CELEBRITY lookalikes will be at a local launch of a film planned to celebrate the success of young business entrepreneurs. The Newport and Monmouthshire Board of Young Enterprise Wales has linked with Cineworld Newport for the July 24 evening,
A FUNERAL director, landscape gardener and a theatre assistant are among a new batch of volunteer police officers pitching in to help maintain law and order in Gwent. Thirteen special constables were officially enrolled into Gwent Police this week
A TOP government minister has said he is looking at how the government can stop a debacle like Farepak happening again after meeting Newport campaigners. Vince Cable, business secretary, said the affair was "nothing short of scandalous" after meeting
A CWMBRAN man, who has dedicated nearly 40 years of his life to the Territorial Army (TA), is to retire from the service. Stewart Stannard, 57, has served in the TA alongside the regular army in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan in a spell of 36
CALLS were made for a half hourly service from Ebbw Vale to Cardiff today by a Valleys MP. Welsh politicians welcomed today’s announcement by transport minister Justine Greening of plans to electrify Wales's Valleys Lines including the Ebbw Valley line
A SOLDIER'S mother will join a protest in London next week against cuts to the army battalion for which her son gave his life for. Hazel Hunt, from Abergavenny, will join a protest at the Cenotaph in London on July 24. This has been
WELSH Transport Minister Carl Sargeant said an electrified rail network would deliver better value for money to the taxpayer. "The decision to invest in these projects represents the first step towards achieving my vision for a modernised rail infrastructure
So we have to call in an extra 3,500 troops to make up for the shortfall in security staff at the Olympics – an announcement made within a week of the government’s decision to slash Army numbers. The total number of military personnel, from three
FIGURES showed that on Census day, which took place on March 27 last year, the number of women over 90 was 315,000, nearly three times higher than the number of men over that age, at 114,000. The total population figure was about half a million larger
THE UK census paints a picture of an ageing population, with 430,000 people in England and Wales aged 90 and over, compared with only 13,000 when the Census was carried out 100 years earlier in 1911. The median age of the population has increased
THE population of Wales has topped three million, figures from the latest census have shown. Officials say the number of people living in the principality is up 5% on a decade ago - the biggest growth in any ten year period since 1921. About 90%
WEWILL be noting with interest the results of a trial launched today in Gwent aimed at giving people greater protection from abusive relationships. Clare’s Lawwas set up after the death of Manchester woman Clare Wood who was killed by her former
THE Mayor of Newport met six Belarussian children at Tredegar House last week as part of their visit to Newport with the charity Victims of Chernobyl Children’s Fund. The children, who all suffer from radiation-related diseases, were on a 28-day
Last week we heard news from the Ministry of Defence that a number of historic regiments will be withdrawn due to dramatic cuts to the Army. The number of soldiers in the British Army is set to drop from 102,000 to just 82,000 - the lowest
IF YOU were looking closely enough you might have spotted a certain Hollywood movie actor in Newport over the weekend. The Wrestler star Mickey Rourke was sampling Newport night-life on Friday before being the star attraction at a charity ball
NEWPORT County goalkeeper Alan Julian faces a race against time to be fit for the start of the Blue Square Bet Premier season. The former Gillingham and Stevenage stopper, who joined County last month, has been ruled out for between four and six weeks
TRIBUTES have been paid to a 45-year-old motorcyclist from Crumlin who was killed in a crash on Saturday. The man, named locally as Alan Woodland, was riding a blue Honda motorbike when the incident happened on the A467 Trinant Hill, near Llanhilleth
The June draw has been held with two of Newport RFC's new recruits doing the honours. Adam Davies (Ex Pontypool) and Ross Coombs (Ex Newbridge) pulled out the lucky winning numbers before a training session at Rodney Parade. 1st (£300) - David Karl
The Wales Millennium Centre Welsh language production Ma’ Bili’n Bwrw’r Bronco (Bili does a Bronco) by Douglas Maxwell opens in Cardiff on July 31 before touring Wales in August. Adapted by Jeremi Cockram, this site -specific production, which takes
Fans of the life and music of the late, great Bob Marley are in for a treat on July 28 when Legend, the UK’s leading Bob Marley tribute act comes to the Savoy Theatre in Monmouth. Legend, who are described as The Ultimate Bob Marley Experience, consist
A BUS has broken down on Goldcroft Common in Caerleon this morning, causing traffic to queue back to St Julians.
THE electrification of the rail network in Wales will include the Ebbw valley line it was announced today. The Valley lines, of which the Ebbw valley line is a part, were originally not included in a plan to electrify part of the network in
TWO of Welsh rugby’s most promising young backs have been assigned to Bedwas for the coming season – but head coach Steve Law doesn’t want them to be plying their trade at Bridge Field. Instead the Bedwas boss hopes that full-back Hallam Amos and centre
The music of The Doors will be celebrated on July 21st as tribute act The Strange Doors take to the stage of The Hog and Hosper in Pontypool. Made up of four experienced musicians who came together in 2010 united by a shared love of The Doors, the
A DOMESTIC abuse victim is backing a new scheme starting today which will give women and men the chance to find out if their partner has a history of domestic violence. The woman, who was too afraid to be named, said it would give potential
NEWPORT County picked up their first trophy of the 2012/13 season with a 3-0 win at Evesham United on Saturday. County eased to victory in their third pre-season friendly and afterwards lifted the Carl Lewis Memorial Trophy. The match was organised
