WALES coach Warren Gatland doesn’t expect thrills galore from France when he renews his rivalry with an old foe at the Millennium Stadium. Les Bleus have asked for the roof to be open and are likely to attempt to grind their way to a victory that would
GWENT rock band Feeder will headline a major music festival in Ebbw Vale this summer. Chepstow singer Grant Nicholas and his band, best known for hits such as 'Buck Rogers' and 'Just A Day', will perform in front of a crowd of 3,000 at The Steelhouse
HOW fitting that Newport Gwent Dragons had to soak up so much pressure to secure an incredibly hard-fought derby victory. In a game rearranged because of a waterlogged pitch, the levee didn’t break when Cardiff Blues piled on the pressure in
THE campaign to restore Newport Cathedral will benefit from a £40,000 grant from the city’s council. Cabinet member David Fouweather decided to award the grant from cash it is allowed to donate from the Landfill Community Fund. Spokesperson
A BLAENAU Gwent volunteer scooped a major award at a national award ceremony. Phil Jones, 20, of Blaina, was honoured at the UK’s leading practical conservation charity BTCVA which works with 3,000 volunteers supporting them to take hands-on action
MORE than 2,500 schoolchildren will watch antidrugs play Wings to Fly at the Blackwood Miners’ Institute this week. The play has been seen by more than 26,000 schoolchildren aged ten and 11 in the past 16 years and is one of the Caerphilly council
A WINE shop will be opened in Newport, despite residents’ objections. Peter Ancsan was granted a licence to operate Tarna Wines Ltd at 2 Dudley Street, Lliswerry, daily from 10am to 10pm. Mr Ancsan from Hungary, who moved to the city five years ago,
TENS of thousands of patients across Gwent could be signed up within five years to receive free medication for a range of minor ailments through their pharmacist, instead of their GP. A new minor ailments scheme for Wales aims to make community
OUTSIDER Leanne Wood has been elected as the new leader of Plaid Cymru. Following the elimination of Lord Elis-Thomas in the first round of voting, the contest became all female affair - with the peer's second and third preference votes being
THERE is an exciting evening of boxing in prospect at the Newport Centre this Saturday night from 7.30pm. St Josephs super-middleweight Frankie Borg, pictured, tops the bill as he fights for the British Masters title against Luke Osman. And the undercard
National Theatre Wales, best known for Michael Sheen's The Passion in Port Talbot last Easter, likes to take imaginative leaps and has drawn one of the UK's top playwrights to his home city. Bringing director Peter Gill back to Cardiff to stage
A DOG, which survived nine days down a 30ft deep mine shaft, was rescued by a Gwent animal lover. Peppa went missing in Banwell Wood, near Sandford, Somerset, on March 2 after running off from her owner Audrey Binding. After days of
From making Welsh cakes to clay modelling and dance classes it’s a hive of activity at Maindee Primary School, Newport. KATH SKELLON reports. THE minute visitors step inside Maindee Primary’s modern one-storey building on the banks of
IT’S DAY four of a voting competition to decide which community groups will share in £25,000 worth of grants from the Big Lottery Fund. Ten projects have now been shortlisted for the chance of receiving up to £5,000 each through the lottery
AN inquest into the death of a Newport toddler found his death was "accidental" today. Joshua Wakeham died after being strangled by the blind cord in his bedroom. The 22-month-old was found by his mum Tracey Ford, 34, after becoming
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NEW M4 enhancement scheme – widening to everybody else! How many homes are going to be demolished and compulsorily purchased? How much land will be taken away from residents under the compulsory purchase order by the Welsh Assembly? Also,
A FORMER professional footballer who played for Newport County during the 1950s has died aged 86. George Beattie, of Caerau Road, Newport, died on Saturday after a long illness. Mr Beattie’s wife Iris, 80, paid tribute to her husband
BOXING legend Ricky Hatton has given his backing to Newport’s Buckland brothers as they prepare to feature on the same bill next week. Gary Buckland makes the first defence of his British super-featherweight title against dangerous Yorkshireman Paul
WHAT would your readers spend £4 billion of public money on? Increasing the number of police officers on the street to reduce crime, employ more doctors and nurses to reduce NHS waiting list? Or invest in public projects to stimulate the
THE National Assembly continues to tell us the people of Wales are in favour of presumed consent for organ donation when the reality is they only asked a very small number of chosen people for their opinion and are afraid to put this proposal
I’M NOT entirely sure which section of the river Usk Mark Stevens is referring to in Thursday’s letters, but it’s certainly not the same dirty, depressing monstrosity I witness every day when cycling to work. He claims the stretch of the river
AFTER reading your article in the Argus on March 8 in relation to the possibility of a new supermarket moving to Blackwood, may I take this opportunity through your letters page to inform the residents of Blackwood that the new planning application
IT’S that time of year again, when the big supermarkets bring out the school vouchers. Both Sainsbury’s and Tesco’s vouchers can be exchanged for some great, much-needed equipment for schools. I would like to ask the Argus readers if anyone
I HAVE noticed that the burning of refuse bins has taken place again in Thornhill recently. In the area where I live, I estimate that 50 to 60 bins have been burnt in the last five years. Surely the people who are burning these bins must
MORE than 200 children joined in a sponsored walk to raise money for four-year-old Eloise Lawn, who has been diagnosed with cancer. Before Eloise’s diagnosis, she had been attending Archbishop Rowan Williams Church in Wales Primary School,
SARAH Butcher celebrated her 100th birthday last week in the house in which she was born. Mrs Butcher nee Perry-Horlor of Garndiffaith, had a surprise party on her milestone birthday on March 8. Relatives from as far afield as America
FOUR members of the travelling community played their part in an attempted theft of a large electromagnet from a Monmouthshire site, a court heard. Maggie Price, 41, her son Hendry Price, 18, cousin April Price, 26, all of Rover Way, Cardiff
NEWBRIDGE’S Bradley Pryce will come out from the cold into the red-hot atmosphere of Sheffield next weekend with a chance to become a two-time, two-weight Commonwealth champ, the Argus can reveal. The 30-year old held the light-middleweight
WALES V FRANCE (Saturday, KO 2.45) WALES have received a huge boost for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations title and Grand Slam clash against France in Cardiff after captain Sam Warburton was declared fit. Warburton will replace flanker Justin
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is to create 40 "high quality" jobs in Newport at a new laboratory. The new water quality laboratory will be housed in the former HSBC building in Tredegar Park and is set to be operational at the end of this year.
