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  • Funding for schools to visit First World War events

    SCHOOLS in Wales will be able to apply for up to £1,000 towards visits to events commemorating the First World War, it has been announced.Education secretary Kirsty Williams has announced the funding will be made available as part of the Go and See scheme

  • Wreaths laid in Torfaen to honour those who died in war

    REMEMBRANCE parades were held across Torfaen today. Hundreds lined the streets of Pontypool to pay respect to the fallen. A parade led by Regimental Sargeant Major Neil Edmunds assembled at Commercial Street at midday, before parading to the

  • Event for pooches is a success

    BELLE Vue park in Newport was packed out today, Sunday, as dog lovers turned up to enjoy a day of fun-filled events. Bark in the Parc – organised by St David’s Hospice Care, and sponsored by Newport Dog Grooming – saw dog owners bring their pooches

  • Blaenau Gwent remembers the fallen

    TOWNS across Blaenau Gwent saw well-attended Remembrance events being held. In Ebbw Vale the Remembrance Parade and Service took in Bethcar Street near Wetherspoon’s, before proceeding via Market Street and Libanus Road to the War Memorial for

  • Newport County AFC make Armed Forces pledge

    NEWPORT COUNTY AFC have ensured that those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly by signing up to the Armed Forces Covenant.The club made its pledge as part of a Remembrance ceremony which took place at Rodney Parade during

  • RSPCA dispute claims they 'refused' to help abandoned dogs

    THE RSPCA have hit back at claims that they refused to help four Labradors found abandoned in Monmouthshire last month.The charity were called on the morning of October 27 by Whitebrook resident Nick Jones, who fed and watered the dogs while waiting for

  • Thousands attend Newport Remembrance Service

    THOUSANDS of people turned up to remember the fallen at Newport’s Remembrance Parade and Service today. The service started off with a parade of around a thousand different army cadets, sea cadets, air training corps, serviceman and ex-serviceman

  • New schools in Blaenau Gwent set to be completed on time

    BLAENAU Gwent council is on track to delivering its promises of modernised schools in the county following a review by the Welsh Government.Assessors concluded that there is a strong possibility that the first phase of the region’s 21st Century Schools

  • Dragons find reasons to be cheerful after loss in Northampton

    THE Anglo-Welsh Cup is a tournament in which it truly is acceptable to see the positives in defeat, and the Dragons had plenty despite a heavy defeat in Northampton. For the second week running the Rodney Parade region looked up at the scoreboard