Wales News
07 July 2008
TEENAGERS FOUND
POLICE have called off their hunt for two teenagers from the Caerphilly area who went missing last week. Jodie Thomas (pictured) and Helydd Jones had not been seen since Thursday.
07 July 2008
MAN KILLED IN EAST GWENT CAR CRASH IS NAMED
05 July 2008
HUNT ON FOR MISSING TEENAGERS
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after two teenagers went missing from their homes on Thursday (July 3). Jodie Thomas
04 July 2008
MEN ESCAPE WITH MINOR INJURIES AFTER AIR CRASH NEAR NEWPORT
03 July 2008
POLICE SEND WARNING TO CHEPSTOW DRIVERS
CARS were seized after a month-long police operation in Chepstow to target irresponsible drivers with the warning that reckless and dangerous driving will not be tolerated and cars will be towed away (pictured)
03 July 2008
RESIDENTS WARNED ABOUT BURGLARIES OF UNDER RENOVATION PROPERTIES
03 July 2008
TAKING THE 'JUMBULANCE' TO LOURDES
03 July 2008
ROY TO ROCK CARNIVAL
IT may not be a Rock N' Roll Winter, as Wizzard once sang about, but their former lead singer Roy Wood (pictured) is ready to put the heat in summer at the Neath Carnival next week.
01 July 2008
POLICE APPEAL FOR ROBBERY WITNESSES
01 July 2008
TWO SCHOOLS TO CLOSE IN CWMBRAN
30 June 2008
MAN ROBBED ON STREET
26 June 2008
£500K CUSTODY UNIT REFURBISHMENT TO BE OPENED NEXT WEEK
26 June 2008
MAN SUFFERS SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER ATTACK IN CAERLEON
25 June 2008
CONSTRUCTION FIRM WINS TOP AWARD
A SWANSEA construction company that has helped refurbish facilities on one of Wales’s best-known wildlife sanctuaries has seen the project win a prestigious award for sustainable development.
23 June 2008
NEWPORT ENTERS A NEW ERA
A NEW era begins in Newport on Tuesday (June 24) when the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats take power of the city council for the first time.
23 June 2008
OFF-ROAD RIDERS CRACKED DOWN
19 June 2008
NEWPORT GETS 250 JOBS BOOST
NEWPORT is to have another 250 jobs coming its way after the HSBC announced they will be more than doubling their call centre workforce.
18 June 2008
POLICE WARN ABOUT DECEPTIONS
18 June 2008
YOIUNGSTERS TAKE LEAD IN TACKLING ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
YOUNGSTERS on a Newport estate are playing a pivotal role in making life there safer and happier by taking the lead in an initiative aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour.
16 June 2008
RUNAWAY PRESCOED INMATE ARRESTED IN CARDIFF
A PRISIONER, who has been on the run from Prescoed Jail in Usk for the last six months, has been found.
16 June 2008
POLICE INCREASE THEIR CAMPAIGN TO FIND MAN'S ATTACKERS
16 June 2008
TORIES AND LIB DEMS TAKE CONTROL OF NEWPORT COUNCIL
NEWPORT is to have its' first non-Labour controlled council for three decades after a deal between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
13 June 2008
CALL TO SET-UP NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEMES
12 June 2008
NOT STRICTLY DANCING AT NEWPORT ART WORKSHOPS
12 June 2008
GREEN POWER CAN BE GAINED CHEAPER THAN WITH A SEVERN BARRAGE - REPORT
ALTERNATIVE environmental power can be gained cheaper than by building a barrage across the River Severn, a report has said.
11 June 2008
CRACKDOWN LAUNCHED ON CWMBRAN TOWN CENTRE CRIME
POLICE are working alongside the Cwmbran Business Against Crime Partnership in a bid to stamp out shoplifting, crime and disorder in the town centre..
10 June 2008
MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD
10 June 2008
PLANNERS DECIDE ON NEW UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SITE
10 June 2008
TORCHWOOD STAR PLAYS ABERGAVENNY FESTIVAL'S PARTY IN BAILEY PARK
IT is not often that a local actor and singer can beat superstars David Beckham or Brad Pitt in the good looks department - but Torchwood star Gareth David-Lloyd (pictured) has done just that.
09 June 2008
MAN SERIOUS AFTER BRICK ATTACK
03 June 2008
APPEAL TO TRACK DOWN MISSING DONKEY JACKET MAN
03 June 2008
MAN ARRESTED AFTER SEX ASSAULT IN NEWPORT
03 June 2008
£22M FOR NEWPORT RAILWAY STATION IMPROVEMENTS
NEWPORT Railway Station is to get £22 million of improvements in time for the Ryder Cup in 2010. The money is being made available from the Welsh Assembly Government, who are putting in £7.7m and Network Rail (£22m).
31 May 2008
RUGBY GROUND-SHARE SCHEME THROWN INTO MAJOR DOUBT
BRISTOL'S ground-sharing scheme with Newport RFC, due to start in September, has been thrown into doubt after a main contractor for the new Memorial Stadium (pictured) pulled out on Friday (May 30).
30 May 2008
MAN RELEASED IN NEWPORT SEX ASSAULT ENQUIRY
30 May 2008
POLICE WANT NEW RECRUITS FOR THEIR AUTHORITY
29 May 2008
UNDERAGE DRINKING 'WILL NOT BE TOLERATED' SAY POLICE
A CO-ORDINATED operation throughout every area of Newport has led to more than 100 litres of alcohol being seized from underage drinkers in one night.
