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  • Cross Keys 21 Cornish Pirates 30

    CROSS Keys’ British and Irish Cup campaign is all but over after the Cornish Pirates avenged their 2012 semi-final defeat with a bonus point victory. The home side, which contained a sizeable contingent of young Newport Gwent Dragons, battled valiantly

  • Newport diorama on display

    AFTER three months of painstaking work it is now possible to gaze at Medieval Newport in 3D, as a model of the city centre is on display at the University of South Wales. The diorama shows the castle; the Newport ship; Newport’s medieval friary

  • Duffryn High pupils meet South African rugby team

    TWENTY-four lucky school pupils from Newport had an unforgettable experience meeting the South African rugby team today ahead of tomorrow’s big match against Wales. The youngsters from Duffryn High School were chosen to visit the Millennium Stadium

  • Teacher struck off for two years over child abuse messages

    A DEPUTY headteacher was struck off for two years today after a conduct panel found him guilty of sending more than 40 child sex abuse messages to a suspected paedophile. Christopher Murphy was working at Our Lady and St Michael RC Primary School

  • Police appeal for man who absconded from Prescoed prison

    GWENT Police are appealing for information to find 34 year old Jeffrey Griffiths who absconded from Prescoed Prison, Usk, at approximately 10pm last night. Griffiths is described as being of medium build with short brown hair. He has tattoos on

  • Winter plan is drawn up to ease NHS pressure

    EXTRA beds, more specialist staff in hospitals and the community, and a campaign urging people to use the NHS wisely are all part of a plan that Gwent health bosses hope will help avert a winter crisis.An additional £1.2 million is being invested by Aneurin

  • Pontllanfraith great grandmother’s fire death accidental

    A GREAT grandmother from Pontllanfraith died after an extension lead caught fire and spread to a polyester blanket at her home, an inquest heard yesterday. Iris Novello Johnson, who was 98, died after the fire in the house on Commercial Street

  • Prydie returns for Dragons at Glasgow

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons bring back Wales wing Tom Prydie for Sunday’s Guinness Pro12 encounter with Glasgow at Scotstoun. Prydie, who did not feature in any autumn internationals after getting the call-up from Warren Gatland, slots in on the right

  • Former County striker to represent Wales at futsal

    FORMER Newport County AFC striker Jamal Easter will be in action as the Wales futsal squad play two international fixtures in Newport this weekend. Easter, younger brother of full Wales football international Jermaine, played five matches for County

  • Valleys army veteran attacked at shopping centre

    AN ARMY veteran who beat cancer and a superbug was viciously kicked in the head and stomach after being confronted by a gang of youths. Blackwood man Chris Sanders, 67, who was in an induced coma because of his health problems last year, was closing

  • Funeral to be held of Usk poet

    THE funeral of an Usk poet, described as one of the most significant writers in Wales, will take place in December.Anne Jackson, who wrote under the name Anne Cluysenaar, was found dead at her home on Little Wentwood Farm, in Wentwood, near Llantrisant

  • 100 staff Admiral staff to race in Newport Half Marathon

    MORE than 100 staff members at Welsh employer Admiral are gearing up to run the Newport Half Marathon next year, with 30 employees from the Newport office taking part.The race, which was launched in 2013, attracted one fifth more runners, 1,200, when

  • Travelling Exiles look to end tough month on a high

    NEWPORT County manager Justin Edinburgh has praised his players for their stamina ahead of today’s long trip to Carlisle United, writes Andrew Penman.The Exiles travel north this morning and stay overnight before tomorrow’s League Two clash at Brunton

  • Newport officer scoops police award

    A NEWLY-RECRUITED police officer from Newport has been awarded for his policing efforts. PC Steve Phillips, 47, won South Wales Police’s Star Apprentice Student Officer Award at The Big Celebration event organised by Skills for Justice at the Millennium

  • Head of the Valleys road workers stage protest

    CONSTRUCTION workers on an £800m government road scheme protested this week against pay and conditions.The workers are widening the A465 Head of the Valleys road between Brynmawr and Tredegar.Building firm Carillion is delivering the project but staff

  • I'll fight Lenny all the way, says Jamie Stephens

    GOALKEEPER Jamie Stephens is ready to fight Lenny Pidgeley all the way for the right to replace Joe Day in the Newport County AFC goal at Carlisle tomorrow.Loan star Day has returned to Peterborough United until January at least, leaving Stephens and

  • Lyn Jones: Struggling Dragons will turn things around

    DIRECTOR of rugby Lyn Jones remains confident that Newport Gwent Dragons won't go the same way as the Titanic while he is at the helm. The Rodney Parade region have endured a nightmare start to the Guinness Pro12 that sees them sitting third-from-bottom

  • Deputy Minister praises Newport youth scheme

    THE Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism, Ken Skates, visited the Newport International Sports Village yesterday to see how young people at risk of substance misuse and anti-social behaviour are having their lives changed through sport.The Positive

  • Exiles skipper backs Lenny Pidgeley to prove his quality

    LENNY Pidgeley has been backed to fill the void left by loan star Joe Day as Newport County AFC head to Carlisle United today.County make the long trip north this afternoon and stay overnight ahead of tomorrow’s League Two clash at Brunton Park – their

  • Retailers prepare for Black Friday

    Retailers are preparing for a shopping frenzy as Black Friday consumers buy their way to what is expected to be the UK's biggest day of spending. Almost half of UK shoppers (47%) say they intend to buy a Black Friday deal, according to retail analysts

  • We're desperate to beat the Boks, says Dan Biggar

    WALES star Dan Biggar says the players are desperate to claim a Southern Hemisphere scalp – if only to stop being asked the same questions by fans and the media, writes Andrew Penman.It has been the same old story of so close and yet so far against Australia

  • UPDATE: Henllys Way, Cwmbran, re-opens after crash

    UPDATE: Henllys Way in Cwmbran has now re-opened after the earlier crash. Police have left the scene and vehicles have been recovered. The road had been closed in both directions because of a crash involving two vehicles earlier this morning

  • More donors flood in for Emily appeal

    THE WELSH Blood Service is calling on members of the public to sign up to become a bone marrow donor as the appeal to find a donor for Emily Clark continues.A spokeswoman for the Welsh Blood Service said it is ‘vital’ for people to sign up to help people

  • Wales must have parity with Scotland - Plaid

    PLAID Cymru’s Jonathan Edwards MP has called on Wales to have the same powers as Scotland after the publication of the Smith Commission on further devolution for Scotland. Mr Edwards believes that all Westminster parties must now join Plaid Cymru