WITH Valentine's Day fast approaching, residents in Torfaen are being urged to think green when spreading the message of love. Torfaen council and Waste Awareness Wales are asking people to reduce the amount of waste we create by being a little greener
FIGURES released this month show employment figures in Wales were up on the same period for the previous year. For the three months up to November, employment was up 8,000 compared to 2006, according to statistics published by the Office of National
A GWENT football club suffered at the hands of vandals when their £200,000 training pitch at their home venue. Risca United chairman Stuart Luckwell said local vandals are being given a "free hand" to "carry wanton destruction". He claims the club's
A STUDY into the merits of a Severn Barrage will also look at a range of options for power from the estuary's tidal range. National Assembly leaders will be asked by the government to join a cross-Whitehall team to carry out a feasibility study.
POLICE pleas to make it harder to get an alcohol or late night licence in Abertillery town centre were approved by Blaenau Gwent's licensing committee yesterday. Last week, the Argus reported that Inspector Mike Cotterell was calling for a special
A CHILDRENS party is due to take place this weekend to raise money for charity. The event will be held at Burleigh Academy in Llanthewy Road Newport between 5pm-8pm on Sunday. There will be a disco and games, entry is £4 per child. Proceeds will go
MEMBERS of the Gwent branch of Leukaemia Research are meeting today to celebrate their fundraising achievements over the past 28 years. The branch has raised £770,000 since it was founded in 1979, from a variety of events including the annual vintage
A GWENT council is seeking the views of residents and landowners on future developments in the area. Monmouthshire county council will be listening to local opinions as it prepares a new local development plan, which will come into effect in 2011.
CWMCARN residents are invited to attend a Police and Communities Together (PACT) meeting this Thursday. Representatives of Gwent police and Caerphilly county borough council will be at the meeting, where locals are invited to air any concerns they
A GWENT community volunteer says more full-time youth workers are needed to prevent yobs terrorising neighbourhoods. Phil Hughes, 55, of Rassau, Ebbw Vale, called for more funding to step up the drive against yob culture, in the wake of the trial against
This enjoyable farce follows Celimare (Richard Dymond) who is due to marry Emma (Dominique Flook). But unbeknownst to her, Celimare has been sleeping with two of his best friends' wifes. To keep them happy, and as part of the conceit, he pretends
TORFAEN Young People's Music and Arts Trust is holding a fundraising concert on Saturday February 2. It will include a performance from the Torfaen Music Centre Senior Wind Symphonia. Tickets cost £4 (£3 concessions) and are available on the door or
WHAT a wonderful boost for Welsh rugby to get two teams into the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup after super Sunday. And it couldn't have come at a better time as new Wales coach Warren Gatland gets his squad together for the first time this week
NEWPORT University's chip-fat biofuel scheme was recognised in a report into green universities. Vice-chancellors group Universities UK report -Greening Spires - spotlights the contribution University of Wales, Newport has made to fuelling the green
USKVALE Wheelers Bicycle Club held a sponsored ride from Pontypool to Swansea, via Brecon, in aid of St David's Foundation Hospice Care. Nineteen cyclists took part in the 100-mile journey and raised £671. It is an annual event for the club which
A PUB which has stood derelict for more than four years could finally be converted into flats. The King Hotel, in Somerton Road, Newport, has become a target for vandalism and is described locally as an eyesore. A planning application to convert
ELLEN Elliott, 79, said: I like living here, the only thing I dislike is The King pub, after 10 years there's hardly a window left in there.' Mrs Elliott was born in Newport, has lived in Downing Street for 50 years and has seen her fair share of people
OUR story today on the massive repair bills faced by schools is a reflection of a problem faced by councils across the country. In Gwent, more than £200 million is needed to bring buildings up to a standard set by the National Assembly. And those
PUPILS in some Gwent schools are being educated in cramped builings, some with damp, concrete cancer and inadequate play or sports facilities. ANDY DOYLE and JANE HELMICH report. GWENT councils are facing a massive maintenance backlog bill for schools
THERE aren't many street names which can provoke laughter, undelivered takeaways and intense media interest but the residents of a certain road in Newport certainly claim that's true in their case. Downing Street is arguably the UK's most famous address
A FORMER Gwent pub landlady spoke of her relief at the end of a "nightmare" after she was cleared of theft and fraud charges. Heather Davies, 44, a former licensee of The Porters public house in Blackwood, was found not guilty of ten charges of theft
GLAMORGAN are hoping to complete the signing of Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie as their overseas player for 2008 within the next 48 hours. County cricket manager Matthew Maynard confirmed that Gillespie was on the brink of penning a contract.
