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  • Gareth Bale wins Wales player of the year award

    REAL Madrid star Gareth Bale has been voted Football Association of Wales player of the year for a record fourth time. Bale overtakes both Mark Hughes and John Hartson who each won the award three times. The 25-year-old star retained the trophy

  • Newport teens take Food Festival chef's crown

    THREE youngsters from Underwood took home the Teen Chef crown as part of the Newport Food Festival on Saturday. Jack Cox, John Jones and Robbie Bowen won the accolade with their chicken tikka masala after battling through a qualifying competition and

  • Crowds come for Abergavenny Fair Trade Fair

    AROUND 1,000 visitors enjoyed the eighth Wales Fair Trade Fair in Abergavenny on Sunday.The event, held in the Market Hall, was opened by the Mayor of Abergavenny, Councillor Martin Hickman, and a performance by Llantilio Pertholey Primary School.Visitors

  • Newport woman completes half-marathon in wheelchair

    A Newport woman completed the Cardiff Half Marathon in a wheelchair on Sunday.Lisa Cook, from Alway, Newport crossed the finish line in a time of 5hr 11min 15sec despite having no experience.Ms Cook is the only member of the Run Newport group who uses

  • Police appeal after Pontypool man breaches licence

    GWENT Police are appealing for help in finding a Pontypool man who breached his licence conditions after being released from prison. Matthew Peter Waters, 30, was sentenced to 6 years for robbery after being sentenced on 12th January 2012 at Cardiff

  • YOUR MP WRITES: Newport West MP Paul Flynn

    WHY did one Newport solider die in the first Iraq war in 1991 and none from United Arab Emirates? The UAE would have been the next country at risk from a Saddam Hussein invasion if we had not expelled him from Kuwait. But why us? It's the same

  • Union calls for meeting over 'unfair' cuts

    PUBLIC service union Unison has written to the education minister Huw Lewis demanding a meeting over what it claims are “unfair” and “disproportionate” cuts to the careers budget resulting in 90 redundancies. Careers services in Wales were absorbed

  • Petition launched to halt McDonald's bid

    MORE than 200 people have signed a petition opposing a bid to open a McDonald’s restaurant in Llanfoist. Concerned villagers have formed a group to campaign against the bid by the food giant to build on the Westgate Site, off Merthyr Road.

  • Regan Poole on standby for Wales under-17s

    NEWPORT County AFC teenage star Regan Poole has been selected on the standby list for the Wales under-17 squad ahead of their UEFA qualifiers later this month. The 16-year-old defender, who has been promoted from the County academy to the first

  • Uniting to help ex-soldiers adjust

    A TORFAEN-BASED military charity has launched a free advice service for servicemen returning to civilian life in what was hailed as a renewed commitment to the armed forces. Pontypool charity Hire a Hero joined forces with Torfaen council to offer

  • Appeal to help paralysed dog

    A PARALYSED labrador needs more than £1,000 if he is to have any hope of ever running again.Cwmbran sanctuary All Creatures Great and Small Animal Sanctuary needs to raise over £1,500 to send the dog, named Cole, to Bristol for to receive

  • Special council meetings to discuss merger

    SPECIAL cabinet meetings will be held simultaneously by two Gwent councils to discuss a possible merger. The leader of Torfaen Council, Cllr Bob Wellington and the leader of Blaenau Gwent Council, Cllr Hedley McCarthy have announced jointly that

  • Appeal for wheelchair gets support

    A FAMILY is backing an appeal launched by a Gwent charity’s which helps children suffering with disabilities and developmental difficulties has launched an appeal to raise more than over £7,000 for a special wheelchair.Sparkle, which runs

  • Pontypool lady celebrates 100th birthday

    A PONTYPOOL woman celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday surrounded by family and friends.Doreen Mary Harris was born in Penygarn on October 4, 1914, and later married Alfred Price. Together, they had one son called Alan. Ms Price has two granddaughters

  • Residents oppose new homes plan

    ABERGAVENNY residents fear that a proposed residential development of 250 homes on the outskirts of the town will significantly increase traffic and anti-social behaviour and will overlook their homes. Beverley Dale, of Greystones Crescent in Mardy

  • Cement lorry overturns in Pill, Newport

    A CEMENT lorry overturned on Docks Way in the Pill area of Newport this morning. Firefighters were called to the incident at 10.12am with environment agency and highways agency officers helping with the clear-up. Fire officers are still at

  • Five more Post Offices to be revamped

    THE Post Office has announced further changes to five branches across Gwent as part of a wide-ranging modernisation project.It follows the announcement last month that plans are under way to improve and relocate two post offices in Newport and to modernise

  • Pets get blessing in special service

    PONIES, donkeys and dogs were blessed yesterday as part of an annual blessing of pets at a church near Abergavenny.Pets and their owners filled St Michael’s Church, Llanvihangel Crucorney, for the fifth year running to be blessed by The Rev Derek

  • We didn't deserve anything, says Exiles defender

    NEWPORT County AFC defender Darren Jones admits the Exiles didn’t deserve anything as they failed to break down ten-man Oxford United on Saturday.County were beaten 1-0 at the Kassam Stadium as they couldn’t respond to Michael Collins&rsquo

  • PICTURES: Gwent runners compete in Cardiff Half Marathon

    DOZENS of runners from Gwent took part in Sunday's Cardiff Half Marathon to raise funds for charity. Former Welsh Guard, Gareth Barrington, from Rogerstone, completed his 13th half marathon with a 50lb rucksack strapped to his back. Mr Barrington

  • Kingsley Jones - Mistakes are killing the Dragons

    HEAD coach Kingsley Jones lamented another error-strewn performance after Newport Gwent Dragons suffered a miserable derby defeat to the Scarlets.The hosts took the spoils 26-13 in an insipid Guinness Pro12 encounter in Llanelli and the Dragons left with

  • 13-mile tailbacks due to flooding on M4 in Newport

    UPDATE: 9.28am An earlier crash on the M4 between J25 at Caerleon and J24 at the Coldra is also causing delays. The vehicles are also on the hard shoulder on the eastbound stretch. UPDATE: 8.24am Residual delays remain and will further

  • Port Comedy Fest is back

    THE Comedy Port Festival returns to the Riverfront Theatre in Newport this week (October 6-11) with the likes of Shappi Khorsandi and Jason Manford performing.Tonight (Monday) there will be a screening of Stephen Fry's new book, More Fool Me, from

  • Pre-booking bus seats proposed in Newport

    PRE-booking a seat on a bus could be the future for some Gwent residents, as plans to save £31,000 from Newport council's transport budget go before the cabinet member for infrastructure.Several of the council's "socially necessary&

  • Campaigners march in mural commemoration

    CAMPAIGNERS marched through Newport on Saturday to mark a year since the city’s Chartist Mural was controversially torn down to make way for a new shopping development.About 30 people, many from the Save Our Chartist Mural group, started from St

  • VIDEO: Fanged tube spiders spotted in Newport

    DOZENS of fanged spiders - believed to be one of the largest types in the UK - have been found living in clusters on the outside of houses on a Newport street. The spiders are said to be tube spiders, common across Europe and whose bite is comparable

  • Fourth Newport Food Festival brings in the crowds

    NEWPORT was turned into a foodie’s paradise on Saturday when thousands visited the fourth food festival in the city centre.Events at The Riverfront and the city’s Indoor Market were packed while shoppers browsed over 70 stalls based along