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  • Dragons 26 Newcastle 30

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons produced some Parisian style on home soil but were as generous in defence as they were enterprising in attack to go down 30-26 to Newcastle in the European Rugby Challenge Cup.The Dragons, who had upset the odds to win 38-22 at Stade

  • Stars sparkle at Newport mayor's charity gala dinner

    STARS like adventurer Richard Parks, athletes Jamie Baulch and Christian Malcolm, football manager and former Wales player Mark Aizlewood, and Rhys and Eggsy from Goldie Lookin' Chain were at a gala dinner to raise funds for charity tonight. The

  • Alfie's memoirs on sports book of the year list

    TWO separate stories of how top gay sportsmen struggled to come to terms with their sexuality are among the contenders for a £26,000 literary prize. A biography of Olympic champion figure skater John Curry and the memoirs of Welsh rugby star Gareth

  • Newport school catering workers continue fight for payments

    SCHOOL catering assistants forged ahead with a fight to increase an “insulting” equal pay settlement today. The former Allway Primary kitchen staff demonstrated outside Newport City Centre after being offering just £225 as part of the settlement

  • Delays following collision near J27 on M4

    A LORRY and car were involved in a collision near junction 27 on the M4.The accident happened at 4.15pm today on the eastbound side of the motorway. A Gwent police spokeswoman said there were no injuries sustained and both vehicles are now on the hard

  • Paedophile has sentence cut after technical error

    A PAEDOPHILE who attacked police with a nail gun when they tried to arrest him, has had his 30-year jail term cut by a year on appeal.Leslie Paul Watkins, 49, carried out ‘a deviant and abhorrent’ campaign of sexual abuse against two children

  • Overturned car blocks A465 near Abergavenny

    THE A465 Heads of the Valleys Road is reportedly blocked with traffic queuing in both directions between the Pandy junction and Pontrilas, because of an overturned car.A spokeswoman for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said they have been called to

  • Man who raped young girl has prison sentence cut

    A GWENT child rapist in his 20s, who insisted that a young girl in fact "seduced" him, has had his sentence slashed by a quarter on appeal. "Despicable" Ryan Edwards, 24, groomed his schoolgirl victim - asking her, "don't you want it to happen?

  • UPDATE: Lorry crash blocks M4 near Newport

    UPDATE 3.28pm: A spokeswoman for Gwent Police said the crash, reported at 2.40pm involved two lorries. The driver of one of the lorries was taken to hospital as a precaution but the incident does not look serious, she said. The lorries have

  • Newbridge desperate for derby victory

    NEWBRIDGE desperately need to break their duck when they welcome Gwent rivals Blackwood to the Welfare Ground in the Swalec Championship tomorrow afternoon. ‘Bridge are still searching for their first win of the season after being edged out by

  • CRINDAU ARRESTS: 20 people are bailed

    TWENTY people arrested following an incident in Crindau, Newport, have been bailed, police said today. Following a disturbance at about 7.15am yesterday in the Albany Street area of Newport, officers said today that 20 people were arrested in total

  • Right wingers

    I DON’T understand why a party like UKIP is so appealing to South Wales when the party is made up of Maggie Thatcher fans, former Tory voters and members. Their biggest selling point is attracting really right wing Tory MPs. If UKIP ever got into

  • Lost opportunity

    I RECENTLY had the pleasure of attending Taunton’s auction of 22 fibreglass dragons. It got me thinking – whatever happened to Newport’s very own 60 Superdragons (one of which I had the honour of decorating)? Taunton raised £40,000 through not

  • Bike blockade

    MY DAUGHTER- IN-LAW recently travelled from Portsmouth to visit her mother who is in a nursing home and also my husband, who is in St Woolos Hospital. She found she was getting low on petrol so she went to the Aust Service station to fill up. To her

  • Allowance cuts

    LEADER of Caerphilly Nationalist councillors, Cllr Colin Mann, has welcomed the Caerphilly Council Labour cabinet’s decision to cut their own allowances by five per cent, noting the initiative comes at a time when the people of the county borough are

