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  • Purse theft alert

    SHOPPERS warned tonight to be on their guard against a gang of purse snatchers. Police thinks two purse thefts and an attempted theft in Monmouthshire and Torfaen could be the work of the same pair. Officers say that in all three incidents the offenders

  • Help for smokers

    FIVE GP surgeries in Newport are being lined up to take part in a trial project designed to help out patients who want to quit smoking. Belle Vue, Rugby, Isca, Lliswerry and Malpas Brook surgeries have expressed an interest in hosting advice and support

  • Crackdown on train yobs

    POLICE operation launched tonight to tackle anti-social behaviour at train stations. British Transport Police are laying on "high-visibility" uniformed patrols on stations and in trains as part of a "zero tolerance approach" to crime according to Acting

  • Thumbs up for retail plans

    PLANS for an £87m retail and leisure scheme in Newport city centre met with a positive reception from residents. The proposed hotel, office and apartment complex would dramatically change the city skyline with a 23-storey skyscraper as the centrepiece

  • Plastic not fantastic

    NEWPORT residents are being banned from leaving certain kinds of plastic in their weekly kerbside recycling collection. Wastesavers, the city council's recycling partner, says it will become stricter on the types of plastic it collects. A spokesman

  • New shop welcomed

    Villagers were left without a shop for two years but now they have a new trading post and post office. The manager of the local shop and post office in Bryn near Abergavenny had retired and the business closed. So campaigners got together and decided

  • Road reopens

    Part of a road closed to allow repair work on fire-damaged buildings has re-opened. One side of Pill's Commercial Road re-opened on Monday allowing traffic to travel through the shopping centre. It was closed for safety reasons after the fire on July

  • Have your say on shake-up

    PATIENTS and public have the chance to air their views on ambitious plans to modernise Gwent hospital services at a series of public meetings beginning later this month. Proposals arising from a project called Clinical Futures will sweep away the current

  • Killer gas campaign success

    THE campaign to get every home in Wales fitted with a carbon monoxide detector was brought up in a National Assembly debate. Anne Mitchell has been campaigning for the change since her daughter Alex died from carbon monoxide poisoning when a flueless

  • Thieves target electrician

    A MAN says the theft of his works van and tools has taken away his livelihood. Electrician Michael Callow, 33, was withdrawing money from a cashpoint in Risca's Commercial Street when he believes the thief pickpocketed his van keys. When the father-of-three

  • Missing teen found

    A teenager missing from home is safe and well, police say. Zoe Povey left her home on Thursday September 28 but called policve today to say she is fine after they appealed for her to come forward.

  • Public meeting over Llanwern homes plan

    A PUBLIC meeting will be held tonight to discuss a 1,100 homes plan for a site near Llanwern village. The meeting will be held from 7.30pm at Llanwern Institute.

  • Teachers in strike action

    A GWENT school was closed today because more than half the teachers were on strike over changes to their pay. Staff at the 850-pupil Pontllanfraith Comprehensive School say they were forced to take action after talks between teaching union NASUWT and

  • Mum: ‘Is mudslide road safe?’

    A GWENT mother, who escaped with minor injuries when a landslip wrote off her car, is demanding assurances that the road is safe. June Showler was driving along Sirhowy Enterprise Way, Blackwood, in torrential rain on Sunday night when the bank gave

  • US beckons our young sporting stars

    TWO youngsters from a Newport school are moving closer to their goals of becoming professional sportsmen - by winning scholarships to top American colleges. Promising golfer Chris Pritchard, 18, and Cwmbran Town footballer Dale Evans, 19, have places

  • Crushing experience

    THIS picture shows what happens to mini bikes and off-road scramblers that are used anti-socially or illegally. They were crushed at a scrapyard by Gwent Police yesterday under new powers, Section 59 of the Police Reform Act, which mean illegally used

  • New laws plea after bus death

    THE family of a Gwent girl killed when her school minibus overturned are backing calls made by an Assembly Member for stiffer penalties to be imposed on people who illegally drive children on school transport. Twelve-year-old Jasmine Allen died in

  • ‘Loving dad’s’ plea is accepted

    A WOMAN killed by her depressed husband was a "wonderful mum" and was "loved and treasured", her daughter told a court. Clare Belcher told Cardiff Crown Court her parents, cancer patient Michael Farley and wife Shirley, from Caldicot, were "wonderful

  • Hotel first as a smoke-free zone

    AN ABERGAVENNY hotel is the first in the town to become a smoke-free zone. And Kevin Reardon, the owner of the Abergavenny Hotel, in Monmouth Road, hopes the ban will also help him kick the habit. Mr Reardon, 49, and his partner, Lynne Jones, 48

  • Last farewells to a loving husband

    FRIENDS and family of a Gwent man who died on holiday in Majorca paid tribute to him at a funeral service yesterday. In a traditional service at St Cadoc's Church, Caerleon, more than 100 people gathered to celebrate the life of Martyn Griffiths, 54,

  • Boot put into rejection of cattle market

    DEVELOPERS whose controversial plans for the Abergavenny Cattle Market were turned down say they are considering appealing against the decision. The £11 million Henry Boot scheme, proposed for the Lion Street site, included an Asda food store and smaller

  • Police hunt missing teen

    Police today appealed for information about a missing teenager, Zoe Povey. Zoe left her home on Thursday September 28, when she left to say she was staying with a friend. When she was last seen, Zoe was wearing white linen trousers, a black

  • Picture says it all

    I am currently in Agra, home of the Taj Mahal. I find it hard to describe the incredible experience of seeing the sunrise change the colours of this magnificent place. As such, I will simply show a photograph that I took at around 6:30am local time

  • No need to panic

    ROY Evans believes Wales have finally got enough competition in their squad to cope without Ryan Giggs. Manchester United midfielder Giggs, newly crowned as the Welsh footballer of the year, misses his first competitive matches in John Toshack's near

  • Skipper Bellamy deserves a break

    Craig Bellamy's troublemaker' reputation should not be held against him for the rest of his life. That's the view of Wales assistant boss Roy Evans, who defended the decision by John Toshack to give 27-year-old Bellamy the captaincy of his country

  • Wales call for Dragons pair

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons pair Aled Brew and Jamie Ringer were called in for this week's two-day Wales training camp ahead of the Autumn internationals. Wales coach Gareth Jenkins and his coaching team have been impressed by their form, with Brew a revelation

  • Rugby chiefs' stark warning

    RUGBY'S future is at stake if disciplinary problems continue at their present alarming rate. That was the stark warning put forward by Welsh rugby chiefs at a media conference yesterday called to highlight the increasing problems in the game. Wales

  • Rotation necessary to prevent burnout - Steve James

    I was going to say that it was time to forget about cricket for a while and concentrate on rugby. But then I met Matthew Maynard in the gym and he said he was off to India today for the ICC Champions Trophy. They don't get much rest do they, those

  • Always blame the dog ...

    Winter's coming; cold, dark and wet. I don't mind too much, it's about this time of year I start running out of excuses for not doing all the things I can't be bothered to do, like washing the car and cutting the grass. One thing I'm not looking

  • Vinyl heaven

    HAVING acquired a turntable a couple of months ago - 40th birthday present from the wife, thanks for asking - I have rediscovered the joys of my vinyl record collection. I held off from buying a CD player until it became almost impossible to buy vinyl

  • Message to Old Goat from Mad Woman

    I see the Old Goat from Caldicot has taken to referring to me as the Mad Woman from Cwmbran, well two can play at that game. I was going to call him an old curmudgeon but realised I'd have to look up how to spell it all the time. My mind has been