29 May 2008
WALES OPEN GOLF LATEST - SINGH ON SONG AT LUNCHTIME ON DAY ONE
INDIA'S Jeev Mikha Singh is the early leader in the 2008 Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open as lunchtime on the first day approached.
29 May 2008
POLICE CRACKDOWN ON DRIVERS
DRIVERS are facing a new crackdown on speeding and parking in New Inn, Pontypool. Neighbourhood officers will be working alongside the Highway Department and the Safety Camera Partnership to enforce the law and issue fixed penalty notices.
28 May 2008
FIRST BEFORE THE LOCAL PAPERS- FOUR YEARS TO GET NEW RODNEY PARADE
NEWPORT'S new stadium will be built in four years and remain as Rodney Parade. Plans will be submitted to the city council within days and the redevelopment throughout the site is likely to cost £100 million.
(Pictured - The new Rodney Parade)
28 May 2008
RYDER CUP COURSE IS OPENED
THE magnificent new £16 million Ryder Cup TwentyTen golf course and clubhouse at the Celtic Manor was officially opened by First Minister Rhodri Morgan on Wednesday (May 28).
27 May 2008
POLICE NAME TEENAGER KILLED IN BLACKWOOD CRASH
23 May 2008
MAJOR ARRESTS IN GWENT DRUGS RAIDS
A THREE-week operation targeting drug dealers in Gwent has seen the arrest of 38 people across the force. In total officers carried out 61 raids in a pre-planned initiative to crackdown on this type of crime.
23 May 2008
POLICE HUNT HIT AND RUN DRIVER
23 May 2008
RUGBY SEVENS- WALES LOOKING FOR GOOD FINISH TO SEASON
WALES Sevens coach Gareth Baber is hoping to guide Wales to a top eight finish in the final two tournaments of the IRB Sevens World Series in London and Edinburgh over the next two weekends.
23 May 2008
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT PRESCOED JAIL DEMANDS MP
AN MP has demanded answers on why dangerous prisoners are being moved from closed jails to Prescoed Open Prison.
23 May 2008
MP TOUHIG BLASTS HONOURS SYSTEM FOR SERVICEMEN
ISLWYN MP Don Touhig (pictured) has hit out at the 'unacceptable' situation about who should receive honours for service to their country, claiming it brought 'shame' on Britain.
23 May 2008
PEOPLE WARNED ABOUT HEARING ABUSE
AROUND 60 people learnt about the damage they may be doing to their hearing through the use of personal music players during an event in Cwmbran.
23 May 2008
POLICE WARN ABOUT LETTERBOX THEIVES
21 May 2008
NEWPORT GETS £500K TO HELP PEOPLE GET FIT
A WELSH Assembly Government grant of almost half a million pounds will be used to encourage adults in Newport to become more physically active.
21 May 2008
UNIQUE NUMBER PLATE SYSTEM SNARS SERIAL CRIMINAL AT SECOND SEVERN CROSSING
TRAFFIC police have arrested a "wanted" man on the M4 after his vehicle was detected by a highly-successful number plate recognition system.
20 May 2008
POLICE HUNTS AFTER TWO NASTY ROBBERY INCIDENTS
19 May 2008
DEWSTOW STREET DEATH- POLICE APPEAL TO POLISH COMMUNITY
19 May 2008
GOLF- JIMENEZ JOINS THE WALES OPEN PARTY
FORMER winner Miguel Angel Jimnez (pictured) will bid to reclaim The Celtic Manor Wales Open title after confirming his name as one of the latest entries into next weeks tournament.
18 May 2008
CHESS WORLD REVEALED AT MUSEUM
A FASCINATING talk into the world of chess will take place at Newport Museum and Art Gallery on Wednesday (May 21).
18 May 2008
NEWPORT CENTRE POOL IS CLOSED
NEWPORT Centre swimming pool (pictured) will be closed on Saturday May 17 to Friday May 23 inclusive for essential maintenance work to the pool plant.
18 May 2008
VIEWS ARE SOUGHT ON COUNCIL HOUSE SPACE
18 May 2008
RUGBY LEAGUE CONFERENCE - STEELERS SNEAK HOME AGAINST DEMONS
NEATH Port Talbot Steelers fought out a close clash with Cardiff Demons on the opening weekend of this season's Co-operative Welsh Conference Premier league.
18 May 2008
FAMILY PAY TRIBUTE TO MAN KILLED IN CAR CRASH
18 May 2008
DEWSTOW STREET DEATH- MAN IS RELEASED BY POLICE
14 May 2008
NEW INN GAIN ECO AWARD
14 May 2008
TRIBUTES TO ELDERLY COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN ABERGAVENNY
THE FAMILY of elderly couple Tom and Nancie Hughes (pictured), who were found dead in their Abergavenny home last weekend, have paid tribute to them.
13 May 2008
POLICE NAME ABERGAVENNY DEATH COUPLE
13 May 2008
CALDICOT TARGETED IN UNDER-AGE DRINKING BLITZ
OVER 50 litres of alcohol were seized on Monday (May 12) as a result of an operation targeting underage drinking and anti-social behaviour in Caldicot.
13 May 2008
MURDER INQUIRY LAUNCHED AFTER DISCOVERY OF WOMAN'S BODY
12 May 2008
ELDERLY MAN AND WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN ABERGAVENNY TOWN CENTRE
12 May 2008
FOLK COMES TO NEWPORT
09 May 2008
MAJOR OPERATION TARGETS UNDERAGE DRINKERS
ONE of Waless largest operations to target underage drinkers and antisocial behaviour is underway in Newport.
