ENTRIES for a bank holiday run around Chepstow Park Woods have exceeded expectations. A total of 70 people are signed up to take part in the Devauden 10k on May 7. The event, sponsored by Western Power Distribution, will raise funds for the village
A DESPERATE shortage of volunteers is forcing an Abergavenny charity shop to close one day this week. Manager of the town’s Cancer Research shop Georgina Spicer said she has no option but to shut on Wednesday while she attends a meeting as no-one
POLICE surgeries take place in Blaenau Gwent over the next couple of weeks where people can discuss issues. They are at Llanhilleth Miners’ Institute, Thursday, May 3, 9.10am, at Victoria Park, Cwm, in a mobile van on the same day at 4pm, and
THE RSPCA is appealing for information following two attacks on pigeons in Gwent. The RSPCA is looking for a group of around five teenagers involved in an incident on Frogmore Street in Abergavenny on Sunday. One of the teenagers was seen trampling
THE jury in the case of a Caldicot teenager accused of rape was discharged today after it failed to reach a verdict. Timothy Park, 19, of Estuary View, was on trial at Cardiff Crown Court, after he denied six counts of rape of an under-age
A LOG cabin, a rugby ground, a farm and a caravan are among the venues that will play host to voters in this year’s local elections. Thousands of people will also turn out to have their say at schools, churches and community centres across
Garden Festival Wales breathed new life into derelict industrial land at Ebbw Vale – and in the 20 years since the site has been transformed again. ANDY RUTHERFORD looks at the legacy of the festival. WHEN the gates finally closed on Garden
ANEURIN Bevan Health Board has been handed a costly slap on the wrist for breaching data protection laws. The sheer size of the fine is in part aimed at ensuring that the board pays much closer attention to its data protection practices in the
A CHEPSTOW man who battled to overcome his fear of public speaking was one of the runners-up in a national competition. Solicitor Stephen Dance joined Newport Speakers Club two years ago to tackle the problem as the thought of presentations
TWO Gwent ex-servicemen are to walk more than 320 miles in seven days to raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Stuart Davies, 29, will be making the trek with his brother-in-law, Mark Wallace, 30, both of Cwmfelinfach. The walk will see
GWENT Police is joining forces with its South Wales counterparts to launch its joint firearms training unit. Bringing together firearms training specialists from the Gwent, South Wales and Dyfed-Powys force areas together at one location in
A CONSERVATIVE party candidate in Caerleon has hit out at vandals who caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to Tory party campaign signs. Sitting Caerleon councillor Angela Jones and her husband got permission to put two 6ft by 4ft signs
VISITORS to Caldicot Castle this bank holiday weekend will be transported back in time during a series of reenactments of the American Civil War and subsequent wars throughout history. The Southern Skirmish Association (SoSkAn) will honour the
THESE Gwent schools will be closed on May 3 because they are being used as polling stations: MONMOUTHSHIRE Castle Park primary TORFAEN Victoria Village primary Pontnewynydd primary Padre Pio primary Pontymoile primary Kemys Fawr primary Ysgol
YOUR South Wales Argus celebrates its 120th anniversary this year. The paper was first published in 1892 as a mouthpiece for the local Liberal Party. But it is many decades since the Argus supported any political party. We will
Issue 124 for Business Update supplement is out with the South Wales Argus today. Inside are stories featuring the following businesses/organisations: St David's Foundation, Dragon Taxis, BT, Redmayne-Bentley Stockbrokers, M4 Business network
FOR most boys of his age, moving to secondary school brings a customary bit of rough and tumble on the sports field. But in five months, 11-year-old William Spencer will be sitting out of the action when he starts at Llantarnam School and concentrating
The UK's recovery hopes were dealt a blow today as problems in the crisis-hit eurozone - the UK's biggest trade partner - hit the manufacturing sector. The Markit/CIPS survey, where a reading above 50 represents growth, fell to 50.5 in April from 51.9
A COMBAT medic from Gwent was presented with his operational medal after returning from a six-month tour of Afghanistan. Private Brian Toghill, 25, helped civilian and military injuries while deployed to the country with 1 Medical Regiment.
A NEWPORT taxi driver was jailed for 12 years after raping two women. Asif Iqbal, 42, of Alice Street, described as a “predator” by his victims yesterday, wept in the dock as he was jailed. Judge David Wynn Morgan, sitting at Cardiff Crown Court
IT would be nice for Wales, in this Jubilee year, to have recognition that we are in the United Kingdom, either on the coat of arms or on the union flag. We are not depicted on either, so come on, either the Queen or the Government, right the
IN your edition dated April 23, David Deans in his article about Newport hotels stated “that the building (Westgate Hotel) still bears the scars of the Chartist uprising in 1839.” I believed that this myth had long been discredited, if only by
WHEN the then Newport AFC was forced into exile the first time, we agreed to a ground share with Moreton Town, without having seen the ground. Moreton’s Football Secretary, Bill Eldridge, said that we’d better see it, so we visited Moreton-in-Marsh
I THOUGHT I would write this letter, giving warning to all taxi drivers. You’re breaking the law by parking in bus stops with yellow lines. You are not allowed to do it. I’ve spoken to the police who have told me I am within my rights to let them
WHY should horses and their riders be above the law? Residents in Bassaleg are fed up with the horses and their owners who parade up and down, back and forth on Pentre-Poeth Road and Penylan Lane. Recently we have seen an horrific incident where
MOHAMMAD Asghar, AM for South East Wales, states in the South Wales Argus on April 23, 2012, that he is encouraged by the Director for Sport Wales, Dr Huw Jones’ recognition of the need to make sport more accessible to women and ethnic minorities
WITHDRAWAL of age-related allowances: No doubt many of your readers, particularly those over or approaching 65, will be very disappointed to learn that Labour’s amendment to restore the age-related personal allowances was defeated in the House
TWO men were remanded in custody after being charged with robbery at a Valleys takeaway. Daniel Burston, 23, of Llanarth Road, Pontllanfraith, and Kyran Peplar, 21, of Bryn House, Crumlin, appeared at Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
A FEW months ago I praised the Football Association of Wales for their superb handling of the appointment of Chris Coleman as national team coach. The whole process was simply unthinkable after the Gary Speed tragedy and the sensitivity and conviction
AND finally attention turns to Wembley. This would usually be the column where the Argus’ Newport County writer assesses where it all went right or wrong in the season just gone. The post mortem on why Peter Beadle’s side didn’t make the playoffs,
NEWPORT'S £35 million city centre university campus is expected to reopen today, two days after metal sheeting and insulation was torn from its roof by strong winds. The institution says the cost of the damage is still not known as contractors
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons should sign an experienced foreign international prop to help develop exciting young prospects like Nathan Buck, according to ex-Rodney Parade favourite Rhys Thomas. The Dragons’ scrum has been criticised often this season
ST David's Foundation is starting a new era with the opening of its first day hospice in Newport for more than a decade. The much-needed day hospice in Blackett Avenue, Malpas, will open its doors to patients later this month, providing treatments
COUNTY V YORK, FA Trophy final, Wembley, May 12 NEWPORT County’s newest teen star Lee Evans is dreaming of scoring the goal that wins the FA Trophy at Wembley. The 17-year-old was the star man in Saturday’s defeat at AFC Barrow and has forced his way
