THOUSANDS of cable TV customers in the valleys will have to find alternative reception with the closure of a Gwent firm. Metro South Wales (MCTV), based at Newbridge, is being shut by its parent firm ntl with the loss of 37 jobs. Metro was taken over
WE let Graham down - that is the confession of Wales captain Scott Quinnell, pictured, after the debacle in Ireland 11 days ago. That heralded the departure of Graham Henry as Wales coach, and Quinnell is urging the team to make amends against France
CWMBRAN Town are ready to pick up the gauntlet thrown down by League of Wales champions Barry Town. Manager Tony Willcox, who takes his Crows to Flexys Cefn Druids tomorrow looking for a double, said: "Barry have the advantage and it's now a question
Ocean's Eleven (12) COOLER than a winter's day in Reykjavik and more swinging than Ol' Blue Eyes with his hair down, Steven Soderbergh's re-awakening of the 1960 Brat Pack landmark is pure class on the rocks. But where the original got far too bogged
HOLLYWOOD star Catherine Zeta Jones is being invited to the Monmouth premiere of a new film. The Swansea-born actress is patron of the South Wales Film Commission which organised the filming of the new movie, Arthur's Dyke, in Monmouthshire. And instead
A MINER from Gwent is in line for a compensation payout of around £270,000. The award could be the largest made to any of the thousands of Welsh former miners who have claimed compensation for chest diseases caused by working underground. The man, who
The late great Janis Joplin's backing band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, pictured, makes it to Europe this month for their second UK tour. The band plays The Point, Cardiff Bay tonight, promoting a new CD, Who Do You Love, out now on Mystic Records
Medici Mediterranean Brasserie & Bistro, Abergavenny The newest of Abergavenny's eateries offers a relaxed atmosphere in spacious, well-decorated surroundings. The menu is chalked up on huge boards above a chill cabinet filled with fresh fish. We
THE families of two of the Newport teenagers hurt in a caravan blast want to thank a Good Samaritan who helped get the injured to hospital. Luke Marsh, 14, pictured, Anthony Butler, 13, and Jamie Ball, 13, are still in Swansea's Morriston Hospital today
ROMANTIC Rob Morris yesterday proposed to girlfriend Haley O'Connell over a supermarket tannoy - and she said yes. It was an appropriate setting as their love blossomed for the couple, pictured, in the Asda store in Coedkernew, Newport, where they both
A MASSIVE £400 million Gateway to Wales scheme proposed for Magor, Rogiet and Caldicot has been given a stamp of approval. The plans were agreed in principle at last week's Caldicot town council meeting - but councillors said they still required further
Wales striker Craig Bellamy is believed to have been fined five weeks' wages by Newcastle after being found guilty of a serious breach of club discipline. But Newcastle have refused to confirm the punishment against the 22-year-old, scorer of Wales' goal
FRENCH coach Bernard Laporte claims his side and Wales will start as equals in tomorrow's Six Nations international at the Millennium Stadium. France are regarded in Wales as hot favourites to win as they go into the game on the back of a winning run
SLIPKNOT might be the scariest band on the planet but in November 2001 when Osama and Bush were shaping up, the mask-wearing goons, pictured, elected not to fly. The world scoffed and carried on regardless. Months passed and Slipknot came out of hiding
A £12 billion project to dam the Severn Estuary could protect south Gwent from the effects of global warming, it has been claimed. Global warming is predicted to lead to rising water levels, and Steve Taylor, chairman of Severn Tidal Power Group, told
LIKE The Hives, The Icarus Line wear shirt and tie but that is where the similarity between the two bands ends. While those Swedes play a glorious line in retro punk, The Icarus Line are innovators in noise and a tad demonic. "I know a lot of people have
IT may look like a lost cause, but thanks to the weather Newport County have all to play for in the league. They might be out of the FA Cup, the FA Trophy and the Dr Martens League Cup, but having lost five games to the weather recently, they have a fistful
ANGRY villagers are demanding immediate traffic calming measures be installed on a Gwent road where a seven-year-old girl was injured yesterday. Abercarn Primary School pupil Leah Cheshire suffered head injuries in an accident with a Glyn Williams service
'LUKEWARM' is how Newport sprinter Doug Turner describes himself - despite having run the 10th fastest time over 200m in the world last weekend. Turner ran 20.92 secs in the Lansing-Linde Severnside International at Cardiff's National Indoor Athletics
HOUSING chiefs in Torfaen are considering transferring council-owned homes into private hands in a crisis over its repairs bill. David Burnell, Torfaen council's director of housing, said that after years of under-investment in the authority's 9,500 council
THOUSANDS of people are backing calls from the families of four Newport friends killed in an horrific car crash last December to erect barriers at the scene of the tragedy. More than 5,000 people have already pledged their support to the campaign by signing
WHATEVER Graham Henry did or didnt do, he undeniably made his mark on Welsh rugby. I would say he will go down in history as Wales first New Zealander in charge who heralded a golden era and charmed almost everyone inside and outside the game, but who