08 May 2008
MAN ATTACKED BY NEWPORT CENOTAPH
08 May 2008
GOVERNMENT SHOULD LOOK AT HEALTH BENEFITS OF CANNABIS - MP FLYNN
NEWPORT MP Paul Flynn (pictured) has told his own Government to stop being tough on cannabis offenders and look more at the health outcomes.
06 May 2008
COMMONS KNOWLEDGE WITH PAUL FLYNN
THANK YOU, VOTERS
EXHAUSTION may have played a part; but I am strangely elated at the Newport election results.
06 May 2008
AMERICAN FIRM APPOINTED TO LOOK AT SEVERN BARRAGE'S ENVIRONMENT IMPACT
A CONSORTIUM has been appointed to make an environmental assessment of the Severn Barrage's (pictured) impact should the massive development be built.
06 May 2008
FEARS THAT £200M FRIARS WALK MAY NOT OPEN FOR RYDER CUP
THERE are fears that the new £200 million Friars Walk shopping development (pictured) in the middle of Newport city centre will not be open in time for the 2010 Ryder Cup.
06 May 2008
POLICE QUESTION MEN OVER TREDEGAR PUB DEATH
03 May 2008
WARD-BY-WARD - HOW LABOUR CRASHED IN NEWPORT
ELECTION 2008 - RACE FOR THE CIVIC CENTRE
LABOUR'S crash in Newport will see them without several councillors and a hung authority going into the flagship 2010 year when the Ryder Cup comes to the city.
02 May 2008
HUNT IS ON FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE MEN
POLICE are hunting men (photofit picture of one)for questioning after reports of indecent exposure incidents in the city recently.
02 May 2008
ELECTION 2008 LATEST FRIDAY AM - LABOUR HIT FOR SIX IN SOUTH EAST WALES
LABOUR took big losses in South East Wales as Prime Minister said his party would 'listen and learn' from the damage inflicted to them by the voters.
02 May 2008
215AM FRIDAY ELECTION SPECIAL - NEWPORT AND BLAENAU GWENT UNDER THREAT
NEWPORT and Bleanau Gwent may fall from the hands of the Labour Party as results come in from today's council elections
01 May 2008
HILTON - WRITING BRISTOL OFF IS MEANINGLESS
DAVE HILTON (pictured) has sent a parting shot to those who think Bristol will be annual Guinness Premiership relegation candidates, saying the label was 'pointless'.
01 May 2008
COUNCILS GO TO THE POLLS
WELSH councils have their day of destiny as the public go to the polls on Thursday to choose the make up of their new authorities. And Newport City Council is highlighted as one of the most vulnerable for Labour in the Principality.
30 April 2008
MAN ASSAULTED AT PUB
30 April 2008
PROBE LAUNCHED INTO MAN'S DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY
29 April 2008
ESCAPED PRESCOED INMATE BACK IN CUSTODY
AN ESCAPED inmate at Prescoed Jail, near Usk, has been recaptured after three weeks on the run.
29 April 2008
MAN KILLED ON SITE AT A NEWPORT METAL BUSINESS
27 April 2008
MAN DIES AFTER CAR CRASH
27 April 2008
OPERATION COLLATERAL A SUCCESS SAY POLICE
OVER 900 cans of beers and cider were confiscated from youths, 52 letters sent to parents and 112 people stopped and searched during a criminal damage operation by police in Newport.
(Pictured - An officer with a haul from Operational Collateral)
27 April 2008
MAN DIES IN POLICE CUSTODY
25 April 2008
PLANNING APPLICATION SUBMITTED FOR NEWPORT'S NEW RODNEY PARADE STADIUM
NEWPORT RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons region have finally submitted a planning application for the regeneration of Rodney Parade into a 15,000-capacity stadium.
24 April 2008
MAGNERS LEAGUE TEAM NEWS - JONES PICKS WELSH STARS FOR DRAGONS CLASH
OSPREYS boss Lyn Jones (pictured) says the star-studded West Walians will give Newport Gwent Dragons 'full respect' despite reports that he dismissed the East Wales region and their ambition.
24 April 2008
FIRM CREATES 125 NEW JOBS IN BLAENAVON
DONCASTERS, the global manufacturer of precision components, in Blaenavon is investing £16 million into its plant and creating 125 new high-skilled jobs.
23 April 2008
£70kCANNABIS FACTORY DISCOVERED IN NEWPORT
A tip-off from members of the public led police to uncover a large-scale cannabis factory at a Newport house on Tuesday (April 22).
23 April 2008
WOMAN SUFFERS TERRIFYING ATTACK IN HER OWN HOME
23 April 2008
MP ASKS WHEN FREE CROSS-BORDER BUS SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE
THE GOVERNMENT has admitted that pensioners and the disabled in Wales will have to wait for a chance to use their free bus passes on journeys to the West Country.
23 April 2008
GWENT APPOINT NEW CHIEF CONSTABLE
GWENT'S deputy chief constable Mike Giannasi (pictured) has been promoted to the senior post in the Constabulary.
22 April 2008
TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT ARE NAMED
22 April 2008
SCHOOLS TO BE HIT BY ONE-DAY STRIKE ON THURSDAY
SCHOOLS throughout Wales and the West Country will be hit on Thursday (April 24) by industrial action at teachers join in a one-day strike over pay.
