PAUL TRAYNOR tries out an award-winning inn . more...
escape.... has teamed up with the Usk Inn at Talybont-on-Usk to offer a lucky reader the chance to win an overnight stay for two with dinner provided. more...
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Surfing - it's child's play more...
IT is a fact of camping life that at some stage some creepy crawlie or other will want to spend time in the tent with you. more...
Some reports have suggested that we are heading for a good summer, so it might be time to think of a break at home rather than abroad. more...
The four-star Jurys Kensington Hotel is in the smartest part of London, just minutes from Harrods, Hyde Park, Olympia and Earls Court. more...
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has teamed up with the publishers Rough Guides to produce a guide to travel safety. more...
Copies of the guide can be ordered freefrom the FCO's website www.fco.gov.uk/travel more...
More than half of Britons fail to shop around to check they are getting a good deal on their travel money, research showed today. more...
Travellers may to have to wait until 2007 to fly in the world's biggest passenger plane after manufacturers Airbus announced delivery delays. more...
British holidaymakers to America revelling in the strength of the pound against the dollar could suffer from the weakness of US suntan products, a new survey reveals. more...
We've a real variety of late deals for you this month - ranging from a four-star hotel break in Bulgaria to 14 nights camping in the Arctic Circle. more...
Kevin Pilley travelled with JAL, 0845 7747 700, which offers flights starting at £740. For further info log on to ticketoffice@japan-airlines.co.uk more...
It was interesting to visit Budapest, the Hungarian capital, this month. It used to be two cities - Buda on the hilly side and Pest on the flat side. The Danube flows between Buda and Pest, which are linked by seven bridges. more...
Dreamt of owning your own place in France, but been put off by the thought of all the legal hassle? more...
At 11.02 am on August 9, 1945, an atomic bomb exploded above Nagasaki. It killed and injured 150,000 people and destroyed a third of the city . more...
No other holiday seems to have quite the same magical appeal as an ocean cruise. more...
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If you like a slice of adrenaline with your Devonshire cream tea, then Croyde is the place to be, discovers Tracey Davies. more...
BOXING is a great sport, extremely well regulated on the whole nowadays, especially in this country, and has given me many memorable moments most people could never dream of, but sometimes it does almost drive me to despair. more...
Wales' Grand Slam winning stars run out for the Lions against the All Blacks tomorrow knowing that victory will elevate them to hero status right across Britain. more...
AYLWARD Heavy Haulage Ltd, have taken delivery of a Volvo FH16, 610 bhp, 8x4 tractor unit, making it the fifth in the County Laois operator's all-Volvo fleet. Plated for operation at 200 tonnes GCW, the truck will make full use of its torque and horsepower in transporting heavy construction plant. more...
THE Woodland Trust has less than two weeks to put together a bid to save a swathe of ancient Gwent woodland. more...
GWENT pub landlord John Brackstone is a contestant on the last Countdown with the late Richard Whiteley, on Channel 4 today. more...
SCHOOLS in Malpas and Bettws look set to escape the axe as a city council cabinet member recommends that they stay open. more...
Gaynor Davies was 19 when she made the trip to London for the all-star gig in 1985. more...
A GIFTED seamstress who made Pontypool her home after fleeing London to escape the blitz celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. more...
A POLICE crackdown on `boy racers' began early last night in the run-up to the introduction of tough new powers in a Gwent town. more...
SIXTH-form students enjoyed a taste of life as undergraduates at the University of Wales, Newport. more...
DETECTIVES are probing the death of a Newport man after a house party, it was revealed today. more...
THE former girlfriend of a man described by a judge as "a bully" with little regard for the equality of women today tells how she is trying to put her life back together. more...
A TAXI driver who indecently assaulted two female passengers in separate incidents was told by a judge yesterday that he "must expect substantial punishment". more...
GLAMORGAN'S interest in the Twenty20 Cup all but disappeared at Edgbaston last night as they lost their last six wickets for 13 runs in twenty balls to turn a winning position into a spectacular four-runs defeat. more...
PARENTS are being warned to be vigilant after a spate of attacks by vandals at two children's playgrounds in Newport. more...
Wales' fitness and conditioning coach Andrew Hore is to return to his homeland in autumn to take up a post with the New Zealand Rugby Union. more...
Wales' Grand Slam winning stars run out for the Lions against the All Blacks tomorrow knowing that victory will elevate them to hero status right across Britain. more...
Newport Wasps lack of action and attention to strengthening the team has perhaps detracted from the fact that they have slipped in the Premier League. more...
GLAMORGAN'S interest in the Twenty20 Cup all but disappeared at Edgbaston last night as they lost their last six wickets for 13 runs in twenty balls to turn a winning position into a spectacular four-runs defeat. more...
NEWPORT County will kick off their Nationwide South campaign in familiar fashion in August, starting against the two sides they battled with to avoid the drop last season. more...
BOXING is a great sport, extremely well regulated on the whole nowadays, especially in this country, and has given me many memorable moments most people could never dream of, but sometimes it does almost drive me to despair. more...
LAST weekend two Mazda rotary-powered Le Mans race cars from yesteryear excited the crowds of today at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Bringing back the excitement of racing at Le Mans, the two BF Goodrich Mazda-Lola T616 race cars sped up the famous hill climb giving the crowds a taste of how the cars set the stage for continued Mazda motorsport successes around the world back in 1984. more...
