AN EMOTIONAL day for Ebbw Vale saw them recording a stunning bonus point win over Llandovery at a highly charged Eugene Cross Park in a thrilling encounter. It marked the famous club's return to Welsh club rugby's top flight after a four-year exile
EBBW Vale marked their return to the Principality Premiership with a superb 30-29 bonus point win over Llandovery at Eugene Cross Park in a thriller. Last season's league runners-up Keys got their campaign off to a flyer with a bonus point win
NEWPORT County won for the first time at Rodney Parade this term despite a late Northampton fightback. The Exiles powered into a 2-0 half time lead courtesy of goals from Chris Zebroski and a blast from Darren Jones and appeared to have things
TREDEGAR House - which earlier this year hosted the Antiques Roadshow - will feature in the BBC TV programme's new title sequence from this weekend. The Newport landmark provided the backdrop for the show in June, with the first programme from
TWO Monmouthshire students with, who both have autism have seen transport to their colleges axed by the county council, leaving them and their parents distressed and panicking about what to do next.The mothers of the two teenagers in Chepstow and Caldicot
WHILE Scotland continues to gear itself up for its referendum on independence next week, The Welsh Government has signified its intention to try to refocus its own plans for the redrawing of boundaries.The return to the political top table of former education
MEMBERS of the biggest bridge club in Wales celebrated its 40th birthday yesterday at their clubhouse in Newport with some special guests. Gwent Bridge Academy, which has been based on Clayton Street since 1991, was originally founded in September
A SCHOOL merger approved to reduce the number of surplus places in Torfaen is unlikely to be completed before 2017.More than 4,000 people signed a petition against the merger of Fairwater High and Llantarnam School in Cwmbran.The new school, called Cwmbran
HEAD coach Kingsley Jones admits that Newport Gwent Dragons are missing the calming influence of injured centres Ashley Smith and Pat Leach after another error-strewn display.The Rodney Parade region suffered a 17-15 home derby defeat to the Ospreys last
Demoralised enemy Allies win the great battle Victory all along the line A disorderly retreat In five days fighting in a battle of magnitude never before been known in which some three million men have been engaged, the Anglo French forces
THE sale of the Kings Hotel in Newport has been completed, paving the way for a major redevelopment of the currently empty city centre landmark. The historic 61-bed hotel closed at short notice in January 2012 after a severe downturn in trade,
GWENT chief constable Jeff Farrar praised the work of the 9,500 officers who helped police the Newport Nato summit and said only two complaints were made over the course of the week.Mr Farrar said he still has three to six months’ more work to do
ONE hundreds years ago, the First World War had just begun –- and most people still used horses rather than cars.So for Leonard John Purse, born 100 years ago, a career as a horseman beckoned, as he followed in his father’s footsteps.Mr Purse
AFTER coming agonisingly close to toppling one of the Swalec Championship title contenders, Blackwood go in search of the biggest scalp in the league this afternoon. The men from Glan-yr-Afon Park nearly stunned RGC 1404 on opening weekend but
AN EYECATCHING memorial to the dead of one of Britain’s worst mining disasters – and to those it left widowed and fatherless – has been unveiled at the Newbridge Memo.An untitled painting by Newbridge-born artist Roy Guy now dominates
FOUR years after signing off with a defeat to champions Neath, Ebbw Vale make their long-awaited return to the Principality Premiership this afternoon.The Steelmen welcome Llandovery to Eugene Cross Park and are a much-changed club from the one that dropped
NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh is hopeful the club are going to reap the benefits from a more attacking approach this season.The Exiles delighted their supporters on Monday in their 1-1 draw with Cambridge thanks to a high intensity performance
