THE escalating threat of e-crime facing Welsh business will be placed under the spotlight at a gathering of UK security experts in Newport. Wales has established the e-Crime Wales Partnership Initiative which includes the Welsh Assembly Government, the
A NURSERY in Torfaen was described as good by education inspectors. Estyn said that Two Locks Nursery provided a well-balanced and effective education, and had made good progress since the last inspection. Councillor Colette Thomas, the nursery's chairman
JAMES Nasrat has been given another weekend to prove himself after the first wave of athletes in the British team which competes in the European Championships on March 2-4 was announced. The selectors have left big gaps in various events to allow athletes
A GWENT community is celebrating after the local radio station was awarded a five-year licence from Ofcom. After four temporary licences and three years of dedication, commitment and working together as a team, Brynmawr's BRFM will now be able to broadcast
APPLICATIONS for full-time undergraduate courses at the University of Wales, Newport, are up for the fourth successive year. According to latest figures from UCAS, the admissions service, the number of people interested in studying at the university
A PONTYPOOL man has been warned at Cardiff crown court that he could face imprisonment for a series of drugs offences. Barry Gullis, 33, of Twmpath Road, Pontypool, admitted possessing cannabis and amphetamine. He also pleaded guilty to possessing
Tony Atkin, who enjoyed success at last weekend's Telford ice meeting - partnering Edward Kennett to the best pairs crown - will be racing again this summer with Newport Wasps. And the veteran rider is absolutely delighted to be at the Hayley Stadium
NEWPORT could join forces with Cardiff and Swansea to organise a community festival - attracting thousands of people into the city. The Newport and Gwent Pakistan Association is planning a one-day festival which they want to hold at the end of next
AS part of Newport city centre regeneration, Upper Dock Street will be closed on the following dates: * Sunday 18 February 2007 * Sunday 25 February 2007 * Sunday 4 March 2007 Costain Limited, main contractor for the highway scheme, will be undertaking
BLAENAU Gwent council can congratulate itself for substantial improvements made in the running of its once-troubled social services department. Strong leadership, a new management team, different ways of working and extra staff have combined to bring
WHEN flamboyant Newport fashion student Anthony Thomas started his course, the last thing he imagined designing was maternity wear. But, now in his second year at University of Wales, Newport, the 20-year-old has just won a prize for his maternity
A JURY convicted a kebab shop worker of raping a woman in the Blackwood area after kidnapping her. Cardiff Crown Court had heard how Gokhan Bozoglan, 29, posed as a taxi driver and targeted the woman after he spotted her looking for a cab after a
Gavin Henson has been presented with a golden opportunity to force his way back into the Wales side by the injury to Dragons skipper Kevin Morgan. Morgan requires surgery on a broken jaw, which he sustained in Wales' 21-9 defeat to Scotland, and is definitely
WALES must get their set piece right if they are to have a chance of winning in France next week, Grand Slam winning coach Mike Ruddock tells Argus readers in an exclusive interview a year to the day after he quit as national coach. Ruddock speaks out
Pontypridd Town 3 Caerleon 0 Hard-working Caerleon put on a brave show against title-chasing Pontypridd who moved a step nearer to leaders Neath in the MacWhirter Welsh League, Division One, last night. Pontypridd are five points adrift of the top
A YOUNG woman was pinned against a wall by the back of a car which "lost control" and crashed in a Gwent street. Rebecca Brain, 22, had just got out of her father's car when a Vauxhall Astra travelling south through the village of Wattsville span 180
Walt Disney World has some of the world 's best attractions - and some of its longest lines. One man has dedicated much time to helping you avoid them. Dr Steven M Barrett, who visits Walt Disney World almost weekly, rarely finds himself waiting
SWFFRYD residents spoke of their shock after the death of the 33-year-old woman in the quarry crash today. Mary Bowen, aged 74, of Kier Hardie Terrace, said: "It's a terrible tragedy and it's going to affect everyone. After the last accident up here
A 33-YEAR-OLD woman from the Crumlin area died after her car plunged over the edge of a quarry. Police and fire officers were called to the quarry off Swffryd Road, Swffyrd, Crumlin at 8.50am. The incident involved one vehicle and police said the
BACK Newport Gwent Dragons for the double, urges demoted Wales number eight Michael Owen who will lead the Dragons against Magners League champions Ulster at Ravenhill on Friday night. The Dragons have jumped over Llanelli Scarlets - who are in Glasgow
A GWENT comprehensive school has switched a hotel for a school trip after parents read an internet review which said the building had exotic dancers in a bar underneath it. Around 40 teenage pupils from Abertillery Comprehensive School were due to
A HEARTBROKEN son says a two-year jail sentence for a dangerous driver who caused the death of his father is "not severe enough". Dale Brown, 24, added he had not been able to forgive Michael Smith for the loss of his father, David Brown. Smith, 43,
EYE witnesses say a car plunged through a barrier and down into a quarry at Swffryd today. Local people say the crash happened at just after 9am near a spot where a car containing four men careered off the road in October 2004. All four men died.
