CLOSURE is facing a 40-year-old hall built and run by volunteers in a Gwent community. Once billed the 'best in Wales' by radio and TV star Jimmy Savile, West Pontnewydd Community Association Hall in Cwmbran will shut at the end of the month unless more
THREE weeks and only three pairs of underpants. Jamie Braddock's step-mum, Alisa Smith, shudders to think of it. The Nantyglo teenager has just got back from the Amazon jungle as part of a team of young people filming CBBC's Serious Amazon series. Jamie
A GWENT man is hoping to complete a sponsored bike ride despite his serious illness. Harry Griffiths, 64, founder and chairman of Gwent group Pets Awareness is to ride 25 miles from Ebbw Vale to Newport. The group rescues and rehomes mistreated or unwanted
NEW Dragons coach Paul Turner avoided the banana skin that put the skids under his Rodney Parade predecessor Chris Anderson last season when his side provided him with a winning debut at Pandy Park last night. Eight tries to one was a fair reflection
GWENT traders and residents are furious today after controversial car- parking charges were pushed through at a Monmouthshire county council cabinet meeting. Local trade and commerce groups attended yesterday's cabinet meeting where a radical shake-up
TWO Gwent estates will be tackling anti-social behaviour thanks to a cash boost. Waunheulog at Winchestown, Nantyglo, and the Mountain View estate in Markham are each receiving £10,000. They awards are part of £1.2m being given to improve disadvantaged
THREE years after Newport pensioner Veronica Reynolds went missing, an inquest is to be held next week into her death. The 70-year-old's remains were found in January 2004 in a ditch in farmland near her Malpas home. Saturday marks the third anniversary
GLITTERING celebrities will swap the Hollywood hills for the gentle slopes of the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport at the end of this month. And, as the line-up for the All Star Cup golf tournament was announced, it was revealed that one of the world's
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner called on the region's Premier sides to place more emphasis on youth after his side defeated a Premier Select XV 54-5 at Pandy Park last night. "We would probably like there to be more of a development situation
UNLUCKY Newport suffered another injury blow last night when new signing Jason King crashed out with a dislocated shoulder in this one-sided Premier League clash. King thumped into the safety fence on the fourth bend of the final lap in Heat 3. He was
WITH his black and white cat Postman Pat was a friend of all animals. Sadly not all Gwent postmen are so lucky. Dogs were causing havoc in Fflorens Street in Treowen, biting postmen and forcing their owners to collect their own post. Deliveries were suspended
RESIDENTS in Bettws are tired of a local beauty spot being ruined by rubbish. So they've decided to tackle the problem and are getting together to clear up the mess. The Tenants and Residents Association in Bettws teamed up with Friends of the Earth and
Our house was a confused place last Sunday morning. Of course, the thrilling finale of probably the greatest Test match ever was on the TV, but my six-year-old daughter Bethan could not understand what was going on. There was nota problem with the laws
GWENT Police are making a fresh appeal in a bid to trace a Raglan man who went missing five months ago. They are looking for information to help trace Mark Shaw, who was last seen at about noon on Monday, March 21. His parents, who left the family home
NEWPORT County have completed the signings of impressive triallist trio Wayne O'Sullivan, Dominic Reece and Antonio Corbisiero as the final pieces of manager John Cornforth's Nationwide South jigsaw fall into place. County kick-off their new season against
