STAR gymnast Frankie Jones has been appointed as athlete advisor on the Commonwealth Games Wales Board. The 24 year old scooped six medals and a David Dixon Award recognising her as the outstanding athlete of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games this summer.Her
MONMOUTHSHIRE Housing Association (MHA) is launching a direct payment pilot project in conjunction with Monmouthshire Council to help its tenants to get ready for Universal Credit. Universal Credit will see a single household payment of means-tested benefits
NEWPORT'S former Passport Office is set to be transformed into a mix of flats, shops and restaurants. Work is to about to start to prepare nine-storey Olympia House for the conversion which will see it house up to 60 apartments with shops &
THE leader of Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood, has joined Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and leader of the Green party in England and Wales Natalie Bennett have today stated that all three parties will unite whenever possible to battle the Westminster
RECENT crime figures showing a decline in most offences are very welcome but there is no room for complacency. Many people are falling victim to a sophisticated scam known as “vishing” in which fraudsters telephone purporting to be from your bank
A CWMBRAN man who raped and assaulted a woman while he was out celebrating his 18th birthday has been locked up for five years. Luke Walker, of Wye Court, Thornhill, was sentenced at Newport Crown Court today for attacking an 18-year-old student
UPDATE: 4.15pm Electricity has now been restored to all properties hit by this power cut. Traffic Lights are down on Clarence Place. Drivers are urged to take caution at the junction by the cenotaph, there's been a few near misses —
THE Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales will deliver a key speech on Wales’ energy policy today.The Energy Policy in Wales summit, which is being held at the Angel Hotel in Cardiff, will discuss the future of energy in Wales, including wind
THE Newport-based Wales Arts Review magazine has closed today after they were unsuccessful in securing funding. A statement on their website confirmed the closure today: "Dear Reader, It is with deep regret that we announce the closure of Wales
NEWPORT County AFC are going ahead with their appeal against the red card shown to Aaron O’Connor on Saturday. The striker opened the scoring in the 2-0 win over Stevenage at Rodney Parade but was sent off in stoppage time at the end of the game
A NEWPORT power station has been sold, it was confirmed today, raising hopes that the 83-strong workforce could regain their jobs. The Uskmouth power plant, which stopper power production in April, has been bought by "a consortium of international
Struggle for Ypres Germans again driven back Allies stout line on the Yser The line now held by the allies on the Yser canal sags nowhere and the pushing of the Germans from the left bank is a bigger and more powerful achievement than the
A CRASH involving a cyclist on Caerleon Road has blocked traffic both ways this afternoon. The incident happened between Oak Street and Bank Street. The cyclist has fallen off the bike, obstructing the carriageway. Traffic travelling between
THE Pontypool Museum curator wants the community to know how public donations and membership fees are helping to keep history alive for future generations. The museum is currently campaigning to attract 1,000 new members to make up for a £19,000 cash
THE Market Hall Cinema in Brynmawr is hosting its first ever art show. The lobby of the historic cinema will be transformed to exhibit the works of Blaina based artist James Chasteauneuf. The show features oil paintings created in Brynmawr and
WELL DONE to the powers that be for deterring Christmas shoppers from our town centre (city being a myth!) in the run up to Christmas by digging up most of the major junctions, causing gridlock. All to burn up any remaining budget well before the year
CLLR BOB BRIGHT’S comments on possible Newport Council budget cuts makes interesting reading. I am glad that he and other councillors are not Philistines. However, this is hard to understand with the closure of the central library and museum on
CONTRARY to my appraisal of being an in-patient.Unfortunately, from my discharge on 28th November 28 this turned out to be a total catastrophe. Leaving the ward at 10am to enter the departure lounge for an ambulance to take me home, I remained
OUT OF touch Farage could try to divert £1bn away from investment in Wales’ transport infrastructure. I refer to the construction of an M4 corridor relief road around Newport - normally understood to result from a genuine need to expand the capacity
SHOULD parties be wary of the rise of UKIP when they have policies like these? The UKIP leader said it is party policy for hand guns to be legalised and licensed in the UK despite being banned for the last 18 years. Mr Farage said the current ban on
A DECISION to keep Blaenavon’s only remaining post office open for the next few months has been welcomed by local politicians who say its long-term future could still be saved. Subpostmaster Chris Rowles, 54, planned to shut his post office in
