THE ROOF of a church near Chepstow will be repaired with the help of £10,490 of funding. St Peter's Church, which is based next to St Pierre Marriott Country Hotel and Golf Club, secured the money through the Heritage Lottery Fund and grants
WARREN Gatland’s assistants have been placed in charge of Wales on a temporary basis while the head coach recovers from leg injuries suffered in New Zealand. Gatland’s return to Wales has been delayed after he suffered a fall while cleaning windows at
BRITAIN’S largest festival of open-air theatre is coming to Chepstow this summer, thanks to a new canopy and outdoor seating area. Work on the structure at Chepstow Castle, pictured, began at the end of last year, a culmination of six years
CROSS Keys can now fully focus on the cups after their league hopes ended tonight against title-chasing Pontypridd at Sardis Road, writes Tony Poole. The British & Irish Cup finalists fielded a weakened side at the House of Pain ahead of Saturday’s Swalec
PLANS to build a solar farm in Magor were rejected by Newport City Council. E-tricity Limited wanted to install frame-mounted solar photovoltaic panels at North Court Farm, North Row, Magor, which could generate 50 kilowatts of energy. The firm
A PENSIONER was jailed for eight years today after molesting a Gwent woman under the guise of offering alternative medicine. Reginald Gill, 77, appeared in Swansea Crown Court yesterday after being found guilty to nine counts separate sexual
TWO Monmouthshire pubs have been named local pubs of the year as part of the Campaign for Real Ale’s Community Pubs Month. The Star Inn, in Llanfihangel Tor-y-Mynydd was named Gwent country pub of the year, and the Coach and Horses, Chepstow
A FORMER stalwart councillor, a man who voiced a Sat Nav and a pub landlord are among those hoping for your votes in the Caerphilly council elections next month. See full list of Caerphilly borough candidates The Caerphilly county borough
A DISABLED pensioner was shocked to discover her car number plates had been stolen as she shopped in a Newport supermarket. Paraplegic Shirley Ditchburn, 77, went into Asda in Duffryn at 11am on Saturday after parking her car in a disabled bay outside
A TWO vehicle accident near Llanover has closed the A4042 both ways between the Hardwick roundabout at Abergavenny and the Little Mill junction near Pontypool. Police advise that the road is likely to remain closed for several hours.
A CWMBRAN woman will star in a national film project which will be shown in theatres across the UK to promote the Olympics coming to London. Hannah Maloney, 19, will be filmed this weekend performing a dance routine in Cardiff for the “Dancing Parallel
A TORY councillor in Monmouthshire has become the third in recent months to decide to run as an independent after she was de-selected in favour of a former AM. Val Smith, sitting councillor in Llanbadoc ward, who was first elected in the late
STEEL Magnolias, is a bittersweet drama that takes the audience through a range of emotions all cleverly acted by an extremely talented cast. The story is based on the death of Robert Harling's younger sister, Susan Harling Robinson, a diabetic. As her
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has stated that he doesn’t “lose too much sleep about people turning up at Christmas and Easter who are a bit vague about what exactly it is about”. Added to this we have a clergyman from Hove telling people
REPORTS are coming in that the A4042 is closed between Abergavenny and Pontypool. More to follow.
IN MY LETTER to the Argus, published on April 2, I put three questions to Cllr Matthew Evans I felt Newport residents were entitled to ask about the recent announcements about the Queensbury retail and leisure development in John Frost Square
1.42pm A NEWPORT man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm following the incident in Bassaleg this morning. The 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm in Thornbury Park, Rogerstone. A Gwent Police
A NEWPORT man sentenced to 14 months’ detention for inciting underage girls to engage in sexual activity was freed after the Court of Appeal ruled his sentence was too stern. Christopher Williams, 20, of Tennyson Avenue, Llanwern, was sentenced
A NEWPORT nursing home has a new memorial gazebo, thanks to a fundraising event. Summerhill Nursing Home residents can now enjoy the newarea after a fundraising evening, which included music and a raffle, raised £2,000. The event was held at the
After growing up in Cwmbran reading the Argus, particularly on Monday and Thursday nights during the summer to catch up on all of the local cricket news, I must say how much of a pleasure it is for me to be asked to write this fortnightly column. After
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons and Wales hooker Lloyd Burns has been forced to retire after a neck injury suffered in January revealed he may need heart surgery. In a statement the Dragons said ongoing tests from his neck injury unveiled damage to the aorta
A TV PRESENTER who lives in Gwent is to star at a prestigious Welsh literary festival this summer. Kate Humble, who previously presented hit TV series Springwatch, is to speak at the Hay Festival on June 7 about her work restoring a Monmouthshire
A POTENTIAL cracker between two playoff-chasing clubs is likely to instead be a one-sided affair at Sardis Road this evening. A hectic fixture list means that seventh-placed Cross Keys will be resting their big guns for tonight’s encounter with Pontypridd
THE rush has started in earnest to watch local sporting history in the making. Tickets are now on sale for the FA Trophy Final, which will see Newport County play at Wembley Stadium for the first time in their 100-year history. County season
A NEWPORT AM raised hundreds of pounds for charity after he cycled the length of Wales. John Griffiths, Newport East AM and the Welsh environment minister, went on a fundraising four-day cycle ride across the country, travelling 285 miles from
THE A4048 is closed both ways due to an accident involving one vehicle this morning. The incident happened near the Georgetown area of Tredegar. Emergency services are at the scene and police are directing traffic. The road is expected to be closed
ALMOST £20,000 worth of damage was caused to one of Newport’s main shopping centres when a 12-year-old boy went on a vandalism spree. The boy appeared at Cwmbran Youth Court yesterday, where he admitted causing criminal damage to property belonging
One in 20 small business-owners have re-mortgaged their house to help pay wages and retain staff rather than make redundancies, according to a new study. A survey among 300 smaller companies by insurance firm More Than also revealed that more than a
THREE Valleys men were sentenced to more than eight years yesterday, after admitting false imprisonment of an “innocent young man” following a break-in. Phillip Davies, 26, of Gwent Terrace, Malcolm Davies, 28, of Attlee Road, both Nantyglo
SCHOOLBOY Hallam Amos is poised to make his RaboDirect Pro12 debut for Newport Gwent Dragons against Treviso on Friday. The 17-year-old full-back is set to be named on the Dragons bench for the clash against the Italians at Rodney Parade. Amos, who
A CHARITY’S campaign to raise urgent funds to expand one of its reserves has raised a massive £10,000 just days after it started. Gwent Wildlife Trust needs to find £300,000 to purchase land next to Magor Marsh by April 26, with the aim of preserving
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have recalled fly-half Jason Tovey for Friday’s RaboDirect Pro12 encounter with Treviso. The number 10 has sat out the Dragons’ last three games after opting to move to Cardiff Blues at the end of the season. The
A TREDEGAR man is backing a new campaign aimed at cracking down on drivers abusing the blue badge disabled parking system. Former firefighter, Roy Jones, 71, who has been a blue badge holder for 20 years, is supporting the Welsh Government
A CHEPSTOW couple whose son died from leukaemia are joining forces with a cricketing legend to help others with the disease. Sharon and Kevin Brewer are gearing up to walk alongside Sir Ian Botham on the Taff Trail on April 18. The event
