Abergavenny, Wales News

Year four pupils at Gilwern Primary School helped decorate the hall with bunting and made dozens of cakes ranging from chocolate to carrot cake and doughnuts to sell at stalls in the school hall.

IT WAS built to transport stone, coal, iron and processed lime from Brecon to Newport and the Severn Estuary during the Industrial Revolution.

The Hardwick, near Abergavenny, run by Stephen Terry and his wife, Jo, and the Felin Fach Griffin, near Brecon, run by Julie Bell, Charles Inkin and Edmund Inkin, were named in eighth and 18th places respectively in the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropub 2012 awards run by industry bible The Publican's Morning Advertiser.

Research carried out by the Local Data Company shows Cwmbran's shop vacancy is 6 per cent, the lowest in Wales, while Abergavenny has the second lowest rate with 7.9 per cent.

A PROPOSAL to redevelop the site of a former primary school near Abergavenny is to go on show for local residents on Thursday.

A MAN whose mother died after waiting for an ambulance for 41 minutes yesterday handed AMs a petition calling for better ambulance services for Monmouth.

Proposals to build a train station at Caerleon and make improvements to stations between Newport and Abergavenny have been put forward.

A VISITOR to Cardiff Crown Court has been jailed for seven days for filming a case on his mobile phone.

A FUND to create a permanent memorial for the Very Reverend Jeremy Winston at the church he served for almost two decades has been set up.

A FIFTH of shops are empty in key North Wales shopping centres - and experts are warning of a bleak future for the retail sector.

THE Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal will celebrate the 200th anniversary of its opening on Friday with a peal of church bells.

A RIVER is water in its most beautiful form - and here in Wales we have been blessed with so many wonderful rivers.

WELSH farmers could benefit financially from a natural feed supplement that researchers believe can reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers.

A NEW train station at Caerleon and improvements to existing stations at Abergavenny, Pontypool and New Inn and Cwmbran, are among the proposals up for public consultation.

FIRE crews were called to an Abergavenny farm on Friday night after a canal boat stored in a barn caught fire.

HOMEMAKERS Community Recycling in Abergavenny recently came to the rescue of former soldier Jason Clements after he moved into his new home in Chepstow.

The people of the town of Blaenavon have a great deal to be proud of. In the 19th Century this area of south-east Wales was the most important producer of iron, steel and coal in the world.

FIRE crews were called to an Abergavenny farm earlier tonight after a canal boat stored in a barn caught fire.

TALENTED singer-songwriter Queenie May Hayward-Durran, from Devauden, was dubbed "one to watch" by record label bosses as she prepares to release her debut single, Runaway.

"OKAY," you may be thinking, "she said last week she went out to play. What game was she playing, I'd like to know, and whether it cheered her up." Well, on the way down to the park, I noticed beside the path, almost buried under dead leaves, the printed word, in capital letters: "TWAS." Instead of brushing away the leaves I played the game of ... (more)