THIS September, MINI will add three new models to the existing hatchback range - MINI One Seven, MINI Cooper Park Lane and MINI Cooper S Checkmate. Since launch, MINI customers have always benefited from the availability of the cost effective Salt, Pepper and Chili option packages. more...
THE latest chapter in the Micra story is set to open with the arrival of the Micra C+C coupe/convertible which was designed and engineered in the UK and will be built here, too. Thanks to its clever folding roof, Micra C+C allows owners the best of both worlds: fresh air when the weather allows and hardtop protection when it doesn't. But the Micra C+C has another trick up its well-tailored sleeve - a C-VIEW glass roof that allows the elements to be enjoyed even in the depths of winter, a first in its class. Just as well because sales start in time for Christmas. more...
NISSAN showed its performance side at the 2005 Goodwood Festival of Speed last week with cars you can buy and some you can't. Leading the charge will be a 350Z specially developed by Nissan Motorsport International. The company also played an important role in assisting RML motorsport to build a unique 350Z engined Micra to be displayed on Nissan's stand. Parked alongside it will be the rather more available Micra 160SR as well as the 350Z Roadster, a Murano and the new Navara, the most powerful pick-up officially imported into the UK. more...
SUZUKI'S new RM-Z450 four-stroke motocrosser is taking two of the world's top motocross championships by storm in the hands of 25-year-old American, Ricky Carmichael, and 36-year-old Belgian ace, Joel Smets. more...
YOU won't meet the THUMS family at your local supermarket and they aren't due to appear as characters in your favourite TV soap, but as a `family' they are going to make a big impact. Several impacts, in fact, as they are a new breed of virtual crash test dummies, created by Toyota to help it design safer vehicles. more...
A TEAM of 17 cyclists from Kia's head office completed the gruelling 54 mile London to Brighton bike ride last weekend to raise over £3,000 for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). more...
Europe's premier biker gathering is rapidly becoming one of the Continent's most anticipated motorcycling events. Over the long weekend of 1-3 July, a huge number of UK riders will leave England's green and pleasant land and ride to the forests and mountains that surround the picturesque German/Austrian border town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The event that has inspired this pilgrimage is the annual BMW Motorrad Biker Meeting. more...
RENAULT'S reputation for producing fine hot hatchbacks is well documented but, even by the company's usual standards, 2005 is turning out to be a vintage year with the `Cup' version of the Megane Renaultsport 225 the latest model to join the fold. more...
GENERATION-change at the pinnacle of automotive engineering: Mercedes-Benz presents the new S-Class. The new luxury saloon will be appearing in the showrooms of company-owned outlets and authorised dealerships as of spring 2006. As in the preceding series, the new S-Class will introduce technical innovations which make the flagship Mercedes model an example for others to follow. more...
THE thought of entertaining the kids in the summer holidays can be daunting. The thought of entertaining them on a car journey can be even worse! With an increasing number of cars now featuring DVD players, Early Years Entertainment Ltd (EYE) has the perfect travel companion to soothe the cries of "are we nearly there yet?" more...
The Maserati Quattroporte, flagship saloon of the Trident Marque, was the car of choice for Sophia Loren to attend the ceremony in which she was appointed Honorary Citizen of Pozzuoli, the small town near Naples where she grew up. more...
THE Maserati Birdcage 75th, a Pininfarina designed concept car based on the Maserati MC12 and built in collaboration with Motorola has made its official driving debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The gorgeous car, which received the "Best Concept" award at this year's Geneva Motorshow and features in the "Ten coolest concept cars" classification by Forbes, took part in the Supercar hillclimb at the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed, in West Sussex, England, in front of 150,000 people. more...
THE dawn of a new age in motoring clicked a few minutes closer this week as Toyota announced its hydrogen fuel cell powered SUV has become the first such vehicle in Japan to acquire vehicle type certification under the Road Vehicles Act by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT). Leases for the vehicle are to begin on 1 July. more...
New GPS-based safety camera detection system praised as a "brilliant debut for a new name at a good price" TALEX, 1 the UK's most affordable voice-based safety camera warning system, is one of only two `plug and play' units to be recommended by Auto Express in a recent test 2 of 11 GPS-based safety camera locator systems. more...
The BBC's Shakespeare School Festival, having grown from a small organisation in Wales, is now one of the UK's largest national theatre festivals and is coming to The Riverfront, on Sunday, at 7pm. more...
War of the Worlds (12A) **** more...
Chandlery Restaurant, Lower Dock Street, Newport more...
Sultry Portuguese sounds and hot jazz at the 2005 Welsh Proms Cardiff more...
Several years ago, in the middle of a field near Pilton, REM moved a crowd of thousands with their heartfelt indie-pop. more...
This week we have two local bands taking to the stage at the Meze Lounge on Monday. more...
LEE Evans has spent the last couple of years making films and television programmes, and now he can't wait to get back to his first love - stand-up comedy. more...
AT Abertillery Community Theatre India Dance Wales present Evoking Rasa. more...
Last August, a brother and sister had a dream of bringing together the most competent, dedicated singers and performers in the area to deliver musical theatre shows of uncompromising quality and professionalism. more...
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