A SOCIAL landlord in Torfaen is helping tenants who are struggling to eat to gain access to food parcels. Bron Afon formed an agreement with two food banks at the beginning of April. In just over a month Bron Afon staff have helped 65 tenants
MONMOUTH MP David Davies met with a bogus lobbying company at the centre of a controversy which saw fellow Conservative MP Patrick Mercer resign from the party. On April 18, Mr Davies and another Tory MP, understood to be Mr Mercer, met with
ABERTILLERY Primary School received such an excellent report from Estyn inspectors that their work will be shared with other schools in Wales. The school achieved three excellent grades and it has also been asked by Estyn to write reports to be
A ROW has broken out at a city mosque after its imam had his visa revoked and was deported. Hafiz Majeed Al-Nasar has been on leave from his work at Jamia Mosque in Commercial Road, Pill, Newport, in his home of Lahore in Pakistan. But, according
NEWPORT entrepreneur Sir Terry Matthews will be speaking at a national technology event which plans to show Wales is "open for business." Sir Terry will join more than 60 speakers to talk at the Digital 2013 event at the Celtic Manor Resort in
A BRICKLAYER who just missed out on reaching the Britain's Got Talent final said this is not the end of his singing career. Robbie Kennedy, 22, of Oakfield, Cwmbran, first appeared in the talent show with his performance of Goo Goo Dolls’ Iris
CAERLEON will get a new cash machine fitted, after the town’s only bank shut last year. Cashzone Limited agreed to install a machine at what was the HSBC bank. The former bank building is now owned by Hathway Property Services and the director,
A MEASLES epidemic that swept across South Wales is beginning to slow down - but not enough young people are immunised against the disease, health officials have warned. According to Public Health Wales (PHW), six new cases have been reported since
A ROAD rage driver who knocked over a motorist at traffic lights moments after forcing an oncoming car off a busy street was jailed. Craig Wangiel, 29, almost crashed into Andrew Williams' VW Passat as he overtook a Vauxhall Corsa at speed on a
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a father of four who was found dead in Newport this week. At the formal opening of the inquest into the death of David Hampton yesterday, coroner's officer David Arnold told the hearing a post-mortem examination carried
IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times when Ebbw Vale annihilated Toulon 56-26 just 13 years ago at Eugene Cross Park. For today it really is a tale of two cities, or certainly a Blaenau Gwent town and a Côte d’Azur naval base, the
GENEROUS supporters of a Newport hospice have offered to replace £2,000 worth of stolen sound equipment. St David’s Hospice Care’s day centre in Malpas was broken into on May 17 and a PA system, cables, speakers, tools and a first aid kit were
BARBARIANS v LIONS (Today, KO 12.30) BRITISH and Irish Lions star Mike Phillips hopes to recapture his superb form of four years ago when the new generation get their tour under way today in Hong Kong against the Barbarians. The Wales scrum
BARBARIANS v LIONS (Today, KO 12.30) FORMER British and Irish Lions captain Michael Owen has stressed the importance of Warren Gatland’s side getting their tour off to a flyer this afternoon. The current crop start their preparations for Australia
PLENTY of cricketers have had to deal with the nervous 90s but one Rogerstone player will have woken up this morning in the nervous 990s. As long as the weather holds out, Andrew Trinder will play his 1,000th game for the club when they host Pentyrch
