MONMOUTHSHIRE council’s cabinet passed plans to increase the budget for the building of an artificial sports pitch in Caldicot.The project to build a 3G pitch at Caldicot Comprehensive School will now cost £660,000 – £50,000 more
MORE than two thirds of men in Wales don’t know how to check themselves for the signs and symptoms of testicular cancer, new research has revealed.The survey, released this month by UK male cancer charity Orchid, showed 68 per cent of Welsh men
THREE people were taken to hospital after an M4 bridge accident involving a lorry and a camper van.The collision took place on the westbound section of the Second Severn Crossing collision at around 3.40pm.Gwent Police said the accident had caused traffic
It was time to get creative when KEILIGH BAKER paid a visit to the University of South Wales to find out all about being a fashion designer.AS A child, there were only three professions that appealed to me; fashion designer, human rights barrister and
THREE people were taken to hospital after an M4 bridge accident involving a lorry and a camper van.The collision took place on the westbound section of the Second Severn Crossing collision at around 3.40pm.Gwent Police said the accident had caused traffic
A GWENT AM has left an Assembly committee, in an apparent protest at against his sacking last month from the opposition front bench.Newport-based Mohammad Asghar was fired from the Tory shadow cabinet in February after he and three other AMs didn&rsquo
Tonight bidding ended on the shoe of pop star Justin Bieber, but only at only half way to the target of £500, New Inn mum Khloe Waite has been left ‘disappointed’ in her quest to raise money for the Oakdale youngster.Since bidding began
ONE person was taken to hospital after lorry and caravan collided on the Second Severn Crossing this afternoon. The collision involved a lorry and a caravan, Avon and Somerset Police said. A casualty was taken to Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport
THOUSANDS of photographers around the world showcased their work in Newport last week at the largest digital exhibition in the UK. Hosted by Newport Camera Club, the Bristol International Salon show was held at the University City Campus on March 28.The
Ryan Farley of Newport who will cycle around the world for Cancer Research UK.If you had to be stuck in a lift with someone, who would it be and why?A lift engineer because they would know exactly what to do in that situation.What is your biggest fear
A PONTYPOOL school will celebrate its half century with an open-air mass with the Archbishop of Cardiff and an open day for past pupils in June. St Alban’s High School, on The Park, opened in September 1963 and now educates 1,050 Gwent pupils. The
THE city’s older generation came face-to-face with the youth of today when they met them for tea at a Newport high school.Sixth-form students at Duffryn High School held a tea party for OAPs in the community yesterday. (April 3)The event held in
NEWPORT'S Tony Pulis has fond memories of watching Cardiff City as a child but will not go easy on the Bluebirds when he brings his Crystal Palace side to Wales tomorrow. Palace are five points clear of 18th-placed Cardiff after a 1-0 win over
The Metropolitan Police should not reopen their investigation into a Cwmbran private investigator's murder, the victim's brother has said. Llanfrechfa man Daniel Morgan was found outside a London pub car park with an axe in his skull in March 1987
A PRESTIGIOUS sport governing body could be set to sign a deal with Newport council to encourage more people to take up tennis.The Lawn Tennis Association and the Tennis Foundation is planning to invest £120,000 over three years into Newport Indoor
DIRECTOR of rugby Lyn Jones said Newport Gwent Dragons were the architects of their own downfall after their wastefulness ensured their alarming slide in the RaboDirect Pro12 continued. Edinburgh left a sodden Rodney Parade with the spoils after
I SYMPATHISE with Mrs P Taylor ref the dustbin jobsworth. It is a pity they didn’t make their way around the corner to my street. My full time job since my retirement seems to be cleaning up after recycling lorry and cleaning up outside houses of private
THE grass on the football pitch situated on the playing fields behind Cardigan Close, Crescent (Croesyceiliog) has turned yellow. (It has not been cut or subjected frost damage). I telephoned the appropriate council department and two councillors asking
MANY thanks to Anne Clwyd for her continuing campaign to have an inquiry into the Welsh Health Service. Anne Clwyd, as a Member of Parliament, is well known for her campaigning, her honesty and integrity. Instead of accepting Anne Clwyd’s painful
WITHOUT wanting to start celebrating early, it does seem there may be some flicker of hope for at least some of the at-risk Avana Bakeries jobs. According to the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union, it does appear that the company has managed
THIS week sees the launch of ‘Ask about Clots’ – a new campaign to prevent patients dying from blood clots while in hospital. It has been estimated that 1,250 people are risk of death every year in Wales from blood clots that they may develop while
ANN Greagsby is entitled to her views on cannabis but her insinuation that Pippa Bartolotti’s support for the legalisation of this substance is motivated by the “hope of political gain” is fatuous and insulting. There are no votes to be had from
It is so sad to see every day in the letters page, fanatical Labour supporters blaming the Tory/LibDem coalition for the mess the UK is in, then the Tory and Lib Dem fanatics blaming the Labour party for the mess. Then you have Plaid Cymru fanatics
UPDATE: 12.48pm The exit slip road has re-opened after the broken down lorry was removed. UPDATE: 12.23pm A BROKEN down lorry is causing delays on the M4 in Newport this afternoon. The westbound exit slip road is closed at J25 at Caerleon
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 1970s Hollywood blockbuster film with minimal plot transfer to the stage, and, more importantly, would
COUNTLESS career paths lie before a humble television presenter.But you’d really have to go some to out-weird that of Channel 4’s Mark Evans.He’s a vet whose on-screen CV reads: “Bigfoot Files (searched for the Abominable Snowman
