JOHN Cornforth was left "delighted" last night as Newport County produced a magnificent display to dump Weymouth out of the Nationwide Carthium Group Cup, but he admitted that he is scratching his head as to how the side can be so bad and then so good
FIREFIGHTERS in Gwent were attacked with fireworks while dealing with an emergency call. And a service spokesman has warned crews will be forced to withdraw from non-life threatening incidents in the future if the attacks continue. A group of youths fired
FIFTY youths aged between 11 and 16 - some from a gang known as the Soulless Crew - have caused firework mayhem in Newport. Residents in St Julians say they are fed up with youngsters setting off fireworks along roads and throwing stones and eggs. Most
A WAKE after a funeral ended when an up- and-coming young boxer floored one of the mourners, Cardiff crown court heard. Michael Button remembered nothing of the attack until he came round in hospital, said prosecutor Christopher Rees. Gavin Rees, 23,
CWMBRAN middleweight Gary Lockett is finally to get his chance of winning a world title - and is confident of taking it. The KO king, known as 'The Rocket', has been told by promoter Frank Warren's agency Sports Network that he will get his chance at
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons pair Hal Luscombe and Steve Jones are shock inclusions in the Welsh team to face Tri Nations champions South Africa at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. They join teammate Michael Owen in the side, Owen playing at lock rather than
TWO in-form Gwent sides bid to keep their winning runs going when they clash in the Welsh Premier Division at Eugene Cross Park tonight. Hosts Ebbw Vale, among the early-season relegation favourites, have struck form with three successive wins since the
THE LONG and short-term effects on children of domestic abuse will be debated by police, health and social services experts at a conference in Newport on Friday. The first such event on the subject in Wales, the conference - entitled Domestic Abuse: What
SEVEN is a lucky number and for the 'Fighting Wallaces' it turned up trumps. "Seven of us went away to the war and - very much to our mother's relief - seven of us came back," said Herbert Wallace, one of two surviving brothers. "Us brothers never made
A GWENT train station is to get a major revamp thanks to a £3 million cash injection from the National Assembly and Europe. Cwmbran station and the local bus network are to be transformed following Torfaen council's successful bids of £1.95 million from
GWENT Police are advising pet owners to protect their animals from the noise of fireworks in the run-up to and during Bonfire Night. The noise can disorientate guide dogs and stop them working, which can put their owners in danger, officers warn. Jeremy
LANDLORD Huw Williams told today how he led his family to safety from their 19th century Newport pub after a blaze broke out. The fire in the Church House Inn, St Bride's, was discovered shortly after closing time. Mr Williams, his wife Kita, their three
Skills coach Scott Johnson has admitted that Wales are bracing themselves for a bruising encounter on Saturday, but has warned that they won't fight fire with fire. The Principality take on South Africa at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday in a game
NEWPORT great-great-grandmother Kathleen Harvey can be forgiven for forgetting some of her grandchildren's birthdays - she now has 94 to remember. It means Mrs Harvey, who is 94, has as many grandchildren as years. This week the family is celebrating
POLICE are looking for the arson attackers who destroyed a £6,000 kebab van in Cwmbran. The van, which had been operating opposite Kwik Save off Court Road, Cwmbran for six months, was burnt out in the early hours of Monday morning. Mustafa Karaoz, 31
