A MOTHER wants a school bus service restarted after her 14-year-old son was injured when his bicycle collided with a van. Christopher Currey used to take the free bus service provided by the council from his home in Bulwark to Chepstow Comprehensive,
WE take a look at Newport's music scene over the next week ... What is it with Newport and free, top quality gigs? Alternative Twist has a blinder this week, with a veritable feast of quality acoustic acts playing by candlelight at Meze Lounge on Monday
CHICAGO-based four piece Fall Out Boy have added a Newport date to their UK tour. Currently occupying a top 10 slot in the singles chart with their debut offering Sugar, We're Goin Down and with their debut album From Under The Cork Tree climbing the
DYNAMIC box and fiddle duo Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham will be at the Borough Theatre, Abergavenny on March 18. This is a special tour that celebrates their 20th year of playing together. This partnership was recognised last year in the BBC Radio 2 Folk
TO turn Rolf Harris' ditty on its head, Newport Pale Ale is a beer with no pub. "A situation," says brewer Richard Jackson, "that we are about to change. "There hasn't been a brewery in Newport for 40 years, but by the end of this year we expect to have
Would I classify myself as a TA regular? Well, if we're talking regular intervals, then every year to the very day, you'll find me in the TA. For, on any given Boxing Day over the last five years you'll find me making the annual pilgrimage come wind,
A PUB landlady believes small businesses are being penalised, after the cost of her recycling went up 700 per cent. Kath Perry, 28, landlady of Oddfellows and Foresters public house, on St Mary's Street, Baneswell, says she cannot afford the rise. She
A GOVERNMENT minister said yesterday that warnings police forces unwilling to merge voluntarily will receive less money were not intended as "a gun to the head". Hazel Blears, the government minister for crime, security and communities, spoke to the Argus
THERE is a must-see gig for all Pink Floyd fans on Friday, March 10, at 8pm as Think Floyd rock into Newport for their highly-anticipated return gig at The Riverfront. Think Floyd have all the atmosphere, visual magnitude and musical excellence of Pink
THOUSANDS more Chepstow dental patients face having to pay private treatment fees because a second practice in the town is withdrawing NHS provision. Fairlight Dental Practice has followed Boscobel House practice in opting out of the new dental contract
PETER Nicholas has dealt his former club Newport County a huge blow ahead of tomorrow's daunting Conference South visit to Weymouth, by recalling defender Stuart Edwards from his loan spell. Llanelli face Caernarfon Town in the Welsh Cup quarter-final
A GWENT chicken farmer is calling for a cull rather than vaccination if bird flu breaks out in the UK. Chicken farmer Gerry Tuffs, managing director of Gwehelog-based Farmhouse Freedom Eggs, has about 150,000 birds at farms across Gwent. He is against
WHAT should Newport's new footbridge across the River Usk, pictured above, be named? The bridge, which will straddle the river from a point near Newport Centre to Rodney Parade, is due to be opened to pedestrians and cyclists in July. Now Newport Unlimited
THE mother of murdered Lemy Bullock said last night that justice had been done after her son's killers were jailed for a total of 60 years. Speaking after the hearing at Cardiff crown court, Gwenda Bullock said the Pill community's help in coming forward
I AM GOING to box my way to victory over Jeff Lacy in my world supper-middleweight unification fight at the MEN Arena, Manchester, on Saturday and add the IBF title to my WBO title. It's not that I believe knock-downs in two of my most recent fights have
THE vast web of scaffolding at St Woolos Cathedral in Newport is to be unravelled next week. Expert conservators put up the scaffolding two weeks ago to carry out detailed investigations at the cathedral in Stow Hill. The study is now complete, and clergy
NEWPORT visit high-flying Bridgend on Saturday with two principal aims -to maintain their return to form and make amends for their heavy defeat at the Brewery Field last season. A Black and Ambers squad weakened by injuries and Dragons calls suffered
NEW York metal outfit Everytime I Die are coming to Newport, Armed with two formidable assault weapons - their breath-stealing new album Gutter Phenomenon and their devastating live shows - this upstate New York wrecking crew are poised to redefine underground
ANTHEA Jane Jones was flanked by her new partner, her father and solicitor as the moment she had waited for arrived yesterday - she walked free from Cardiff crown court, cleared of plotting to kill her husband. In a statement read outside the court by
WALES Millennium Centre is welcoming some of the world's finest dance companies this season in what is set to be a jam-packed and diverse programme including flamenco, ballet, contemporary dance and hip hop. It features contemporary dance from the likes
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons' Rhys Oakley is hoping that his performances for Wales at this month's Commonwealth Games can help him win a contract for next season. Oakley is out of contract at the end of this term and this back-row forward is yet to be offered
THE much-anticipated clash of the Welshmen turned out to be a damp squib when Mark Williams crushed compatriot Matthew Stevens 5-1 at the Newport Centre yesterday. Gwent's former world champion was due to face current world champion Shaun Murphy in the