ONE thousand cannabis plants were discovered today what could be Newport's biggest cannabis factory. Seven police officers and five PCSOs raided a three bed semi-detached house in Handel Close, Ringland at 9am. They found four rooms full of mature
NEW France coach Marc Lievremont has made sweeping changes in his first squad selection ahead of the RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday, February 3. Lievremont had vowed to look to the future after taking over
MORE than 1,000 residents have thrown their weight behind a campaign to save a closure-threatened Newport post office. Customers at the Christchurch Road branch reacted with dismay after it was named among more than 20 Gwent branches facing the axe
NEWPORT'S snooker ace David Donovan is earning a reputation as one of the brightest prospects on the amateur scene. The 22-year-old puts his good form and a string of standout results down to playing with a smile on his face. "I'm playing well now and
A FORMER landlady from Blackwood spoke of her relief last night after being cleared of stealing fom her ex-business partner. Heather Davies, 44, from Pontllanfraith, said: "It's a relief not that it's all over, it's been a nightmare for everybody."
THE BODY of a man who went missing in May last year was found last week. Richard Price, 55, went missing from his Llanfair Discoed home on May 1. His body was found in Bonvilston in the Vale of Glamorgan on January 16. Police are not treating
NEWPORT boxing sensation Mo Nasir's Olympic dream is back on and he has the gold to prove it. The Yemen-born 21-year old shrugged off the worst year of his fledgling career at the weekend by tearing down the house at the Multi-Nations tournament in Sheffield
COUNCILS across Gwent are facing a £200 million repair and maintenance bill for schools. Figures obtained by the Argus show that in Caerphilly, £70 million needs to be spent to bring schools up to National Assembly's "fit for purpose" guidelines by
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner is heading to New Zealand and America with the Wales sevens squad next week as part of his elite coaching development. But while he is in New Zealand he will be looking at players with a view to being able to bring
IT now seems inevitable that there are gloomy times ahead. The stock market slumps around the world yesterday all point towards a possible American recession. And if America feels the pinch, it means the rest of us will as the shocks from their
NEWPORT County boss Peter Beadle is urging supporters not to worry about another fixture pile-up because he isn't. County will hopefully be in action tomorrow when they are due to entertain Cambridge City (kick-off 7.45pm). Saturday's postponed game
A TELEVISION star helped to coach blind and partially sighted children in Cwmbran for a unique production last week. Cardiff-based actor and ex-Hollyoaks star, Bernard Latham (known to fans as Mr Cunningham) has been passing on his expertise to the
A POLICE sergeant in a Valleys town says officers are winning the war against car cruisers and street disorder. Blackwood and Pontllanfraith police have seen a "dramatic reduction" in complaints regarding anti-social behaviour in the first three months
TWO Valleys motorists fell victim to youths who threw mystery objects at their cars. Both attacks happened at around 8pm on Friday on the Cwm bypass. The drivers, one male and one female, reported an object being thrown from the footbridge by a
GREEN therapy is on offer at a Gwent mental health unit, thanks to a carer's £10,000 fundraising drive. Carol Wheeler organised a community effort, bringing in financial and practical help, to turn an uninspiring courtyard at Talygarn unit, on the
John Hogan "must have been out of his mind'' to jump from the Greek hotel balcony with his children, family members said. Hogan's mother, Josephine, 65, who moved to Bristol from Ireland 30 years ago, spoke of her son's close relationship with his
STAFF at the Metropole Cultural and Conference Centre in Abertillery are inviting locals to come and join in their birthday celebrations. On Thursday January 24, it will have been one year since the centre reopened after it's major revamp and the Met
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