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Tree planted in honour of Bettws - legend' 6:30pm Wednesday 25th November 2009 Comments Have your say By Jessica Best THE life of a Newport man described as a "legend" because of the community work he did on his Bettws estate has been commemorated with a tree planted in his memory.

MOTORISTS were being urged to exercise extra caution on the roads this afternoon after reports the roads between Ryde and Newport had become slippery due to a suspected oil spillage.

Plans to open a pole dancing club opposite a school on the Isle of Wight have provoked anger from some members of the public.

Police have renewed an appeal for information about a road crash involving a 12-year-girl in Newport.

FOOD and drink producers in Wales celebrated having their products recognised at the industry's "Oscars" last night.

A 12-YEAR-OLD Newport girl is today fighting for her life after being involved in a collision with a car last night.

MORE cars have been targetted by vandals after six windscreens were broken in Carisbrooke Park in the early hours of Sunday.

A NEWPORT woman is preparing to climb Africaa s highest mountain after being inspired by her younger sister who suffers from Down's Syndrome.

A BUSY railway line was closed this evening after heavy rain caused rocks to slide on to the track.

A NEWPORT man was jailed for two years and has to register as a sex offender after admitting having sex with a girl aged under 16.

A CHARITY football match this month will raise money in memory of a Newport man who died from testicular cancer three years ago.

A CHEPSTOW family was left devastated after an arson attack wreaked havoc on their home and destroyed nearly all their possessions.

Gwent lotto winners Les Scadding and wife Samantha Peachey-Scadding bought their ticket from the same store as another Gwent lotto millionaire.

After supposedly being refused permission of march in Bristol, the closest to the West country the far-right group came was EDL's Welsh branch, the WDL, who made plans for marches in Swasea and Newport.

The scene of the accident on East Cowes Road this afternoon. Picture by PETER BOAM.

A SPECIAL bus service that ferries patients and visitors between Newport bus station and the Royal Gwent and St Woolos Hospitals will continue to operate after agreement between health and transport bosses Difficulties with financing the popular service had led to fears that it might be discontinued, but now Newport Transport, who run the service, ...

November 4, 1839: John Frost leads 1,000-5,000 fellow Chartist sympathizers to Newport , Monmouthshire.

POLICE have confirmed the man killed in a crash involving a car and an ambulance at Whippingham on Sunday is 53-year-old Robert Hammond, of Esplanade, Sandown.

Everybody was in the pink... 9:10pm Sunday 1st November 2009 Comments Have your say PEOPLE across Gwent dressed in pink on Friday to raise money for breast cancer charities.