NEWPORT County have made it to Wembley for the first time in their 100-year history after a tense 0-0 draw at Wealdstone. The 3-1 victory at Spytty Park last week was enough for the Exiles to book their place in the FA Trophy final on May 12
SEND your messages of congratulation to County and Wales after their triumphs this weekend. Newport County secured their first visit to Wembley with a 3-1 aggregate win against Wealdstone in the FA Trophy. Wales achieved their 11th Grand Slam against
Wales 16 France 9 WALES have won their 11th Grand Slam after a hard-fought but thoroughly deserved victory over a France side who pushed them all the way. In a tense final 20 minutes, it looked as through Les Bleus were going to gate
A MAN accused of murdering a Newport man told police they were friends and he did not know he was attacked, a court heard yesterday. During police interviews following his arrest on March 20, 2011, Lukas Kalkowski told police he was friends
A NEWPORT man who has a stammer says he felt humiliated when staff at a city pub refused to serve him because they thought he was drunk. Tony Woodsford, 36, of Maindee, went into JD Wetherspoon's John Wallace Linton pub on Cambrian Road around
TRIBUTES have been paid to former Bishop of Monmouth, Rowan Williams, who has announced he will be stepping down as Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr Rowan Williams, who has served in the role for ten years, will step down at the end of December after
I am trying to trace my long lost cousins Elaine and Julie Hardacre from Henlys way Cwmbran. I think they would be around 58 years of age now, originally they were from Phillips Town New Tredegar, and their parents were Gwyn and Florrie.
A NEWPORT girl whose father is gravely ill is set to shave her head to raise money for his hospice. Rhianna Mitchell, 16, from Malpas, is to fundraise for the St John's Hospice in Lancaster, where her father Glynn Mitchell, 49, is suffering from
A TREDEGAR man died after the car he was driving crashed into a canal in Wiltshire. The man was driving a silver Volvo S60 along Bath Road, Devizes, at around 11.54pm on Thursday when it crashed over the side of a bridge which crosses the Kennet and
HOT Bovril and cheese sandwiches wrapped in paper were on the menu as 120 schoolchildren experienced an evacuation in Newport. Pupils at St Joseph’s RC Primary School, wearing 1940s school uniform of shorts, blazers, flat caps and berets, carried
Follow Wales v France LIVE Follow Wealdstone v County LIVE TODAY could be a day of greatness for both County and country as Newport's football team and Wales' rugby team both battle for their place in history. The Exiles will take on
FOLLOW Newport County's FA Trophy semi-final second leg with Wealdstone. Andrew Penman be giving live updates from Grosvenor Vale, with kick-off at 3pm.
FOLLOW Wales' Grand Slam decider with France with IWAN DAVIES. We'll be giving live updates from the Millennium Stadium from 2.45pm.
NEWPORT’S historic Tredegar House began a new chapter in its history yesterday after it was officially handed over to the National Trust. Wales’ largest conservation charity will take over responsibility for the 17th century house and park with
WEALDSTONE v COUNTY. Today KO 3pm. JUSTIN Edinburgh has warned his players that complacency could shatter their Wembley dream. The Exiles can lose the second leg of their FA Trophy semi-final today against Ryman Premier outfit Wealdstone and still
ROCK band Reef will join Gwent band Feeder as headline acts at what organisers say will be the biggest music festival ever held in Blaenau Gwent. The Westcountry band, led by Gary Stringer, will perform in front of a crowd of 3,000 at The Steelhouse
WEALDSTONE v COUNTY. KO 3pm NAT Jarvis has already helped Cardiff City to Wembley this season and today he aims to fire Newport County to the national stadium for the first time in their history. The 20-year-old, on loan from the Bluebirds
GIVEN the amount of debate about where the current Welsh crop stand alongside the greats from the seventies it seems that some have already taken a third Grand Slam in seven years as a given. The downbeat faces of the England team as they trooped
IF Warren Gatland’s current crop of heroes needed any motivation to equal the Grand Slam achievements of the iconic Wales team of the seventies, they got it yesterday. The sad news of Wales and Lions legend Mervyn Davies’ death cast a shadow over the
WALES Under-20s were out fought by France at Colwyn Bay this evening.
