AN EBBW Vale woman says she was shocked to find a two-and-a- half-inch needle in a sausage she was cooking for her husband's lunch. Irene Warren, of Canning Street, Cwm, claims she found the needle in a sausage she bought from the Iceland store in Ebbw
A NEW hospital for patients across Caer-philly county borough will cost £50-100 million - and might have to paid for with private money, health bosses say. The project will transform hospital and community health services for a population of 170,000 and
PERCY Montgomery urges the Welsh Rugby Union to allow Tony Brown to run Newport Gwent Dragons, and he commits his future to the Dragons just days away from his return to rugby. His six-month ban for pushing a touchjudge over at Swansea in May ends next
CHILDREN'S television favourites including Bob the Builder and the Fat Controller came to life yesterday in Cwmbran. The stars from cable and satellite channel Nick Jr. took the leap from the screen to the stage as their hit show came to the town. The
PERCY Montgomery urges the Welsh Rugby Union to allow Tony Brown to run Newport Gwent Dragons, and he commits his future to the Dragons just days away from his return to rugby. His six-month ban for pushing a touchjudge over at Swansea in May ends next
THE family of a Newport teenager left with severe brain injuries following a rugby match last year say he is showing signs of recovery at a specialist hospital in Leeds. David Griffiths, 17, spent six weeks in a coma after suffering a massive blood clot
In 1928, when the 1st Abercarn Scouts were formed, Mickey Mouse was making his debut in Steamboat Willie, women over 21 were given the vote and penicillin was discovered. World wars have come and gone but still the Group has scouted on to celebrate 75
THREE people died in a horror crash between a car and a lorry in Monmouthshire yesterday. Abergavenny husband and wife Roger and Deidre Collett died after the vehicles collided on a bridge over the River Monnow, on the Herefordshire border. Mr Collett
A TOP Premier Division boss has launched a stinging attack on Welsh rugby's top brass. Bedwas chairman Peter Rawlins has slammed the WRU for allowing neighbours Caerphilly to be included in the Gwent Dragons rugby structure while their director of rugby
TWO things have amazed me since returning to Wales from the World Cup in Australia -- the number of people who claim Steve Hansen struck lucky and the reaction to England winning the World Cup. The allegations against Hansen run something like this --
A DAY spent on Channel 4's reality soap opera, The Salon, provided all the inspiration Kristy Wood required to open her own place on Gibbs Road, Christchurch. But the Caldicot woman's trip to the TV show was a surprise arranged by her rugby- player boyfriend
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Mike Ruddock wants to know the outcome of talks on the future of the region before deciding whether to apply for the Wales job. The post will become vacant at the end of the Six Nations Championship after Steve Hansen yesterday
GWENT families launched a legal battle against hospital trusts after discovering body parts of their dead loved ones were removed and retained without their knowledge. Five families from Gwent are among over 60 Welsh claimants involved in a nationwide
THE funeral of Dorian Foxwell, the man whose body was found dumped in a Newport lane last month, will take place on Thursday. The service will take place at 11.30am at St Paul's Church, Newbridge, before he is buried at Brynithel cemetery. Mr Foxwell,
SOLARGEN Solutions of Newport has secured £200,000 of venture capital from Finance Wales. The firm claims to be one of Europe's forerunners in the design, manufacture and installation of solar-powered products. Finance Wales senior investment manager
IT was supposed to have been the start of a two-week holiday in the Spanish resort of Calella for Terence and Marion Bowden. Instead, September 14, 1999, turned into a day of terror when the Britannia Airways Boeing 757 the Bettws couple were travelling
A CWMBRAN man is critically ill in hospital after being repeatedly punched and kicked in a brutal assault. The 33-year-old, who police have not yet named, was found lying in the road unconscious and covered in blood, in Ty Pwca Road, Pontnewydd, at around
A nineteen-year-old from Grosmont has decided to follow in the footsteps of her parents and start her own confectionery business in Abergavenny, with assistance from local business support agency, Newport and Gwent Enterprise. Tanya Ong's shop, Thimbles