22 April 2008
FAMILY PAY TRIBUTE TO 'BEAUTIFUL' WOMAN KILLED IN CAR CRASH
A FAMILY have paid tribute to their 20-year-old daughter who was killed near Abertillery on Sunday. morning. Mother-of-two Kaylee Goddard, (pictured) from Blaina, was involved in a crash near Roseheyworth Business Park when she was one of five people in a Ford Scorpio.
21 April 2008
MAN KILLED IN NEWPORT ROAD ACCIDENT IS NAMED
21 April 2008
BARCLAY'S SIGN CELTIC MANOR WALES OPEN DEAL
BANKING giant Barclays Commercial Bank has stepped up its sponsorship of The Celtic Manor Wales Open in a new four-year deal.
(Picture - PUTT IT THERE: Celtic Manor Wales Open Tournament Director Dylan Matthews (right) celebrates the new deal with Barclay's Commercial Bank Corporate Director for Wales John Union on the 18th green of the new Twenty Ten course at Celtic Manor)
21 April 2008
WALES SKIPPER JONES BACK AT GWENT POLICE RUGBY TOURNAMENT
WELSH Grand Slam captain Ryan Jones dropped by Pontypool Park on Wednesday April 16 to congratulate the 120 schoolboys who took part in an under-14s Gwent Schools rugby tournament organised by Gwent Police.
21 April 2008
ABERTILLERY ROAD TRAGEDY - VICTIM IS NAMED
20 April 2008
WOMAN 20 KILLED AND TWO INJURED IN ABERTILLERY ACCIDENT
18 April 2008
POLICE HUNT HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER
18 April 2008
COMMONS KNOWLEDGE - WITH PAUL FLYNN
I was very hostile to John Prescott becoming leader of the British Council of Europe (COE) delegation. My main objection was that he would not do the exacting long hours of tedious work essential to do the job properly.
18 April 2008
MP DEMANDS ANSWERS TO LATEST FIASCO AT PRESCOED PRISON
MONMOUTH MP David Davies (pictured) has hit out at the recent spate of absconders from controversial Prescoed Open Prison in Usk.
16 April 2008
ARRESTS IN PILL DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
16 April 2008
TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY DIES IN TRAGIC NEWPORT ACCIDENT
15 April 2008
WHERE IS MISSING TEENAGER EMMA
POLICE are re-appealing for anyone with information about a missing teenager. Anyone who knows where Ponthir 15-year-old Emma Louise Wakeling, (pictured) who is also known as Emma Smith, is has been asked to contact them.
15 April 2008
ANOTHER INMATE GOES MISSING FROM PRESCOED JAIL
ANOTHER prisoner has failed to return to Prescoed Jail in Usk, making it almost a weekly occurance in the last month.
14 April 2008
DRIVER IS KIDNAPPED AND ATTACKED IN HORRIFIC ORDEAL
14 April 2008
RISCA GETS A £60M REDEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE A TESCO EXTRA
RISCA (pictured) is going to get the Tesco treatment as the giant superstore aims to build a shop in the Gwent town as part of a massive new transformation.
14 April 2008
PEOPLE WARNED ABOUT LOTTERY LETTER SCAM
POLICE are warning people to be vigilant of a letter scam that is sweeping through a town in Gwent. Bogus letters have been sent to residents in the Abergavenny area from lottery companies abroad who claim they are contacting them because they are due a sum of money.
14 April 2008
MAN ARRESTED IN GWENT OVER SUSPICOUS DEATH
10 April 2008
POLICE SEARCH FOR MISSING TEENAGER
POLICE are trying to trace 17-year-old Kovi Dunbar (pictured) after she went missing from her Cwmbran home.
10 April 2008
MAN QUESTIONED ABOUT ROBBERY IN PILL
09 April 2008
NEWPORT MURDER HUNT LATEST - FIVE BAILED AS VICTIM IS NAMED
FIVE people questioned in a Newport murder inquiry have been released on police bail pending further investigations. Three men and two women were arrested over the death of John Sully (pictured), from the Caerleon area of Newport, on Monday.
(Second Gwent murder hunt - see story below)
09 April 2008
CONVICTED DRUGS SUPPLIER ON THE RUN FROM PRESCOED JAIL
A CONVICTED drugs supplier is on the run from Prescoed Jail in Gwent after failing to return on Tuesday (April 8).
09 April 2008
BOOKMAKER IN ARMED ROBBERY TERROR
09 April 2008
SECOND GWENT MURDER INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED IN TWO DAYS
08 April 2008
TROUBLE-MAKERS ARRESTED AFTER CRACKDOWN IN OAKDALE
08 April 2008
MURDER HUNT LAUNCHED IN NEWPORT
07 April 2008
COMPANY BOSS ADMITS MANSLAUGHTER AFTER CWMBRAN ACCIDENT
07 April 2008
POLICE LAUNCH CRACKDOWN ON SPEEDING MOTORISTS
SPEEDING motorists are being targeted in North Gwent in a daily crackdown after complaints from local residents.
07 April 2008
RUGBY LEAGUE - CRUSADERS SLAY HALIFAX AGAIN
HALIFAX 24 CELTIC CRUSADERS 30
THE CELTIC Crusaders completed two wins over Halifax in the space of nine days after an excellent performance at The Shay on Sunday.
05 April 2008
CASH MACHINE SCAM SPREADS TO MONMOUTH
CASH machine theives are at it again. A Christmas spate of thefts from hole in the wall machines in Newport has now spread 14 weeks later to Monmouth.
