TIM HARRIS is preparing to take his Newport County squad on a pre-season summer tour of the South Coast. But the Exiles boss will leave his sun-hat and deckchair at home and insists this is no summer holiday as his players will play two matches in three
JUST imagine getting to photograph Sean Connery, Joanna Lumley, Jack Nicholson, or Julia Roberts. It has to be a photographer's dream. So Newport photography student Matthew Dunham (pictured) found an unusual way to make it come true. He couldn't get
A MAN who drove into 12 parked vehicles in Risca in an apparent suicide bid was jailed for 14 months. Dean Smith drove his employer's van in to the cars with no regard for the safety of his three passengers, Newport crown court heard. And he caused around
GWENT county players Craig Smith (pictured) and Neil Oakley face the most testing days of their careers next week. The pair line-up in the Welsh Amateur Golf Championship at Conwy determined to cement their places in the side for the four-cornered Home
AN RAF veteran aged 92 caused a masked intruder in his home to flee empty-handed after hitting him with a hammer. Les Bailey, of Bacon Place, Malpas, Newport, was being visited at home by a neighbour's daughter when the masked man burst in and demanded
THE mystery of the woman found in an apparently semi-conscious state in Abergavenny last week was solved by a Rhondda tattoo artist. The 26-year-old woman, pictured, who has not been named by Abergavenny police, was a missing patient from St Tydfil's
NEWPORT County will join the five other Welsh clubs playing in the English pyramid at a meeting with football chiefs to talk over new transfer legislation that FIFA will impose in September. The new laws will forbid County and their fellow Welsh clubs
THE COST of building a controversial new super school has soared £6million more than Torfaen council's original estimate. So far, the council has £5m from its capital programme, £2m from the Assembly and £1-2m in external grants. But it plans a major
ARCHBISHOP of Wales Dr Rowan Williams was yesterday named as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury - and was immediately at the centre of key controversial issues. Dr Williams, Bishop of Monmouth, will take over as the leader of the Church of England, and
GLAMORGAN skipper Steve James has backed fast bowler Simon Jones (pictured) to do the business if he makes his expected Test debut against India at Lord's tomorrow. Earlier this campaign, when Jones had not been among the wickets but was chosen for the
YOUTH leader Neil Davies is hoping to shed pounds to raise pounds for two good causes. Mr Davies has already lost two stone in his battle with the bulge. He now wants people to back his weight loss campaign with cash to raise money for Millbrook Youth
A CWMBRAN soldier has the key role of whip supervisor at the Commonwealth Games boxing tournament for the next two weeks. Not that staff sergeant Vinny Powell, 32, is any stranger to such high-profile events. He qualified to fight in the Games in Canada
BUDDING Gwent snooker star David Donovan landed another title last weekend to put him in great heart for his forthcoming World Under-21 title bid in Latvia. But the cost of the trip is such that he is urgently looking for a sponsor, though coach Neil
THESE were the dramatic scenes yesterday as police in riot gear restrained a screaming woman in a Newport street. Police rushed to Liscombe Street at 11am after receiving a call from the ambulance service that somebody was attempting to harm themselves
IT'S business as usual for Ebbw Vale's players after they resumed training with the cash-strapped club yesterday. But coach Mike Ruddock refuses to comment on suggestions some of them will have to go if the club is to survive. Ruddock (pictured above)
THREE members of a Gwent gang who murdered an Indonesian merchant seaman failed in a bid to get their convictions overturned yesterday. Jan Pasalbessy, 48, was kicked and beaten in front of his then 14-year-old daughter, Christina, as he lay on the ground
TOMORROW is D-day for the nine closure-threatened Monmouthshire schools. Nine schools are recommended to close in the county's biggest shake-up of primary education. Clydach, Croesonen Infants, Govilon, Llanellen, Llanfoist, Llanover, Park Street, St.
