A BUSINESS partnership aimed at tackling crime and anti-social behaviour is being launched in Abergavenny today. The Abergavenny Business Against Crime (ABAC) partnership aims to increase the detection of crime by improving links between police
A RECRUITMENT drive by South Wales Fire and Rescue Service to encourage more women and ethnic minorities to join the fire service in Gwent is being expanded after a successful initial campaign. Business engagement officer John Hale first appealed
Ipswich Witches 42 Newport Wasps 48. Newport Mike Manning Wasps have one foot in the British Premier League Knockout Cup semi-finals following this famous win in Suffolk. Skipper Leigh Lanham and his team will seek to complete their mission at their
A FAMILY-run garage in Pontypool is celebrating its 90th anniversary and the siblings who run it are proud to continue their father’s business. Today, Auto Service (Pontypool) LTD, is run by Hayden Skinner, and his two sisters, Lynne Parsons and
INDIA suffered a potentially crushing blow on a rain-shortened first day of the historic 2000th Test against England at Lord's, with star bowler Zaheer Khan's participation in the match in serious doubt. The spearhead of the touring attack bowled beautifully
ALUN Wyn Jones is set to become the latest player to join the 50-cap club when Wales take on England at Twickenham in a fortnight. Holding an impressive CV, his career has already seen him win a Grand Slam, play in three Lions Tests as well as claim
A CAR raffle has raised more than £22,500 for a Gwent hospice. St Anne’s Hospice raised the funds from its annual grand car draw with the winners announced last Friday. Around 100 people turned up for the event with the winning tickets drawn by
A MEETING to discuss a controversial 1,200-home development in Sebastopol is entering its fourth hour. Campaigners have been making impassioned pleas to the extraordinary Torfaen council meeting on the application by a consortium of developers
WALES’ cancer charity, Tenovus, is nominated as one of the mayor of Torfaen’s charities of the year after he was inspired by one of his neighbours. Cllr Philip Seabourne became aware of the charity’s work through his neighbour, Clementina Cortani
PUPILS at a Cwmbran school put a skip in their step to raise money for charity. Youngsters at Woodlands Community Primary School in Thornhill took part in the daylong skipathon to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. The school is working
TORFAEN Councillor Cynthia Beynon will not be able to stand for the Panteg ward in next year’s elections, as she was not chosen by her local Labour Party at a recent selection meeting. The meeting of the Griffithstown and Sebastopol branch of
A BLACK cloud still hangs over the future of a group of elite swimmers in Torfaen as they wait to hear if they are to lose their coach as part of council budget cuts. Members of Torfaen County swimming club were told in February by the council
TORFAEN could face heavy fines if it does not improve its recycling rates. Recycling rates in the area have shown no improvement in the last few years, causing the council to slide down Gwent’s recycling table. Torfaen council said its recycling
TORFAEN council took a land owner to court after they failed to comply with an enforcement notice. The owner of land next to Stepaside on Lower Stoney Road in Garndiffaith was fined £2,000. The owner was found to be using the land for
ANDREW Strauss endured another failure against left-arm seam as England's slow progress continued in the historic 2,000th Test at Lord's today. Captain Strauss fell for just 22 against India in the fourth over after lunch, after once again looking
STAFF at a Monmouth community base are hoping to make the biggest reduction to its carbon footprint in a challenge with two other centres in Wales. Bridges Community Centre has signed up to the Welsh Government’s ‘Climate Change Challenge’,
FULL credit this week to the Premier League side who continue to give me heart as I become increasingly disenfranchised with life in the top tier of English football. I guess this week’s offering will appeal to those of you who follow a Premier League
MORE than 300 Gwent patients requiring treatment in hospitals outside the area had waited more than the maximum 36 weeks by the end of May, the latest waiting times figures reveal. All patients from Gwent scheduled for treatment in Gwent hospitals
THE Ken Jones memorial committee will be holding a meeting tonight to discuss action for further progress to put up a statue of the Welsh rugby star. The statue, which will be in memory of the late Ken Jones, a former Welsh rugby player and sprinter
PARENTS and families were invited to attend Thornwell Primary School’s annual open day last Thursday, which included a special display of poems, pictures, and work done by pupils in the aftermath of the recent fire. The annual open day is
