HALF of Caerphilly's working residents travel outside the authority to get to their jobs, according to the most recent figures published by StatsWales.The figures from 2012 show that of 72,400 working residents in the borough, 36,200 of them worked
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons failed to halt their slide in the RaboDirect Pro12 after slipping to an infuriating 23-19 defeat to Edinburgh at Rodney Parade. A late charge was unable to prevent the Scottish side emerging with a first league victory of
A CHEPSTOW potter and town councillor was presented with his MBE by the Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace.Ned Heywood, 66, received the award in the New Year’s Honour’s List for his services to the community and was presented with the
APPLICATIONS for the Newport Women’s Forum Awards have opened. The awards aim to empower and support women by providing funding for their personal development. Women who live in Newport can apply for a grant up to £1,000. Applications must
A school that puts the wellbeing of its pupils happiness above all else, Maesglas Primary and Infants in Newport knows that happy youngsters are productive ones - as SOPHIE BROWNSON learns. IT MAY be raining when I arrive at Maesglas Primary School in
TWO trainee priests and their lecturer will be passing through Newport as they cycle to Wales’ six cathedrals on a 450 mile pilgrimage to raise money for charity.The team from St Michael’s College, Cardiff, will cycle from St Davids to St
ANDREW Salter is the heir apparent to Robert Croft at Glamorgan but the 20-year-old off-spinner is intent on making his own name at the county.Comparisons between Salter and Croft are too easy not to make – just as one retired at the end of the
A TORFAEN grandmother is urging Gwent residents to sign a petition calling on the government to increase funding into pancreatic cancer. Linda Reardon, from Llantarnam, lost mum Lynn Ball to pancreatic cancer in March 2010 after a seven-week battle
NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh is hoping for a strong referee and better discipline from his side at Chesterfield on Saturday. The Exiles boss is still angry at the performance of referee Steve Bratt in last Saturday’s 2-1 home
• The Welsh Government’s Community First programme is delivering strong benefits for our local areas. I recently visited Communities First centres in Newport East. Ringland, Alway, Somerton and Moorland Park provide facilities for a range
A teenage girl had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in a storm drain while trying to retrieve her mobile phone. The girl, named locally as 16-year-old Ella Birchenough, squeezed down the hole to try to fetch her phone in Eaves
IT could take Welsh councils 12 years to clear a maintenance backlog of potholes and road improvements, according to a nationwide survey published this morning. Torfaen council said yesterday it has a pothole backlog worth £3 million but only £1
THE SILK Report recommended a reduction in the local authorities in Wales and the report findings were endorsed by the Welsh Government. The most vulnerable local authority is Blaenau Gwent so I am not surprised they are having difficulty recruiting
EBBW Vale race track? I am all in favour of this project, but I very strongly disagree with the Circuit of Wales seeking money from the public purse to finance what is a private company venture! 1. It is quite clear that this company still refuses
I AGREE with Ann Greasby. If Pippa Bartolotti is quoting that the health benefits of cannabis for cancer patients is well documented, she is being reckless and is misleading vulnerable people. The research into cannabis derivatives is in its early
MONMOUTH MP David Davies has insulted those of his constituents who occasionally support national campaigns run by an organisation called 38degrees (www.38degrees.org.uk). Locally there are over 6,000 of them. 38degrees is a non-party political
I’M VERY unhappy at the quote used in your story ‘Bereaved Cwmbran man faces bedroom tax move’ (April 1). A few weeks ago I gave your journalist a comment after he asked for my views on the one-year anniversary of the bedroom tax. I was shocked
PARTS of East Wales including Gwent have been hit by high levels of pollution caused by dust blown from the Sahara and prevailing winds. People suffering the effects of high levels of the smog - including sore eyes, coughs and sore throats - have
MEMBERS of the British team who trekked to the South Pole with Prince Harry will visit Newport at the end of the month. Explorers Guy Disney, Kate Philp and charity co-founder Ed Parker will make a guest appearance at a fundraising gala at The
A WITNESS told the jury in a manslaughter trial how she saw a cyclist John Reeder knocked from his bike and left in the road. Kieran Allcock, 18, of no fixed address, Andrew Vass, 26, of Upland Drive, Trevethin, and Deon Morgan, 20, of no fixed
NEWPORT motor racing star Rory Collingbourne is gearing up for the biggest race of his career so far at Silverstone this weekend. The 16-year-old is making move into the senior Jam-Sport Fiesta Championship 2014 having only begun racing on
