ABOUT 450 people have turned out at public meetings to voice their anger over plans by Mon-mouthshire county council to close up to 11 schools. The meetings were organised by the council to give local people the chance to question the biggest shake-up
CARDIFF coach Rudy Joubert admits he is surprised at the way Newport have fallen from first to third in the Welsh/Scottish League table after his side knocked their old rivals out of the cup. "The Swansea result was a big surprise to me, and so was the
JOHN Parrott does not believe the disappointing form shown by his conqueror Mark Williams in their Embassy World Championship first-round match is any guide to the the Cwm player's title chances. Williams (pictured) claimed he had played "like a pig with
WELSH MPs have slammed Corus chief Sir Brian Moffat for accepting a sky-high pay rise and demanded that he should show the same generosity towards steel workers. South Wales MPs were today lining up to add their names to a Commons motion tabled by Martyn
PATHOLOGIST Mike Penney has a pressing weekend assignment. At work he is at the frontier of forensic medicine, off-duty his attention turns to the age-old skill of turning apples into cider. Ceri Hillier reports. The finest produce of the orchards of
JUST a few days ago, little Naseem was living with the daily terror of the fighting on the Palestinian West Bank. But just look at him now - getting to grips with the national curriculum at school in Abercarn. We revealed exclusively on Tuesday how Naseem
MAGISTRATES in Cwmbran are considering Gwent's first applications for extended drinking hours during this summer's World Cup. The Haywain in Sandy Lane, Caldicot, and O'Neill's in Newport's Upper Dock Street, want to open early in the morning to screen
NEWPORT planning chiefs are slowly winning their battle against the increasing number of pubs and restaurants in the city centre. Their rejection of permission to use the main post office building on Bridge Street as a licensed premises has been upheld
A FRIEND has told of his emotional trip to France to say farewell to stabbing victim Arron Powell. Mr Powell, (pictured) 56, formerly of Ebbw Vale, died of his injuries after being stabbed at Orleans railway station, 67 miles south of Paris, earlier this
FOR former miner Don Lawrence, compensation for his chest disease was a way of making sure his family was provided for after his death. But the ex-pitman (pictured) died without receiving a penny - and his grieving widow has lashed out at the system that
MARK Hughes has emerged as a leading candidate - along with former Scotland international chief Craig Brown and ex-England international boss Peter Taylor - to land the manager's role at Preston North End. And if Hughes (pictured) takes over at Deepdale
A NEW amber dawn broke at Newport County yesterday. And the new board may be ready to put their shirts on the Dr Martens Premier club getting back into the big time. The fab four, well-known characters in the city's business circle, have promised that
A LEADING Gwent surgeon says waiting-times for patients are "a disgrace". Keith Tayton, an orthopaedic consultant at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, says in his 20 years working in Gwent he cannot remember hospitals being so stretched - and warns only
NEWBRIDGE Rugby Club remain confident their proposed new £2m-£3m ground and facilities will be in place on time for 2004. Chairman Idris McCarthy said the development on land above their current Welfare Ground site was expected to start in the near future
NEWPORT and Cardiff clash for the 395th time tomorrow night at Rodney Parade in a match neither side can afford to lose. Newport captain Simon Raiwalui calls it 'do-or-die' while Cardiff coach Rudy Joubert says his side have to win. Whichever team fails
ONE of the largest surveys of teachers ever to be undertaken in Wales has revealed more than one in eight would consider leaving the profession due to discipline problems and poor pupil behaviour. In the survey by the National Association of Schoolmasters
EBBW VALE will be ready to fire with all guns blazing on Saturday despite a horrendous end-of-season week which will have seen them play three games in eight days. The Steelmen could be forgiven if they were feeling the pace after going to Neath and suffering
CARDIFF coach Rudy Joubert admits he is surprised at the way Newport have fallen from first to third in the Welsh/Scottish League table after his side knocked their old rivals out of the cup. "The Swansea result was a big surprise to me, and so was the
NEWPORT and Cardiff clash for the 395th time tomorrow night at Rodney Parade in a match neither side can afford to lose. Newport captain Simon Raiwalui calls it 'do-or-die' while Cardiff coach Rudy Joubert says his side have to win. Whichever team fails
