MORE than forty jobs are set to be lost at a Gwent computer and telecoms factory, it was announced today. Solectron, based on the Chapel Farm Industrial Estate, Cwmcarn, is proposing to cut 41 of its 170 workers. It blames a drop in demand, but
TRAINING on a swampy, badly-lit pitch could become a thing of the past for a Newport rugby club fighting to overhaul its facilities. Teams at Bettws RFC are unable to train regularly in winter because of the boggy state of the pitch. Poor drainage
POLICE say they are winning the war against street drinking in Newport city centre after a crackdown saw officers making 34 booze-related arrests. Officers made the arrests over the last two months, mainly in the Mariner's Green and Kingsway areas.
MOST actresses like nothing better than a bit of glamour - but one Cwmbran woman is hoping her gruesome transformation into an evil alien will prove her big break. And Jennifer Evans' role in a horror/sci-fi movie which cost just £300,000 to make is
Police investigating the death of a 15-year-old Gwent boy today said he died of natural causes. Luke Dixon died at home in Cwmbran, on Friday. Detectives were treating his death as "unexplained" at the weekend. Today a Gwent Police spokeswoman
Newport Saracens pulled off a "dream" 11-9 victory over Pontypool at the Civil Service Grounds after what must be described as a "nightmare" performance by the visitors. The match facts make simple if painful reading for Pooler. All the scoring came
IF ever a team paid the penalty for their indiscipline it was home side Bedwas at the Bridge Field on Saturday. They led Newport 9-3 at half-time via three penalties by full back Shaun Thomas, and had two more kickable efforts not rebounded off an
EBBW Vale survived a frantic injury-time battering of their line by Cross Keys to leave a rain-sodden Pandy Park with the spoils in an engrossing Gwent derby. The Steelmen did just enough in the stereotypical game of two halves as their hosts were
NEWPORT County boss Peter Beadle admitted it was a case of job done' after his side cruised past Bideford to book a place in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup. County were always too good for the hosts and Beadle couldn't fault his charges,
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner, pictured, has defended his decision to leave out many front line players in their EDF Energy Anglo-Welsh Cup tie at Leicester on Saturday. The Dragons, along with a number of other teams, omitted first-choice
VANDALS forced a Gwent school to close today after they caused serious damage to the roof. Heavy rain poured through the roof of George Street Primary School in Pontypool after vandals smashed through it last night. The school canteen is said to
FLYING lessons, yoga classes, Jamie Oliver teaching cookery and a vegetable plot. These images are all among Newport children's vision of the perfect school. Meanwhile, dinner ladies with moustaches, smelly toilets, bullying and Vicki Pollard as head
THE mother of a Gwent murder victim is backing calls for more refuges to be set up to help women like her daughter. Newport mother Patricia Nelson, whose daughter Joy Wilkinson, 33, was murdered by her alcoholic boyfriend, is backing calls for another
TODAY, we reveal how much councillors from Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly received in expenses and allowances last year. On Saturday, we reported that Gwent councillors received a total of more than £4.28 million in 2005/6 - a figure which is 8.6 percent
THREE people were injured after a landslip on to a controversial new £55 million road near Blackwood. Last night , part of the embankment above the Sirhowy Enterprise Way at Oakdale collapsed. There were reports that a convertible car was engulfed
POLICE are continuing to probe the death of a Gwent teenager. Luke Dixon, 15, was found dead at his home in Cwmbran on Friday. The cause of Luke's death has not yet been released, but today, one of his neighbours describes how his family tried to
A NATIONAL police watchdog is investigating the death of a Newport man while in Gwent Police's custody. The 22-year-old man was reported missing from his Newport home on Saturday. A police spokeswoman said that following a search of the area by
MORE than 700 women and children fleeing domestic violence were turned away from Gwent refuges last year because they did not have the space to house them. Some domestic abuse victims in Gwent were forced to find sanctuary in accommodation as far away
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