CIVIL war is set to break out in Wales as East takes on West in the second annual Decor Frame Welsh Origin Rugby League Challenge tonight at the Brewery Field in Bridgend (kick-off 7.15pm). The balance of power has generally lay in the West as Bridgend
A PARAMEDIC reveals today that an ambulance crew were on the scene within seconds of an accident that claimed the life of a 12-year-old girl. Andrew Parker, 36, and fellow paramedic Jess Day were responding to another 999 call when they saw the collision
FOUR families were ripped apart when a car plummeted down a disused quarry, killing all four occupants, an inquest heard yesterday. Coroner David Bowen recorded verdicts of misadventure on disabled driver Jack Magee, 47, and his three passengers, 29-year-old
A VALLEYS man was left with serious facial injuries following a road rage attack. Gwent police are now appealing for witnesses to the assault, which happened at around 6.25pm last Friday. The incident occurred when a man driving a silver Daihatsu Cuore
A 79-YEAR-OLD Abergavenny pensioner - once dubbed "the original neighbour from hell" by a judge - yesterday received a five-year anti-social behaviour order. Dorothy Evans, of Park Crescent, was found guilty of harassing neighbours and damaging their
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons and Wales star Michael Owen will lead out the British Lions in their opening game against Argentina at the Millennium Stadium on Monday night. Grand Slam winning Wales skipper Owen was a surprise choice to captain the Lions team
IN THE wake of the fatal school bus crash, a Gwent council cancelled all its contracts with a minibus firm involved as a precautionary measure. Caerphilly county borough council cancelled its eight contracts with A1 Minibus Hire, the firm involved in
THE future of an under-threat Newport leisure centre looks secure today as councillors support proposals for a community take-over. Last month the city council announced it was reviewing the future of Underwood leisure centre. The building needs urgent
A MAN and a woman were last night charged with the murder of a man whose body was found in his Risca flat on Sunday morning. Detectives investigating Mr Jenkins' death had until the early hours of this morning to question a 54-year-old man and a 55-year-old
NEXT week Liverpool aim to end their 20-year wait for the top prize in European football and two fanatical Gwent supporters will be there to cheer them on. It's costing life-long Reds' fans Russell Angove and Jonathon King, from Newport, £1,100 each to
Neil Collins will be looking to maintain his impressive form as Newport Wasps bid to get another win on the road - at Hull tonight in the Premier League. Collins, in his 27th season, began the season with an average of 6.45. He is currently on an average
GLAMORGAN'S season is heading into freefall after a crushing six wickets defeat with a mammoth 10.5 overs to spare by Hampshire in the C and G Trophy at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, yesterday. Ten games in all competitions this season and six defeats (winning
LIONS coach Sir Clive Woodward has admitted how close he came to picking Dragons full-back Kevin Morgan, pictured, to replace the injured Iain Balshaw in his 45-man squad to tour New Zealand. But in the end the former England World Cup winning coach opted
CYRIL Price knows all about the pain of kidney stones and the major operations required to remove them before lithotripsy came along. Mr Price, from Cross Keys, has suffered from multiple kidney stones for many years but recently has been treated with
RESIDENTS of Hafodyrynys are calling for action to be taken on the "notorious" stretch of the A472, which runs through their village. Andrew Lewis, the chairman of Hafodyrynys Community Association, yesterday released a statement on behalf of the community
THOUSANDS of kidney stone patients in Gwent were spared the surgeon's knife in the last ten years by lithotripsy - shock- wave treatment - and experts hope to get new equipment to keep up the good work. Since a £500,000 fund-raising effort secured a lithotripter
THE head teacher of New-bridge Comprehensive School described 12-year-old Jasmine Allen as a "model pupil". Allan Raybould said she was hard-working, honest, reliable, trustworthy, polite and sensible and "a delight to have in the school". He said: "She