ONE lane is closed and traffic is slow following an accident just after the slip road at junction 28 of the M4 on the eastbound side. The crash involved a lorry and a vehicle towing a caravan Traffic Officers are on scene awaiting recovery.
THREE men accused of murdering a Newport man fled to London after a co-defendant was arrested, a court heard yesterday. Kamil Semrau, 28, of Chepstow Road, Pawel Lysonik, 22, of Capel Crescent, both Newport, Lukas Kalkowski, 30, of Laundry
IT WAS inevitable that this week would contain flashbacks galore to Sam Warburton dropping Vincent Clerc into the Auckland turf. Adam Jones limping off probably had as big an influence on Wales being pipped by France in the World Cup semi-final. Yet
WALES are 80 minutes from Grand Slam glory, a feat made all the more impressive by the fact they are still coming to terms with life without Shane. There have been moments in the Six Nations that the Welsh backline has been terrific with their pace
NEWPORT council is planning to borrow £5.7 million over the next three years for city road and pavement maintenance projects following a decision by its cabinet. In 2009 the council launched an ambitious £21 million road and pavement improvement
THERE was mixed reaction at Newport’s Royal Gwent hospital yesterday following the ban on smoking in the grounds of all Gwent hospitals. The Argus reported yesterday how smoking shelters at the Royal Gwent, St Woolos and Nevill Hall were ripped
A GRIEVING mother whose toddler died after being strangled by a blind cord is welcoming a parliamentary motion backing her awareness campaign. The Argus reported how Newport’s Joshua Wakeham, 22 months, died in January after becoming trapped
A NEWPORT man is beginning a 27-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to three money laundering charges and being in possession of an offensive weapon – a CS gas canister. Luke Postians, 30, of Ashleigh Road, Newport, attempted to cover
WALES boss Chris Coleman is no clearer on the future of star striker Craig Bellamy and doesn’t believe the Liverpool front man will decide if he has an international future until the summer, the Argus can reveal. Bellamy is arguably in the form of his
WALES hooker Ken Owens – the man they call ‘The Sheriff’ – is ready for a high noon showdown with the ferocious French front row in Saturday’s Grand Slam decider, writes Iwan Davies. But the Scarlets hooker faces a big battle to start in this weekend
WEALDSTONE V COUNTY (FA Trophy, Saturday, KO 3pm) NEWPORT County captain Gary Warren has warned his teammates that they are still a long way from fulfilling their boyhood dreams of playing at Wembley. County travel to Wealdstone for the second leg of
GWENT-BORN singer Marina Diamandis is set to support Brit winners Coldplay on their European tour. Marina and the Diamonds will join the band to perform in Madrid, Turin, Zurich, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Paris and Munich, as well as being the
BARS, rugby clubs and pubs around Gwent are expecting a Grand Slam bonanza this weekend, with some predicting they will ring up thousands more pounds in sales on Saturday. Of the 20 venues contacted by the Argus yesterday, all said they expect
WORK on a new skate park in Newport’s Tredegar Park is due to start soon. A group of more than 20 young people helped the authority make decisions about the new facility, which will replace The Edge at Newport International Sports Village. Skateboarders
THE 44-year-old man arrested in connection with an armed robbery in Crumlin, is due to appear in court this morning charged with robbery and possession of a firearm. The Argus reported how the man was arrested on Tuesday following the incident
WANTED: A single, fun-loving woman, aged 60 or over to spend the rest of her life on a sun-drenched island with one of Gwent’s greatest sporting stars. It may sound like a followup to Gavin Henson’s television dating show The Bachelor, but
DRAGONS V BLUES (Tonight, KO 7.05) IT’S NOT an exaggeration to say that the first name on the Newport Gwent Dragons teamsheet is not captain Ashley Smith but second row Robert Sidoli. Granted, the 32-year-old is the only specialist lock available to
WALES V FRANCE (Saturday KO 2.45) CAPTAIN and world class openside flanker Sam Warburton has been hailed as the “king of the contact area” who could tip the balance in Wales’ favour against France. That’s the view of former Wales great Mark Ring who
FROM the classroom to the army barracks, this Blaenavon woman is proof that a full-time job can be done alongside military service. Victoria Reed, 25, is currently training to be a PE teacher at Cardiff Metropolitan University but is also a sapper in
CALL it what you want but yesterday’s stirring finish to the Queen Mother Champion Chase was definitely nothing short of dramatic. Hot favourite Sizing Europe and the Argus pick Finian’s Rainbow were neck and neck as they eyeballed each other into the
