A SALES adviser who made a series of depraved sexual comments about five-year-old April Jones on Facebook has been given a suspended prison sentence. Magistrates in Worcester opted not to jail Sam Busby despite being told that another Facebook
One of Gwent's longest serving councillors has died aged 83. John Huntley, of Somerset Way, Bulwark in Chepstow was a popular figure in local politics in a career spanning more than 40 years, stepping down in 2003. Mr Huntley died at the Royal
THE Welsh health minister tonight ordered an inquiry after a woman's baby died while she waited two hours for an ambulance for an emergency caesarean section. The woman is understood to have been at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr in Ystrad Mynach and had been
If you had to be stuck in a lift with someone, who would it be and why? I’d quite like a one to one with God, and ask him or her some of the deep and meaningful questions maybe we’d all like to know the answers to, such as “why are we here?”
CAERPHILLY’S newest neighbourhood police chief said he is looking forward to building on the large reductions in crime and anti-social behaviour in the county borough. Neighbourhood Policing and Partnerships Superintendent for the Caerphilly Local
A FRIEND of a motorist killed in a double fatal road crash on the Heads of the Valleys road a week ago has had a tattoo inked in his memory Phillip Bath, 29, from the Coed Cae estate in Nantyglo, died after his Peugeot car was involved in a collision
London 2012 saw the best-ever performance from British athletes – emotional comebacks, tear-jerking successes and a British nation looking on with pride. Chepstow T37 sprinter Jenny McLoughlin, 21, spoke to MELISSA JONES about the life-changing experience
A NEWPORT pastor has died suddenly at the age of 33. Father-of-four Daniel Gaweda collapsed at a gym and died nine days later at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, on October 30. Mr Gaweda, from Bettws, leaves behind his wife Cat and
THE new inquiry into alleged child sex abuse at children’s homes in North Wales in the 1970s and 80s is to be welcomed. But it will only be viewed as a success if those guilty of abuse finally appear in court as a consequence of their actions.
A PET cat had both its back legs crushed and had to be put down after being caught in an illegal trap. His owner is now worried children could fall victim to a gin trap – outlawed in 1958 – after her beloved 12-year-old Whiskas was maimed on fields
A UK GOVERNMENT department says it is not proposing any changes to the use of tolls on the Severn Crossings – despite calls from the First Minister of Wales to the contrary. On Monday Carwyn Jones called for charges on the Severn Crossings to be
I SEE Ed Miliband has unveiled plans to deliver a living wage of at least £7.45 per hour for millions of people if Labour wins the next election. A living wage was what Plaid MPs asked for and not the lower minimum wage that Labour pushed through
ON November 1 I opened the letters page in the middle of another war of words and read two letters from the atheist persuasion. One person is very satisfied at being righteous and pleasant without believing in God at all. The other, predictably
I APPRECIATED the thought provoking article on the place of public art (October 30). I have mixed feelings about such artwork. I often feel it would be best confined to a remote island rather than visited upon the local community, but I have to
I READ with interest that Wayne David MP is now calling on Plaid Cymru voters to support the Labour candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner. This is the same Wayne David who criticised ex-Chief Superintendent Ian Johnston because he has support
A TALENTED rugby player turned artist is holding an exhibition at his home, which also doubles as his studio. Richard Wills once starred on the rugby field, narrowly missing out on national honours, before he turned his focus to painting. Some
I WONDER if Caerphilly council highways department could explain why they have rewritten the highway code by installing a give way sign along with a give way chevron and double lines at a mini roundabout, thereby giving way to the left. The roundabout
HALLOWE’EN must be the highlight of every paedophile’s calendar, where the children actually come looking for sweets from them instead of the other way around. Any parent who allows their children to go around knocking on anyone’s door after dark
YESTERDAY I went into Newport primarily to pick up goods I had ordered on the internet from M&S, but of course because I was there, I went into a number of other shops as well. While I was waiting to be served in M&S (I was third in line
EVERY year for around the last five or six years we have taken our two children to a scary night at Tredegar House. I like taking my children there as it keeps them off the streets with the temptation to get into trouble and I know they are safely
UPDATE: 1.55pm The eastbound carriageway of the A48 near the Transporter Bridge was closed for two hours by police, after a strap which secured insulation panelling to a lorry snapped and the shrinkwrapped boards spilled onto the road.
GWENT Police are appealing for information after two robberies happened in the Abertillery area. A 68-year-old woman was walking along Gray Street on October 22 just before 8pm when a man stole her handbag and ran off in the direction of Powell
THE M4 at High Cross westbound is partially blocked due to an earlier lorry fire on the exit slip road. Slow traffic is reported around although the slip road, and although the fire has been extinguished firefighters are still at the scene.
THE family and friends of three generations of a Cwmbran family who died in a fire say they want to thank the 800 people who attended their funeral, fundraisers and those who tried to save their loved ones, for their support. Kim Buckley, 46, her
ALFRETON v COUNTY (Tomorrow, KO 7.45) NEWPORT County midfielder Lee Minshull admits he’s never faced such a high level of competition for a starting berth, but he wouldn’t have it any other way. The former afc Wimbledon man has been a marginal
DIVISION THREE EAST Risca put a spell of poor form behind them to return to winning ways with a hard-earned 22-7 win against a determined Brynmawr. Risca got their first score after nine minutes with Rhys Morgan going over after the pack got
A NEWPORT man came face to face with the president of the United States of America. Labour party member David Collins called out to Barack Obama to give him a high five at a campaign event in Wisconsin – a request that the US president obliged.
AROUND 250 school children retraced the steps of their ancestors yesterday when they marched through Newport to commemorate the Chartist Movement. Youngsters from primary schools across the city left Clifton Park near the cathedral before marching
THE father of murdered pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender says he will be waiting at the prison gates if his daughter’s killer is ever released. Paul Brunnock says he feels nothing but “absolute hatred” for rapist and murderer Carl Whant and said
A MAN set fire to the home of a woman he met through a dating website, causing more than £17,000 of damage and killing two pets, a court was told. Shaun Blud, 42, of Dunstable Road, Newport, is on trial at Cardiff Crown Court charged with arson
DIRECTOR of rugby Rob Beale knows that only having Toby Faletau join up with Wales could be a blessing in disguise, but it doesn’t make the disappointment of having his Newport Gwent Dragons ignored any easier to take. Whichever way you slice it
WALES v ARGENTINA (Saturday, KO 2.30) WALES coach Rob Howley has fired a warning shot to those tempted by the big cheques being offered by French clubs by axing Mike Phillips. The scrum-half has been overlooked for Saturday’s Test against Argentina
WALES v ARGENTINA (Saturday, KO 2.30) CAPTAIN Sam Warburton believes Josh Turnbull’s appetite for tackling makes him the natural replacement for Wales blindside Dan Lydiate. The Scarlets back row forward will win his fifth cap when he starts
IT’S not unusual for Sir Tom Jones to be sat front row at big American fights, but the Welsh legend will be in the ring on Saturday night backing Nathan Cleverly. He has given WBO world light-heavyweight champion Cleverly a pre-fight boost by leading
THE KILLERS were in town on Bonfire night which inevitably went off with a bang. The Las Vegas electronic rockers performed all their classics such as Mr Brightside, Somebody Told Me and Smile Like You Mean it ...and they all brought the house down
