PLANS to build a £14 million motorsport centre and hotel which would have created 200 jobs in Blaenavon have been abandoned, the Argus can reveal. Instead the centre is to be located in the East Midlands after the company "gave up" on siting the centre
FORENSIC scientists in Chepstow were today taking part in the first strike in the history of the service. More than 1,600 workers across England and Wales were involved in the industrial action called over a long-running pay row, and employees were due
NEWPORT Gwent Drag-ons threequarter Hal Luscombe is expected to be the only change in the Welsh team to face Argentina in Tucuman on Saturday (8pm BST). And Dragons flanker Jason Forster is set to win his first cap at last after starting the non-capped
Carl Wilkinson will not be riding for Newport Wasps at Hull tonight in the return Premier League meeting - and his speedway career may be at an end. The 23-year-old Wilkinson, a Newport asset, delivered the bombshell to promoter Tim Stone last night -
ASSEMBLY opposition leaders united yesterday to condemn the First Minister's absence from the weekend's D-Day commemoration in Normandy. Despite repeating his apology to veterans for causing any offence Rhodri Morgan was attacked for his insensitivity
POLICE surgeon Robert Wells did all he could to thwart the investigation by dedicated child protection detectives - even refusing to tell officers where his flat was in Southampton. Detective Inspector Sara Glen, who led the investigation, said: "The
A SCHOOL has come under fire again for refusing to accommodate pupils with tramline haircuts. Two 13-year-old cousins with the trendy hairstyles have been told by Bassaleg Comprehensive, Newport, to cut them out or get out. Mother Rachel Newbury is furious
JOE Calzaghe has promised to punch Glen Johnson into retirement IF the pair meet in Cardiff on July 24. That is the date for the rescheduled clash for the IBF world light-heavyweight title announced yesterday by promoters Sports Network. But Johnson says
A GWENT doctor was jailed for 15 years yesterday for drugging, raping and indecently assaulting young girls. And a retired Newport doctor, who worked alongside pervert police surgeon Dr Robert Wells said he is "deeply shocked" at his former colleague's
FEELING hot, hot, hot... well, make the most of it, because the two-day heatwave looks set to end. With temperatures hitting 27 degrees Celsius over the past couple of days supermarkets have seen an increase in ice- cube and ice-cream sales. And while
A CWMBRAN mum could go to court if she does not remove blacked out windows from her 4x4 vehicle. Tracy Young, 38, of Badgers Mede, Greenmeadow, was stopped by police after dropping her children off at school. She was told that tinted windows in the front
INADEQUATE vetting procedures allowed Robert Wells to work as a police surgeon even though he previously stood trial for indecent assault against two girls. Wells was acquitted of sexually attacking the girls from the Brighton area - aged eight and 15
PILES of rubbish, fridges and tyres left by flytippers have turned a rural corner of Newport into a stinking mess, an angry resident claims. Carol Jenkins, of Manor Park, near Duffryn, said piles of trash and broken glass have turned a lane near her home
HE was born an Englishman and became a Welshman, so it's no surprise that Trevor Goldsworthy considers himself to be British. The retired furnaceman, who grew up in Kimberley Terrace, Newport, celebrated his 100th birthday this week and can still remember
