CAMPAIGNERS campaigning to save three schools in Torfaen vowed to fight on after councillors approved an education blueprint recommending their closure. Feelings are running high as Torfaen council earmarked Ponthir, Brookfield and Pentwyn primaries for
WE are proud to have the first captain of a British Lions team playing in Wales, says Newport Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner, pictured, ahead of tonight's historic game between the Lions and Argentina at the Millennium Stadium. Dragons number eight Michael
CHILDREN'S favourite old Britannia may not be appearing at this year's Abergavenny Steam Rally as a result of old age and wear and tear. Henri Collings's 40-ton mighty steamer has always been a highlight at the show with the traditional tug of war between
SPECIAL prayers were said for tragic schoolgirl Jasmine Allen at a church service in Newbridge yesterday morning. Newbridge comprehensive school pupil Jasmine, aged 12, of Hafodyrynys, died when the minibus in which she was travelling to school overturned
NEWPORT schoolchildren and National Assembly minister Carwyn Jones gave the thumbs-up to a new recycling campaign. Gaer Juniors was chosen to highlight the project as it is one of the country's prestigious "eco-schools". Mr Jones, who has responsibility
POLICE are investigating the cause of a house fire in Newport after which a man died yesterday morning. Fire broke out in the ground-floor living-room at a house in Blake Road, Lliswerry, at around 9.20am. Police said a 31-year-old man, the father of
CREEPY-crawlies wriggled their way into a Gwent nursery school. Youngsters at Bluebelle Nursery, in Portskewett, got the chance to find out about all creatures great and small when a mobile zoo laboratory visited. Among the animals the children got a
FORGET Celebrity Love Island - the real thing has happened for an Usk naval officer who's just wed a local girl in the Falklands. Regulating officer Steve Lapham married police officer Suzi Clarke in the most southerly cathedral in the world, Christ Church
Newport Wasps' fans will be quite happy for cracking Cornish rider Chris Harris to win the Welsh Open next month after his stunning guest appearance in the top drawer thriller with Edinburgh in the British League yesterday. In six rides Harris - in for
A COURT slapped an anti-social behaviour order on a teenage yob who terrorised two communities with his "appalling behaviour". Abergavenny magistrates banned Kyle Roberts, aged 17, of Arcadia Way, Trevethin, Pontypool, from certain streets in Trevethin
WET weather didn't dampen the spirits of the hundreds of cyclists who saddled up to raise money for charity yesterday. Riders dodged the showers as they took part in the third annual Cancer Research UK South Wales Bike Ride. The popular family event started
SOUTH African legend Gary Teichmann, led the tributes to Rod Snow after he flew in especially to take part in his testimonial match at Rodney Parade on Saturday. It was Teichmann's first appearance at the ground since he retired from rugby four years
IT couldn't have worked out better as Rod Snow marked his final game at Rodney Parade after ten years by scoring the first try for his own side and the last for the Dragons in this bonanza of a testimonial match. It was pure nostalgia as Snow took his
THESE tiny kittens are being hand-fed by a foster mum - after they were found "callously" dumped in a skip with their dead mother. The three-week-old kittens - unofficially christened Rag, Tag and Bobtail - were discovered, cold and hungry, ten days ago
