BRITONS will be hanging out the bunting this weekend, with councils in England and Wales receiving nearly 9,500 road closure applications to hold street parties to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The Local Government Association said the figure
UNCERTAINTY hangs over the future of a former youth hostel and environmental studies centre in Abergavenny, which closed two months ago. Mulberry House Hostel opened in 2008 and took up part of The Old Convent at Pen y Pound. It was used as an environmental
Police were called to a road traffic collision in Brynmawr this evening. The accident was in King Street at around 5.45pm and resulted in the road being closed off. Police have no further details on the incident at the moment but a Welsh Ambulance Service
OPENER Michael Thornely fell three runs short of his maiden LV= County Championship century on his Leicestershire debut on the opening day of their Division Two basement battle against Glamorgan at Cardiff. Thornely - released by Sussex last season
TWO Newport brothers are cycling more than 1,000 miles in aid of a charity close to their hearts. Tom and Ben Redman set off from John O'Groats on Saturday and are cycling all the way to Land's End in ten days. The brothers are completing the challenge
PEOPLE in Gwent have just three days to have their say about how they can contact police as the fore prepares to close 17 police station front desks. Chief Constable Carmel Napier will be at two of the last four events when she goes to Tesco, Pontymister
TEN youngsters from Gwent have become the first people to complete a qualification which will see them become peer advocates. The youngsters from Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and Caerphilly were presented with the qualification at a special award
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
A GWENT man went to the home of his ex-girlfriend’s new partner with a stun gun in his car boot, a court heard yesterday. Caerphilly Magistrates Court was told that an armed response unit was sent out after David Williams, 44, of Ashvale, Tredegar
BALLET students at a Monmouthshire school celebrated their passion for the art by taking part in a special performance. The students, who study at Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls and Inglefield House, held an annual ballet presentation
FANS' favourite Sam Foley has left Newport County to sign for League One Yeovil Town. The 25-year-old is out of contract this summer and played his last game for the Exiles in the FA Trophy final defeat to York City at Wembley. County have not commented
THE ONGOING situation of the entertainment licence of The G.W.R.S.A. Club in Griffithstown: currently under threat of removal by the licensing authority of T.C.B.C. In my considered opinion, it was most inappropriate for such precedence to have
HAVING read your front page feature I must say how absolutely disgusted I am to hear about the sale of “The Olympic Torch” by the so called honoured people who were chosen to carry them. I think that it just goes to show the way that this country
The Christians 25th anniversary tour coincided with the Olympic Torch’s arrival in Cardiff on Friday evening. But the historic events going on in the City didn't detract from the bands gig at the Globe. Porthcawl singer/songwriter Nick Ward opened
Revivals of successful WNO productions are increasingly looking and sounding better than the original first nights. Without taking anything away from its 1993 unveiling, the re-appearance of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde with music director Lothar Koenigs
LETTER from Terence King, May 17: Simon Weston speaks for those who fought and died defending the Falklands and has said that it was right then and the right thing would be to defend it again, if called for. Argentina poses no threat to us on this
I HAVE been a Newport Speedway supporter for many years and was extremely disappointed at the decision to demolish the Hayley Stadium in Newport. To me, speedway is part of Newport’s history. There have been many top class riders who have donned
WHAT A great spectacle the torch procession was through the County and Newport on Friday. It really has achieved its intentions of starting to get people into the Olympic mood as the games draw ever closer. And what an advertising hit for BMW.
I WOULD just like to write this short letter thanking all the wonderful people of Newport for making the Olympic torchbearing parade such a superb celebration . As parents of one of the torch bearers we were very proud that our daughter was nominated
THE STORY of Tony Harris and his problems (May 17) really makes me proud to be British, (not). Insultingly, a Department for Works and Pensions official even crows about their appeals procedure. Mr Harris shouldn’t have needed to appeal in the
MARIA Williams (Miss Information) throws the baby out with the bath water when she rejects the idea of parenting classes (although given the Con/Dem government’s capacity to economically and socially penalise parents with benefit cuts I can understand
HIGH levels of poor health – including psychiatric problems and depression – have been reported by homeless people in Newport surveyed by a patients’ watchdog. And while access to primary care among the city’s homeless was not identified as an
A NEWPORT man admitted 18 offences, which included possessing more than 11,000 indecent images of children. Ian Hustler, 29, of Merchant Close, Newport, appeared at the city’s crown court, where he pleaded guilty to all but one of 19 charges
A 17-YEAR-OLD Caldicot pupil is flying high after qualifying as a pilot in just two years. Jonathan Downing, who attends Caldicot School, unusually learned to fly an aircraft solo before learning to drive. After two years of flying lessons and
A GWENT man is playing a golf tournament with friends to give something back to a charity that has helped his mum. Jonathan Jones, 30, and friends Stephen Evans, Dan Howls and Berwyn Price, all 31, are playing nine holes on nine different Welsh