PUPILS at a Newport school performed a musical adaptation of a Dickens classic this week to raise money for a local boy. Around 86 children from Gaer Infants School took part in Oliver! which they performed for fellow pupils and parents last
IT’S make or break over the next three nights for Newport Mike Manning Audio Wasps as they bid to salvage their season with British Premier League Knockout Cup glory. The Wasps are out of contention for league honours, but are certainly not without
THE last day of term will be a poignant one for two popular Chepstow Comprehensive School teachers. Headmaster John Barnbrook, and a former head of sixth form, Jackie Long, are retiring. Mr Barnbrook, 58, became head nine years ago. He
A CWMBRAN pensioner, who was one of the first people to enrol with the Open University, is encouraging others to sign up as the organisation celebrates its 40th anniversity this year. Sam Boyd, 92, agreed to be one of the organisation’s guinea
HOT prospect Craig Evans is looking forward to a good rest after recording his fourth win out of four fights as a professional. The 21-year-old super-featherweight from Blackwood, pictured left, beat Norfolk’s Scott Moises at the Echo Arena in Liverpool
IT’S make or break over the next three nights for Newport Mike Manning Audio Wasps as they bid to salvage their season with British Premier League Knockout Cup glory. The Wasps are out of contention for league honours, but are certainly not without hope
THE number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Gwent has risen by almost 8,000 since 2005. Yesterday the Office of National Statistics released figures detailing the claimant count for every month since the beginning of 2005 – when the
LEGALLY Blonde The Musical has already been a West End and Broadway sensation and is now set to be a hit during its tour. The award-winning show based on the film starring Reese Witherspoon opened its doors on July 19 and suddenly the city became
A KEY witness told police a man accused of murdering a Newport dad over drugs is violent ‘to anybody and everybody’, a court heard yesterday. In a written statement, Timothy Burrows also said he felt intimidated by Karl Drummond and “always
A NEWBRIDGE headteacher is retiring after 42 years of teaching in Gwent June Havard, head at Tynewydd Primary School for 16 years, spent her last day at the school yesterday. Mrs Havard, 64, started her teaching career in Blackwood.
NEWPORT featherweight Lee Selby is taking to the great outdoors in the build up to his British title eliminator next week. The 24-year-old regularly trains with Tony Borg at the city’s St Josephs gym but the pair took to the streets last week. Welsh
TODAY your Argus is asking its readers to show their support for Newport’s own historymaker, Richard Parks, by helping him reach his mammoth £1 million fundraising total. Now the former Newport Gwent Dragon has completed his epic 737 adventure
TEARFUL friends and family packed a Caldicot church yesterday to say an emotional goodbye to a tragic Gwent man. Joel Andrews, 25, was found dead, six weeks after going missing while at a rave on Dartmoor. Yesterday friends, family and
AFTER travelling nearly 8,000 miles to to Mexico for his last fight, Newport’s Gary Buckland was hoping for home advantage in his British super-featherweight title showdown with Gary Sykes. But, despite his manager Brian Powell having won the
Hold your noses folks because Mr Stink the smelliest of vagabonds has taken residence at the New Theatre Cardiff this week in a fun musical stage show sure to be loved by children and adults alike. Originally a children’s book by David Walliams
THE FAMILY of a man found dead on a roadside near Oakdale paid tribute to him yesterday, describing him as an “outgoing person who loved life and lived it to the full”. Yesterday, it emerged officers want to talk to the drivers of two light-coloured
NATHAN Cleverly has vowed to shut up Tony Bellew once and for all as negotiations for their British super fight get under way, the Argus can reveal. It has been reported elsewhere that the Cleverly camp were ready to consider the challenge of Bellew
Mangotsfield 1 County 2 AN extremely unfamiliar looking Newport County won out at Southern League South West outfit Mangotsfield last night as several trialists pushed a claim to earn a deal at Spytty Park. Exiles supporters could
A GWENT man who rose from obscurity to perform in front of millions on television is invited to perform at the Asian Bodybuilding championships in Thailand later this year. Greg Pritchard, from Usk, first rose to fame on the 2009 Britain's Got Talent
CHURCHGOERS in Abercarn are being urged to attend a public meeting tonight that could help decide the fate of the village's last remaining place of worship. The meeting, at 7pm at St Luke's Church, Abercarn, will gauge support in Abercarn for
GLAMORGAN’S game with Essex at Chelmsford was washed out last night - their second CB40 match to be abandoned in four days. Opener Gareth Rees put the visitors in a good position with his excellent 101 as Glamorgan reached 251-8 off 38 overs. Heavy
