YOUNGSTERS from 1st Abergavenny’s Rainbows visited Abergavenny’s castle and museum to work on a project about the castle. Staff gave the 15 girls a backpack containing replica artefacts, chain mail, fact sheets and binoculars, each. The girls
HAVING beaten New Tredegar last week, Monmouth hoped to go one better last Saturday away at Caldicot and by half-time they were holding their own with five kicks from the back-on-form Ricketts and a Dewi Lane try, to two tries against, and that with four
TORFAEN runners were among those taking on Sunday's London Marathon including a Cwmbran man who set a new Guinness World Record. Mike Dodd said he had received a certificate to say that he had officially run the fastest marathon ever – in chain
East Gwent Senior LeagueBenevolent Cup semi-finalsTWO second-half penalties slotted home by Josh Downing gained revenge for Underwood over Severn Tunnel A at Rogiet.The teams had clashed a few days earlier in a Centenary Cup quarter-final at the same
MONMOUTHSHIRE council’s leader said he has “every confidence” its four schools’ GCSE performance will improve – after a blunder meant it responded to a councillor’s criticisms with irrelevant education statistics.Councillor
IMPROVING education in Monmouthshire is like turning a tanker, not a tugboat, councillors heard yesterday as they pored over what was described as a "depressing" report on standards.Director of education Sarah McGuinness stressed to education
PLANS for Chepstow’s tourist information centre (TIC) have only been made for this year and other sources will be required to secure its future, the deputy leader of Monmouthshire council said last week. Cllr Bob Greenland told a special meeting
A BAKER in Cwmbran, who turned his hobby into his profession only a year ago, has scooped two awards at the world’s biggest cake show. Cake International – The Sugarcraft, Cake Decorating and Baking Show was held at the ExCeL in London on April
A 15 year old from Cwmbran has had her long locks shaved off after being inspired by her granddad to raise funds for Parkinson’s UK.Nicole Carmock decided to have her hair shaved off to raise funds for the charity as her granddad, Len Burbridge,
