AN £11m plan for a new supermarket in Abergavenny was thrown out by Monmouthshire planners today. The Henry Boot plan for an ASDA store at the old cattle market site was dubbed as looking like a "cross channel ferry" or an airport hangar by some councillors
THE outpouring of good wishes following Richard Hammond's 300mph crash was not only comforting for his family, it showed how important a very underrated quality is. I wonder if there would have been quite the same level of public affection if Jeremy
A WOMAN who died following a car crash was "well-known, well-liked and respected", said a tribute from her family. Clara Lewis recently celebrated her 80th birthday at the Conservative Club in Usk with her family and friends. Mrs Lewis, a widow
IT HAS only been open for 18 months, but this week a Newport bed and breakfast was named guest house of the year by the AA. Grade II-listed Radford House, an 18th-century Georgian town house in Broadway, Caerleon, underwent four years of renovation
RADICAL plans by Newport council to ban food vans from outside city secondary schools went out to public consultation today. A notice in today's Argus announced council plans to forbid trading on 27 streets in Newport. The council hopes that by
DEDICATED staff want to make sure their Gwent secondary school is not forgotten when it closes for good next year. Trevethin Community School in Pontypool will permanently close its doors to pupils at the end of the summer term, bringing to an end
MOST actresses like nothing better than a bit of glamour - but one Cwmbran woman is hoping her gruesome transformation into an evil alien will prove her big break. And Jennifer Evans' role in a horror/sci-fi movie which cost just £300,000 to make is
VANDALS caused a Gwent school to be closed after rainwater poured through a roof they had damaged. More than £1,000 worth of repairs are needed at George Street Primary, Pontypool, after water came through into the kitchen, soaking electrical wiring
MORE than 40 jobs are set to be lost at a Valleys computer and telecoms factory, it was announced yesterday. Solectron, based on the Chapel Farm Industrial Estate, Cwmcarn, is proposing to lose 41 of its 170 workers. It blames a drop in demand,
A PLAN to turn an old Gwent chapel into a restaurant was rejected over fears it would fuel anti-social behaviour problems. Businessman Bob Smith applied to Blaenau Gwent county borough council to convert the former Carmel Chapel, in Carmel Street,
A GWENT grandfather is starting a road safety campaign in his village, saying children are being put at risk by drivers breaking the speed limit. Malcolm Morgan, 77, of Argoed, says he is worried for the safety of his two grandchildren, Arion, nine
WALES boss John Toshack has handed Craig Bellamy the captain's armband for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Slovakia and Cyprus. The Wales boss made the decision after Bellamy's strike partner Ryan Giggs was ruled out of the games with a hamstring
THE FA Cup draw has again been kind to Newport County, with even manager Peter Beadle admitting his side are favourites going into the tie. County will play British Gas Business Southern League outfit Bishops Cleeve at Spytty Park on October 14 having
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner has praised the support the fans have given the team this season and says their involvement will play a considerable role in the development of the Dragons. The level of support at home, though not greater in
THERE'S no place like home - but if Welsh teams are to make progress against English opposition in the EDF Energy Cup and full strength English and French teams in Europe they are going to have to break the mould and win away. The Ospreys, Cardiff
EASTBOURNE youngster Lewis Bridger won an incident-filled British Under-18 Championship event at Wolverhampton last night. The 16-year-old was the clear pre-meeting favourite having already scored well in his Elite League visits this season, during
AN ELDERLY woman who was injured in a car crash has died, said police today. Front seat passenger Clara Maria Lewis, 80, was taken to Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, following the accident in Usk on Friday. Gwent Police is investigating the collision
TRAINING on a swampy, badly lit pitch could become a thing of the past for a Newport rugby club fighting to overhaul its facilities. Teams at Bettws RFC are unable to train regularly in winter because of the boggy state of the pitch. Poor drainage
A NEWPORT man says he is lucky to be alive after discovering his gas fire was installed by the same fitter who caused the death of teenager Alex Mitchell. Scott Lee Stuart, 39, wrongly fitted a flueless gas fire for 58-year-old Alan Orford. Last
AN AMATEUR Newport filmmaker is creating a documentary about the transformation of a city estate. Next year is the tenth anniversary of Bettws in Bloom, a community group that has acted as a catalyst for regeneration in the Bettws area. Volunteers
YOBS are vandalising a Gwent primary school and making local people's lives a misery, residents say. An arson attack at Kemys Fawr infants in Sebastopol, Pontypool, and the use of the school's covered nursery play area as a place to drink, take drugs
A WITNESS to a mudslide which injured three people in Blackwood says it is lucky no one died. David Smart was the first vehicle on the scene after two cars crashed into the mudslide on the Sirhowy Enterprise Way north of the Chartist Bridge on Sunday
CAN I urge you all not to watch Trinny and Susannah tonight. First of all, they have to be the most annoying people on TV. Along with Graham Norton of course. And Richard Madeley. Secondly, those damned adverts that have been plastered everywhere for
It really makes you laugh when you read about all the things that cannot be done through lack of funding and resources. And really good charity or otherwise based organisations that are literally on their last legs through lack of funding. Are you starting
I am addicted to eBay. I find that before I buy anything at all I have to check to see what is available on the Bay. I suppose that just makes good sense - trying to find a bargain - but the problem is I keep getting side tracked. It's like going to
Following on from yesterday's blog, slightly pre-empted by Sally-Ann, a few suggestions of my own. Children on motorway bridges shouldn't throw stones. Too many crooks spoil it for the rest of us. Ask no questions and hear no answers. Walls have ice-creams
Apologies to anyone who was worried after I did not blog for a few days, and thought the worst. 1- The last few hours in Mumbai. My last few hours in that wonderful city were chilled out. I spent the majority of time at the Gateway of India (rather
MUCH wailing and gnashing of teeth today at the news that Tesco made £1 billion in profits in the last six months. That's a 10 per cent increase on the same period last year, and represents sales of almost £23bn - not far off £1bn a week. What great
