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  • IPCC publishes report into Gwent Police head injury incident

    AN independent investigation into how Gwent Police dealt with a man who suffered a severe head injury before being taken into custody has been published. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) report concludes that Gwent Police’s custody

  • Newport council trial fly-tipping app

    A TRACKING app to monitor fly-tipping is being trialled by Newport council.The authority is using the GPS tracking system, known as FlyMapper, which was developed by Fly-tipping Action Wales to analyse fly-tipping trends and types of problem waste.Waste

  • Gas repairs in Nantyglo will take several days to complete

    RESTORING gas supplies to hundreds of homes in Nantyglo may take several days to complete, residents are being warned. Supplies were interrupted to approximately 755 properties in the area on Wednesday night, when water from a burst main in Waun Heulog

  • Prisoner failed to return

    GWENT Police is looking for Stephen Peter Lima who failed to return to HMP Prescoed on Thursday (AUG 21) having been on day release. Lima, 24, was convicted of supplying class A drugs at Cardiff Crown Court in March 2011 and sentenced to nine years

  • Steve Jones excited by fresh start after Dragons departure

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons legend Steve Jones is excited about the next chapter of his rugby career after landing a job at Gower College Swansea.The 37-year-old former Wales hooker will become rugby officer and coach the team that play in the Welsh Rugby Union

  • Gas repairs in Nantyglo will take several days to complete

    RESTORING gas supplies to hundreds of homes in Nantyglo may take several days to complete, residents are being warned. Supplies were interrupted to approximately 755 properties in the area on Wednesday night, when water from a burst main in Waun Heulog

  • Edinburgh ignoring critics as he looks towards Burton upset

    NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh believes the majority of fans will raise the roof at Rodney Parade tomorrow and admits he’s trying to ignore current negative feedback. A pointless league campaign to date and a cup exit have left some supporters

  • COUCH POTATO: BB gets royal flush of all the usual suspects

    IF THE TV summer of 2014 is remembered for anything, it’ll surely be the flash-in-the-pan fad for imitating royalty. ITV2 had I Wanna Marry Harry. E4, Almost Royal. And on Monday night, 14th to enter the house, it was Benefits Street’s White

  • New Detective Inspector for Monmouthshire

    A NEW Detective Inspector has been appointed to take charge of fighting crime in Monmouthshire. Detective Inspector Andrew Tuck has been an officer with Gwent Police for 11 years, spending the majority of his career in Newport and the Force Intelligence

  • Save the NHS

    PEOPLE in this country are rightly proud of the NHS, and many are angry at its creeping privatisation now being introduced. The service will be further threatened if a trade deal currently being negotiated with the US goes ahead. The EU-US

  • Don't criticise

    WHEN Councillor John Hopkins was leader of Blaenau Gwent Council he presided over a failure in social services. He saw his deputy leader, Cllr Nigel Daniels, suspended by the Ombudsman for intimidating staff. As a cabinet member with the independent

  • Ditch the tolls

    THE Severn Bridge tolls must be abolished of course! Such charges, together with the ‘rental charges’ should have not been given to the French and never invoked. Did Scottish bridges ever have them and how many of the English bridges ever incurred

  • Job question

    FURTHER to the letter from C. Pearce (August 7) I will add that the local community officers in Newport are just as ‘friendly’ and useless! Two instances: I am a regular in a certain Italian coffee shop at the top of Bridge Street. Two community

  • Anger at Nato

    EXACTLY who will be receiving the newly-minted Nato medals? Councillor Bob Bright and co? Paul Flynn? Or maybe the workers at Celtic manor who are being paid the minimum wage by billionaire owner Sir Terry Matthews? Give the nefarious warmongering

  • We were afraid of England, says Wales' women's boss

    WALES’ women’s football manager Jarmo Matikainen admitted his players were afraid of star-studded England on Thursday night, writes Andrew Penman.The visitors, featuring a host of big names, clinched their place at next year’s World

  • Work continues to restore Nantyglo gas supplies

    WORK has gone on through the night to try to restore the gas supply to around 750 properties in Nantyglo interrupted late on Wednesday.Water from a burst main in Waun Heulog, Nantyglo, got into a key Wales and West Utilities gas pipe, affecting properties

  • Abergavenny chef to cook for world leaders at Nato summit

    WELSH chef Stephen Terry has been chosen to prepare dinner for world leaders including Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama at next month’s Nato Summit. The award-winning chef, who runs The Hardwick in Abergavenny, will draw

  • Girls of 12 help catch Chepstow robber

    YOUNGSTERS have been recognised for pursuing a robber who stole from an elderly man in Chepstow. The four girls, aged 12 at the time, witnessed a man hit an elderly gentleman with an umbrella and make off with his money. The girls not only

  • Gwent woman makes tearful Libya crisis plea to Nato leaders

    A GWENT woman whose husband and son are trapped in conflict-torn Libya has made an emotional plea to world leaders coming to Newport's Nato Summit to put the Libyan humanitarian crisis at the top of their agenda. Violence and bloodshed on a scale

  • Five in court on violence charges

    FIVE men charged with offences of violence in connection with an incident in Pill, in Newport, earlier this month in which eight people were injured, appeared at a hearing at the city's crown court yesterday.Justin Henshall, 27, of Wolseley Street

  • Link between Caldicot ASDA and the town centre delayed

    LINKAGE plans to join the new Asda superstore in Caldicot to the town centre will not be ready for the store's opening this October, it has been revealed.Chairman of the Caldicot Town Team, Aaron Reeks said that the link road would not be ready and

  • Brynmawr cinema nominated for Cinema of the Year award

    WALES' Oldest cinema, the Market Hall Cinema in Brynmawr has been nominated for Cinema of the Year.The cinema which faced closure last year is celebrating being nominated as Cinema Of The Year 2014 at the prestigious UK Screen Awards. The cinema has

  • Police sergeant hugged detainee to comfort her, courts hears

    A POLICE officer told a court he agreed to hug a female detainee in a bid to comfort her but did not kiss her as she claims. Sergeant Richard Evans, of The Highway, New Inn, denies two counts of misconduct in public office and three counts of sexual

  • Avana workers shocked by 390 job losses

    WORKERS have been left angry and disappointed by confirmation this week that 390 jobs will be axed at Newport's Avana Bakeries. The news comes after the Rogerstone business first announced in February it had lost a major contract with Marks &