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Signs of the Times (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Posted: July 3, 2009 Date of Sighting: 27/06/2009 Time: 22:37 Witness Statement: My son and I were traveling back from Penhow to Newport on the M4 motorway, just before the Brynglas tunnels, whilst my son was driving I spotted three lights in the sky flying very low, the lights were bright and the objects were shaped like discs, the objects were not moving very fast, in fact I would say they were hovering....
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Email Showcase (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
From: Lucie at LateRooms.com Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:34 AM To: Lawrence Alexander Subject: Great value, great locations, great prices! Rooms from £29 Great Rooms with even greater rates - from £29 View an online version of this email here > View a text-only version here > Home > UK hotels > Europe hotels > 12 things to do in 2009 > Forward to a friend > In...
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The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Flynn has been covering the case of a lady who has been getting some hassle off of council folk over her allotment. An so from his webshyte: The jobsworths on Rogerstone Council were forced to climb down in the face of a gale of public anger. The report I have had from tonight's meeting suggests that their about turn was anything but graceful. One councillor tried a sideswipe at me saying that I should...
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nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 28/06/2009
Edith Avery said she was told by Rogerstone Community Council that her plot, just a few feet from her back door, would be cleared this week because she had not complied with regulations. Mrs Avery, of Cefn Road, Rogerstone, near Newport, south Wales, said it was "a shock and a worry" as she was given 14 days to clear the plot - a time limit which ends tomorrow - or the council would arrange...
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Brew Wales (Free subscription) | 25/06/2009
Daley Dozen, part 3 An occasional series devoted to a dozen best things in the beer world. 12 favourite pubs in South Wales Clytha Arms, Monmouthshire . Set in its own grounds, the Clytha has won countless awards over the years for its real ales and food. It is even on a bus route, though a somewhat irregular one. Joiners, Bishopston, Swansea . Home of the Swansea Brewing Company, the Joiners offers...
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The Cynical Dragon (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
Policing in Gwent is a strange thing . It's nice to know their spending so much time cracking down on the real ills in society though. A 12-hour police swoop on Newport taxi drivers resulted in nine vehicles being prohibited for defects and nine drivers reported for plying for hire in breach of their taxi licence. Thirteen fixed penalty notices were issued for offences including speeding and not wearing...
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Mary in Monmouth (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
St Benedict was the great founder of the famous 'Rule' . Pope Benedict led a great pilgrimage to NMonte Cassino in Italy on the Feast day of Father Pio just last week. There are still thousands of Benedictine Abbeys (including our own BELMONT in Herefordshire-where we had the May procession several weeks ago. There are many in Britain and all over Europe, many of which are attached to schools. The...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
CARDIFF beat Sully Centurions in the third round of the Gwalia Welsh Cup on Sunday and will now play either Newport or Usk in the zone final for a place in the last four of the competition.
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Rhode Island's Twelfth (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
Newport County residents and employees of the local hospitality industry will be eligible for free admission or other discounts at a number of local attractions during “Newport County Days” on Sunday and Monday. The event is sponsored by the Attractions Council of Newport County. To receive the discount, visitors must show proof of residency, such as a driver’s license or other identification...
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Safelincs Company Blog (Free subscription) | 19/05/2009
Every month Safelincs offers their customers the chance to win £25 worth of ‘Love2shop’ high street vouchers. In April the lucky winner was Mr Mark Harley of Rhiwderin, Newport. All he had to do was fill out a customer survey questionnaire and he was immediately entered into the prize draw. Mr Mark Harley said: “I only ordered [...]
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Taking Stock (Free subscription) | 13/05/2009
A commercial Holstein Friesian sold for a top price of 2350gns at the dispersal sale of Greg Waters' herd, Whitson, Newport, Monmouthshire. This second calver, sired by Alfrag Juror Kendall and due to Bidlea Tredene in August of this year,...
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Biogas Energy (Free subscription) | 25/04/2009
One of the makers of Marks & Spencers ready meals is to use its own food waste to power its factory in Newport, South Wales. RF Brookes, part of Premier Foods plc, has been awarded £500,000 by the Welsh Assembly government towards its own £5 million anaerobic digestion plant at its Rogerstone site. The facility is expected to [...]
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icWales (Free subscription) | 23/04/2009
PUPILS commemorated the construction of their new £28m school by burying a time capsule in the building site.
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The Cynical Dragon (Free subscription) | 17/04/2009
Tornado hits Newport A MINI-TORNADO hit Newport yesterday, damaging at least two homes. Slates were torn off roofs as the 80mph gust blew through Haisbro Avenue, St Julians at 4.10pm. Not really a tornado then. A strong gust that pulled off a couple of tiles. What's the estimated cost of the damage? A hundred quid?
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the DeafBlog (Free subscription) | 16/04/2009
A teenager is indulging her love of animals and wants to inspire other deaf youngsters to follow their dreams. Elinor Scott, 17, of Newport, Wales, is the only deaf student at Coleg Gwent College's Usk campus. She helped organise...
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