NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh is hoping to draw a line in the sand after criticising supporters for complaining about the Exiles’ 1-0 reverse at Oxford United. County bounced back with three points on Saturday as they came from a goal behind
WALES boss Chris Coleman felt the vital 2-1 win over Cyprus was the kind of contest the Dragons would’ve thrown away in previous campaigns. Wales now top Euro 2016 qualifying group B thanks to first half goals from David Cotterill and Hal Robson
WALES 2 CYPRUS 1 TEN-MAN Wales survived an almighty scare against Cyprus at the Cardiff City Stadium to keep their Euro 2016 qualification campaign on track. The Dragons raced into a two-goal lead courtesy of sub David Cotterill and Hal Robson
MONMOUTHSHIRE council officers will ask its cabinet that £30,000 is put aside to finance an independent report exploring the future of some of the county’s prized cultural assets, including Caldicot Castle and its museums. With an expected
A BLAENAU Gwent woman has been chosen as a finalist for an international plus size beauty pageant. Jodie Hughes, 28, of Brynmawr, was selected for the Miss International Plus Size 2015 finals, an international beauty competition celebrating “big
A RISCA woman who volunteers her time to pass on digital skills to new internet users is supporting a national campaign to get people online this week. Kelly Morris, 22, spends time volunteering on digital inclusion projects to help people who have not
PROMOTER Eddie Hearn expects Lee Selby to continue his ascent to “boxing superstar,” after the featherweight guaranteed himself a world title shot.A punch perfect Selby destroyed tough Australian Joel Brunker on Saturday at London’s
PONTYPOOL great, Eddie Butler, will be talking about his debut novel, The Head of Gonzo Davies.The former Welsh rugby captain, British Lions number eight and sports broadcaster, known locally for having played with Pontypool RFC, has turned his hand to
A TYPE of rare fungus previously unknown in Wales has been discovered recently. Natural Resources Wales has uncovered the fungus during a survey into 200 of the country’s most important bog and fen sites. The detailed surveys of peatlands in
The latest outlook Antwerp’s fall causes depression The long battle line Our positions everywhere maintained The Germans are two months behind their programme, we are two weeks behind ours. To the enemy the loss of time irreparable,
WHEN I was first elected, a former MP once told me it is important to take some time out from the political world once in a while. If someone was to ask me where the best place to do that I would answer straight away – Cwmcarn Forest Drive.Anyone
AS a soldier and member of the diplomatic service Horace Thompson travelled the world - but through a long, eventful life, childrens' charity Barnardo's played a fundamental part.Mr Thompson, who has died aged 92, has lived in Cwmbran since the
REID Lifting – an award-winning Chepstow business which designs and manufactures a range of lightweight portable gantries and cranes – is investing £3.8 million in a new factory with Welsh Government support. Economy Minister Edwina Hart, who visited
A PONTYPOOL father-of-three who almost died from a blood clot after breaking his leg in a football match is trying to raise awareness of the risks. In 2001 John Jenkins suffered a life-threatening blood clot on his lung four weeks after he broke his leg
Tata subsidiary UK Steel Enterprise has revealed excellent results for investment into Welsh SME businesses in 2013/2014, including many in Gwent. Approved investments came in at £664,000 for the year in companies across a wide spectrum of activities
CELEBRATED Monmouthshire chef Stephen Terry opened a new kitchen at an Abergavenny children’s centre on Friday. He opened the new facility at the Acorn Centre in the town on Friday which forms part of the FUN (Families Understanding Nutrition) Kitchen
A "CAREER criminal" from Brynmawr who burgled three houses in one night before being chased and bitten by a police dog has been sentenced to four years in prison. Dean Kelsey, 27, was high on cannabis, valium and alcohol when he went on a burgling
A FAMILY of fraudsters have been sentenced for their part in a £90,000 benefit fraud case. Mother Alison Parfitt, 48, her husband Jason Parfitt, 47, of Sycamore Avenue, Tredegar, and pregnant daughter Gemma Parfitt, 27, of Laburnum Avenue, also
VICTIMS of hate crimes in Gwent are being urged to report incidents to Gwent Police, which is pledging to give them the support they “need and deserve.” National Hate Crime Awareness Week begins today and the force, along with Gwent’s Police and
A CALDICOT tot will open the town’s new Asda supermarket this morning. Imogen Ashwell-Lewis, two, suffers from nerve-muscle condition spastic diplegia cerebral palsy and is unable to walk unaided. She relies on a specially-made wheelchair to get
A GROUP of catering assistants are continuing their fight to increase the “insulting” equal pay settlement they were offered with a second protest six months on. The group previously campaigned against the £225 offered to them in April after trade
A JUNIOR football team cycled 100km for a Welsh children’s cancer charity yesterday in support of one of their players with leukaemia.Players from Newport team Rogerstone Rangers raised more than £2,000 for charity LATCH by taking turns to
GWENT Police are appealing for help in finding a Newport man, who has breached his licence conditions after being released from prison. Jason Jones, 35, was released from prison on 28th February 2014 after receiving a three-year prison sentence
VOLUNTEERS at Pontypool Museum have pulled out all the stops to create a busy programme to attract new members.The museum is currently campaigning to attract 1,000 new members to make up for a £19,000 cash shortfall in its budget after losing council
A PONTYWAUN couple have complained to BT after a 5ft tall Openreach broadband box was installed outside their home without consultation. Sandra and Shaun Emberson, of North Road, said they came home from work to find BT workmen digging up the pavement
PROTESTERS demonstrating against Islamic State militants brought traffic on the Second Severn Crossing travelling into Wales to a standstill yesterday afternoon. Gwent Police said about 10 vehicles stopped in the middle lane of the M4 at 4.20pm
DIRECTOR of rugby Lyn Jones admits that Newport Gwent Dragons are "in a hole" but has no doubt his charges have the character to clamber out. The region were downed 24-10 by Edinburgh at Murrayfield at the weekend, their fifth defeat from six Guinness
IT IS difficult to know quite where Newport Gwent Dragons go from here. Pre-season optimism that the addition of some experienced players to the Dragons' crop of talented youngsters has evaporated after a string of poor performances from the Rodney
UPDATE: 10.08am A Welsh Ambulance Service spokeswoman confirmed that one person was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital after the later crash involving two vehicles. She added a paramedic and two emergency ambulances were sent to the scene.
MORE than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling to make Wyllie Bends safer following the death of a 38-year-old man in a car crash on Friday.Police are not yet naming the man, from the Cwmfelinfach area, who tragically died after his silver Volkswagon
NEWPORT County defender Darren Jones admits he scored the best goal of his long career on Saturday, a moment all the sweeter because it came for the Amber Army. The 31-year old made his 357th career appearance in the top five divisions against
A NEWPORT burglar who deliberately targeted a profoundly deaf man in an "evil" act knowing he would not hear him breaking in to his home has been jailed. Judge David Wynn Morgan said Samuel Mulligan, aged 24, of Clifton Place, had done "a very
