SEVEN years after the rift that led to Labour's downfall in Blaenau Gwent, the party came back with full force - taking back its iconic heartland. Labour claimed 33 of the 42 seats. As the results were declared, Labour leader for the borough Hedley
A NAIL-BITING third count brought the council elections to a close in Newport this afternoon. Former Deputy leader, Ed Townsend of the Liberal Democrats survived by a single vote to become the party's sole remaining representative on Newport City
LABOUR held on to power in Torfaen with a comfortable majority, but one seat had to be resolved by drawing lots. The party secured 30 of the 44 seats with a series of new faces set to sit in the council chamber. Labour candidate Mandy Owen and independent
THE Conservatives in Monmouthshire will be looking to forge alliances with other parties after losing their overall majority for the county. The party won a total of 19 seats at Thursday's vote, a significant drop from the 29 seats they secured in
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons and Wales blindside flanker Dan Lydiate has been named the 2012 Mercedes-Benz Players’ Player of the season at the Welsh Rugby Players’ Association’s awards. Lydiate, 24, has enjoyed a fantastic season having been named Player of
LABOUR was today celebrating victory over Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly county borough where it dramatically won control of the authority. The defeat saw Plaid council leader Allan Pritchard, of Penmaen, lose his seat with the party picking up
ED TOWNSEND was re-elected in St Julian's by just one vote. Following several re-counts, Cllr Townsend turned what intially came out as a three-vote deficit into a winning margin of just one. Cllr Townsend, Newport's only Liberal Democrat
A soldier has died at a military training area in Wales, the Ministry of Defence has said.Ranger Michael Maguire died at the Castlemartin Ranges in Pembrokeshire on Wednesday.An MoD spokeswoman said: "Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this
LOSTPROPHETS performed their fifth album Weapons at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, in front of a packed house. Twelve years since the release of their début album, The Fake Sound of Progress, the band has an expansive audience, capturing both young
THE GAMES – a comedy about how three Greek nobodies get caught up in a celestial bet between Zeus, Hera and Hercules – comes to Newport’s The Riverfront this month. The unwitting heroes, Stanzas, a terrible poet, Darius, the runt of the
ONCE again the ‘experts’ have failed to address the problem of the congested traffic around Newport. The main problem is that there are too many junctions on the M4 around Newport, causing queues of vehicles trying to get on or off the M4, creating
BUT, Mr Coghlan, Bassaleg is “in the country”. Come September and you will experience the ‘Authentic Farmyard Smell’ when the muck-spreading takes place. Lucky for you that the working farm in our village leans towards sheep. I will now, unfortunately
Dawkins is learned thinker TOM McCarthy asks if I have more knowledge of science and the scripture than Professor Newton, Collins and McGrath. Three people whose names were unknown to me. It would be difficult to find a more learned thinker
THE Newport and Cwmbran Royal Naval Association would like to say thank you once again to Uskmouth Newport Rotary Club, Rotarians Paul Stephens and Colin Mason in particular, for once again organising their annual raffle for local charities, which
I FEEL compelled to express my feelings about the behaviour of the new leader of Plaid Cymru. Who would want to support or belong to a political party led by such a person? We Welsh people have been taught by our parents and grandparents that
REFERRING to the debate we have been reading relating to the creation of the world, while there is a kind of hostility between many scientists and the spiritually-minded, we have to remember that science and religion have always complimented each
TOM McCarthy asks if I have more knowledge of science and the scripture than Professor Newton, Collins and McGrath. Three people whose names were unknown to me. It would be difficult to find a more learned thinker than Richard Dawkins, whose book
RESULTS FROM ACROSS GWENT: * Last Lib Dem in Newport wins by 1 vote* Labour retain control in Torfaen * Labour win control of Caerphilly * Tories lose outright control of Monmouthshire * * Labour take control of Newport * Plaid leader
