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  • Autistic Society seeking volunteers

    NEWPORT residents are being sought to volunteer as befrienders with the National Autistic Society Cymru. The charity has befrienders for people with autism throughout South Wales but, because of an upsurge in demand, more volunteers are needed

  • Welsh fortunes like the weather

    BLACKWOOD’S Bradley Dredge led the home charge at the ISPS Handa Wales Open on a day where Welsh fortunes fluctuated as much as the weather. After a week of glorious sunshine, the grey skies and familiar cold breeze was back at the Celtic Manor and

  • Pontnewydd choir set for busy month

    PONTNEWYDD Male Choir will be kicking off June with a concert at New Inn Nursing Home to entertain residents and guests at the Jubilee garden party on June 5. The choir’s last engagement in May was a guest appearance with Nidus Children’s Choir

  • Glamorgan scent victory after Wallace ton

    A FIRST century of the season from captain Mark Wallace put Glamorgan in with a good chance of winning their first LV= County Championship Division Two match going into the final day against Leicestershire at Cardiff. Wallace's 118, from 150 balls

  • Rodney Parade Ltd confirm County switch

    NEWPORT RFC and Newport Gwent Dragons have tonight released the following statement. "Following several weeks of negotiation, agreement has been reached between Newport County and Newport RFC for the football team to play at Rodney Parade this coming

  • Star names suffer at the Manor

    ENGLISHMAN Lee Slattery was the surprise leader at the ISPS Handa Wales Open today as a host of big names floundered in the wind and the cold at Newport’s Celtic Manor. Slattery’s round of 67, which contained just a solitary bogey, put him

  • Gwent teachers’ Welsh lessons going well

    LOCAL primary school teachers are top of the class after taking part in Welsh lessons. A handful of teachers are proving star students at the Gwent Welsh for Adults Centre based at Coleg Gwent’s Pontypool Campus. The centre is delivering

  • Shane Williams set for farewell

    SHANE Williams will make his rugby farewell for the Barbarians against Wales on Saturday. Ospreys star Williams, Wales' record Test try-scorer with 58 touchdowns, retires from the sport this weekend. He is among three Wales internationals named

  • Parade groundshare set to go ahead

    Newport County have tonight announced that they have sealed a deal with Newport RFC and Newport Gwent Dragons to play at Rodney Parade next season. The official statement from the club via Twitter reads: "Agreement has now been made between

  • Cider festival moves to Hafodyrynys due to noise worries

    A CIDER and perry festival has moved from a rugby club to a farm after council officials raised worries over noise. Welsh Perry and Cider Society had hoped to hold its annual festival at Ynysddu RFC this weekend, but it will now take place

  • Homes evacuated after Blaina fire

    5.36 Police said they are treating the fire as suspicious and are investigating. Anyone with information should call Gwent Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111. TWELVE homes were evacuated on Wednesday following a fire

  • Officer hurt in Brynmawr road collision

    A POLICE officer was taken to hospital with arm and wrist injuries following a road traffic collision in Brynmawr. The collision between a marked Ford Focus police car, responding to an emergency call, and a Vauxhall Astra happened on King

  • Sponsorship was fairly won

    SO Nigel Collins thinks that someone should be “hung, drawn and quartered” for allowing a German Motor company to head the Olympic Torch parade. Unfortunately for him, BMW won the sponsorship deal allowing them that privilege and is one of the

  • Raise the limit to 80mph

    ONCE again, the possibility of raising the motorway speed limit to 80mph is being mentioned (Argus, May 25), almost guaranteed to bring on a fit of the vapours to the ‘save the polar bears’ brigade. Yet, it has been frequently reported that India

  • Town council works hard

    MAY I respond to Mr Dix’s appalling outburst calling for the culling of Blackwood town councillors in his letter of May 28. As Mr Dix is well aware town councillors carry out their duties in their communities on a voluntary unpaid basis. In relation

  • Rot started in United States

    The police force are having to make swingeing cuts, not of their making. Further yet, but yet again our local health body is required to cut yet another £48m. Both scenarios are beyond frightening. All of these draconian moves have been made by

  • The Phantom of the Opera, Bristol Hippodrome

    The Phantom of the Opera at Bristol Hippodrome This was the first time that I have seen 'Phantom' and it was absolutely captivating from start to finish, the songs and music have become engrained in our hearts and minds over the last quarter of a century

  • Gwent set to roll out the barrel for Jubilee

    The flags and bunting are going up, the food is organised and Gwent is set for all the pomp and ceremony of a right royal knees-up, as WILL BAIN reports. PARTIES across the region will create a bank holiday bonanza to celebrate 60 years since

  • We promise to help our town

    I WOULD like to take this opportunity to congratulate members of the Blaenavon Labour team who succeeded in winning election to Torfaen council, and Blaenavon Town Council. I and the Blaenavon Labour Party are humbled that the townspeople granted

