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  • Mother's mission 'is to help others'

    THREE years ago Sarah MacCallum - aged just 32 - was told she had breast cancer four days after the birth of her son, Angus. Next Sunday, the third anniversary of her diagnosis, she and 200 other people will walk 13 miles around Newport to raise money

  • Spotlight is on fashion's future

    EXTRA chairs had to be put out for last Saturday night's end-of-year fashion show at University College of Wales Newport. Despite traffic chaos caused by a fatal crash on the A4042 and streaming out of the nearby Welsh Open, the show proved such a hit

  • Tough tug is for toddler

    A CWMBRAN man who built up his strength after being bullied as a child has helped to raise more than £700 for the Amber Hartland fund. Mike Williams (pictured), 37, of Pontnewydd, pulled a double decker bus filled with children 50 metres to raise sponsorship

  • Fresh twist in school saga

    A NEW row has broken out over replacing the dilapidated Durham Road schools in Newport. Protesters, who object to a replacement being built on a former waste tip at Glebelands, have suggested the old Westfield school site as an alternative. Westfield

  • Anniversary anguish for kidnap victim's family

    TOMORROW will be a horrendous day for one Newport mother and her family. A year ago, her six-year-old daughter was attacked and left for dead in a shallow grave in a Newport wood after a Jubilee party. Phillip Allen Hodges, (pictured) of Malpas, and 15

  • Making light work

    SolarGen Solutions of Newport has tackled a tricky problem on behalf of Pembrokeshire county council. The council's Wiseman bridge and tunnel refurbishment at Saundersfoot is a remote location which required lighting strong enough to deter vandals and

  • Halo's ring of confidence brings growth

    HALO Foods, which began as a honey farm in Aberaeron 27 years ago, brought some sweet news to Newport last Friday with the announcement of 50 new jobs. At Queensway Meadows the Halo factory's 150 workers produce 100 million snack bars every year. The

  • Teacher banned from working with children

    A GWENT music teacher branded "depraved" by a judge for trying to download child pornography on the Internet is now banned from working with schoolchildren. And peripatetic music teacher Roddy Lewis, 42 (pictured), formerly of The Observatory, Trellech

  • Fears of more forest infernos

    FEARS are running high that there could be another major forest fire in the Wattsville area during the summer. Dozens of people had to be evacuated from their homes in the village during the Easter holiday, as a huge forest fire swept frighteningly close

  • DVT families stage service

    NEWPORT woman Ruth Christoffersen told a memorial service for victims of deep vein thrombosis yesterday of her "tremedous grief" over the loss of her daughter. Emma Christoffersen, 28, from Llanmartin, died from DVT after a long-haul flight from Australia

  • DVT families stage service

    NEWPORT woman Ruth Christoffersen told a memorial service for victims of deep vein thrombosis yesterday of her "tremedous grief" over the loss of her daughter. Emma Christoffersen, 28, from Llanmartin, died from DVT after a long-haul flight from Australia

  • High-profile technology event hailed great success

    HUW EDWARDS (pictured) took a break from his BBC schedule to sing the praises of his Carmarthenshire homeland and present the Technology Wales 2003 awards at the Celtic Manor convention centre. He has been able to view the exponential growth of technology