Aldo De Nigris' double gave classy Mexico a deserved 2-0 victory over Wales at MetLife Stadium in New York. Wales were always likely to be up against it without the likes of Gareth Bale and Joe Ledley and both their first choice goalkeepers and they
SHANE Williams signed off in fairytale fashion as his try double helped the Ospreys edge out Leinster in an epic six-try RaboDirect PRO12 shootout. In his last ever game for the Welsh region, the diminutive winger ducked out of Rob Kearney's
THREE motorcylists were taken to hospital, one of them by police helicopter, and treated for varying wounds following a collision on Church Road, Aberbargoed on Sunday afternnon. The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews from Cefn Fforest, Ebbw
CWMFELINFACH residents remembered four locals killed during a 1941 bombing with the dedication of a new plaque yesterday. Around 100 people attended a memorial service led by Reverend Ashley Hunt at Penllwyn Street where the new plaque was unveiled in
A MAN will be sentenced after admitting handling parts of mountain bikes stolen from around Gwent. Edward Hornsey, 21, appeared at Newport Crown Court, where he admitted two charges of handling stolen goods. Prosecutor Julian Greenwood said that a
A COACH driver from Abergavenny denied causing the death of a 30-year-old Birmingham man in an horrific motorway pile-up. At a hearing at Gloucester cown court, Daniel Parr, 24, of Penallt Estate, Llanelly Hill, pleaded not guilty to causing
IT IS a truth universally acknowledged that for two days of unbroken sunshine with soaring temperatures, a Brit must be in want of a camping chair. The sight which told me that summer had finally arrived with a bang in Newport was of a pensioner
IT'S just days until the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee - and thousands of people across Gwent are set to take part in celebrations. If you are holding a street party, big jubilee picnic or another celebration, make sure your event gets
A GWENT MP has called for the UK government to require all dogs to be compulsory micro-chipped in a bid to tackle dog attacks. The UK Government is consulting on a range of issues to tackle dangerous dogs, including outlawing attacks on private
A SOLDIER with a Welsh regiment has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. The soldier was from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh. He died in the blast yesterday while travelling in a vehicle in the Nahr-e Saraj
THE way Newport’s deputy mayor is chosen will change, councillors decided. Under the previous Conservative Liberal Democrat coalition the role was given to the council member who had served for the longest time, who would then take on the role of mayor
A group of Gwent students have made the final of a regional talent competition. Caerleon comprehensive pupils Tom Matthews , Jake Mier, Edd Cowburn, Jack Roberts and Dave Prigg, will take time out from revising for their A-Levels to play the final
WELSH basketball great Alan Williams has died aged 76. Having suffered a stroke five years ago, Mr Williams was cared for at Blaen-y-Pant Nursing Home in Malpas and died at Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital on Friday. He first started playing
