AROUND 2,500 people flocked to this year’s Raglan Music Festival. The three-day event was held in venues across the village, from the Ship to the Baptist Chapel. More than 40 acts ranging from classical to rock, soul and jazz performed at the
IT WAS fun in the sun for more than 150 children at Chepstow police sports day. Organised by community support officers, pupils from seven schools came together to participate in events like the relay, hurdles, javelin, long jump and speed bounce
A MINOR collision at Tredegar Park roundabout in Newport caused delays at around 8pm this evening. Police and fire crews were called to the incident at around 7.50pm, which involved a lorry and a car. There were no injuries and a Gwent Police
MURRAY Goodwin, 40, the elder statesman of county cricket, notched the 69th first-class century of his career and his second for his new county as Glamorgan took a grip of their LV= County Championship Division Two clash with Kent. Winless Kent
PUPILS at High Cross Primary School held a fundraising event to buy new gymnastic equipment. The 23 children are all members of the school’s lunchtime gymnastics club and need to raise £1,600. Last week, they held a bake sale at the school,
A CAERPHILLY school has a new garden to help give pupils a better learning experience. Markham Primary School, Blackwood, has created the outdoor learning environment to give pupils the chance to interact outdoors all year. The project started
A TEENAGER, who killed himself five weeks after his father's suicide, wrote a text message to his dad days before he died saying he wished to see him soon, an inquest heard today. Jack Williams, 16, was found hanged in Brynglas Woods on September
A NEW director has joined the Gwent Association of Voluntary Organisations. Martin Featherstone joined Gavo, the organisation that works in partnership with the public, private and third sectors to help thousands of people living across South East
WALES are through to the semi-finals of the IRB Junior World Championship after a bruising victory against Argentina at La Roche-sur-Yon in western France. Coached by former Newport Gwent Dragons forwards guru Danny Wilson, Wales had to dig deep
GAVIN Henson is set for Rodney Parade next season… but in the colours of Bath. The former Wales fly-half/centre had been linked with a move to Newport Gwent Dragons following the arrival of director of rugby Lyn Jones. The pair had worked together
WHILE giving directions to two visiting couples in Newport’s centre, I was told that “you need a sat-nav to find your way around the city.” I then saw why. If visitors and possibly shoppers have to rely on the city centre’s guiding street signs
THE UK government has decided that it will spend £50million in commemoration of the start of the First World War, when British troops were first mobilised on August 4, 1914, and also for the following four years – the official duration of the war,
THE woman behind controversial decisions over art in Newport says she will not get involved in a tit for tat with a Twitter campaign. For months, the SaveNewportArt account has made posts to the social networking site, criticising the council over
OVER the last year, the current administration at Caerphilly County Borough Council has been highlighting some excellent schemes taking place. These include a new £6million Centre for Sporting Excellence which is being built at Ystrad Mynach.
WHY has Torfaen council blocked access to the brook.org website for users of the computers within its public libraries? The ‘websense’ filter has censored the site because of ‘sex education’. As Brook is a sexual health charity providing advice
READERS saw a series of letters from me, during, and subsequent to the election of Ian Johnston as Gwent police commissioner, and letters supporting him from others, including his buddy Paul Harris, who he appointed on a personal decision as his deputy
BIG Brother is here in the form of government and particularly in our case, the local authority. The most recent nonsense being the various coloured bags and rules regarding waste. Will it be the establishment of a rubbish police force next? Expense
I’M MADELINE Alderson and I’m nine years old. I’m writing to complain about the climbing frame not being fixed in the boating lake. I went to the lake just before the incident and I’m outraged that such a simple object to fix has not been fixed
Lib Dems has attacked the AM for Torfaen over the planned new hospital for Cwmbran, saying her attitude was a disgrace. Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, said she was “staggered” to read a letter from Lynne Neagle that said
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEVERN BARRAGE This will be “the challenge of a generation” in that it will require many innovative solutions to meet the requirements of the environment, engineering, integrated transport networks and sustainable energy generation
