A NEWPORT teenager suffered multiple facial injuries after a man smashed a bottle into his face yesterday. Police in Newport are appealing for information following an assault which occurred on Malpas Road in the early hours of July 20. The
HUNDREDS of people came to Newport’s Coronation Park today to watch a charity football match in memory of Pontypool mum Caroline Howarth. Months in the making, the match organised by Lisa Savage of Newport County, saw more than 200 people turn
A MAN who threatened to stab an acquaintance with a carving knife at his home has been spared jail. Mathew Williams, 33, had previously been sentenced for battery, criminal damage and being drunk and disorderly, a court heard.. Williams thought
ROCK fans from all over Europe descended on Blaenau Gwent at the weekend as the Steelhouse Festival returned for its fourth- successive year.Bringing the best of classic rock to the heart of the valleys, the two-day festival saw thousands turn up to see
THIS struck me the other night. The new £1 billion M4 is due to be completed in 2022. That is presumably unless there is a lengthy legal challenge or several legal challenges. Which would push the opening date back even further. But let's say
A CWMBRAN graffiti artist has exchanged the streets for a gallery, with his first ever exhibition in Newport this summer. Rob Carlton, 43, is a fully-fledged artist since converting his dining room into a studio. His relationship with graffiti
PLANS for a new school in the Islwyn West area are “progressing well”, according to the local authority.In a Caerphilly council cabinet meeting on Wednesday, members were told provisional timescales for the design and construction of the school
Q: My rowan tree is about 30 feet high and my next door neighbours are saying they are fed up with having to dig out little rowan trees. We are good friends and I don’t want to spoil our relationship nor do I want to remove the tree. Any advice
HERE'S the latest column from our allotment columnist Sean O’Dobhain, from Cwmbran(allotmentnotebook.blogspot.co.uk) LAST month we had some fine weather which really helped the allotment crops grow quickly. The winter squashes - Butternut &lsquo
