CAERPHILLY council is pressing ahead with controversial plans to alter the road layout in Maesycwmmer. Currently, around 23,000 cars pass through the village every day, which is to rise to 28,000 with the new Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr hospital opening
WORK to build a foodstore in Abergavenny will start next month - five years after talks to open a store on the site began. Aldi expressed interest in the site opposite the Bus Station on Monmouth Road in 2007. The scheme, to build on the site of
WELSHMAN Kerry Hope caused a major upset by outpointing previously-unbeaten Pole Grzegorz Proksa via majority decision to take the European middleweight title at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield on Saturday night. Hope, previously part of Team Calzaghe
WALES’ Grand Slam captain Sam Warburton could miss the three-Test summer tour to Australia after a shoulder injury forced him off at half-time in the 16-9 success over France. The 23-year-old flanker, who skippered Wales in the World Cup, is due to have
WALES 16 FRANCE 9 IN 2005 there was Kevin Morgan racing over the whitewash, in 2008 it was Martyn Williams’ turn, but the 2012 defining Grand Slam moments are glorious defensive ones. Alex Cuthbert’s smartly-taken try after 21 minutes may have provided
WEALDSTONE 0 COUNTY 0 (FA Trophy semi-final, County win 3-1 on aggregate) A REMARKABLE journey over the course of a century will finally lead to destination Wembley for Newport County after they held their nerve at Wealdstone. The Exiles
FORMER Argus editor Gerry Keighley was honoured for his “outstanding contribution to Newport” by members of the community. Mr Keighley, who left the paper on February 29 after 18 years, was presented with a framed picture of the city’s iconic Transporter
POLICE in Blackwood are appealing for information on graffiti that has been left on walls and buildings around the town. A graffiti tag has been sprayed in a number of locations and officers believe the same individual or group is responsible.
SUNDAY trading laws will be suspended during the London 2012 Olympics in a bid to cash in on the Games, Chancellor George Osborne is expected to announce in the Budget. Emergency legislation will be used to lift the six-hour limit on the opening
PLANS for a food waste recycling plant in Pontypool have been submitted to the local council. Waste management company Shanks Group PLC has filed a planning application with Torfaen council for an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant on its New Inn
WALES need to take the scalp of Tri Nations champions Australia this summer to build on their Grand Slam triumph, Matthew Rees admits. With Wales kings of Europe and the Wallabies winning the last ever Tri Nations – the tournament is now called the Rugby