05 April 2008
FEARS FOR MISSING NEWPORT FAMILY
CONCERN is growing about a Korean family of four that have gone missing from their home in Newport. The family left their Cambridge Road address approximately one month, it is believed, before they were reported missing on March 19.
(pictured - Father of the missing family, Guek Foo Han)
05 April 2008
OPERATION UTAH MAKES WALES AND WEST COUNTRY 'NO CRIME ZONES'
WALES and the West Country have been declared no-go zones for criminals with more than 100 police officers (each day) from nine police forces and representatives from six enforcement agencies running Operation Utah Regional.
(pictured - Officers stop traffic at Magor Services on Friday)
04 April 2008
HEINEKEN CUP TEAM NEWS - TINDALL BACK FOR TITANIC KINGSHOLM CLASH
GLOUCESTER have recalled Mike Tindall (pictured) to their squad for Saturday's sell-out Heineken Cup quarter-final showdown against Munster at Kingsholm (5.30pm).
03 April 2008
COUNCIL GET TOUGH ON SMOKERS IGNORING BAN
AROUND 100 one hundred people have been warned for smoking in enclosed areas of Cwmbran Town Centre. The popular shopping centre has large areas which are covered and, as such, are no smoking areas under the ban.
02 April 2008
DOORS OPEN FOR HISTORIC GROUND-SHARE BETWEEN NEWPORT RFC AND BRISTOL RUGBY
THE WAY has been opened for Guinness Premiership rugby in Wales for the first time in history after Bristol's Memorial Stadium development (pictured) was given planning permission on Wednesday night (April 2) by their city council.
02 April 2008
POLICE MAKE MASSIVE SEIZURE OF COCAINE IN CAERLEON
POLICE have found cocaine with a street value of £150,000 in a house in Caerleon, one of the largest seizures of its kind in Gwent.
02 April 2008
NEWPORT STATION NEEDS IMPROVING BEFORE LINK TO EBBW VALE CAN GO AHEAD
A NEWPORT to Ebbw Vale rail link was the original idea for the Western Valley line but could not be implimented because Newport Railway Station wasn't up to scratch, said Welsh Assembly First Minister Rhodri Morgan.
01 April 2008
RACES UNDER THREAT BECAUSE BLAENAVON LEISURE CENTRE HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED
TWO of Gwent's biggest and longest-established races are under threat because Blaenavon Recreation Centre has been demolished.
(pictured - a boarded-up Blaenavon Recreation Centre before demolition)
28 March 2008
TRAINS SO BAD THAT NETWORK RAIL MAY BE IN BREACH OF OPERATING LICENCE
NETWORK Rail have been told by the Office of Rail Regulation that they must improve their punctuality and reliability on its First Great Western route that serves South Wales and the West Country.
(Pictured - a First Great Western train at Newport station on Thursday)
28 March 2008
COMMONS KNOWLEDGE WITH PAUL FLYNN
WHY DON'T EDITORS PUBLISH THEIR OWN ADDRESSES?
THE DAILY Mail verdict on MPs as Shameless must be flung back in their faces. Will the editor publish the home addresses of himself and his staff so the public can call in on them and express their views?
27 March 2008
HELMAND MISSION 'LIKE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE' SAYS MP
BRITAIN'S situation in the Helmand province of Afganistan has been compared with the Charge of the Light Brigade and the First World War battlefields of The Somme by Newport West MP Paul Flynn (pictured).
27 March 2008
ESCAPED PRISONER BACK IN CUSTODY
AN ESCAPED prisoner from Prescoed jail has given himself up and been returned to custody.
26 March 2008
MAN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF MURDER
25 March 2008
ESCAPED PRESCOED PRISONER CAPTURED IN CHELTENHAM
POLICE have tracked down a man who went missing from Prescoed jail (pictured) earlier this month to the West Country.
20 March 2008
32 ARRESTED AFTER OPERATION RECOUP
20 March 2008
COUNCIL 'FIRST IN WALES' TO TAKE A STAND ON PLASTIC BAG USE
NEWPORT is believed to be the first Welsh city to make a stand on reducing the amount of plastic bags used by shoppers after launching a programme to encourage re-usable bags.
20 March 2008
POLICE HUNT 'TOOTHLESS' BURGLAR AND ACCOMPLICE
19 March 2008
SCHOOL PRAISE FOR DEVELOPING THE NEXT RICHARD BRANSON
18 March 2008
CCTV IMAGE RELEASED IN HUNT MAN WHO TRIED TO SNATCH EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY
POLICE are desperate to track down a man who tried to snatch an eight-year-old boy on Monday afternoon (March 17) in Newport and have released a CCTV picture of the person they want to question.
18 March 2008
SHOP OWNERS TO GET ANTI-THEFT PRESENTATIONS
18 March 2008
BURGLARY LEVELS DOWN BUT POLICE WON'T GET COMPLACENT
BURGLARY in Monmouthshire and Torfaen has been cut by over 25 per cent in the last three years, say police. It means there are now more than 150 less victims across the divisions, however, as the weather starts to improve, the days get longer and the evenings lighter, police say they will not become complacent.
18 March 2008
COMMUNITY GET EXPANDED HALL
18 March 2008
STUDENTS REAP THE REWARDS OF THEIR ENGINEERING INITIATIVE
18 March 2008
YOUNGSTERS AIM FOR DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARDS
17 March 2008
CONTRACTS SIGNED FOR NEW SCHOOL ON THE GLEBELANDS
CONTRACTS for the new Glan Usk primary school have been signed between developers Vinci Investments Ltd and Newport City Council.