AWARD winning musical comedian Tim Minchin will perform in Jesus Christ Superstar in an all-star cast that comes to Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena in the autumn. Minchin, co-writer of West End smash musical Matilda, plays Judas Iscariot while former Spice
IT’S been another whirlwind of a year so far for Jessie J who is one of the hottest pop star’s on the planet after hitting the No 1 spot in 19 countries, selling 11 million singles and over 2.5 million copies of her multi-platinum debut album Who You
THE LEGENDARY Madness will embark on their biggest UK arena tour to date this winter, taking in 13 cities. There a date in south Wales for the Nutty Boys who will be at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on Friday, November 30 with their The Charge Of The
A NEWPORT pub manager is staging an exhibition of Danny La Rue memorabilia – having spent almost £30,000 building up the collection. Andrew Carragon, 36, of Chepstow Road has more than 500 items associated with the late star, including original
CAERLEON Festival welcomes back popular musicians Robin and Bina Williamson to Llanhennock Village Hall again next month. The duo’s Indo-Celtic sound has won many fans and they will perform a variety of traditional, mystical and spiritual folk music
WHEN your regional rugby side are bottom feeders struggling to overcome a financial handicap compared to their rivals and your football team play in tier five and aren’t even flourishing there, take the chance to watch top level sport whenever you can
AS DARKNESS falls on Monday June 4, Newport will host a night of live music in the run up to a beacon lighting as part of the Jubilee celebrations. Maindee Festival Association - with help from local Rotary Clubs - is staging the free event at the
THE Royal Mail has missed its target for the amount of first-class post that reached its destination by the next working day for addresses with NP postcodes in 2011/12. The company said that between April 2011 and March 2012 91.3 per cent
SEND the Queen a message for our Diamond Jubilee supplement - text QDJ to 80360 with your message. 10 per cent of revenue goes to Sparkle Appeal.
Accountancy specialist Kilsby & Williams has strengthened its business with four key promotions at its Welsh headquarters. Ian Cole-Wilkins, has been promoted to tax manager at the Newport-based firm of chartered accountants and business advisors, while
Growing Newport-based junk waste recycling business Junk4Joy Limited has announced the appointment of Lindsey Kelly as its new operations manager. Miss Kelly was previously contracts and environmental manager for Sims Group UK Limited. The newly-formed
THE NHS in Gwent must save an eye-watering £48 million this year just to break even, despite having saved more than £140m in the past three years. Health bosses running a budget of more than £1 billion are braced for another tough year of trying
Businesses and marketing professionals from Newport and the surrounding area are being encouraged to enter Canmol: Wales Marketing Awards 2012, as The Chartered Institute of Marketing event returns for its fifth year with eight gongs up for grabs. From
BLAENAVON Town Council is hosting a beacon lighting event on Monday, June 4, at 9pm, on Keepers Road, above Balls Pond, in honour of the Queen's diamond jubilee. Sensible footwear advised and a reminder for people to proceed on foot with care and attention
A HEROIN user attacked his girlfriend and threatened to kill her following a number of rows, a court heard. Kristian French, 30, pulled Stacey Dixon by the hair after he locked himself out of their Newport flat and forced her to the ground. Days
National security firm Securitas has sealed a deal for prime office space in the heart of Newport’s commercial district. The leading security firm has taken out a five year agreement for 1,000 sq ft of space at £9psf at 19-20 Gold Tops for
GARETH Thomas has delivered a brutally honest message to close pal and fellow Wales great Martyn Williams about winning his 100th cap – you deserve it but nothing will match your first. The Welsh Rugby Union’s decision to award caps for Saturday’s Millennium
GWENT Police are looking for information about two off-road bikers who are regularly spotted in Newport. Officers want to speak to the owners of a blue scrambler and an orange bike, which are often seen in St Julian’s woods. The riders are
IT WAS second time lucky for Hospice of the Valleys fundraisers as they took to the banks of Bryn Bach Park lake, Tredegar, for an annual fun run. Atrocious weather forced the cancellation of the five-kilometre Lap the Lake event at the end of
WITH summer finally seeming to have arrived, Blaenavon’s Heritage Railway is looking forward to a bank holiday weekend of fun from June 2 to June 5. A family fun weekend will be held from June 2 to June 4, including games, quizzes, animals from
A SOLDIER who took part in an “appalling and barbaric” sex attack on an unconscious man at a party was jailed yesterday. Thomas Davies, 23, was part of a gang of people who attacked a young man after he passed out, filming the physical and sexual
THREE people had to be cut free from their car after a crash in Newport yesterday afternoon. A blue Ford Fiesta and a black Ford Focus crashed on the Southern Distributor Road (SDR), close to the Lysaghts Institute, just before 2.30pm.
PONTYPOOL’S defining summer includes the hunt for a new head coach as well as a courtroom battle following the departure of James Chapron. Pooler face a High Court showdown with the Welsh Rugby Union on June 25 that will determine whether they
TALKS between Newport County AFC, Newport RFC and Newport Gwent Dragons over a groundshare at Rodney Parade are continuing with all sides optimistic that an agreement can be reached by Thursday. That is the deadline set by the Football Conference authorities
A VALLEYS youngster has won an all Wales young composer's award, despite not being able to play an instrument. Callum Rees, 11, won the junior category in the Charles Farncombe Award for Young Composers in Wales for his eight bar melodic phrase