  • Railroaded

    RE: PREPARATION, anticipation, frustration. With another round of eagerly anticipated autumn rugby internationals set to run through November, aside from a collective fingers crossed across much of Gwent, rugby fans and rail users will be preparing

  • Newport boxer Adam Goldsmith in action in Merthyr

    UNBEATEN Newport welterweight Adam Goldsmith is in action in Merthyr tonight against Cardiff-based Iraqi boxer Ameen Alkailany, writes Andrew Penman.The 21-year-old fights on the Sanigar Events Dragon Fire show at Merthyr Leisure Centre, which is being

  • County boss expects Byrne deal in 48 hours

    NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh expects to announce a new deal for midfielder Mark Byrne within 48 hours, but he admits he’s sweating on the future of the Exiles’ other midweek match winner. County are within striking distance of the League

  • Newport aiming to avoid another sob story at Bedwas

    NEWPORT won't want to add another 'if only' to their growing collection when they head to Bedwas in the Principality Premiership tomorrow afternoon. The Black and Ambers hoped that a victory against Ebbw Vale at Eugene Cross Park on September 27

  • Police appeal following burglary in Ebbw Vale

    POLICE are appealing for information following a burglary in Ebbw Vale.Police said the incident happened at a property in Beaufort Rise on Friday, October 17.A set of keys were taken from inside the address, and a red Renault "Trafic" van, registration

  • Man charged with burglary

    A MAN has been charged with burglary in connection with an incident at Cash Generator in Cwmbran.The incident happened on Sunday, October 19.The 20-year-old man from Pontypool is due to appear at Cwmbran Magistrates Court on November 5.

  • Plenty for Cross Keys to play for on return to Penzance

    WHEN Cross Keys last played the Cornish Pirates in Penzance there was very little riding on it for them. The Pandy Park side had already earned a home quarter-final in the British and Irish Cup by the time they took to the Mennaye Field on Sunday, December

  • Poor crowds will affect us financially, warns Exiles boss

    MANAGER Justin Edinburgh says Newport County AFC will be affected financially if attendances at Rodney Parade don’t improve. The Exiles boss caused a stir this week with his comments about 1,100 ‘missing’ fans when comparing the 3,600 crowd from

  • Lyn Jones: Dragons must go on the run against Newcastle

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons director of rugby Lyn Jones wants his charges to run wild when favourites against Newcastle this evening, just as they did when underdogs against Stade Francais in Paris. The Dragons were written off ahead of last week's clash

  • Surge in long A&E waits in Gwent

    CLOSE to 300 patients waited more than 12 hours to be dealt with in accident and emergency departments in Gwent hospitals during September.The figure - 291, with one patient also waiting longer than 12 hours in a minor injury unit - is the highest for

  • Electronic waste transformed into art

    A NEWPORT artist has been working with schoolchildren to create an electronic waste-themed display to be shown at the Riverfront Centre next year.Marion Webber, who works under her maiden name Marion Cheung, visited Bassaleg School this week to work with

  • Tots give harvest festival goods to food bank

    A GROUP of Caldicot tots donated their harvest festival goods to the town's food bank this week.The Apple Tree Day Nursery children, aged two-and-a-half to three, accompanied nursery manager Ami Harris to Caldicot's One Stop Shop on Wednesday

  • James Thomas out to grasp Dragons opportunity

    JAMES Thomas will attempt to grasp his unexpected chance when he lines up at lock for Newport Gwent Dragons against Newcastle this evening.The 24-year-old from Blackwood came on when Wales international Andrew Coombs injured his knee in the opening stages

  • Ex-Newport pub hosts new businesses

    A NEWPORT pub has been transformed into a centre for up and coming businesses. Langtons, a former pub, on Charles Street has been turned into a venue for small independent businesses to trade from. Andrew Carragon, from Newport, set up Langtons