THE transformation of Coleg Gwent's Ponty-pool campus gets under way this week, as work begins on two multi-million-pound buildings. Work is starting on a new Centre for Construction Science, which will provide modern facilities for those learning plumbing
A NEWPORT couple who went to Iraq to act as human shields in a bid to prevent the war are returning to the country - and plan to set up an orphanage. Kevin and Helen Williams, from Westfield Way, Malpas, pictured, say they want to help the children who
THE University of Wales College, Newport, is ranked the "worst in the country", according to new figures. The UWCN props up the Sunday Times University Guide league table, which assesses all the UK's institutions and ranks them on seven key criteria.
THOUSANDS flocked to Usk Show in brilliant sunshine on Saturday to make it a record crowd. Secretary Fiona Jenkins said it was too early to calculate the attendance figures, but indications showed it was "a bumper turnout". The last show of the season
ABERGAVENNY'S Ada Lewis has lived through the reigns of six monarchs to become one of Gwent's oldest residents. Mrs Lewis, who celebrated her 105th birthday on Friday, was born on September 12, 1898, in Credenhill, Hereford, during the reign of Queen
A FIVE-year-old boy is in hospital with serious injuries after being involved in a car accident in Blackwood last night. The youngster, who was riding his bike, was in an accident with a Vauxhall Vectra car at around 8.30pm in the Pencoed Avenue area
AMBULANCE bosses are failing to meet performance targets for response times in Monmouthshire - and council leaders say it means more misery for patients. A new report reveals that for June 2003, ambulances in Monmouthshire achieved only 48% of Category
TWO Newport tandem riders received a sunny farewell from scores of well-wishers yesterday as they set off on a 10,000-mile global odyssey. Huw Vaughan-Davies and Gwenaelle Dupuy, pictured, are spending the next 15 months travelling the world and raising
A PROMINENT Gwent Euro-sceptic could face prosecution after he hailed the attack of Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh as a "patriotic act". Anna Lindh, the high profile Swedish pro-euro campaigner was seriously injured in a frenzied knife attack in
A NEWPORT woman is threatening to patrol her street at night - in a bid to end its car-crime problems. Ceri-Anne Lewis' Ford Fiesta was broken into, vandals have thrown paint-stripper over a neighbour's car, and another local had his car window smashed
