TWO Newport women were selected to join the prestigious Women of the Year lunch in London. The lunch, on October 16, will see 450 women from across the UK come together to celebrate their personal achievements. Businesswoman Amanda Davies, chief executive
GWENT Police want to persuade local authorities in the county to help stamp out crime at the planning stage. The force and Blaenau Gwent council have already signed an agreement which means that all applications to the council's planning department will
A NEW club in a Gwent community is helping to tackle anti-social behaviour and boredom by getting youngsters off the streets at night. So far 25 children aged seven to 11 have joined a new young person's activity club in Garndiffaith. The club is run
GWENT headteachers are backing the Assembly's plan to make changes to GCSE coursework in order to stamp out plagiarism. The announcement that coursework in a number of subjects including English literature and geography will be replaced by "controlled
TY Hafan Children's Hospice is hoping to raise thousands next week with help from the auction of a rare doll's house. The charity holds regular auctions raising around £2,000 each time, but organisers hope to beat their usual target and want to net
CRAIG Bellamy leads out Wales today with the weight of a nation's hopes on his shoulders. In one of the most controversial appointments in Wales' football history - Bellamy is in court on an assault charge next week - manager John Toshack has charged
THE Dragons expect to feel Northampton's wrath today when the Saints march out at Rodney Parade desperate for a win having been read the riot act last week. Northampton were left smarting after the Guinness Premiership's bottom side Worcester poached
ASHAN Holgate goes straight into the County side for today's trip to Cambridge with manager Peter Beadle urging his troops to continue the momentum they have built up in the past fortnight. On-loan Holgate will take his place in midfield and Beadle
VOLUNTEERS collected more than a tonne of rubbish from woods on a Newport housing estate. Members of the local partnership board braved the wind and rain to carry out the clean up on the Bettws estate. They were joined by Tredegar Park councillor Trevor
PUPILS at a primary school enjoyed a classic roast beef dinner to celebrate National Public Sector Beef Day and support the local farming community. Dinnerladies at Cross Ash Primary School in Monmouthshire dressed up as cows and served a lunch made
