FAMILY and friends of a detective superintendent from Blackwood have donated £1,400 to the Alzheimer’s Society in tribute to "an amazing man". Former South Wales Police detective superintendent of 30 years, Ron Davies, was diagnosed with Alzheimer
MONMOUTHSHIRE council has paid out nearly £1.3 million in redundancy payments to school staff since 2011. In 2012-13 it spent more money making non-teaching staff redundant than it did teaching staff – paying out £426,502.76 in total. Of that
A NEWPORT not for profit organisation which helps disabled people all over the world is holding a Transporter Bridge walk to fundraise for disabled children in Kenya. ResponsABLE Assistance, which works to help disabled people in developing countries
A VICTORIAN grotto adorned with thousands of shells and animal bones will have two rare public openings next month. Considered to be the best surviving grotto in the county, the Pontypool Park structure fell into disrepair but underwent a Heritage
THIS year's Blackwood Carnival has offered its full support to a trust set up in memory of Tunisia terror attack victim Trudy Jones. Blackwood Town Council arranges the annual carnival on the first Saturday of every August and has decided to give
THE owner of a Monmouth bakery who admitted breaching food safety regulations has been fined. Richard Eklof, who owns Wigmore’s Bakery on St Mary’s Street in Monmouth, pleaded guilty to five breaches of regulations at a hearing on July 17.
PONTYPOOL Museum is appealing for old china sets and teapots to keep the premises going. The local history museum in Park Buildings sells china donated by visitors in its tea room. Up to £400 has been raised through donations in the past year
A PETITION asking Prime Minister David Cameron to scrap or significantly reduce the cost of the Severn Bridge tolls has received thousands of signatures. The online petition was started by Chepstow-based Steven Holloway at the weekend and had nearly
BT broadband customers across the UK are reporting problems with both their phone lines and internet connections, as the firm warned the issues could last into next week. The service status page of the BT Broadband website currently shows a number
A FUNDRAISER in memory of a popular Caldicot footballer who died will take place on August bank holiday. The three-day fundraiser will be in honour of Karl Baynton, 26, who was found hanged at Caldicot Castle on June 1. Mr Baynton had played as
A DAD of two has been given a suspended sentence after admitting defrauding his former Newport employers. Matthew Smith, 33, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court today after pleading guilty to a charge of fraud on the first day of his proposed trial
TOUGHER action is to be taken against anti-social behaviour at bus stops across Caerphilly county borough. Cabinet members at Caerphilly council met today to discuss a report which outlined some of the recurring problems businesses and residents
NEWPORT East AM John Griffiths has praised the work of Home-Start Monmouthshire in his constituency. Home-Start Monmouthshire was recently given an ‘Investors in Volunteers’ award in recognition of its work supporting struggling families in the
TEENAGER Aaron Collins hopes he’s done enough to force his way into the Newport County AFC first team after concluding an impressive pre-season in style.The 18-year-old, who was working in McDonalds this time last year, opened the scoring with a 25-yard
POLICE are appealing for information after a woman had her handbag snatched while she was walking down a lane in New Inn. The incident happened at about 9am at the rear of Lancaster Road on Monday, July 27. The 34-year-old woman was approached
ELITE performance manager Huw Bevan hopes that Newport Gwent Dragons will reap the rewards of pushing their players out of their comfort zone in their first block of pre-season training.The Rodney Parade outfit are enjoying a well-earned rest this week
GEORGE North says Wales' "savage" World Cup training camps have been even tougher than their infamous 2011 preparations.Warren Gatland's side reaped the rewards of their lung-busting conditioning efforts when they reached the semi-finals in
NEWPORT County AFC assistant manager Russell Osman has defended the decision to field a team of teenagers at Weston-super-Mare and hinted that one or two may feature in the League Two opener.With manager Terry Butcher elsewhere casting an eye over a potential
THE Royal Gwent Hospital Cardiology Fund recently held its sponsored fun run, and we would be pleased if, through your columns we can express our very sincere thanks to the many runners who took part and raised so much for the fund. We are very dependent
NO FLOWERS in our parks, no tennis nets in Beechwood Park, no paddling pool in Beechwood Park and the water feature for children in Tredegar Park still not working. Perhaps the council could put on some free buses to a proper cities such as Cardiff
DID YOU know the Labour candidate Jeremy Corbyn shares some core values with Plaid Cymru? He wants to abolish Trident and end to austerity and if he doesn’t get elected maybe the people in Wales who voted for him could vote for Plaid. The other
SO THE city fathers who destroyed the Chartist mural feel that a light display will adequately replace their act of vandalism. A light display is pathetic and transitory, but a new mural will last for generations (unless destroyed again on a whim
THIS latest idea about turning a part of Pill into a red light district is an absolute disgrace to the residents of the area. It has been let down by the council over many decades and is unrecognisable now from the great place it was years ago.
