Gwent | Archive | 2003 | October
LILY Hancock (pictured), whose life spans three centuries and two world wars, celebrated her 104th birthday surrounded by family and friends. more...
YOUNG Newport musicians are bringing the world-acclaimed Schools Proms to a sparkling and stirring close on Bonfire Night. more...
PEOPLE living on a Newport estate have given the thumbs up to some exciting plans for the future at a series of celebration events. more...
VISITORS to Greenmeadow Community Farm are seeing spots in front of their eyes. more...
PATIENTS brought into the Royal Gwent's £1 million Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) will feel as though they are in a new hospital. more...
BUILDING more than one hundred flats on the site of a former Newport golf course would cause traffic mayhem, say angry residents. more...
More than a century of steel history is to end with the closure of the Avesta works at Panteg and the loss of 116 jobs. more...
BOOK-lovers backed the rights of the blind by signing a petition in a Blaenavon store encouraging more publishers to print copies in Braille. more...
POLICE in Newport are taking a tough stance against young troublemakers in a bid to stamp out anti-social behaviour during the build-up to Halloween. more...
A GANG of teenaged joyriders sparked a police pursuit across Newport in a stolen car which ended when they smashed into another vehicle, a court heard yesterday. more...
A £90,000 plan aims to end the nuisance caused by car cruisers at a Cwmbran leisure spot. more...
DAVID NEWMAN knew exactly what he had to do when his best friend went missing for 24 hours. more...
FANS of Newport Rugby Club are hoping to set up a new, independent supporters' club with the aim of strengthening the club and its funds. more...
POLICE are urging the elderly to join a new scheme that has a 100 per cent record of foiling distraction burglars in Gwent. more...
HAPPY hooker Jonathan Evans epitomises just why Newport are having such a succssful season, writes Paul Tully. more...
AS the Dragons go in search of their first competitive away win tonight, writes Nabil Hassan, coach Mike Ruddock has issued a warning to his side: `We must stop Neil Jenkins.' more...
Now that the next defence of my WBO world super-middleweight title that I told you about three weeks ago has been confirmed, it's full steam ahead again. more...
GOALKEEPER Duncan Roberts may be withdrawn from Peter Nicholas' Newport County squad while an internal disciplinary inquiry into his post-match conduct after Wednesday night's defeat to Weston-super-Mare, writes Peter Shuttleworth. more...
Canberra in October can't possibly be a replica of Rome in February or it will be the blackest day in Welsh rugby history tomorrow. more...
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