ALUN Wyn Jones is determined to help Wales end their tour of Australia on a high with victory in Sydney at the weekend. The tourists came within 20 seconds of levelling the series against the Wallabies in Melbourne yesterday only to succumb
MAN OF THE MATCH: LEIGH HALFPENNY – Wales’ best player by a mile, slotting over five kicks from five, not all of them easy, and was heroic in defence. Given precious few chances to attack. 9 ALEX CUTHBERT: Impressive display by the giant wing
FORGET talk of learning the lessons from a painful defeat, it was failure to repeat a drill they’ve been through countless time in the classroom that cost Wales dear. Seven days after seeing their hopes go up in smoke because of their mistakes entering
WALES Under-20s were unable to notch a second stunning win against New Zealand after being overpowered in yesterday’s Junior World Championship semi-final at Newlands. Danny Wilson’s side produced the biggest upset in age-grade rugby history in the pool
ISLWYN MP Chris Evans added his voice to calls to preserve the Welsh Cavalry- which is under threat because of cuts to the defence budget. Mr Evans joined MPs, including Newport East's Jessica Morden and Blaenau Gwent's Nick Smith for a rally
THE CLASSIC British rock band Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash is among the final acts to be announced for this year's Monmouth Festival. Local band The Ronaldo's, opera singer William Mackie and 60s revivalists New Amen Corner also join the line-up which
IF you are unwise enough to put the word 'Leveson' into an internet search engine, thousands and thousands of column inches will be available for your perusal. So we could all be forgiven for not even opening comments on some of the news stories
THERE are currently around 65 refugees being supported in Newport, who come from countries like Sudan, Turkey, Somalia, Iraq and China. To mark Refugee Week, the British Red Cross is urging people to celebrate the positive contribution these bring to
CYCLING in Newport is booming with over 40,000 using routes around the city last year. This is a massive 26,000 more than the 14,139 who were riding their bikes in the area in 2009. Cycling charity Sustrans puts the increase partly down to the creation
An investigation is under way into allegations that Olympic officials and agents were caught offering thousands of top tickets to the London Games on the black market.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) called an emergency meeting of its executive
A CALDICOT man who tried to murder his ex-wife failed in his bid to have his sentence reduced. Michael John Ball, 44, of Sandy Lane, Caldicot, asked judges sitting at London's Criminal Appeal Court to reduce his 13-and-a-half-year sentence, complaining
A TEENAGER will stand trial for causing the death of a friend by dangerous driving. Jay Haines, 17, of Machen Close, Risca, denies causing the death of 18-year-old Morgan Hackling by dangerous driving on November 6, last year. At a Newport Crown Court
THE Drama Association of Wales has chosen the winners of its One Act playwriting competition at an event in the Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. The competition was open to everyone and received 197 entries from all over the UK, as well as Ireland, France
