SORCERY, magic and adventure come to The Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. Fans of magical tales, swords and sorcery should prepare to be enchanted by The Sherman's spectacular Christmas show this year - Merlin and the Cave of Dreams. In a retelling of the old
THE former Corus steelworks site in Ebbw Vale now officially belongs to Blaenau Gwent county borough council. The Welsh Development Agency completed the purchase of the site - the steelworks closed in 2002 - on the council's behalf. Work can now begin
A PROUD pupil from a Brynmawr school will see her Christmas card design up in lights this festive season. Brooke Lewis-Richards, aged 10, from St Mary's Church in Wales School, won a competition entered by more than 400 schoolchildren in the town. Her
World Cup winners Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd celebrated in very different ways today - one by putting his feet up, the other by flying to China. The pair yesterday gave Wales only their second victory in the event, 18 years on from Ian Woosnam's
SHOCK figures show the number of homeless people in Gwent is more than 4,000. National Assembly statistics show 9,856 people declared themselves homeless in Wales in 2004/5. In Gwent the numbers of those without a permanent home rose by 460 this year
A PROJECT in Caldicot provided youngsters with new leisure equipment worth thousands of pounds. A £55,000 makeover of Birbeck Road Park features football goalposts with nets, a basketball hoop, a play area for the young, new benches and £1,600 worth of
A GWENT-born soldier died when his parachute failed to open properly. Newport-born Captain Daniel Wright, 25, was taking part in only his second parachute jump during a training exercise at RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire, when he died on Thursday morning
AN elderly victim of a distraction burglary told how her Newport community is living in fear of a teen gang. Two burglars conned their way into the 83-year-old's home and stole her handbag. On Friday we revealed how a gang of youths, some as young as
THE curse of the late goal struck again for Newport County on Saturday at Sutton, denying them the victory they so deserved after another fine performance. After being denied a victory at Hayes after a harsh sending off and two late goals, and after losing
A YOUNG woman died yesterday after a collision involving two cars near Blaenavon. The smash between a Renault Clio and a Vauxhall Astra happened on the B4248 between Blaenavon and Brynmawr at about 5.50pm. A 23-year-old woman from Brynmawr, who was driving
IAN Gough is back in the Welsh team - and this time the Newport Gwent Dragons lock intends to stay there. After an eleventh hour call-up to the side against South Africa on Saturday - though he had an idea he would be in for most of last week - Gough
A NEWPORT GP is back home after an aid mission helping communities devastated by the Pakistan earthquake. Dr Ibrahim Hayat, 40, a freelance GP from Newport, was appalled at the destruction he saw on news footage from Pakistan, and decided to go there
Man of the match Brian Habana has backed Wales to retain the Six Nations despite Saturday's 33-16 defeat. Habana scored two tries in his side's victory and Wales never really coped with his destructive pace. He ripped them to shreds whenever he got the
HUNDREDS of people young and old braved the cold to see Gwent sports stars switch on Newport's Christmas lights last night. Local athletes Darren Campbell and Christian Malcolm were joined by Newport Gwent Dragons captain Jason Forster for the switch-on
WALES coach Mike Ruddock has made a whole series of revelations as he plots a course which will enable Wales to gain their first big victory of the Autumn series against Australia on Saturday. During a no-holes-barred interview at the team's Vale of Glamorgan
SORCERY, magic and adventure come to The Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. Fans of magical tales, swords and sorcery should prepare to be enchanted by The Sherman's spectacular Christmas show this year - Merlin and the Cave of Dreams. In a retelling of the old