IT’S been quite a week. Last week, I wrote about the reaction to our exclusive revelation that Gwent chief constable Carmel Napier was to retire with immediate effect. I suggested then that her departure raised more questions than it answered,
A FORMER Royal Marine who served during the Second World War has died at the age of 92. Stanley Gunter, From Cwmbran, joined the Royal Marines in 1940, stationed at Lympstone, Exmouth. In 1942, he was stationed in Gibraltar as their ship, HMS
TWO Caerphilly county borough schools have been earmarked for closure under plans to cut surplus spaces. Pontllanfraith and Oakdale Comprehensive Schools could shut, with pupils either going to a new school to be built on a new site, or transferring
A ROUGH sleeper who broke into a foodbank because he was hungry and later stole a charity donation box to buy cigarettes has been jailed for 20 weeks. Andrew Paul Viveash, 29, forced his way into The Bridge Church in Bulwark, Chepstow, through
The man who died in a crash on the A449 has been named as David Buttle, aged 72, from the Rotherham area. A family tribute said: "David was married with two children and died whilst doing the job he loved. We would like to be left to grieve in
A TURNING point when the British and Irish Lions were last in Australia came when Richard Hill was taken out by Nathan Grey. A cheap shot by the Wallabies centre in the second Test left the flanker with concussion and proved to be a key moment
ONE of Newport’s only vegetarian cafés has been forced to close due to lack of income, in yet another blow for the city centre. Hunky Dory’s Café, named after a David Bowie album, has been established at its Charles Street location on and off for
THE man killed in a crash near Usk last week has been named as Marian Olender. The 46-year-old Polish man after being hit by a car on the B4598 near Usk in the early hours of Monday 3rd June. Mr Olender suffered serious injuries and was taken
LYN Jones doesn’t need to wait until he sees the Newport Gwent Dragons youngsters in training to know that he has some pretty special talent at his disposal, he just needs to cast his mind back to a crisp February Sunday in Oxford. There weren’
TWO people have been hurt in a crash on the A4042. One car crashed on the carriageway close to the former Monmouthshire council County Hall site at around 11.40am. Two people are being treated at the scene by paramedics.
THE winner of the showdown between Newbridge’s Gavin Rees and Manchester’s Anthony Crolla will become a near certainty to challenge Ricky Burns for his world title. That was the message coming out of a press conference in Manchester yesterday where
ANDRIES Pretorius has vowed to heap pressure on British and Irish Lions pair Toby Faletau and Dan Lydiate for their Wales jerseys following his international debut. The Cardiff Blues back row is tipped to start Saturday’s second Test for Wales
UPDATE: A MAN has been arrested in connection with an alleged sex assault in Chepstow in the early hours of this morning. Gwent Police said yesterday that officers were investigating the report of a sex assault in the Dell area of Chepstow in the
RUGBY legend Dai Watkins calls on clubs and fans alike to unite behind Lyn Jones and the Newport Gwent Dragons and their aim to tap the region’s “plentiful potential”. Former Ospreys boss Jones outlined his desire to waken and unite the “sleeping
THIEVES stole £100 worth of plants just a week after they were planted outside a Newport beauty salon. Staff at Heaven Sent Day Spa on Clytha Park Road planted marigolds, lavender and begonias in the court yard outside the salon in a bid to make
SIMON Zebo will make his British and Irish Lions debut in Saturday's clash against the New South Wales Waratahs. The Ireland back, who only arrived in Australia on Tuesday, will line up on the left wing in a side skippered by flanker Sam Warburton
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons wing Tom Prydie will make his Wales return in the second Test against Japan on Saturday. The 21-year-old has not featured on the Test scene since the tour of New Zealand in 2010. Four-times capped Prydie was an unused
UPDATE 10.25am: A MAN was taken to hospital following this morning's crash just past the Brynglas tunnels. Gwent Police said its officers were called to the scene of the crash between a lorry and the Vauxhall Meriva on the eastbound M4. A spokeswoman
ALL five Dragons feature in Wales Under-20s crunch Junior World Championship clash with Argentina this afternoon. Head coach Danny Wilson hands starts to full-back Hallam Amos, centre Jack Dixon and number eight Ieuan Jones while hooker Elliot
SIX leading ladies from a Newport theatre group have bared all for a charity calendar, all in the name of drama. The actresses from Newport Playgoers Society who are appearing in Kevin Myers' production of Calendar Girls at the Dolman Theatre until
A RESERVIST soldier from Newport joined more than 90 paratroopers from the UK and US as part of a spectacular training exercise. Corporal Paul Shergold, 39, was one of the paratroopers exercising as part of Exercise Airdrop Warrior, an annual exchange