(Pictured - Artist impression of new school)
14 March 2008
PUBLIC WARNED ABOUT BUYING GRAND SLAM TICKETS FROM AUCTION SITES
PEOPLE desperate to see Wales' RBS Six Nations Championships Grand Slam match with France on Saturday are shelling out on auction websites for tickets.
14 March 2008
RUGBY LEAGUE - CRUSADERS DRAW WORLD CHAMPIONS IN CHALLENGE CUP
13 March 2008
PENSIONER CYCLIST HIT BY CAR IN CAERLEON
12 March 2008
MP DAVIES CALLS FOR MEETING WITH GOVERNMENT OVER PRESCOED FIASCO
MONMOUTH MP David Davies has asked for a meeting with Government Minister David Hanson over the problems at Prescoed Jail near Usk.
11 March 2008
WORK ON NEW UNIVERSITY STOPS FOR FOUR MONTHS TO ALLOW FISH TO BREED
PREPARATORY work on the new £35 million City Centre Campus for the University of Wales, Newport is going to stop for four months to allow a fish species to breed.
(pictured - A Shad)
11 March 2008
COUNCIL PLEASED WITH STORMS RESPONSE
10 March 2008
RESIDENTS ALLOWED BACK TO CARAVAN PARK AFTER STORMS HIT
A GROUP of residents, who were taken to Newport Centre after their homes were caught up in the overnight storms on Monday, have been told they can go back.
(Pictured - The storms strike at Porthcawl)
10 March 2008
MAN KILLED IN CAR CRASH IS NAMED
10 March 2008
POLICE HUNT PUB ATTACKERS
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a serious assault in Newport city centre that took place fortnight ago on Sunday February 24.
(Pictured - cctv shots of men the police wish to speak to regarding the assaults)
07 March 2008
A UK FIRST FOR GWENT AS POLICE AND CHEMISTS JOIN TO TACKLE DRUG ABUSE
GWENT Police are launching a new initiative, believed to be the first of its kind in the country, with chemists to target people dealing in prescription and illicit drugs.
06 March 2008
AWARD LAUNCHED TO CURB PUB ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
PUBS and clubs are being urged to sign-up for a new award that is targeted at tackling anti-social behaviour in Newport.
04 March 2008
CAR PARK DEATH PENSIONER IS NAMED
03 March 2008
SEVEN PEOPLE ARRESTED AFTER MAN IS FOUND DEAD
03 March 2008
ROBBER ON THE RUN FROM PRESCOED PRISION
A 40-year-old robber has failed to return to Prescoed prison in Usk after going missing last week. Andrew Clifford Phillips failed to return to HMP Prescoed on Saturday March 1, 2008 He was convicted of robbery at Cardiff Crown Court in May 2005 but is not a sex offender.
29 February 2008
MP TOUHIG IS 'PUTTING THE BOOT INTO HIS OWN PARTY', SAYS COLLEAGUE FLYNN
NEWPORT'S Labour MP Paul Flynn (pictured) has accused his neighbour Don Touhig of 'putting the boot into his own party' about the Welsh Assembly.
29 February 2008
RECORD NUMBERS ARE RECYCLING
RECORD levels of waste are now being recycled in Torfaen, according to new figures. Torfaen Cleanstream Recycling, which works in partnership with the County Borough Council, says it recycled nearly 700 tonnes of waste last month, more than they have ever done before.
29 February 2008
WELSH SINGING LEGEND IRIS WILLIAMS RECEIVES HIGHEST HONOUR POSSIBLE FROM AMERICAN SOCIETY
LEGENDARY singer Iris Williams (pictured) is to receive the highest honour possible from a Welsh American society to mark St David's Day 2008 on Saturday (March 1)
28 February 2008
PLANS REVEALED TO REGENERATE THE BRITISH IN TORFAEN
28 February 2008
'SEASIDE FIVE' PAY THE PRICE FOR TRIPS WHILE ON DUTY
TWO policemen have been asked to resign from the Gwent force and two other officers have been fined almost a fortnight's pay following an internal investigation into the misuse of vehicles while on duty for trips to the seaside including Barry Island, (pictured) Porthcawl and Weston-Super-Mare.
26 February 2008
MP ASKED TO HELP IN CLAMPDOWN ON PEOPLE TRAFFICKING THROUGH SCHOOLS
HOME Office Minister Liam Byrne has asked Monmouth MP David Davies (pictured) to help clampdown on people entering Britain illegally through 'bogus' language schools.
25 February 2008
POLICE NAME MOTORCYCLIST WHO DIED AFTER CRASH WITH LORRY
22 February 2008
MOTORCYCLIST CRITICAL AFTER ACCIDENT WITH LORRY
22 February 2008
SEVERN BARRAGE SHOULD BE READY BY 2020 LABOUR PARTY MEMBERS ARE TOLD
THE SEVERN Barrage could be up and running by 2020 after MPs, peers and members of the Welsh Assembly Government met with the Government's Energy Secretary John Hutton this week.
22 February 2008
KIDS RISKING THEIR LIVES BY PLAYING IN MONMOUTH TUNNELS
21 February 2008
ARMED ROBBER TRIES TO HOLD UP NEWSAGENTS
20 February 2008
FAMILY PAY TRIBUTE TO CYCLIST KILLED WHILE RIDING HOME
19 February 2008
RUGBY CLUBS WELCOME START OF PUBLIC CONSULATION ON NEW RODNEY PARADE STADIUM
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons and Newport Rugby Club have welcome the start of a consultation process for their new-look Rodney Parade stadium that is planned (pictured).
