MARK Byrne swept the board at Newport County AFC’s annual awards night. The Exiles captain picked up no fewer than seven accolades including player of the year and players' player of the year. Byrne received the supporters’ club player and
EXILES boss Warren Feeney was left to rue another Sky Bet League Two loss in his side’s final Rodney Parade outing of the season. An error by keeper Joe Day resulted in the hosts not clearing a cross and Genaro Snijders slotting home on 40 minutes
A FOOTBALL match with a team of players who have all received organ transplants took place in Newport on Sunday - the first of its kind in the UK. The Match for Life was held at Rodney Parade in which a team made up of players who have all had
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons’ miserable Guinness PRO12 run continued as they lost their ninth league game in a row after succumbing to the Scarlets at the Principality Stadium. They failed to bounce back from their European Challenge Cup semi-final heartache
PONTYPOOL’s promotion hopes are now hanging by a thread after they lost their winner-takes-all Swalec Championship clash at Bargoed Park, writes Carl Field. The win for Bargoed – their 11th on the spin – secured them promotion to the Principality
NEWPORT County AFC’s season at Rodney Parade finished with a 1-0 defeat to Notts County in Sky Bet League Two. Genaro Snijders’ goal five minutes before the break was enough to give the Magpies all three points. Warren Feeney made no fewer
A REVISED funding proposal on the Circuit of Wales project has been received by the Welsh Government. Ministers earlier this month refused to sign off on a financial package for the £357.2 million, 6,000-job project that would have seen the Welsh
UPDATE: 1.31pm Chief inspector Carl Williams of Gwent Police said the man, who was a climber, is in a 'serious but stable condition.' The climber has been airlifted to hospital. 1.20pm EMERGENCY services are currently carrying out a rescue
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a flat fire this morning in Malpas. Crews from Malpas and Maindee were called at 8.18am about the flat fire on Edison Ridge. A South Wales Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said two people received oxygen from
UPDATE: 11.25AM Mr Edwards' mother, Jean Murphy, said her son may be forced to sleep on the settee in her one-bedroom flat when he’s eventually released from hospital. She said: “We have to find out where he lives because he can’t live there
STRAPPING on the boots, I looked down at my feet and wondered how on earth I would ever be able to stand up and walk on them.These weren’t just any boots, these were what are known as Kangoo jump boots. Featured before on celebrities such as Made in Chelsea
ONE of Wales' largest wine producer Ancre Hill Estates planted 11 new acres of virgin land on Thursday as it looks to triple production in Monmouthshire.Currently producing more than 15,000 bottles of still and sparkling wine, award-winning winemakers
MAY is packed full of things for gardeners to see and do. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show (21-15 May) gets the flower show season off to a blooming lovely start, Cultivation Street is now open for entries so anyone or any street with a fabulous front garden
FORMER Gwent Dragon Rhys Thomas is urging people to get behind this evening's Match for Life at Rodney Parade.The former Wales rugby international, who is on the waiting list for a heart transplant, hopes the charity game will help raise awareness of
WARREN Feeney says today’s final home game of the season against Notts County is a chance for him and the players to thanks the Newport County AFC fans for their support during a testing campaign.County finally secured safety in League Two last weekend
A TORFAEN woman has became Wales' youngest female golf captain. Danielle Cobley is the ladies captain at Pontnewydd Golf Club, at the age of 24. She had her ‘drive off’ initiation on Wednesday. Miss Cobley, from Croesyceiliog, said: “The
TRAFFIC on Cardiff Road is now flowing in both directions after Network Rail finished their upgrade on the bridge. A single lane traffic system had been in place since December 2015, while the bridge was replaced with a new structure. The work
BLAENAU Gwent is one of the most impoverished regions in Wales, and the UK as a whole, with high unemployment and child poverty and low wages. But house prices are also famously low, and have at some points been the lowest in the country. The constituency