FOR the first time, three giants of European gypsy music are joining forces as they go on tour, coming to Abergavenny’s Borough Theatre next week. Fapy Lafertin – the most revered Gypsy guitarist since Django Reinhardt – is onstage with Lollo
A HISTORIC Monmouthshire village’s character will be preserved for future generations, after being designated a conservation area. The decision by Monmouthshire council means any plans submitted to the local authority regarding Trellech, near Monmouth
A WELSH vicar reached Newport on his tractor as part of a fundraising tour of Wales’ six cathedrals. The Reverend Richard Kirlew and his wife Liz rolled into the city yesterday at a maximum speed of 38mph, in the latest leg of a marathon fundraiser
THIS month’s Llan Acoustic event sees The Chartists grace the Llanhilleth Miners’ Institute next week on Thursday, May 10. In 1979, 140 years after some 5,000 Chartists marched on Newport in last large-scale armed rebellion against authority
NEWPORT County have sold around £30,000 of merchandise in the runup to the FA Trophy final atWembley. The club shop has doubled its sales of cup final goods in the past week compared to when they first started selling three weeks ago. It has
CROSS Keys are faced by a dilemma at 10 ahead of their Swalec Cup final date with Pontypridd at the Millennium Stadium. The Pandy Park outfit have few selection headaches ahead of their Bank Holiday Monday showdown in the capital. Their
PASSENGERS using the Ebbw Vale to Newport rail/shuttlebus route are being charged more for booking online. The problem arises because the online booking system doesn’t recognise the connecting bus service between Rogerstone and Newport. Single
NEWPORT-BORN Premier League star James Collins has issued an apology after becoming embroiled in a nightclub brawl just days before his club Aston Villa's biggest game of the season. Wales international Collins and his Villa teammates Chris Herd and
NEWPORT County have enlisted the help of the Football Association of Wales in their on-going battle to play goalkeeper Karl Darlow at Wembley. The English FA have refused County permission to pick their first-choice stopper in the FA Trophy final against
THREE benefit fraudsters from Cwmbran dishonestly obtained a combined £154,971 – one to pay off drug debts and another two by lying about their relationships. In separate cases, they were all sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court yesterday after admitting
FOUR friends are celebrating a win of more than £100,000 in last Saturday’s Lotto draw. Rob Bailey, 40, his brother Dean, 46, both from Cwm, Steve Stinton, 59, from Blackwood, and Alan Dodd, 57, from Pontllanfraith, won £101,269 as a quartet,
LABOUR campaigners are celebrating today after taking back three Gwent councils. Caerphilly council, formerly a Plaid/Independent coalition, fell to Labour's Valleys resurgence, which also claimed the seat of its outgoing leader Allan Pritchard
A BOY’S dream of walking unaided could soon come true – with pioneering surgery set to take place in the USA on June 21. The parents of three-yearold Bayli Lippiett expressed their joy after St Louis Children’s Hospital, Missouri, confirmed
DANNY Wilson is to leave his role as Newport Gwent Dragons forwards coach. The region play their final game of the season when they host European champions Leinster in the RaboDirect Pro12 tomorrow night. And it will be the last time that the 35-year-old
THERE will be recounts taking place for the St Julians ward in Newport and the Nelson ward in Caerphilly. These are expected to start around 2pm.
PONTYPOOL great and ex-Welsh Rugby Union president Clive Rowlands has joined the chorus of disapproval against the WRU’s decision to kick the famous club out of the Premiership. Wales’ coach between 1968 and 1974 when they won a Grand Slam, two Triple
ROB Sidoli hopes it’s his pride in the Newport Gwent Dragons jersey that earned him the South Wales Argus player of the year trophy. The former Wales lock’s consistency and appetite for hard graft meant he was a clear winner in the competition
WELSH Labour say they have 'confounded expectations' with the latest election results delivering five new Labour councils with many more candidates winning seats elsewhere. Newport, Merthyr, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent councils have been gained so