19 February 2008
SOCIAL WORKER ACCEPTS £7,000 COMPENSATION AFTER OVER SPRAY ATTACK
19 February 2008
NEW SECURITY MEASURES TO BEGIN ON NEWPORT TRANSPORT
FOUR Police Community Support Officers will be riding the buses around Newport in the future in a bid to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour on the network.
19 February 2008
CYCLIST DIES AFTER COLLISION WITH A CAR
19 February 2008
POLICE UNCOVER CANNABIS FACTORY IN CHEPSTOW
POLICE in Chepstow uncovered a cannabis factory at a local property on Sunday (February 16). A total of 46 cannabis plants in various stages of maturity, along with hydroponic equipment from a flat on Bridge Street.
17 February 2008
BUSES DUE TO ARRIVE OUTSIDE NEWPORT MARKET - AT LAST!
BUSES will arrive at last outside Newport Provision Market on Monday (Feb 18), months after they were promised to the residents of the city and to the relief of frustrated traders in the historic venue.
17 February 2008
WELSH PLAYERS SPREAD THE HEALTHY MESSAGE
15 February 2008
POLICE HUNT MISSING TEENAGER
POLICE in Bedwas are appealing for information to locate 18-year-old Hailey Rees (pictured) from the Lansbury Park area who was last seen at her home on Tuesday February 5.
13 February 2008
PEOPLE SHOULD ADDRESS WORK-LIFE BALANCE SAYS SURVEY
BRITISH people are being urged to re-address their work life balance as a survey reveals that we are more love-struck with our employers than our partners.
13 February 2008
WHEN WILL WE GET A LINK TO NEWPORT ASK POLITICIANS
LOCAL national politicians joined forces with local councillors on Tuesday (Feb 12) to ask when the new Cardiff to Ebbw Vale line will be extended to Newport.
(pictured - Local politicans at Rogerstone railway station with undated tickets)
11 February 2008
MISSING TEENAGER FOUND SAFE
A TEENAGE girl has been found well after going missing from her Newport home nearly a fortnight ago.
(pictured - Ceri Gamble)
08 February 2008
IPOD IS MUSIC TO SEAN'S EARS
IT may be music to his ears but Newport driver Sean Stephens will not be listening to his brand new iPod while doing his job.
(pictured - Mr Sean Stephens (left) receives his iPod prize from Mr Mike Williams, Driver Hire's Newport manager)
08 February 2008
THREE TEENAGERS CHARGED WITH PETROL STATION ROBBERY
08 February 2008
POLICE REVEAL RESULTS OF NUMBER PLATES CRACKDOWN
07 February 2008
ARCHBISHOP'S COMMENTS ON SHARIA LAW SPARKS NATIONAL CONTROVERSY
FORMER Archbishop of Monmouth Dr Rowan Williams (pictured) has sparked national controversy by claiming it was 'inevitable' that some Islamic Sharia laws could become used in British law.
07 February 2008
CYCLING - TOUR DE FRANCE ACE THOMAS ASKED TO RIDE IRON MOUNTAIN SPORTIF ROUTE
ORGANISER Bill Owen is to ask Tour de France ace Geraint Thomas (pictured) to size up the Iron Mountain Sportif in the next few weeks ahead of this summer's big Abergavenny International Festival of Cycling.
07 February 2008
ENTERPRISE SUPPORT SERVICE SPREADS ITS' WINGS
A SERVICE set up to help Burberry workers made jobless when their factory was closed last year has spread its net.
(Pictured - Nicole Walsh of Groovy Pets with a 'client')
06 February 2008
ARMED ROBBERS HOLD UP TRETHOMAS PETROL STATION
06 February 2008
MAN IN COURT OVER BLACKWOOD MURDER
05 February 2008
OFF THEY GO! FIRST EBBW VALLEY TRAINS FOR 45 YEARS ROAR INTO ACTION
THE FIRST trains to run from Ebbw Vale to Cardiff in 45 years will be powering down the Gwent valleys from Wednesday (February 6) - but don't look on National Rail enquiries website for a timetable as you won't find it.
So see the new times on our home page to plan your journey
05 February 2008
WOMAN ATTACKED AFTER NIGHT OUT IN NEWPORT
04 February 2008
COMPANY FINED FOR ILLEGAL TRANSPORTATION OF POULTRY
A POULTRY company have been fined for illegally transporting animals in crates, some of which were dead (pictured).
04 February 2008
POLICE SEIZE DRUGS IN RAID
POLICE in Pontypool have uncovered a cannabis factory in the area during a raid on a local property on Monday (February 4). Officers seized more than 100 cannabis plants in various stages of maturity from a house on Stanley Road, Garndiffaith, along with a suspected firearm.
04 February 2008
MURDER VICTIM NAMED
03 February 2008
MAN QUESTIONED OVER SUSPICOUS DEATH IN BLACKWOOD
02 February 2008
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01 February 2008
SCHOOLS BENEFIT FROM £3.6M IMPROVEMENT WINDFALL
MORE than £3.6million is to be spent on five Newport schools, to improve the environment in which pupils learn.
31 January 2008
CRACKDOWN LAUNCHED ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING RUGBY'S SIX NATIONS
29 January 2008
ABNORMAL LOADS TO LEAVE CHEPSTOW ON WEDNESDAY
29 January 2008
ESCAPED PRESCOED INMATE ARRESTED IN SWANSEA
A 25-year-old man has been re-arrested in Swansea after going on the run from Prescoed Open Prison near Usk last month.
