[Tex/LaTex] \newpage,\clearpage and \cleardoublepage not working

page-breaking

I'm trying to compile the following:

\documentclass[twoside,11pt,titlepage]{article}
\usepackage[paperwidth=5in,paperheight=7in]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[absolute]{textpos}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
 \begin{textblock*}{125mm}(0mm,0mm)
  \noindent
  \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{front.jpg}
\end{textblock*}
\newpage
Hello!
\end{document}

I get the jpg image on the first page. But the second page with "Hello" comes over the first page itself. I tried \clearpage and \cleardoublepage instead of \newpage as per the following question:

Why is \newpage ignored sometimes ?

But to no avail. Any suggestions so as to how to get a new page started after the first page?

Best Answer

It happens because TeX thinks the page is empty, so \newpage is ignored. Use \null\newpage instead. See section 2.2 of the textpos package documentation for details.