Pontypool man jailed for trashing ex-partner’s home and stealing her underwear

7:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A JILTED lover was jailed for trashing his ex-partner’s home and stealing her underwear.

Tributes paid to dead golfer found in Newport

6:59pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Cwmbran golfer whose body was found on the bank of the Severn Estuary in Newport.

'New mood' at Gwent Police - PCC

FIVE MINUTES WITH: Ian Johnston, Gwent police and crime commissioner

11:56am Tuesday 18th June 2013

GWENT'S police and crime commissioner Ian Johnston has spoken of a "new mood of cooperation" since the departure of former chief constable Carmel Napier.

Minister's report calls for Wales education shake-up

CONCERN: Welsh education minister Leighton Andrews

9:48pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE number of council education departments in Wales could be slashed by a third, from 22 to 15, in a matter of months, if suggestions published today by the education minister are put into action.

Wales education authorities could be cut by a third

DAMNING ESTYN REPORT: Torfaen is set to hand over control of some education responsibilities to the Education Achievement Service. Picture posed by models

4:16pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE number of local authority education services in Wales could be slashed by a third in the next 12 months, from 22 to 15, if suggestions published today by the education minister are put into action.

Police chopper lands in Old Cwmbran in search for woman

Police helicopter in Old Cwmbran pictured by reader Lynne Croft

10:29am Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE police helicopter landed in Old Cwmbran last night while searching for a woman. She was found on a nearby hillside after officers were guided in by the helicopter.

Ex-member of Gwent drainage board ‘cut off’ over concerns

CONCERNS: Former Undy councillor James Harris MP demands police probe into Gwent Levels drainage quango

7:30pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A FORMER member of a Gwent public body that was the subject of a damning Wales Audit Office report, told an Assembly committee he was "cut off" by its officers for raising concerns over how it was run.

Gwent to give thanks for Bishop of Monmouth’s service

Bishop of Monmouth the Rt Reverend Dominic Walker

6:20pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

PEOPLE from across Gwent are giving thanks for a decade of dedicated service from a bishop who is retiring at the end of this month.

Welsh Tories meet at Magor to discuss M4 congestion

POLICY DRIVE: David Davies MP and Nick Ramsay AM, above the M4 at Magor yesterday

11:10am Tuesday 18th June 2013

WELSH Conservatives gathered in M4 services to discuss the “desperately needed” solution to solving congestion on Wales’ “economic artery”.

50 years on Cwmbran man recalls Beatles support slot in Abergavenny

ROCK AND ROLLING BACK THE YEARS: Barrie Herbert played lead guitar in the Fabulous Fortunes who supported the Beatles in Abergavenny fifty years ago

10:40am Tuesday 18th June 2013

ON Saturday evening, Barrie Herbert will be among the audience at Abergavenny’s Borough Theatre, watching a Beatles tribute band.

Seven Gwent tourist sites up for Wales award

BUSY: Abergavenny Food Festival – organisers are inviting local groups and businesses to get involved with both the main event and fringe activities

10:10am Tuesday 18th June 2013

SEVEN Gwent businesses have been shortlisted for a National Tourism Award for Wales.

Monmouth school pupil set for cycle trek across Europe

CYCLE TREK: Poppy Thompson willcycle from her hometown of Bristol to Berne in Switzerland

3:30pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A MONMOUTH school pupil is going to pedal 760 miles for charity.

Severn tolls quiz for minister in Parliament

SEVERN CROSSINGS: The operating company’s contract ends in 2018

5:20pm Monday 17th June 2013

THE WELSH Affairs Committee will question transport minister Stephen Hammond on the Severn Tolls in Parliament tomorrow.

Trustees of Torfaen leisure unveiled

NEW ERA: Members of the Trust David Bassett, Keith Thorne, Barry Jones, David Reynolds, Mike Dawell, Sally Church, Torfaen’s current head of leisure,Steven Hay, Rosemarie Seabourne, Alun Williams, Lewis Jones and Barry Howells

2:30pm Monday 17th June 2013

As Torfaen gears up to have its leisure services taken over by a non-profit organisation, we find out who the newly appointed trustees are, why they got involved and what they say the future holds for leisure services in the borough.

Disabled Rogiet man’s Snowdon push postponed

TEAM EFFORT: Andrew Watson and friends gear up for a previous climb

12:20pm Monday 17th June 2013

A TETRAPLEGIC man who planned to scale Snowdon in a specialised wheelchair has had to put his plans on hold after contracting pneumonia.

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