AN organisation fighting climate changed has been awarded further funding from the Welsh Government and the Big Lottery Fund to continue to support Gwent projects. Renew Wales will use the money to improve the support it provides to 191 community
FOREIGN drivers have escaped £2.3 million in speeding fines because their vehicles are not registered with the DVLA, figures have revealed. Speed cameras have registered 23,295 offences being committed by overseas drivers since January last year
A FLOOD warning has been issued for the Usk Estuary at the Crindau and Malpas road area tonight. Natural Resources Wales has issued the alert on its website warning that high tide at Newport is expected to reach 7.8 metres at 8pm tonight. The
GWENT councils are facing cuts of up to 4.3 per cent in next year’s budget settlement from the Welsh Government. Monmouthshire came off the worst with funding 4.3 per cent down from the previous year. Newport had a decrease of 2.6 per cent.
MONMOUTHSHIRE cyclist Lewis Oliva has been selected to represent Great Britain at the UEC European Track Championships in Guadeloupe next week.As well as the 22-year-old from Devauden, the 15-strong team also includes Cardiff's Elinor Barker and fellow
A MAN has admitted a 13-year period of forced labour at his farm near Newport. David Daniel Doran Jr, 42, was standing trial charged with forcing Darrell Simester to work on a horse-breeding farm between 2000 and 2013. He had originally denied
LEE Selby says he’ll prove he can back up the hype around him as he faces Joel Brunker in a final eliminator for the IBF World Featherweight title at The O2 on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports. The Welshman has enjoyed a brilliant 18 months in
A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital when a car and an army lorry collided before ploughing into a house in Langstone. The collision involving a Honda Jazz and an army lorry happened on the A48 Chepstow Road at 11.08am, resulting in the car causing
Bridget Christie will be touring the UK in the Autumn with this year’s Edinburgh show An Ungrateful Woman, as well as her Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show A Bic For Her. Her 2013 show, the “feminist-themed” A Bic for Her,
A £20 million Torfaen school building project passed a new milestone yesterday as council chiefs agreed to appoint a contractor to build three primaries able to accommodate 1,000 pupils. The scheme will see Ysgol Panteg, Blenheim Road and Llantarnam
WITH three youngsters graduating to the first team squad and former star pupil Lee Evans earning his first senior Wales call-up the season could hardly have started on a brighter note for the new regime in the Newport County AFC academy, writes Andrew
JOE Ledley believes Wales will thrive under the pressure of Euro 2016 expectation sweeping the country. Wales are set for a record crowd at the Cardiff City Stadium on Friday night with ticket sales already close to the 25,000 mark for the Group
COUNCIL chiefs may have to save up to 10 per cent across all services to meet the acute financial challenges posed by Welsh Government cut-backs. Torfaen council announced the proposed cost-saving measures yesterday as it prepared to save £6 million
AN operation to tackle unlicensed taxis in Newport City Centre saw three vehicles taken off the road on the weekend. Gwent Police officers ran the operation alongside the Special Constabulary, Roads Policing Department and Newport City Council
AN ELDERLY defendant charged with forcing a man to work at his Gwent farm for 13 years said he had “nothing to do” with the alleged victim, a court has heard. 67-year-old Daniel Doran Sr, and his son, David Daniel Doran Jr, 42, are accused of forcing
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will bolster the Cross Keys squad in a bid to help the Pandy Park outfit have a real crack at the British and Irish Cup this season.Keys start their campaign when they host Doncaster on Saturday afternoon before Pool Four encounters
Torfaen warns of severe council cuts on the way 2836805 Severe council cuts on the way COUNCIL chiefs may have to save up to 10 per cent across all services to meet the acute financial challenges posed by Welsh Government cut-backs. Torfaen
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have made a shocking start to the Guinness Pro12 but lock Rynard Landman is confident that it will all come good as long as they stay tight and don't start playing the blame game. The eighth-placed Dragons have won just one
A MAN pretending to be a policeman followed a car to tell its driver that he had been speeding - only to find out he was a real police officer. Johnathon Weekes, of Citadel Close, Tredegar, followed the officer's unmarked car for four miles, pulling
RAID seizing thousands of cigarettes and hundreds of litres of alcohol took place in Newport this week. The operation, involving police, customs, immigration and tradingstandards, aimed to disrupt the sale and supply of what is suspected to be
A FATHER had to step in as an impromptu midwife to help deliver his son five weeks earlier than expected. Robert Baker, 43, followed the instructions of the emergency services on his phone’s loudspeaker when his partner, Jadeelee Davies, 21, went