HEAD coach Alex Codling is to leave Premiership leaders Ebbw Vale at the end of the season because commuting from his London home is becoming too much of a strain. Codling is to depart the Steelmen to become director of sport at Trinity School in Croydon
SHOPPING in Newport could be transformed by a supersize Marks and Spencer store in the city centre. It is understood the proposed £7 million store could be around 85,000 square foot (including storage) - twice the size of Newport's current Commercial
Men. 1) Go to Tesco. 2) Pick up Tesco Value card. 73p. 3) Pick up Tesco Value roses. One dozen at £6.99. Bargain. 4) Remove all Tesco stickers from flowers and card after paying. 5) Go to customer services where flowers will be wrapped
EVERY mum is amazing - but is your mum one in a million? The Argus and the Celtic Manor are launching a competition to find Gwent's most amazing mother. All you have to do is tell us why she's extra special - maybe she has fought illness with exteme
Argus Sport is offering three lucky readers the chance to be ring girls at the biggest cage fighting event staged in Wales - and one will get a modelling contract to boot. The Amateur Fight League event, entitled the Art of War and featuring mixed martial
Tormented pop star Robbie Williams has been reportedly admitted to the Meadows clinic for addiction to prescription drugs. The famous retreat in Arizona is favoured by celebrities including Kate Moss. The exclusive centre, high in the Sonoran Desert
WELSHMAN Matthew Stevens was furious with the Welsh Open organisers after another dismal day for the Principality yesterday. Despite losing 5-1 to Leicester's Mark Selby, Stevens was more concerned about a World Snooker ruling in which he was forced
Wales and Dragons full-back Kevin Morgan will miss the RBS Six Nations Championship visit to France after suffering a broken jaw against Scotland at Murrayfield last weekend. Morgan, who left the field with a blood injury in the second half of Wales'
WHAT Is noticeable about the damning Unicef report into child well-being is that in many cases where the UK is ranked as the worst out of 21 countries, the second worst country is the United States. It seems that where we have succeeded in becoming the
A fleet of police motorcycles escorted the British stars of new movie Hot Fuzz to the film's premiere in London. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who rose to fame in cult TV series Spaced and the film Shaun of the Dead, were joined in Leicester Square by director
A GWENT club owner hailed his ban on glass a "great success" as more late-night bars and clubs backed a police campaign to end violent glass assaults. The Argus is supporting Gwent Police's initiative to convince licensees to move to plastic containers
SCORES of hospital and other NHS posts in Gwent have been phased out as health bosses implement plans aimed at closing a multi-million pound budget deficit. The equivalent of 133 full-time jobs across Gwent Healthcare Trust were lost during the six months
... and other such vomit-inducing pledges of love can be found in newspapers and on websites across the land today. Because it's February 14 - Valentine's Day, the most ridiculous day of the year. Supermarkets across the country last night were filled
The Brits, the biggest awards ceremony in Britain's music calendar, take place tonight with Lily Allen expected to be the star of the show. Allen, 21, unknown to all but her Myspace friends this time last year, is nominated in three categories, including
IT'S the most romantic day of the year and we want to hear your stories. Did something special happen to you today and did your loved one go over the top in surprising you? What's the most romantic thing that's ever happened to you? And do you believe
II appeal to those ladies here with kids or have had them, to explain to moi, why, are shoe and clothing 'sizes' in shops a total lottery ? Being a mere male I would simply assume a size 7 shoe would still be the same size 7 even IF I went to a different
When I was in hospital I had to have a cannula fitted, that's thewossname they put in your hand in case they have to fix you up to a drip (a bit like a blind date really). Anywho I've now got phlebitis (just checked the spelling of that by googleing
NEARLY 300 fixed penalty notices were issued to drivers in a Gwent town after a zero-tolerance campaign was launched. Police in Blackwood handed out the fines over the last two months to boy-racers causing havoc in the town centre. Officers say the
LLike most other Monmouthshire and Newport residents my TV aerial points toward Bristol rather than Cardiff. I have tried looking in the other direction but get so fed up of programs in Welsh turning up at the times that English people are watching
Hi Folks - well sorry about not blogging for a while its called work you know!! I have been working at a new Volvo dealership for about a month now working some days 0830 - 8pm so it was no suprise that on my first day I saw a monkey. No not the other
