A WELSH South African living in Newport has created a new e-commerce website aimed at redressing the lack of Welshness on the Internet. Brinley Williams, pictured, was born in Wales but from the age of four to 23 he spent his life in South Africa. He
SCORES of Gwent cancer patients have signed up to take part in clinical trials of drugs and therapies in the ongoing effort to defeat the disease. Since the Welsh Cancer Trials Network expanded into Gwent last year, more than 130 patients with breast,
BT bosses stormed Caerphilly Castle last week to sing the praises of a local broadband partnership which will be used as a national blueprint. "Connecting Caerphilly" is a partnership between BT, Caerphilly council, the WDA and the Corus Regeneration
THERE are only nine days left for the owner of a £1.9 million Lotto ticket bought in Torfaen to come forward and claim their fortune. The owner of the winning ticket, which Lotto licence holder Camelot say was bought in either Cwmbran, Blaenavon or Pontypool
BOGUS council officials are targeting pensioners in Ebbw Vale and Abertillery. In one incident at the weekend, two conmen stole around £1,000 from two terrified elderly women living in Park Place, Waun Lwyd, Ebbw Vale. The men called at the home of a
PLUCKY Gwent market girls hope their new bare trade policy will be a charity winner. Twelve women from Abergavenny market abandoned their stalls to reveal almost all for a saucy calendar - and two local charities are set to benefit. The daring dozen stripped
A POP trio with a difference caused a stir at a school in the valleys when they performed a song set to drive the country barmy this summer. The Fast Food Rockers - aka Lucy (pictured), Ria, and Martin - visited Cwmfelinfach Primary as part of a whistle-stop
EDDIE Butler has got to go - and Percy Montgomery has got to have a fair hearing. Two unconnected matters, perhaps, and I had intended this week's column to be pretty much a full defence of Montgomery until Butler put his big left boot in and got it wrong
THE recently reappointed Assembly minister for education and lifelong learning, Jane Davidson, has launched a training programme called Purple Hat. The scheme is designed to encourage women who have taken a career break and now wish to return to the workplace
NEWPORT faces years of traffic woe - more road repairs, a major motorway junction change, and the city centre redevelopment scheme are set to drive motorists to despair. The £50m Southern Distributor Road should be fully open next May or June - but in
SORT it out - that is the message today from Welsh Rugby Union group chief executive David Moffett Gwent chief executive David Jenkins and coach Mike Ruddock. Newport and Ebbw Vale have been on a virtual war footing over the past few weeks, with Newport
SORT it out - that is the message today from Welsh Rugby Union group chief executive David Moffett Gwent chief executive David Jenkins and coach Mike Ruddock. Newport and Ebbw Vale have been on a virtual war footing over the past few weeks, with Newport
TONY Brown is remaining with Newport and Gwent for the immediate future He may not be the front man negotiating with Welsh Rugby Union chiefs and he intends taking more of a back seat, as he has said for some time, but he will not be quitting his role
EDDIE Butler has got to go - and Percy Montgomery has got to have a fair hearing. Two unconnected matters, perhaps, and I had intended this week's column to be pretty much a full defence of Montgomery until Butler put his big left boot in and got it wrong
PLANS to build a wind farm on a mountain in Gwent will be fiercely contested, local councillors have pledged. This morning Torfaen council was due to consider a proposal to construct a 30 metre tall mast just 700 metres outside its county boundary. The
FOUR teenagers are lucky to be alive after the car they were in crashed and burst into flames, police say. The accident, near Cwmbran last night, left one young man in hospital and three other people in their late teens suffering minor injuries. Two young
TONY Brown is remaining with Newport and Gwent for the immediate future He may not be the front man negotiating with Welsh Rugby Union chiefs and he intends taking more of a back seat, as he has said for some time, but he will not be quitting his role
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save a closure-threatened Abergaven-ny school are praying that the Church in Wales will help save it. Parents and governors at Park Street Infants School - one of two Abergavenny infant schools issued with closure notices - have
FOR the last thirteen years Julia and Darrell Maynard have fostered over a dozen children, from toddlers to teens. The couple, who moved to Llanyravon, Cwmbran, 11 years ago from London, have three children of their own, but still take in other children
