NEWBRIDGE pivot Jason Williams (pictured) is within reach of becoming Wales' greatest league points scorer - but he refuses to think about it. His 354 - a personal best - this season has taken him to a career total of 2,220, just 43 adrift of Wales' goal-kicking
BLACKWOOD'S Bradley Dredge is six shots off the lead at the Canary Islands Open in Gran Canaria. The Welshman fired a first round 72 to leave him on even par, six shots behind early leaders England's David Gilford and Denmark's Soren Hansen. Dredge is
NEWPORT winger Ben Breeze admits tonight's Welsh/Scottish League showdown (7.05pm) with arch-rivals Cardiff is a 'real six-pointer.' Breeze (pictured) is one of only five survivors from the last Newport side to beat Cardiff two years ago, only the second
BLUES fans from across the UK are regularly being drawn to Abertillery Community Theatre for an evening of musical entertainment. This continues the season with more high- profile music performances. The Groundhogs kick off the summer season on Friday
TWO Gwent police divisions will merge in a £200,000 'balancing act' - despite fears the decision will lead to a fall in standards. Caerphilly and Ebbw Vale police divisions will merge the 470 officers, 300 in Caerphilly and 170 in Ebbw Vale, spread across
NEW Glamorgan vice-captain Robert Croft has set himself twin goals this season - helping his side achieve promotion back to County Championship First Division and regaining his England Test place. "I want to play for England again, that's for sure," said
TEACHERS in Wales who feel stressed by work pressures now have a new helpline manned by trained counsellors to help them discuss their problems. But Monmouthshire headteacher Marjorie Evans (pictured) said yesterday the reasons the Teacher Support Line
BEHIND the Velvet Curtain is the second play about an amateur theatre group to be featured on this page in the last month. First came Frank Vickery's Trivial Pursuits at Cardiff's Sherman and now it's Cwmbran troupe We Are What We Are with their 'play
ORIGINAL Animal, psychedelic pioneer and WAR frontman Eric Burdon, who plays South Wales next month, was originally known as the grimiest voice in blues. In 1962 he was recruited by smooth blues band The Alan Price Combo to fill out the sound and beef
AN EX-CON described as an "007 type" by notorious prisoner Charles Bronson has been invited to the unveiling of the hardman's first art exhibition. John Lodge, at 50 the same age as Bronson, was an inmate at Long Lartin prison in Evesham, Surrey, at the
BEDWAS today issued a warning to high-flying rivals Pontypool ahead of their game at the Bridge Field tomorrow: "Don't come here expecting us to lie down." Pontypool know that if they win their last four games they could, depending on how First Division
THREE men who sent hoax e-mails about a business trip to a rival - who later suffered a mental breakdown and killed his daughter - were yesterday cleared of forgery. Philip Andrew Hall, (pictured) from Whitelye, near Tintern, plunged a 14-inch carving
WALES' largest outdoor dance festival, Escape Into the Park, has announced its line-up for 2002. The massive event, held in Singleton Park, Swansea, takes place on Saturday July 27. 2002 sees the third such event. The line-up, chosen by Swansea-based
MODELLING has literally turned out to be the pits for Mon-mouth woman Dani-ella Lloyd - even though she's loving every minute of it. That's because Daniella, 25, has clinched a key role in the Formula One Grand Prix experience as a Foster's pit girl for
THE WAR against illegal sales of alcohol and cigarettes to young people in Torfaen has been stepped up by trading standards officers. Backed by police and health chiefs, they want all youngsters to prove their age before buying drink or tobacco, and they
WALES boss Mark Hughes could be lured to Deepdale in a triple-your-salary deal. Nationwide First Division Preston North End are prepared to offer the former Manchester United star £300,000 a year to become their new manager. Hughes still has two years
GRAND Prix golden boy Carl Stonehewer brings his Workington Comets to Newport this Sunday for a mouth-watering Premier League clash. Stonehewer, a regular on Sky Sports' coverage of the sport throughout the summer, launches his bid for world title glory
FOURTEEN Locks, in Rogerstone near Newport, is situated midway along the Monmouthshire Canal. Its series of pools and locks, fringed by ancient woodland, provide a delightful and relaxing day out for all the family. Or they would if you didn't arrive
PART of Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital is to be transformed in a major new development. Plans for a new health science institute to replace a number of old buildings in the hospital grounds were given the go-ahead this week - but not without controversy
GARETH CULL (pictured) could have been chasing the Welsh-Scottish League title with Newport this season but is more than happy to be where he is with Ebbw Vale. The full-back has rattled up a hatful of points with The Steelmen during the campaign, helping
MERLIN'S Meander is a growing network of artists that now numbers close to 30. The 'meander' is now firmly based in north Gwent, and visitors are encouraged, with a map and information booklet, to go on a tour of places which interest them, with local
A FORMER pupil of a village school threatened with closure has called for a letter blitz on Monmouthshire county council in a bid to stop it closing a number of schools. Shirley Horler, (pictured) 55, now a senior lecturer at Coleg Gwent, attended one
CROSS Keys coach David Rees says all teams in Wales should play throughout international weekends and that the season should end in April. The Wales Under-19s chief says 'it's crazy' that the season begins in mid-August and ends in mid-May when it is
KYLIE Minogue begins a four-night stint at Cardiff International Arena tonight. The hot Oz star is in Britain again for the second time in as many years and is in serious danger of 'over-exposing' herself! While the tabloid Press might run Kylie-bottom
GARY Teichmann is back on a flying visit to Newport, his first since retiring and returning to South Africa at the end of last season. The Springbok rugby legend will be at tonight's Newport-Cardiff clash and met up with Newport owner Tony Brown again
A £400,000 LIFELINE to save a sports and social club which unearthed the talent of Wales footballer Nathan Blake could be lost - unless locals support it. People living near the Spencer Boys' Club, in Ringland, Newport, are being urged to get behind the
AFTER the autumn internationals and the recent Six Nations campaign, Wales' women's team coaches John Williams and Anthony Robbins have selected their squad of 26 to represent the nation in the Women's World Cup in Barcelona next month. Led by the youngest
THE GRIEVING family of a teenager killed in a car accident said there would always be "unanswered questions" surrounding his death. Robert Ford, 18, (pictured) of Bishton Lane, Tidenham near Chepstow, known to family and friends as Ben, died of the multiple
SQUALLING, strangled and doom-laden metalers Vacant Stare open a new night of heavy vibes in Cardiff next week. The showcase of new sounds, Incendiary, is organised by Newport- based band and label, Trip and Tripwire, who are also on the bill. The full
NEWPORT County aim to finish their Dr Martens League Premier Division season in style with victory over Chelmsford in their final league game tomorrow, writes Paul Tully. County want to finish in fifth spot, their highest league placing, and to do that
STEPPING in off a drizzly Chepstow Road in Newport it was a relief to enter the charming (and I would not use that word if it wasn't absolutely necessary) Villa Dino. There's a country-house-hotel feel to the place and an eclectic decor which has obviously
NEWPORT winger Ben Breeze admits tonight's Welsh/Scottish League showdown (7.05pm) with arch-rivals Cardiff is a 'real six-pointer.' Breeze (pictured) is one of only five survivors from the last Newport side to beat Cardiff two years ago, only the second
