THE latest member of an Abergavenny cycling sisterhood is urging more women and girls to get into sport with the launch of a new Sport Wales campaign. Following in the tracks of elder sisters Rachel and Becky, the double silver medallist at the
TORRENTIAL rain over the weekend did not deter thousands of music fans from flocking to this year's Steelhouse Festival.The music festival is being held in the heart of Blaenau Gwent - at Hafod-y-Dafal Farm.Last year the event saw 11,000 people attend
A TEENAGER from Pontypool will be avoiding the railway network after she and her friends were injured by falling power cables at Abergavenny railway station on Friday. Georgia Davies, 17, was at the station with three of her friends shortly before
RESIDENTS are being warned over noise levels during modernisation works along the south Wales mainline as part of Network’s Rail railway upgrade plan. Network Rail have said piling work - the process of installing foundations for the steel masts and gantries
A SPECIAL meeting will be held to decide on the future ownership of the Drill Hall in Chepstow, after concerns were raised about a lack of transparency and consultation.Town councillors will vote on five options at the extraordinary meeting on August
THE first parkrun event in Monmouthshire was held on Saturday morning with runners from across Wales and the wider UK descending on Caldicot for the race.One-hundred-and-thirty runners ran the 5k distance between Caldicot and Rogiet on July 29, while
ONE of the most deprived communities in Newport failed to benefit from a scrapped anti-poverty scheme, a council member has said. In February the Welsh Government announced its anti-poverty scheme Communities First, which had cost the taxpayer
BERNHARD Langer won his third Senior Open title and a record tenth senior major with an imperious victory at Royal Porthcawl. Langer took the title with a final round of 72 for a four under par winning total of 280, a birdie on the last earning
CATS in a café might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but one entrepreneur from Gwent has had her life transformed thanks to felines. Hollie Bowler-Brown lives in Newport with her husband and cats Eric, Lana and Zelda as well as three foster kittens
UPDATE: 9.31am GWENT Police have confirmed that Lisa Mathias, the 32-year-old woman from Caerphilly who was reported missing on Friday evening, has been found. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEWPORT County AFC were beaten 2-1 by Justin Edinburgh’s Northampton Town in their final pre-season friendly but Exiles boss Michael Flynn believes his side are ready for the big kick-off in League Two. The visitors led 1-0 at Sixfields after half-time
ALL areas of Wales and the UK will have access to high-speed internet under new plans announced by the UK government.Under the plans every household and business will have access to internet speeds of at least 10 megabits a second (mbps), which communications