28 January 2008
STAY VIGILANT ON CAR THEFTS
27 January 2008
ARMED POLICE ON NEWPORT HOUSING ESTATE
24 January 2008
MURPHY IS NEW WELSH SECRETARY AS HAIN QUITS POST
TORFAEN MP Paul Murphy (pictured) has returned to the Government as the new Secretary of State for Wales following the resignation of Neath MP Peter Hain on Thursday (January 24).
24 January 2008
MODUS AXE MCALPINE FROM PRESTIGOUS NEWPORT DEVELOPMENT
MODUS are said to be re-bidding for the £140 million Friar's Walk development in Newport city centre (pictured) after axing contractors McAlpine.
23 January 2008
BEWARE ROGUE CHARITY CLOTHES COLLECTORS
POLICE and trading standards are warning people about rogue charity clothing collections. Leaflets have been delivered to homes in Gwent asking for clothing, shoes, towels, cosmetics, toiletries and perfumes to be placed in bags for collection the following day.
23 January 2008
MEMORIAL TO ZULU WAR HERO TO BE UNVEILED
A LONG-awaited memorial to hero John Williams/Fielding, who won a Victoria Cross at Rorke's Drift when fighting the Zulus, is to be unveiled on Saturday (January 26).
22 January 2008
STUDY ANNOUNCED FOR SEVERN BARRAGE
THE SEVERN Barrage (pictured) has come a step closer after plans for a feasibility study into its' construction were announced by the Government on Tuesday (Janaury 22).
22 January 2008
ON-THE-RUN PRESCOED PRISONER HANDS HIMSELF IN
A PRISONER, missing from Prescoed Jail in Usk since the middle of last month, is back in custody.
21 January 2008
SCHOOLS COMPETITION IS BIG RECYCLING SUCCESS
OVER 650,000 Christmas cards have been saved from landfill thanks to a schools recycling competition, run by Newport City Council.
21 January 2008
MISSING WOMAN FOUND SAFE
18 January 2008
92-YEAR-OLD PENSIONER SEES HER DAUGHTER DIE IN FRONT OF HER
16 January 2008
GWENT TOPS FESTIVE PERIOD DRINK-DRIVE STATISTICS
GWENT Police say they are 'encouraged' by the Christmas and New Year drink-driving results which has seen a reduction in the number of people testing positive.
16 January 2008
TEENAGER ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
15 January 2008
LEISURE CENTRE USER SUBJECTED TO TERROR ORDEAL BY GUNMAN IN EBBW VALE
15 January 2008
POLICE HUNT MAN WHO FAILED TO TURN UP FOR COURT SENTENCE
15 January 2008
FLOODING CAUSES HAVOC EITHER SIDE OF THE SEVERN BRIDGE
FLOODS swept across all parts of the South East Wales and West Country regions on Tuesday (Jan 15) as the latest downpours battered the country.
14 January 2008
NEWPORT VISTIORS RISE TO 1.3M
THE NUMBER of people visiting Newport city centre rose significantly in December to more than 1.3 million.
11 January 2008
HEAVY RAIN BRINGS TRANSPORT CHAOS
FRIDAY'S heavy rain has brought chaos across the transport networks, with accidents on the roads and severe problems on the railways.
09 January 2008
UNION BLASTS ARGUS OWNERS ON PRINTING PRESS CLOSURE
TRADE Union Unite have blasted the owners of the Newport newspaper, the South Wales Argus, over their plans to close the firm's print and press works next month, claiming they have acted in 'utter contempt' to the workforce and readers.
08 January 2008
COUNCIL SAY IT'S UP TO NEW OWNERS TO SAVE CRUMBLING WESTGATE HOTEL
NEWPORT'S leading councillor says there is little they can do to bring the city's historic Westgate Hotel (pictured) back to its former glory.
08 January 2008
21 WORKERS LOSE JOBS AT SOUTH WALES ARGUS WITH CLOSURE OF PRINTING PRESSES
PRESS workers at the Newport newspaper, the South Wales Argus, have been told they will be out of jobs by next month. Parent company, Newsquest, is closing the print and press operation at the Argus' headquarters at Maesglas, Newport, and transfering all printing to its' Oxford base.
08 January 2008
POLICE SUCCESS IN FIGHT 'DEADLY MATES' CAMPAIGN
08 January 2008
TRIGG TO BE NEXT NEWPORT MAYOR
BETTWS councillor Noel Trigg will be the next mayor of Newport City Council.
08 January 2008
NO BUSES OUTSIDE NEWPORT MARKET BEFORE FEBRUARY TRADERS TOLD
WHERE are our buses, traders at Newport's historic Indoor Provision Market have been saying for weeks - and now the city council have replied.
03 January 2008
CONCERNS GROW FOR WOMAN MISSING FOR A MONTH
CONCERNS are growing about a Newport woman who has been missing for over a month. Helen Beddis was last seen on November 30 at her home in the city.
01 January 2008
ESCAPED PRESCOED PRISIONER ARRESTED IN SWANSEA AREA
A MAN, who has been on the run from the controversial Gwent open prison at Prescoed for the past three weeks, has been recaptured.
31 December 2007
APPEAL AFTER BIKE AND CLEANER ARE STOLEN
28 December 2007
POLICE WANT TO TRACE HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER AFTER 12-YEAR-OLD WAS HURT
28 December 2007
DEATH CRASH MAN NAMED