AROUND 200 fundraisers braved heavy rain on Friday night to take part in St David's Foundation Hospice Care's Midnight Stars Walk. The event, which started at Cwmbran Stadium at 11pm, saw many walkers don fancy dress to complete an eight-mile circuit
A GWENT couple alleged to have abused their neighbours and made their lives a misery have been hit with anti-social behaviour orders banning them from shouting and swearing, a council has said. Martin Ward and Lisa Stokes, both aged 48, of Beaumaris
A UK engineering firm has announced it is to create 200 new jobs, some of which will be based at its plant in Gwent. Mabey Bridge, a British engineering firm who specialise in building and erecting bridges worldwide also have a factory in Chepstow,
MORE than 200 children from schools across Torfaen took part in a Welsh folk dancing festival this weekend. The festival, organised by Cwmdeithas Gwyl Plant Gwent, was moved from Cwmbran shopping centre to Cwmbran Stadium on Saturday because of the weather
TWO football teams battled it out over 24-hours in Newport on Saturday to raise money for the For Luca appeal - and got a visit from Cardiff City star Robert Earnshaw. The match, which started on 10am on Saturday on the new 3G artificial pitch
FRIENDS and neighbours of a Blaenau Gwent woman charged with wilfully neglecting two of her children, told a court they had no concerns about the family or the girls allegedly involved. The 38-year-old mother is charged with 10 counts of wilful neglect
A SCHEME for ten visitor lodges at the Celtic Manor Resort which will allow guests to explore Newport has been approved by councillors. An application for planning permission for the self-catering accommodation, to be built on a former 2010 Ryder Cup
POLICE are investigating the cause of a fire which gutted a disused shop in Newport city centre, the fire service said. The blaze, which started in the roof space of the four-storey building on Commercial Street last night, quickly spread to the other
WOMEN of Gwent, you are in the grip of an obsession. I am now unable to turn on to social media sites without some disturbing description of bedroom acts which are probably still illegal in a number of US states. The blame lies firmly
Parents of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are to take part in protests up and down the country against plans to reduce the size of the Army.Demonstrations are expected to be held at war memorials in cities including Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester
AROUND 2,000 people braved the torrential rain for a bit of soggy fun at this year's Maindee Festival. Despite cancellations elsewhere in the region, organisers went ahead with the Olympic-themed parade yesterday with around 400 people joining
Andy Murray is standing on the brink of history as he bids to become the first British man to lift the Wimbledon singles trophy in 76 years.The 25-year-old takes on six-time champion Roger Federer on Centre Court later, with the nation willing him
A FIRE tore through a disused building in Newport city centre last night. Eight crews were called to the blaze on Commercial Street at 10.37pm. The fire started in the roof space of the four-storey former commercial premises, but quickly
