WALES international James Hook has confirmed he will join French club Perpignan next season. The Ospreys centre has agreed a three-year deal and he will move to France during the summer. The 25-year-old, who has won 47 caps and is a key member of Wales
BANKING giant Barclays is to move away from offering financial planning advice through its retail branches, likely to lead to around 1,000 job losses, it has been announced. The bank said there had been a decline in the commercial viability
ONE lane is closed due to strong winds on the old Severn Bridge (M48) both ways between J2 A466 (Chepstow) and J1 A403 / B4461 (Aust).
A GROUP which provides vital sporting opportunities for blind and partially sighted children is facing closure because of a cash crisis. The Gwent Actionnaires Group based in Cwmbran is under threat of closure after national charity Action for Blind
WALES’ first residential ballet school is being boarded up just five months after it opened because a property deal for the site fell through. Abergavenny's Primo Balletto at The Hill opened at the former Coleg Gwent campus in Pen y Pound in August
THE reason that Newport's passport office was picked out for closure was because its lease was up first, the First Minister said yesterday. Speaking in the Senedd yesterday Carwyn Jones said he could see no other reason why the passport office was
NEWPORT light-heavyweight Justyn Hugh makes his comeback after more than a year out of the ring at the Newport Centre on Saturday, February 5. The unbeaten 26-year-old has not fought since a points victory over James Tucker at the same venue in November
A GWENT midwife is celebrating being named Welsh Midwife of the Year after a nomination from a Torfaen mum-of-two impressed by her round-the-clock support and positive influence. Geraldine Goodchild's attention to detail, calming influence,
COUNCILLORS yesterday hit out at budget saving proposals to reduce night staff at Newport Council’s four Extra Care schemes for the elderly. Labour councillor Paul Cockeram raised his concerns about proposals to reduce the number of staff working
NEWPORT Speedway official Nick Mallett last night celebrated the end of an eight-month long suspension for making derogatory comments about another club on an internet social networking site. The 23-year-old lost his promoter's licence last May, when
LITTLE more than one-in-three emergency ambulance calls from Gwent were met in the target eight minutes in December, the service struggling to cope with unprecedented demand and appalling weather. Publication of December response times was brought
Drivers on Arriva Trains Wales are to strike for 24 hours on February 4, the day Wales play England in the Six Nations in Cardiff, the RMT union announced today.
LEADING Newport councillors launched a stinging attack on Network Rail yesterday over the way it has handled complaints about the city's railway station - hours after its official opening. Deputy council leader Ed Townsend branded Network Rail
A NEWPORT youngster left partially paralysed by a stroke enjoyed her first day back at school with her friends yesterday. Kayleigh Ward, 12, suffered a devastating stroke in October, leaving her paralysed down one side and needing physiotherapy
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons winger Adam Hughes is positive about his team’s chances for the rest of the campaign as they try to kick start their season with victory in the LV Cup at Sale on Friday. Hughes has risen through the academy ranks leading to a regular
Soccer pundit Andy Gray is consulting lawyers after he was fired in the football sexism row.The Sky Sports presenter, already in trouble over sexist remarks about assistant referee Sian Massey, was sacked "in response to new evidence of unacceptable and
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons’ star back row forward Dan Lydiate has defended his under fire coach Paul Turner after the region’s dismal run of Heineken Cup defeats, writes Iwan Davies. The talented flanker said he owes a huge debt to Turner for giving him the
A VALLEYS school is cutting back on the expense of paper work and text books by providing 150 pupils with netbook computers for their homework. Abertillery Comprehensive School will provide its year seven pupils, who start in September, with
A TOUGH test is facing the Newport Gwent Dragons pack against Aviva Premiership side Sale on Friday, but forwards coach Danny Wilson is convinced they are up to the task. He is particularly impressed with the big strides made by loose head prop Phil
WORK has begun on a £1.5 million high-tech classroom at a Caldicot primary school. The new Castle Park Primary School’s classroom, which is due to ready for the beginning of the next academic year in September, will feature 3D projectors, laptops
BIG guns Joe Bearman, Martyn Thomas and Matt-hew Watkins all make their long awaited return for Newport Gwent Dragons in Friday night’s LV Cup game against Sale at Edgeley Park. The Dragons are top of their group after two games and victories against
THE company that ran Diamond Coaches, which was in administration, has been taken over by a Pontypridd based travel company. Edwards Coaches said it is going to contact all clients who have made reservations with Diamond Holidays or its sister
Plymouth 13 Newport 24 NEWPORT ended their British and Irish Cup campaign on a high by deservedly beating Plymouth Albion 24-13 on their own patch last night. The Black and Ambers outscored their hosts four tries to two at a soggy Brickfields to continue
SHANE Williams has declared himself fit and raring to go for his probable swansong year as an international rugby player. Ospreys star Williams is poised to win his 76th cap when Wales launch their RBS 6 Nations campaign against England in Cardiff on
RISING star Toby Faletau looks set to miss Wales’ Six Nations campaign with an ankle injury that rules him out of action for six weeks. It is a bitter blow for the Newport Gwent Dragons No8 with a Wales team insider saying Faletau was “gutted
