THE owners of a Gwent pub were called back from the brink of a holiday yesterday when the entrance hall of their 16th century coachhouse inn went up in flames. The King's Head pub in Cross Street, Abergavenny, caught fire at 2pm yesterday. Mark Francis
MORE than 20,000 fish were killed by contamination in a Gwent river this week. The Environment Agency in Wales is investigating a pollution spill which affected four miles of the River Ebbw in the Crumlin area. Most of the fish killed were young salmon
IT'S a bit frustrating for me at the moment because I still don't know who I'll be fighting at the Cardiff International Arena on September 10. I know promoter Frank Warren has a couple of Americans and a couple of Europeans in mind and I expect to hear
THREE plucky young boys got in ahead of the adults to have a close shave to raise money for a cancer hospital. Courtney Wood, 11, six-year-old Ethan Jones and Lewis Baiton, who will be two in November, watched as they lost their hair in aid of Velindre
REGENERATION of the former Corus Ebbw Vale tinplate works is a step nearer as plans for a new hospital on the site take shape. Land earmarked for the new Blaenau Gwent hospital will be bought by the county borough council in the next few weeks as part
AN investigator for a multi-national electronics company uncovered a scam involving the illegal supply of digital television convertors in Gwent. The investigator, who works for Ntl, had a meeting with a man and his uncle in MacDonalds in the Malpas area
A WOMAN suffering from schizophrenia is missing from her Caerleon home. Gwent Police are appealing for information to help find Sarah Moorcroft, 32, believed to be with Len Jones, 52, who also suffers from similar mental problems. Ms Moorcroft left her
A GWENT man yesterday spoke of the moment he saw an eight-year-old boy swept to his death in the River Severn near Chepstow. Tom Forster, 22, of Sedbury, was birdwatching when he saw two boys in trouble on rocks near Beachley Point on Wednesday afternoon
Kevin Pietersen revealed his delight at Andrew Flintoff's return to prime form as England amassed 407 all out on day one of the second npower Test against Australia at Edgbaston. Flintoff hammered five sixes and six fours in his 68 off only 62 balls,
A PARAPLEGIC man is appealing for help after a van containing an essential attachment for his electric wheelchair was stolen. Graham Lloyd awoke last Friday morning to discover his friend's van, specially adapted for his wheelchair, had been taken from
THE location of a memorial for the victims of a Gwent triple killing is now decided after protracted negotiations with the council. Bereaved family members have settled on a site for a memorial stone on a canal bank, close to the pub where friends Martin
A TEENAGER locked up for conning users of Internet auction site eBay to fund a high rolling life style has revealed: "I have learned my lesson." Phillip Shortman's taste for a jetset lifestyle and expensive designer clothes took him on holiday to New
NEWPORT Gwent Drag-ons were going nowhere fast early this year, out of the Heineken Cup and with no chance of honours in the Celtic League. The side was in some disarray, confidence was low and team spirit suffered as well under coach Chris Anderson,
NEWPORT County fans will get their first real chance to judge their new-look side for the coming Nationwide South season tomorrow as they travel to face Worcester City (kick-off 3pm). So far County have breezed through pre-season training matches, racking
NEWPORT Rugby Club last night handed popular centre Rhys Shorney the perfect present ahead of his wedding today by making him captain of the Welsh Premier Division's biggest outfit. The 28-year-old former Pontypridd and Ebbw Vale player said after the
