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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Smudgy the cat’s on the road to recovery by Jamie Robins, THIS stray cat was spared from a slow, agonising death after an animal lover found out about his plight in a Gazette article.Smudgy the cat, who wandered the area of Brynithel, near St Illtyd’s Church, was looked after by a community of animal lovers.The residents contacted the RSPCA earlier this year when they noticed the cat...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Man on bail after body found by Jamie Robins, POLICE are investigating the death of woman in the Bryntithel area of Abertillery.Alison Gilbert, 51, was found dead at Mount Pleasant Estate after police received a call at 5.30pm on Saturday, November 29, from the ambulance serviceA 29-year-old man, who was arrested in connection with the death, has been released on police bail pending further...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Bright future for Festival Park shopping outlet by Jamie Robins, ONE year on from Chester Properties’ multi-million pound takeover, Festival Park Outlet Shopping Centre in Ebbw Vale is now fully let.New tenants opening recently at the 75-acre complex include Past Times, Designer Suit Outlet and Green and Pleasant.Festival Park is Wales’ original outlet centre and comprises 41 shop units...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Changes at your Gwent Gazette by Jamie Robins, THE closure of three branch offices, including Ebbw Vale, has been announced by Media Wales.The company said it was taking the step following a review and in light of the current economic climate.The company remains committed to the Gwent Gazette, which will be edited from a regional office in Merthyr under a regional editor."The decision...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
VIP club looking for new members by Jamie Robins, IF you are visually impaired and living in the borough why not become a VIP?The Blaenau Gwent Visually Impaired Persons club or VIP club is always seeking new members.The club is based in the Moose Lodge in Tredegar and meets once a fortnight.Transport is arranged for members who live in Blaenau Gwent and escorts are always on hand for...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Praise after hotel blaze drama by Jamie Robins, Praise after hotel blaze dramaTHE emergency services and staff at the nursing home evacuated after the County Hotel fire have been congratulated on their quick thinking and hard work.Councillors John Rogers and Don Wilcox were at the leisure centre to lend their support and applauded the work of the emergency services as well as the staff...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Pupils’ wicked time during London visit by Jamie Robins, THE Art and Music department at Tredegar Comprehensive took 48 pupils on an overnight stay in London.The students were taken to the Apollo Victoria Theatre to see the musical Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz.All pupils thoroughly enjoyed the show and Emma Cavender Morris, head of music, said: “It was an amazing experience...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... readers, even more local news and sport in each and every edition.You can send your reports to Jamie Robins at the usual address, e-mail us at jamie.robins@mediawales.co.uk or call 01495 304589.Keep up to date with the news. Sign up for Have your say on the latest news and sport in our Share this article Site Tools Your WalesOnlineGet involved...We want your local stories, videos...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Thieves steal from cerebral palsy boy by Jamie Robins, HEARTLESS thieves stole toys and medical equipment from a toddler who suffers with cerebral palsy.Sadie Kinsey and Darren Brown took their three-year-old son Jake away for the weekend. When they returned to their home in Roundhouse Close, Nantyglo, they discovered it had been broken into.“We had been away for the weekend and when...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Hospice Headlines by Jamie Robins, Cancer clinicWE can help you to challenge it and overcome it.Hospice of the Valleys has Cancer Help Clinics in Blaenau Gwent every month with complementary therapies, plus Christian healing, counselling, relaxation, diet and how to fight cancer yourself.No fee, though donations are always welcome. For more information, contact 01495 717277.Thank you...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
The Sex Pistols Experience bring anarchy to Abertillery by Jamie Robins, “MY God, they really are the Sex Pistols!”That was the comment of Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones when he watched a tribute to his former band that you can catch in Abertillery this week.The Sex Pistols Experience will play at the Dolls House on Saturday, November 8.After playing hundreds of live shows since their...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Prince on board! by Jamie Robins, Prince on board!PRINCE Charles spent the majority of his visit inside the Llanhilleth Miners’ Institute.The Institute was originally opened in May 1906 when the development of the South Wales coalfield created a demand for self-education and a meeting place for evening classes and community recreation for the mining population.In recent years the restoration...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
PLANS for a new hospice building on the former Ebbw Vale steelworks site will be unveiled this week - at the launch of a major appeal to raise £2m. by Jamie Robins, The new building has become necessary as the Hospice of the Valleys has outgrown its current office accommodation in Morgan Street in Tredegar.And with more than 500 patients being treated each year, and clinics being held...
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Gwent Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Council reject ‘daisy drop’ complaints by Jamie Robins, A TOWN council has rejected complaints that a mayor broke the law while organising a charity event.Earlier this month the Gazette reported how Tredegar Mayor John Morgan had encountered a long list of problems with his Daisy Drop.The event involved an animal being set free in a field marked out into squares, each of which was “sold”...
