEY Parratt will take part in next Sunday's Great North Run on Tyneside dressed as Scooby Doo - but this is more than just a Shaggy's dog story. The Newport 45-year-old, a classroom assistant in the nursery unit at the city's Gaer Infants School, is
PERCY Montgomery is about to return for Newport Gwent Dragons - but where will he play? And will he take the kicks? His comeback after a brilliant summer on his return to international rugby is set for a week on Friday when the Dragons entertain leading
THE SWEEPING success of Newport's Goldie Look-in' Chain will inspire hundreds of Gwent youngsters to contemplate forming a band and fishing for a recording contract. The music industry is awash with tales of exploited artists and everyone contemplating
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons were close to signing Irish legend Brian O'Driscoll and his international team-mate Denis Hickie last season, reveals Wales coach Mike Ruddock. Ruddock, then the Dragons coach, flew out to Dublin in the winter with the aim of persuading
DETECTIVES are investigating after a man's body was discovered on a bridle path in Newport yesterday. The body was found by a man walking his dog near the telecommunications masts off Allt-yr-yn-View, Ridgeway. Officers were called to the scene around
ORGANISERS of the Welsh Open speedway sidecar championship at the Hayley Stadium on Sunday will stage a round of next summer's Great Britain Championship - if this weekend's event proves a hit. It is being run as a double header by Newport promoter Tim
NEWPORT County chairman Chris Blight is stepping up his search for a successor to sacked manager Peter Nicholas and will meet with his board this week to draw up a shortlist. County (who visit St Albans this evening, kick-off 7.45pm), have received a