  • Olympics are about money

    WHY castigate people for wanting to make a fast buck by selling their Olympic torches? (Argus letters, May 29). They are merely pursuing the modern Olympic dream - hard cash. This “amateur” event is now devoted to attracting huge sums of money

  • Clampdown on Abergavenny under-age drinkers

    ANYONE caught buying alcohol for under-age drinkers in Abergavenny faces a £5,000 fine and a criminal record. Gwent Police is clamping down on under-age drinking and working with Tesco’s supermarket to combat the problem of strangers buying alcohol

  • Monmouth MP bids to be the top welly wanger

    THE inaugural Welsh Welly Wanging Open Championship will be held on Saturday at Shirenewton, Monmouthshire. MP David Davies will come up against some stiff competition, including South Wales Argus reporter Ben Frampton, who is due to take part

  • Cwmbran warehouse fire 'suspicious' - police

    A FIRE at a derelict warehouse in Cwmbran last night is being treated by police as suspicious. Firefighters were called to the Court Road Industrial Estate at around 9.10pm last night to the former Mya Foods Limited warehouse. Nobody was injured

  • Chepstow dog dies after eating mouldy cheese

    PAUL Mudie knew his dog, Hitch, had eaten something found in undergrowth during his evening walk – but he was not prepared for the appalling consequences. Within an hour the fiveyear- old labrador was gravely ill as mycotoxins from mouldy discarded

  • Pontypool Paralympian inspires youngsters

    A FORMER Paralympian who has won gold, silver and bronze medals for Great Britain was in Newport this week to inspire young sporting stars of the future. John Harris, from Pontypool, who has competed in five Paralympic Games, showed his medals

  • Argus cartoonist crafts two sensational SuperDragons

    ARGUS cartoonist, Tim Harries, 44, returns two SuperDragons for the 2012 trail. The professional cartoonist is a veteran of the 2010 SuperDragon trail where he created a ‘spot the rugby ball’ style game on his dragon, adorned with cartoon figures

  • Dragons sign two tight forwards

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have signed second row Ian Nimmo from English Championship side Cornish Pirates and tighthead prop Tim Ryan from Italian semi-professional outfit Cavalieri Prato. The pair have joined the region on two-year deals.

  • 105 jobs could go at Gwent arms factory

    MORE than a hundred jobs could go at a munitions factory near Usk, BAE Systems said this morning. The company said it is beginning a consultation with trade unions on potential job losses at its UK land systems business. The firm said

  • Gwent Remploy sales growing as factories face axe

    PROPOSALS to close two Gwent Remploy factories have been questioned after they enjoyed success over the last few months. A letter was sent to all staff congratulating them after the company saw a 12.2 per cent growth in sales, a 17 per cent reduction

  • Pontypool regeneration works set to start

    A MULTI-million-pound scheme to transform the retail heart of Pontypool town centre and bring more jobs is to start next week. The work, which is part of a package of £10m regeneration measures planned for the town and the wider Pontypool area

  • Man airlifted to hospital after M4 Coldra crash

    A MAN was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a crash on an M4 slip-road yesterday. Gwent Police said a car containing three people crashed into a road sign off junction 24 westbound at 2.38pm, close to the Coldra roundabout

  • Skenfrith mum's baking helps church fund

    A SKENFRITH mum's passion for baking has raised around £2,000 towards the restoration of the village church. Over the past six years Kath Jasper, 65 has baked thousands of cakes and sold them at St Bridget's Church to visitors and parishioners

  • CHRIS KIRWAN SAYS: Ospreys' glory is no regional panacea

    SHANE Williams may be magical but not even his dancing feet can solve the problems of Welsh rugby with one inspirational moment. The Ospreys’ RaboDirect Pro12 triumph against Europe’s best team in Dublin was a magnificent achievement. But one accurate

  • Boost for Abergavenny ambulance handover times

    AMBULANCE handover times at Abergaveny's Nevill Hall Hospital have been boosted by the start of a pilot scheme to provide more nursing care for patients on arrival. Since January last year, when handover times at A&E departments began to improve following

  • Fond memories for Noren and Jimenez

    DEFENDING champion Alexander Noren qualified for the US Open on Monday, just as he did a year ago before his stunning victory performance at the ISPS Wales Open. Like 12 months ago Noren made the cut at Walton Heath and believes the impetus is with

  • Five Newport Art College flats already sold

    THEY'VE only been on the market since Saturday but sales worth just under half a million pounds have already been agreed on five new flats at the former Newport Art College. Reservations have been made on two one-bedroom and three two-bedroom flats

  • Olazábal delighted to be back at the Manor

    RYDER Cup captain Jose Maria Olazábal is delighted to be at the Celtic Manor for the Wales Open, the event that “all the Welsh players want to win more than any other”. Two-time Green Jacket winner Olazabal, an assistant to Colin Montgomerie at the

  • Almost there! Huge boost for Parade groundshare hopes

    NEWPORT County’s bid to move to Rodney Parade took a huge step forward last night with the news that contracts are being drawn up for the Football Conference. That would suggest agreement has been reached between the Exiles, Newport RFC and