GLAMORGAN's fourth successive victory in Division Two of the Norwich Union League was never in doubt after they had battered a poor Essex attack for 289 runs at Cardiff. Rain had reduced the match to 41 overs per side but Glamorgan maintained a run rate
A GWENT teenager is recovering at home after being bitten by a spider as he unpacked bananas. The 16-year-old youth was working at the Spytty Road Somerfield Warehouse, Newport, when he was bitten by a spider which had been inside the banana crate. The
'A RUDE awakening' - that's how manager Tim Harris summed up his side's 4-2 defeat at King's Lynn, but the Exiles have a chance to bounce back tonight. County take on Salisbury City who drew 1-1 with Ilkeston Town on Saturday, and Newport need a positive
NEWPORT Rugby Club insist they have received full and proper clearance from the Welsh Rugby Union on the transfers of Jason Strange and Mike Voyle. A Union spokesman said on Friday they would look into transfers of the type made by Strange who arrived
GWENT farmer David Handley was marching to Downing Street today to demand a public inquiry into the foot-and-mouth outbreak. Farmers For Action head Mr Handley, the Itton farmer who was aleader of the fuel blockades, was expected to be joined by as many
A NEWPORT hotel being given a new lease of life was damaged by fire yesterday. Two fire engines were called to the blaze at the Queens Hotel, pictured, at 6.45pm. It took just 15 minutes for firemen to control the fire, underneath the third floor of the
A FRESH wave of big cat sightings in Gwent has prompted a warning from police for people to take care. Officers in Monmouthshire have issued a warning to local people about a panther or puma on the loose in the area. There have been several sightings
Llanelli 46 Ebbw Vale 16 IT IS always wrong to read too much into an opening game of a new season. Ebbw Vale coach Mike Ruddock knew before this first Celtic League/Welsh-Scottish League encounter at Stradey Park on Saturday night his side would be up
A GWENT GP has quit because he claims health bosses have failed to help tackle the appalling conditions patients and staff must put up with at his surgery. Now he is taking up a position as a locum - at the same health centre. And in the ultimate irony
DROVES of people defied the unseasonal weather to turn out to make this year's Risca carnival a success. Hundreds lined Commercial Street in Risca as the final day of the carnival week began with an impressive float parade. Eleven floats trundled through
Amazing youngsters from Torfaen have been rewarded for their bravery and tenacity at a ceremony to name them Kids Local Heroes. Asda in Cwmbran held the event to find the area's most deserving children for prizes and the chance to be VIPs for the day.
WELSH internationals Rob Edwards and Gareth Taylor have been named in Mark Hughes' 25 man squad for the World Cup qualifying games against Armenia and Norway next month. And Burnley striker Taylor says the news has come out of the blue: "I'm surprised
Cwmbran Town 0 Newtown 1 A first-half strike from Newtown's Steve Rogers was enough to consign Cwmbran Town to defeat on the opening day of their League of Wales campaign. Rogers scored with just 18 minutes of the game gone but it was a match that Cwmbran
NEWPORT Rugby Club insist they have received full and proper clearance from the Welsh Rugby Union on the transfers of Jason Strange and Mike Voyle. A Union spokesman said on Friday they would look into transfers of the type made by Strange who arrived
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PATIENTS are "disgusted" at plans to withdraw branch surgeries from a clinic in one of Gwent's most deprived areas. Two GP practices - Pontnewynydd Clinic in Mill Road, Pontnewynydd, and New Surgery in Old Road, Abersychan - have applied to Gwent Health
A HIGHWAYS engineer found the number of children crossing a busy road to use a McDonald's restaurant - like one planned for Abergavenny - was "horrific", a county council officer said. Monmouthshire council solicitor Maggie Frith told councillors: "Our
ANDERS Henriksson, one of the top 10 Premier Division riders, surprisingly flopped in the most crucial heat of the afternoon as Newport Hayley Wasps were held to a draw by Berwick Bandits at Hayley Stadium yesterday. In the final heat, Henriksson finished
A WOMAN was injured and a building badly damaged in an explosion in Nantyglo yesterday. The injured woman is understood to be suffering from burns and is being treated at Swansea's Morriston Hospital. Her injuries were sustained when two Calor gas bottles
