GWENT may have seen humid and sticky temperatures at the weekend, but Andrew Bowen was so cold he went out to buy a hat. For the rock fan had just had his metre-long hair chopped off for charity - and is now completely bald. Andrew, 32, had 17 years'
STEAM is king! Thousands of people are set to chug to a Gwent park today for the Abergavenny Steam, Veteran and Vintage Rally. The annual two-day event began yesterday, with hundreds of people flocking to Abergavenny's Bailey Park to see the many attractions
WALES lost two of their three games in the England section of the International Board sevens series at the Stoop Memorial Ground yesterday. They lost a hard game against Samoa 24-7 and then fell to a 17-0 defeat against rivals England. But the Welsh team
LITTER louts in Newport could face on-the-spot fines of £25 as the council gets tough with those who drop rubbish in the town centre. The fines are the latest attempt to reduce the cost of keeping the town's streets free of litter, which currently claims
TOP golf officials have denied reports that Newport's Celtic Manor has already been selected as the venue for the 2009 Ryder Cup. Heads of the two bodies that make up the decision-making Ryder Cup committee poured cold water on the hot gossip. Speculation
A GWENT village has raised more than £1,000 to replace the nameplate on a cenotaph, which was the dream of a resident. Now those organising the appeal are urging anyone who thinks a loved one's name is not already on the plaque but should be mentioned
GRAHAM Henry needs only one word to describe the task facing his Lions in Australia this summer - immense. Henry and 37 of Britain's finest rugby players will board a plane to Perth on Friday for one of the great sporting adventures. The former Auckland
FOUR vehicles were damaged in a blaze at Walls Truck Services at the weekend. Two lorries belonging to the firm and a lorry and a car being kept there for police purposes were destroyed in the fire, which police are treating as suspicious. One of the
RACE erupted as an election issue yesterday after Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Simon Hughes claimed William Hague had helped create a climate of intolerance. The Tory leader dismissed the attack and in turn accused the Liberal Democrats of
BUBBLY - that's the one word that colleagues of Gwent's own Big Brother contestant use to describe her. Staff at Classy Cutz hair salon in Fields Park Road, Newport, painted a picture of Helen Adams, who went into the Big Brother house on Friday, as an
SCOTT Quinnell wants to make up for lost time when he arrives in Australia with the Lions next week. The Llanelli and Wales number eight suffered injury heartache four years ago, a double hernia wrecking any chance he had of gaining Lions Test recognition
A PETITION calling for a new motorway junction to be built at Caldicot has been handed to Deputy First Minister Mike German. Local traders have been calling for a separate intersection for Caldicot on the M48 as they believe it would help attract inward
NEWPORT'S retiring captain Gary Teichmann marked his final game with a try as he led the Barbarians to 43-29 victory over a young, untried England side at Twickenham yesterday. The Barbarians scored seven tries, England replying with four, and apart from
POLICE divers are continuing to search for the body of a 19-year-old Newport student who is feared drowned after going swimming in the River Wye, in Symonds Yat. The man, who has not been named, had been visiting the area with a group of friends on Wednesday
A FORMER Welsh secretary in Gwent at the weekend to launch a Keep the Pound rally met an election candidate who has already enjoyed success. Lord David Hunt joined Islwyn Conservatives, including parliamentary candidate Phillip Howells, at the rally on
TOMORROW will be a ground-breaking day for Newport's prefabs tenants. Work on building the new bungalows to replace the "temporary" post war homes is due to begin this week. Partnering contractors Lovell are moving on site to start the first phase of
THE man leading the protest against the Blackwood bypass lives in an isolated cottage on the banks of the Sirhowy River. Helen Morgan met Carl Taylor and his family in the idyllic setting in St David's Wood. Environmental campaigner Carl Taylor used to
"THEY are probably thinking that Newport will be easy, but it would be nice to go up there and stuff them," - was Wasps skipper Steve Masters comment on their opening Premier League fixture against Newcastle Diamonds today. Wasps had their wings well
NEWPORT golfer Phil Price can guarantee himself a Ryder Cup spot for this autumn, in the final round of the Volvo PGA Championship at Wentworth today. Price, from Bassaleg, is currently joint-third in the tournament, alongside Argentina's Angel Cabrera
NEWPORT'S retiring captain Gary Teichmann marked his final game with a try as he led the Barbarians to 43-29 victory over a young, untried England side at Twickenham yesterday. The Barbarians scored seven tries, England replying with four, and apart from
LABOUR'S parliamentary candidate for Monmouth, Huw Edwards, was helping Amnesty International mark a milestone at the weekend. Mr Edwards was joined in the Shire Hall, Monmouth, on Saturday by First Secretary Rhodri Morgan as he cut a birthday cake to