PRIME Minister David Cameron said “nothing is off the table” in terms of further devolution for Wales when he met with UK leaders at Downing Street today. The First Ministers of Wales; Carwyn Jones, Scotland; Nicola Sturgeon and Northern Ireland
AN ABERGAVENNY man was sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment today for causing the death of his friend and serious injury to a woman by dangerous driving. Jason Lewis, 23, of Dan-y-Bryn, Gilwern, Abergavenny, was sentenced at Cardiff
IT APPEARS likely that Blaenau Gwent Council will press ahead with plans to fine parents of children who are regular school truants. From next month parents of truants could be faced with £60 fixed penalty notices. This is just the latest in
THE Llanyravon Slimming World Group has announced this year’s Miss Slinky and Mr Sleek. Taking the titles this year were Lisa Smallman and Jordan Phillips. Mrs Smallman, 37, said that people don’t recognise her as she has dropped from a clothes
PLANS to fine parents in Blaenau Gwent whose children have regularly not attended school are set to be given the go-ahead this week. As of next month, a fixed penalty of £60 could be handed to parents of children who have unauthorised absence from
GWENT Police want to speak to a man after incidents of criminal damage to six vehicles in Trethomas. Police would like to speak to 20-year-old Lewis Thompson from Graig y Rhacca in connection with the incidents which happened on September 27 in
Gwent Police is investigating after a car was broken into on Western Industrial Estate in Caerphilly at about 2.10am on Monday November 10. Officers are trying to trace these two men who may be able to assist them with enquiries. If you can
OVER 150 war veterans and pensioners will enjoy a special Christmas lunch at the Office of National Statistics (ONS) thanks to volunteers.Now in its third year, the lunch will take place in the canteen of the ONS in Duffryn on Friday, December 19, between
LEAD and brass door handles were stolen from a former hospital last week. The items were taken from the old Abertillery District Hospital Police say the building on Pendarren Road, Aberbeeg was entered some time between 4pm on 6th December and
POLICE have issued a CCTV image after candles were stolen from a shop in Cwmbran. The items were stolen from Cane and Able in Cwmbran at about 2.20pm on Wednesday 10th December. Officers are trying to identify this woman who may be able to
GWENT Police have appealed for help after a driver left a Newport petrol station without paying for fuel. The incident happened at the Texaco filling station in High Cross at about 2.20pm on Friday 12th December. Officers would like to speak
HELP us and Sparkle with our appeal to raise £10,000 for an ‘equipment library’ to help disabled children. We launched the appeal last week which aims to provide the Serennu Children’s Centre in Newport with specialised equipment for children with
A NEWPORT man who broke into a dentist and a restaurant in the city to fund his £200-a-day crack cocaine addiction, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage, was given a jail term. David Fernquest, 29, of Bassaleg Road, had pleaded guilty to
Firefighters were called to a chimney fire in a three-storey farm houses in Whitebrook at shortly after midnight. The crew from Monmouth used a thermal imaging camera and ladders to tackle the blaze. Another chimney fire at The Barnets in Mounton
FIREFIGHTERS from Aberbargoed attended a deliberately set refuse fire on Millbrook Road Pontllanfraith just after midnight.
CHAIRWOMAN of the Chartist Commission, Rosemary Butler AM gives an update on the body's work."AS I am sure you are aware, an independent Chartist Commission was established earlier this year by Newport City Council to consider new ways in which Chartism
‘TIS the season for Christmas jumpers but one Newbridge woman is taking it a little bit further – all in the name of a good cause.Since December 1, Sarah Williams-Martin, 36, has been wearing a different Christmas jumper every day and plans on doing so
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze outside shops on Cardiff Road in Maesglas last night. A crew from Duffryn attended the deliberately set refuse fire at 8.12pm. In a separate incident, refuse was deliberately set on fire on Witham Street in Newport
A BLACKWOOD man with a keen interest in white supremacism was found guilty of racially aggravated wounding after he attacked an Asian man with a glass bottle. Richard Harris, 38, of Pritchard Terrace, hit Zahoor Hussain with the glass bottle at
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons head coach Kingsley Jones was pleased to get the job done against Bucharest last Friday but knows that the region still owe the Rodney Parade faithful.The region went top of Pool Three of the European Rugby Challenge Cup by hammering
A NEWPORT man was sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment for being concerned in the production of up to £1million worth of cannabis at properties he was developing across Gwent. Benjamin Hassani, 34, of Ridgeway Drive, Newport, appeared
