ANTI-abortion campaigners say they will sue Gwent Police after being cleared of a public order offence yesterday over their use of a graphic election campaign poster. Abergavenny magistrates acquitted Fiona Pinto and Joseph Bidd-ulph following a two day
FORMER British Lions and Wales wing Gerald Davies (pictured) touched down in Caerleon yesterday - to collect an honorary fellowship from the University of Wales College, Newport. Mr Davies, 58, who lives near Usk, said he was delighted to receive the
Private Lives by Noel Coward September 15-20, 2003 A CLASSIC comedy is the choice to open Newport Playgoers' celebration 80th season at the Dolman Theatre in Newport's city centre. The sophisticated and witty Private Lives, by Noel Coward, should provide
EBBW Vale coach Gareth Nicholas admits that Saturday's Welsh Premier Division curtain-raiser against Pontypridd has come too soon for his side. Vale take on Pontypridd at Eugene Cross Park and Nicholas feels his side could have done with another fortnight
ANOTHER jobs blow has hit Gwent with 260 losses at a frozen-food plant. Foxhill Foods, in Rogerstone, will lay off staff just before Christmas. The cash-strapped company has not made a profit for four years. Yesterday bosses told workers the business
TWO teenagers who used a BB gun and an iron bar in a terrifying robbery attempt were locked up for four years yesterday. And after the court hearing, the pensioner shopkeepers the youths targeted were praised by police for their bravery after they fought
CROSS Keys forwards coach Simon King takes his side to former club Caerphilly for their Premier Division opener tomorrow believing it could be their toughest test of the season. King knows all about the Caerphilly set-up and says they start the season
THE BRECON Jazz Festival is undoubtedly Wales' biggest celebration of finger-clickin', horn-blowin', toe-tappin' good stuff, but this weekend's Jazz in the Park festival in Pontypool has one indisputable advantage - it doesn't cost a red cent. Last year
CWMBRAN Town return to domestic action tomorrow when they will be hoping to erase Wednesday night's disappointing defeat. The Crows lost 3-0 to Port Talbot in the Welsh Premier League Cup, first round, first leg at Cwmbran Stadium. And Crows manager Brian
THE state of a Blackwood park is a "health and safety hazard," locals say. People living in houses that back on to Cefn Fforest Welfare Park say litter bins are always overflowing and that there are no special bins for dog owners to dispose of their pets
COMMUNITY health watchdogs are opposing plans to close a Newport branch surgery. Patients are protesting strongly over the plan by Beechwood Surgery to shut down its Stow Hill branch above an optician's shop in the Handpost area. And yesterday, Newport
Private Lives by Noel Coward September 15-20, 2003 A CLASSIC comedy is the choice to open Newport Playgoers' celebration 80th season at the Dolman Theatre in Newport's city centre. The sophisticated and witty Private Lives, by Noel Coward, should provide
MARK Hughes admits the Craig Bellamy side-show has been an unwanted distraction for his Wales team as they prepare to meet the mighty Italians here in Milan tomorrow. And the Bellamy club and country row continued to rumble on today, further diverting
IT WASN'T so long ago that the 1970s were beneath our contempt. Oh, we could laugh about Spacehoppers and Magpie, but the idea that anything of value could ever come from the Decade That Taste Forgot was utterly risible. Now, of course, the wheel has
HOW WOULD you like to spend an evening watching Neighbours, Home and Away, Holly-oaks, Emmerdale, EastEnders, and Coro-nation Street - and that's your homework? What's Happening in the Soaps? subtitled an Intro-duction to Media Studies, is a new Leisuretime
TORFAEN'S graveyards are almost full - and "urgent decisions" are needed to ensure there is enough burial space by 2005. A bid by the council to set up a new graveyard to counter rapidly decreasing burial space has been thrown out by the National Assembly
ROSS Beattie, the Newport Gwent Dragons back row forward, has been called up to play for Scotland in their final pre-World Cup friendly against Ireland at Murrayfield tomorrow. Beattie (pictured) replaces Jason White (shoulder injury) at blind side flanker
THERE may be a new Premier Division this season, meaning a step into the unknown, but for Bedwas and Newbridge on Saturday it will be a case of familiar faces. There are many newcomers in the new semi-professional league, but Bedwas and Newbridge know
PLANS to revolutionise the Newport shopping experience are taking a step forward as bidding for a huge new mall starts. Developers looking to revamp and expand the Kingsway shopping centre have made offers to owners Rhys (Newport) who want £25m for the
TWO Newport women are among the first to be laid off from a new 118 call centre. Around 110 workers at the 11 88 88 Cardiff-based operator had their contracts terminated after a slump in calls. Hayley Turner, 21, and Heather Jones, 19, both from Newport
OLD foes and close friends clash once more tomorrow when the opening fixtures in the new Premier Division throw up one of the great rivalries in Welsh rugby. Newport and Pontypool clashes of old used to attract massive crowds, particularly to Pontypool
Newport County's latest signing Andrew Mumford, faces a tough baptism. The Swansea City player makes his debut tomorrow at Nuneaton Borough, the undefeated Dr. Martens League, Premier Division leaders. The 22-year-old Mumford was all set to play in the
NEWPORT could become the UK's "green beacon", according to world-famous environmentalist Professor David Bellamy. The conservationist was speaking at the opening of the Gwent Wildlife Trust's £120,000 Derek Upton Educational Centre at the Magor Marsh
A BUSINESSMAN is seeking up to £500,000 in damages from a Gwent council and a Private Finance Initia-tive company - claiming that glare from a school's metal roof is "unbearable". Malcolm Tams says he suffers dizzy spells and nausea, problems which he