FURTHER to the praiseworthy and informative letter (23.7.15) by Ms. O. Davies, I only disagree with her comment that “it is no use complaining” about the filthy pigeon-mess strewn state of Newport’s Market Arcade and city centre streets. If only
FORMER Caldicot School teacher Rhys Edwards has been appointed National Women's Head Coach and Elite Programme Lead on a new three-day-a-week contract.Edwards, who as head coach led Wales women to unprecedented success at last year's World Cup in France
HELP to located a Pontypool man that police would like to speak to following a burglary.Gwent Police are appealing for information to locate Daniel Dyas, aged 22, who they would like to speak with following a burglary that occurred in the Pontnewynydd
CAERLEON goal shooter Georgia Rowe and her Wales teammates have arrived in Tasmania and are set to step up their preparations for the Netball World Cup this week. Trish Wilcox’s new-look Welsh side face three games in a week ahead of their tournament
WALES’ women ended their EuroHockey Championships campaign on a high to claim a fifth-place finish in Prague and secure their place in Division Two.Wales, captained by Abi Welsford from Usk and also featuring Newport pair Sophie Clayton and Izzy Webb,
THE FRIENDS of Newport Rugby Trust annual beer festival is returning to Rodney Parade for a fifth year – and will coincide with a County fixture for the first time. The Trust have opted to hail the ale on Friday, August 21 and Saturday, August
CWMBRAN’S Danny Gabbidon has hinted that he will retire after turning down a chance to sign for League Two side Leyton Orient. After being released by Cardiff City in June, the 35-year-old former Wales international was linked with a move to Newport County
Houses in upper Cwmbran are experiencing a power cut. Western Power have apologised to customers and said engineers aim to restore power by 1.30pm. They added that as engineers are currently fault finding some households may experience their
BATTING hero Chris Cooke believes Glamorgan can still make the knockout stages of the Royal London Cup thanks to their remarkable three-wicket victory against Kent on Tuesday evening. The hosts looked condemned to defeat in Cardiff when, in pursuit
THE future of the most significant inhabited building at risk in Wales is now secure. The Landmark Trust, which took over Llwyn Celyn in 2012, a Grade I-listed medieval hall house, near Abergavenny, announced this morning that it has secured £2.5million
NEWPORT sprinter Katie-Jane Priest has been named in the Wales under-20 team for tonight’s Welsh Athletics Outdoor International in Cardiff. The 18-year-old Newport Harriers athlete, won two bronze medals in the 100m and 200m at the Welsh Athletics
A SHAKE up in the way the Welsh Ambulance Service responds to 999 calls will see all calls categorised into a traffic light system. The Welsh Ambulance Service Trust this morning revealed they are changing the way they decide what emergency calls
BIKES have been stolen from a garden in Pontypool.Sometime overnight on July 23, on Clos Afon Llwyd in Pontypool, someone entered a rear garden and stole two adult mountain bikes, an Apollo Feud and a Windermere.Anyone with information is asked to contact
APPEAL for witnesses after a man was assaulted in Chepstow. Gwent Police are appealing for information following an assault which occurred at approximately 2.20am on Saturday, July 12 on Welsh Street in Chepstow. A 22-year-old man from Chepstow
UPDATE: 11.36am Julie Ann Hughes has been located safe and well. 9am: A WOMAN has been reported as missing from her Cwmbran home. Gwent Police are appealing for information to locate Julie Ann Hughes, age 50, who has been reported
FOLLOWING a career in the Armed Forces Andrew Tuggey, of Monmouthshire, embarked upon a second career in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. He talks to Kath Skellon about the honour of becoming the current High Sheriff of Gwent and his hopes
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have awarded senior deals to six bright teenage prospects.Back row forward Harri Keddie, props Leon Brown and Keagan Bale, centre/wing Barney Nightingale and wing Lloyd Lewis all featured for Wales in June's World Rugby U20 Championship
THE deputy leader of Torfaen council is completing seven cycling challenges this year to raise money for charity. Councillor Anthony Hunt, 35, has already completed three out of seven challenges he has set himself for this year in a bid to raise
HUNDREDS of people enjoyed cycling around Caldicot Castle yesterday as part of an organised bike bash. Around 400 people took part in the event organised by Building Bridges, a Lottery funded project which support young people with additional needs
CHILDCARE students at Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone have been given an award after they raised £2,000 to buy a specialist bike for children with learning difficulties.The students, from Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone, made links with Pen-y-Cwm School in Ebbw
A PUBLIC consultation for controversial plans to place a crematorium in Bassaleg was not publicised enough, it has been argued. A public consultation on proposals to build a crematorium and remembrance garden south of Bassaleg School was held on
THE sun shone and the pirates came out too this weekend - but not to walk the plank.Pirate Day has become an annual event at Fourteen Locks Canal Centre in Rogerstone and this year was as popular as ever with everyone - young and old alike. The Mon &
WORK to build houses on the former Tredegar Park golf course have progressed a step further, with developers now hollowing out a grassy reservoir to take in water when the River Ebbw floods. The low-lying land is on a flood plain in the west of
A MAN whose childhood dreams of professional wrestling were almost lost due to a horrific freak injury is now fulfilling his aspirations after taking part in the first Monmouthshire Championship Wrestling show. Christopher Royles, while working
AN alleged victim of historic child abuse at the hands of a former Newport head teacher today appeals for other victims to come forward. The local man, aged 52, was a pupil at Malpas Church in Wales School school between 1971 and 1974, when he
