A WELSH Government shake-up of the housing sector could see private landlords effectively needing a licence to let out properties. Ministers in Cardiff Bay announced the measure as part of a drive to cut homelessness rates as well as improve conditions
A NEWPORT woman stole a pair of jeans, then spat at and bit the arm of a police community support officer who approached her, a court heard. Sarah Gibbons, 31, of Gaer Vale, pleaded guilty to the theft of a £40 pair of leopard skin jeans from
SEAN Ervine made an unbeaten century as Hampshire recovered from a shaky start against winless Glamorgan in LV= County Championship Division Two. Zimbabwean-born Ervine had scored 42 when joined by last man David Balcombe but went on to 109 not out when
TORFAEN council re-elected its leader and welcomed its new mayor at an annual general meeting. Greenmeadow councillor Bob Wellington was re-elected as leader and Trevethin councillor Lewis Jones as deputy leader of the Labour-run council at the meeting
AN ABERTILLERY man will perform at the Eurovision Song Contest alongside quirky twins Jedward who made it to the final. The duo qualified for Saturday's showdown with acts from 23 other nations. Julian Edwards, one of four backing singers for the Ireland
OVER the last few weeks your Argus has been asking children across Gwent to send us their portraits of the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee. We have had a fantastic response to our competition with hundreds of entries received from youngsters
AROUND 300 people paid tribute to a Cwmbran father-of-two who “lived life to the full”. Friends, family and colleagues remembered Timothy Lawrence Needs, who died aged 50 from pancreatic cancer on May 3, at his funeral at Our Lady Of The Angels
PUPILS took the opportunity to enjoy the varied and rich collection of memorabilia celebrating the great history of Pontypool Rugby Football Club. The St Albans RC School pupils are just a handful of people who have visited Pontypool Museum to
I THINK the simple solution for the M4 congestion,and this will cost even less than all other planned relief work, would be to adopt the chevron system that is used on the M5 towards Bristol where by you are asked to keep two chevrons apart for
ON BEHALF of all volunteers at Gwent Cats Protection, I would like to thank Greenmoor Garden Centre, St Brides, Newport and Millbrook Garden Centre, Mitchel Troy, Monmouth, for very generously donating plants again this year for our plant sale
IN HIS latest maelstrom of abuse, Terry Banfield is like an 11-year-old schoolboy sticking his tongue out: ‘Yabba dabba doo’. If I might paraphrase the Reformation scholar Castellio, “To abuse a man is not to establish any truth: it is to abuse
We would like to thank all the residents of Caerleon and Christchurch who voted for us in the recent local election. We are obviously disappointed not to have had the opportunity to action some of the exciting plans that we had, however we can
IN OFFICE just two weeks and already Labour has started as it means to go on. Wining and dining at the expense of Newport council taxpayers to inaugurate the new mayor. Labour councillors really need to get their act together and challenge their
WHAT IS the definition of a cross? Two straight lines intersecting somewhere around the middle.? I assume that those who recently vied for this simple mark upon the ballot paper supposed that we in Pill were unable to master such a complex task
IN THE Argus letters (May 18) Norman Jones congratulated all the non-voters in the Risca ward. He states that the recent non-vote count was a true reflection of what people think of political parties. He asserts that if more people followed this
THE CHANGES in council procedures proposed by the leader, Cllr Bright, seem most sensible with the exception of the need for two more cabinet posts, which will add about £30,000 pa to the bill. Many councils have a two-month meeting system and
NEWPORT Speedway stadium is set to be demolished and replaced with a haulage depot. Chepstow-based MCL Logistics has submitted contracts to owners Sydney and London and hopes to take ownership of the land on Friday. Although specifics relating to plans
A GWENT MP says efforts to get the Ebbw Valley line electrified were given a shot in the arm after a majority of passengers backed the proposal in a survey. Nick Smith, MP for Blaenau Gwent, and local residents quizzed users of the rail line
AN Ebbw Vale woman was sentenced to four years in prison for burgling a disabled pensioner after she threatened him with a 12- inch spanner. Sharon Lang, 35, of no fixed abode, was described as ‘despicable” by her victim and a judge
A CHARITY concert in memory of a Gwent teenager who died of cancer will star world-renowned jazz pianist Geoff Eales. Jacob Eales, of Blackwood, died in 2009 aged just 15 following a six-year battle with the disease, after first being diagnosed
WAYNE Rooney will be sunning himself in Las Vegas as one of his newly-acquired racehorses has his second start in equally glorious conditions at Chepstow today. Tomway, named after the footballer’s father Thomas Wayne, lines-up in the opener at 2.10,
SEE which Gwent runners will be carrying the torch on Friday. Click on the torchbearers's name to see the story behind the runner. Gwent torchbearers
A VALLEYS man who stole 300 metres of cable from the railway has been locked up for 18 months. Paul Henry Jones, 52, of Beech Avenue, Pontllanfraith, was jailed after admitting the theft. Cardiff Crown Court heard that on March 3, British
NEWPORT County striker Craig McAllister has revealed that he has not spoken to manager Justin Edinburgh since January. The Glasgow-born front man, who turns 32 next month, has been on loan at Blue Square Bet Premier rivals Luton Town for the past five
A LANDMARK Newport hotel which closed earlier this year has been put on the market at a guide price of £1.5 million. The 61-bedroom Kings Hotel on High Street shut in early January with owners blaming a “severe” downturn in trade for its closure
Health plan set for 2014 WORK on a new specialist critical care centre in Torfaen is expected to start in 2014, according to a Welsh government plan. Yesterday, it outlined how it is planning to spend £15 billion on roads, schools, hospitals,
THEY say birds of a feather flock together but no one told Gwent’s most famous rhea – who after three days on the loose is now back in the company of its partner. The five-foot-tall bird seized its chance to wander when someone left a gate
BLACKWOOD lightweight prospect Craig Evans is looking forward to his first fight as a professional in Newport on Friday night. The 22-year-old is pleased to be a part of the BoxNation Newport Centre show headlined by St Joseph’s star Lee Selby, who defends
A NEWPORT schoolboy who according to his teachers embraces and demonstrates the Olympic values of respect, excellence and friendship, will play a key role in the London 2012 torch relay on Friday. Liam Fletcher, 12, a Year Seven pupil at Lliswerry
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are poised to appoint former Wales prop Iestyn Thomas as their forwards coach but another member of the backroom staff has headed for the exit. The Argus understands that the Dragons have turned to former Pontypool and
Tickets for the London 2012 Olympic football matches at the Millennium Stadium will go on public sale from 11am today. Cardiff’s city-centre venue will host 11 football games between July 25 and August 10 and fans can soon book their place at www.tickets.london2012
