The Park View Road match attendance may have, coincidentally, been the same as Wednesday evening at Spytty, but that was, unfortunately for County, the only similarity. A fuming John Cornforth must have been totally perplexed as the consistency requirement
A GWENT woman is hoping to bring a taste of Croatian cuisine to British palates with the UK's first English-language Croatian recipe book. Sandra Lougher, the author of My Favourite Croatian Recipes, lives in Cross Keys but was born in the former Yugoslavia
The golf world can forget the 'Fab Four' for a while at least. The 'Fab One' is back - after yet another Augusta epic. After 10 majors without a win and five where he had not even been in contention in the last round, Tiger Woods achieved an amazing fourth
FIRE chiefs in Gwent hailed a crackdown on arson attacks on a mountainside as a success. Operation Blorenge - a tough initiative aimed at stamping out mountain fires and hunting down firebugs, was launched by Gwent Police and South Wales Fire Service
FOR two decades a Valleys town has endured boy racers driving up and down the high street, with music blaring from their open windows. On some evenings residents still regard Blackwood as a no-go zone and avoid it at all costs. A few miles way, residents
IT was a dog day afternoon for animal lovers from all over South Wales who converged on Gwent yesterday for the second annual Greyhound Welfare charity's Companion Dog Show. Crufts may be over for another year but pedigree pooches showed it is still a
GWENT councils are backing calls for chewing gum-makers to pay for cleaning the scourge from our streets. It comes as councils across the UK are invited to join a national campaign calling for cash from the UK's largest gum manufacturer to fund cleaning
CASES of domestic violence in Gwent rose to a three-year high last year, new figures reveal. But women's organisations say the rise is actually a positive sign - proving more victims are willing to come forward and report the "hidden menace". Police figures
INSTEAD of the usual watch or carriage clock, one Gwent man decided on a retirement gift of a very different kind. In place of a present, Roland Whaite, from Monmouthshire, asked friends and colleagues to sponsor him for a charity walk in aid of the St
FOOTBALL fan Lilian Bale, from Newport, celebrated her 100th birthday by dancing the can-can. The gardening and DIY enthusiast from Beechwood, Newport, says the secret of a long life is "never grow up". Mrs Bale, who was 100 on Friday, said: "I've always
KINGSLEY Jones, pictured, the former Ebbw Vale, Cross Keys and Wales captain, has signed a three-year extension to his contract as head coach of leading Zurich Premiership club Sale which will keep him in Lancashire until 2008. Jones is developing into
A harpist from Gwent who played at the wedding reception of the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles was praised for her "beautiful" performance. Jemima Phillips, originally from Ebbw Vale, was given the royal seal of approval by Prince Charles on
FRUSTRATED Dragons assistant coach Leigh Jones reckons his troops were struck down by a dose of "Lion-itis" as they were swept aside with contempt by a revitalised Edinburgh at Murrayfield. The Gwent side lost the plot completely after the home brigade
A COMMUNITY outraged by the "barbaric" killing of a swan has come together and pledged more than £1,000 for a local wildlife group. The female swan was battered to death with bricks in a savage attack on the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal near Broadweir
The Black and Amb-ers took their unbeaten home record to 33 games as they completely outplayed the Quins, scoring six tries. As a club the last defeat on home soil was on February 3, 2003, against Neath (27-25) before the advent of regional rugby. Twenty-seven