FORMAL catchment areas for Newport primary schools are set to be put in place for the first time amid controversy over plans for Marshfield Primary School. Newport council cabinet member for education Bob Poole is considering a report that would
Of all the instruments capable of seductively wresting music from those for which it was originally conceived, the harp has no equals. Its sheer size makes it formidable and its ability to convey both contrapuntal and ethereal sounds with authority
I have to say that curiosity was my main motivation for paying a visit to Newport Playgoers’ latest offering, Love Story. How on earth could a 1970’s Hollywood blockbuster film with minimal plot, transfer to the stage, and, more importantly, would
BLAENAU Gwent council is to introduce the biggest fines in the country for dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets. In two weeks' time dog owners face being fined £125 - up from the current £75 fine. A welcome move and surely to be
GWENT’S Police and Crime Commissioner met with farmers and representatives from an anti-crime scheme he supports to discuss its effectiveness yesterday.PCC Ian Johnston met Howard Vickery on his Crumlin farm to talk about the effectiveness of the
POLICE are appealing for information after an attacker broke a woman's finger and cut her in Newbridge. The assault happened at around 3pm yesterday on Yewtree Road, off North Road in Newbridge. The 27-year-old victim, who is from the area,
IF NEWPORT Gwent Dragons were offered the services of a Wales and Lions prop would they accept? Damn right, but steadying up their struggling scrum with Adam Jones might not be a price worth paying. The tighthead is out of contract at the end of
THE proposed ban on electronic cigarettes in public places has been branded unfair and intrusive by people in Newport. The Welsh Government announced proposals to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in enclosed and substantially enclosed public
FORECASTS for growth in traffic on the M4 are too high, a transport expert told AMs yesterday. Prof Phil Goodwin, professor of transport at the University of the West of England, criticised work on the M4 consultation saying it was simply not credible
THE saddest story of the last week was the discovery of Nida Naseer's body. Regular readers will know teenager Nida disappeared from her home in Newport on December 28. She had apparently gone to put out the bins but was never seen again. Her
CWMBRAN Otters swimmers are gearing up to hosting the next round of the Cotswold Leagueat Pontypool ALC against teams from Bristol Henleaze, Severnside and Bristol North.Then the Welsh Age Groups which will see the best swimmers in Wales taking part along
DOG walkers in Blaenau Gwent could be hit with the highest fines in the UK in a fortnight’s time if they fail to clean up after their pets. At a meeting yesterday, the cabinet approved plans to increase the charge for leaving dog mess on the ground
LLANDEGFEDD Sailing Club faces an uncertain future after an appeal for Welsh Water to re-consider closing their popular reservoir to water sports activities until March 2015 was unsuccessful. With a financial loss of around £5,000 from members
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will be looking for the sizeable frame of prop Duncan Bell to provide a platform that enables them to get their season back on track against Edinburgh this evening.The Dragons aim to end a three-game run without victory when they
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons director of rugby Lyn Jones expects a brutal Boks-like approach from Edinburgh at Rodney Parade this evening.The Scottish outfit will have a strong South African influence when they take to the field in Newport in the RaboDirect
TORFAEN'S AM promised an energy company "the fight of their lives" over controversial plans to mine 256,000 tonnes of coal in the Varteg which could be going back before Torfaen council.Following the news that Glamorgan Power Company Ltd
A CHARITY car wash and fun day raised more than £1,000 towards an appeal to help a Caldicot tot walk independently. And this means that in a month the amount raised has reached £10,000. Firefighters from Chepstow Fire Station donated part of
TWO hundred blue balloons were released into the air by Torfaen school pupils yesterday to raise awareness of autism.The launch, organised by Fairwater High School’s autism spectrum disorder (ASD) unit, took place at Greenmeadow Primary School,
A TEENAGER with an air rifle was spotted outside a primary school as pupils were leaving for the afternoon. The 16-year-old boy was seen by two Dewstow Primary School pupils in Caldicot, who told teachers who then contacted police. Police apprehended
A PONTHIR community support officer is to run the London Marathon in memory of his mum. Dad-of-two Mike Davies, 34, is hoping to raise as much as he can for the British Heart Foundation. His mother Jane Davies died from a heart attack in 2009
A NEWPORT mum who gave birth less than 18 months ago hopes to become a role model to young girls by becoming a weight lifting coach. Claire Hutchison is already shadowing a qualified weight lifting coach at the Will Power Weightlifting Gym, in