A NEW programme of events for 2014/15 was officially launched by a Communities First group in Newport this week. Performers from groups based across the Newport Central cluster took part at the event held at the Pill Millennium Centre. The Newport central
A CYCLIST was chased and fatally ‘shoulder barged’ off his bike, a court heard yesterday in the fourth day of the trial of three people accused of manslaughter.Kieran Allcock, 18, of no fixed address, Andrew Vass, 26, of Upland Drive, Trevethin
UNION officials have been called to meet with the manager at Uskmouth power station next week, as talks continue over the future of the plant. The coal-fired power station in Nash, Newport is owned by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and ceased
POUNDLAND has announced plans to open a new store in Abergavenny, creating 15 new jobs. The national retailer will move into the former Dorothy Perkins premises at Cibi Walk and two empty units on either side, creating ten full and five part-time
FOLLOWING an urgent appeal for donations to save Newport wildlife charity City Wildlife, an anonymous donor has given £5,000 to the charity.City Wildlife, run solely by volunteers, faces closure if it fails to raise the £30,000 needed to keep
THE Welsh Government is not willing to hand over a site in the west of Newport to be used as a transit Gipsy and traveller site. That’s according to a document submitted to the planning inspector by Newport council, which suggests compulsory purchasing
THE bidding war for one of Justin Bieber's shoes will end later today, but with offers coming only half way to the target of £500, New Inn mum Khloe Waite is appealing for more bidders. The online auction, launched by Mrs Waite to raise money to
UP to 13 members of the Newport County AFC squad are playing for their future at the club, starting at Chesterfield tomorrow. County have just seven games left in League Two and, with his side nine points above the relegation zone and ten points
FURTHER information is needed on waste collection options says Torfaen council’s committee members. Torfaen council is undertaking a review of its residual waste collections ahead of a public consultation and the report will be the subject of a
CROSS Keys will make it a perfect week if they beat Carmarthen Quins to climb into the Premiership playoff spots tomorrow afternoon, writes Chris Kirwan.Keys won on the road at Neath last weekend and Newport on Tuesday to set up a mouthwatering encounter
NEWPORT County AFC striker Aaron O’Connor says he is now confident that he will be fit to play before the end of the season, writes Andrew Penman. The 30-year-old, who scored in the Wembley play-off final victory over Wrexham last May, has
NEWPORT flanker Craig Attwell has changed from black and amber to black and gold after securing a move Down Under, writes Chris Kirwan.Tuesday's 10-9 Premiership derby defeat to Cross Keys was the 23-year-old openside's last before heading off
BEDWAS’ hopes of sneaking into the Premiership playoffs are all but over but the Bridge Field outfit will want to finish another fine season with a flourish.It would take an implosion by all four of Llandovery, Carmarthen Quins, Cross Keys and Llanelli
AFTER four seasons of bossing the second tier of Welsh club rugby Ebbw Vale will finally secure their place back in the Premiership if they maintain their perfect season tomorrow afternoon, writes Chris Kirwan.The Steelmen host struggling Beddau in the
A CRASH at Tredegar Park roundabout is causing delays this morning. The vehicles involved have been cleared, but some delays are persisting.
THERE could be hope for the future of Newport’s Avana Bakeries and its hundreds of employees as the consultation period comes to an end amid claims of new contracts on the horizon. On Friday, February 7, Avana Bakeries in Rogerstone announced it
TWO teaching unions have written to a Welsh exam board urging them to waive resit fees in the wake of a row over GCSE English papers. Results for two units of the new GCSE English language course, which pupils sat for the first time this year and
THE COST of a report delivered to Monmouthshire council which recommends increased parking charges in four of the county’s towns “beggars belief”, traders have said. A Freedom of Information request has revealed the council paid consultants Parsons
Air pollution levels remain high across parts of England and Wales but are expected to reduce later today. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) reports that more than 20 areas from northern England down to the South East
A STALWART lady who served for more than 60 years at historic Newport department store Wildings has died. Nina White, 85, who in her later years resided at Watery Lane in the Langstone area of the city, was a well known and respected worker at
THE A467 Forge Road is partially blocked and queueing traffic reported due to a four-vehicle crash. The accident happened between A468 Forge Road / Park View / Court Crescent (Basslaeg Roundabout) and M4 J28 / A48 (Tredegar Park).
SLOW traffic is reported around Newport after a crash on the M4. The accident happened on the westbound stretch between J29 A48(M) and J30 A4232 (Cardiff Gate).
EBBW Vale food artist Nathan Wyburn has announced his work will feature in a book as part of a book deal with a South Wales publisher. The book will feature an ‘eclectic mix’ of the 24 year-olds 50 previous artworks along with 50 of his new creations
A TEACHER is preparing to run this year’s London Marathon, inspired by her seven-year-old son who suffers from arthritis. Leanne Jones, a teacher at Blaenavon Heritage VC Primary School, will raise funds for Arthritis Research UK by competing in
INJURED Wales captain Sam Warburton will give the lowdown on his international teammates’ chances of beating the Springboks at a dinner in Cwmbran on the eve of the first Test against South Africa. The flanker, who skippered the Lions to glory
BLAENAU Gwent is the cheapest place to get on the property ladder in England and Wales after prices fell by a record 15 per cent in a year.Average house prices dropped to £63,443 in the Gwent borough while increasing by a record 13.8 per cent to
CLASSMATES of a Newport pupil who is receiving treatment for leukaemia have raised more than £2,000 for charity by shaving their heads so he won’t feel out when they visit him. Jacob Denham, 17, will start a course of chemotherapy shortly and 21
