THE University of Wales, Newport has appointed Professor Stephen Hagen as acting vice-chancellor. Professor Hagen, the university’s current deputy vicechancellor (academic), will take up the post on June 1. Outgoing vice-chancellor Dr
VISITORS can find out more about a charity’s work to protect species-rich grassland in Monmouthshire at an open day this month. Gwent Wildlife Trust (GWT) recently received funding from Biffa Award for the Pentwyn Meadows project, at Pentwyn
AROUND 200 pupils helped to keep the environment tidy by taking part in a litter pick. Each Ty-Sign Primary School pupil worked for half an hour picking up litter from around the school grounds. Approximately 12 bags of rubbish were
HISTORY was made for all the wrong reasons yesterday at the Celtic Manor as the entire Welsh contingent at the ISPS Wales Open failed to make the cut. Since its inception in 2000 we have waited without joy for a Welsh victor at this event but never
WALES is one of the friendliest places in the UK, according to a recent survey. More than a third of Welsh residents say they frequently smile and say hello to people in the street, going against the national average. An impressive 68 per cent
THE Argus is calling on budding photographers to help Newport’s university mark 100 years of photography in the city with a special competition. The University of Wales, Newport, is producing a 2013 charity calendar featuring iconic images
TORFAEN council and Gwent Police have launched a scheme they hope will reduce metal thefts. As part of ‘No ID? No Cash!’, scrap metal yards in Torfaen must only accept metal from scrap metal collectors registered with the council. They
A THREE-year programme of building will be required to complete the proposed new Specialist and Critical Care Centre for Gwent. Late 2017 is the latest estimated completion date for the £273 million project on the site of the former Llanfrechfa
PLANS to modernise a century-old community building near Pontypool are to go on display. Local residents and users and of Ebenezer Sunday School Hall, Cwmffrwdoer, in Pontnewynydd are invited to have their say on the plans for much-needed improvements
WALES may have comparatively few racehorse trainers compared to other locations, but its young riders are certainly making up for that. Nestled away in the pretty mid-Wales village of Llanfarcan is a jockey who has stamped his authority on the horse
THE first urban music festival in Abergavenny planned for this summer has been postponed. Tynchy Stryder, rapper and songwriter Chip, formerly known as Chipmunk and Grime artist Skepta were among the headlining acts due to perform at the Breakin
A BLACKWOOD man has denied supplying a dangerous product for sports cars. Andrzej Wojcicki appeared at Newport Crown Court in a case brought by Caerphilly council. Wojcicki, 42, gave his business address of Profess Autogas, Blackwood, and pleaded
THE National Trust is hosting its Tredegar Housewarming event on Sunday, June 24, from 11am as a thank-you to the people of Newport, and we are offering free tickets for admission to the house on the day of the housewarming. The housewarming
THE Lord Chamberlain’s Men return to Raglan Castle, Chepstow Castle and Caerleon Roman Amphitheatre, with their all-male production of Shakespeare’s devastating and gripping thriller Macbeth. At only two hours, Macbeth is one of Shakespeare
THE INIMITABLE Devil’s Violin company will bring their latest storytelling and music experience to one of the world’s most famous festivals. A Love Like Salt is led by Abergavenny master storyteller Daniel Morden, it will be a return visit by the company
BE among the first to witness the latest reincarnation of former child singing sensation Charlotte Church who will be performing in her home city of Cardiff next weekend. She will be at The Globe at Albany Road with what is being heralded by promoters
As the celebrations of the Argus’ 120th birthday continue today, Gwent sportsmen, business leaders and celebrities tell DAVID DEANS why they are wishing us a happy birthday. BILLIONAIRE businessman Sir Terry Matthews, originally of Newbridge
MISDIRECTED mail – including recorded-delivery items that ought to be individually signed for – is being delivered to the South Wales Argus office on an almost daily basis. The latest batch of mail delivered to our Cardiff Road headquarters
A GROUP of schoolchildren stuck on a bus in the afternoon sun were given some welcome relief when an employee from a nearby supermarket came out and handed them all bottled water. Agroup of 60 Year 5 and 6 pupils from St Joseph’s Primary School
A SPECIALLY commissioned mural to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will be unveiled in Abergavenny this weekend. Local artist Dave Parkinson, 61, of St Helen’s Road, has spent a month painting the mural, three panels measuring more than two
THERE CAN’T be many people who don’t remember at least some of the old nursery rhyme There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. Written as a song in 1953 it was a chart topping hit for singer and actor Burl Ives before being adapted into a book by
A NEWPORT teenager who battled cancer went back to school for this first time in more than a year this week. Corris Davies, 13, visited classmates at St Julian’s Comprehensive School on Tuesday and met up with representatives of charity LATCH
DAN REED is probably best known as the lead singer of American funk/rock band The Dan Reed network. They released three very successful albums between 1988 and 1992. The band opened for such bands as RUN DMC, UB40, David Bowie and Bon Jovi, eventually
Celebrate the Jubilee at Malpas Court Mansion this long weekend, courtesy of the hardworking team from Darwin Drive and Surrounding Areas Neighbourhood Watch Group. Having recently raised a huge £2136 for the Alzheimer’s Society through their dedicated
THERE are a number of organised events being held across Gwent over the coming days to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. Around 4,000 people are expected at Caldicot Castle and Country Park on Monday for a free, all-day extravaganza with stalls, funfair
A NEWPORT house was ordered to be closed down for three months by a district judge after being associated with “persistent disorder” including the supply of Class A drugs. Alana Davies, 28, of 22 Coverack Road, appeared at Cwmbran Magistrates
THIS half-term, there will be a Festival of Street Dance at Mermaid Quay on the Cardiff waterfront. From Saturday June 2 to Sunday June 10, South Wales’ top street dances will be out in force at the Festival Street Dance. From noon-4pm each day
THE last scout band in Wales are appealing for new members to enable them to keep on playing. The 1st Rogerstone Scout Band, which was founded in 1957, have been hit by a number of withdrawals, after their long-serving band master Ray O’Brien
THE Tintern Jubilee duck race is going ahead tomorrow following its postponement. It was postponed from May 7 due to the dangerous state of the river Wye, but tickets are still available from local businesses or from Julie Redgewell-Green
TODAY marks the start of Gwent Police’s summer drink-drive campaign. All four police forces in Wales run this campaign throughout the month of June, in which efforts to tackle drink-driving are stepped up, with stops and breath tests carried out
A PONTYPOOL man appeared in court after a dog attacked a teenager. The bull mastiff-cross called Tyson lunged at the boy outside the Spar store in Trevethin after he went to stroke him, leaving him needing hospital for a wound on his left thigh
POLICE have closed their investigation into the death of a Newport university student who died after jumping into a river. Vithuran Sathiyaseelan, 17, described by the university as “bright and talented” was a Sri Lankan student here
We returned from Hampshire last week feeling hard done by after losing by 31 runs despite playing four really good days of cricket. They had by far the better team on paper than us, especially with our very inexperienced bowling attack. Our three main
GWENT ex-World Snooker champion Mark Williams has been fined £4,000 for saying he 'hated' snooker venue the Crucible Theatre in sheffield. Williams, world champion in 2000 and 2003, condemned the Sheffield theatre as a "sxxx hole" in a Twitter tirade
A CROSS Keys woman has graduated from university after delaying it for a year while she battled cancer. Sian Chung, 34, graduated from the Open University earlier this month at a ceremony in Cardiff. With just two weeks before Mrs Chung
A CAMPAIGN group has been formed against a proposal for a new tunnel on the M4. A team of residents and businesses have formed The Campaign Against Additional Tunnel (CAAT) to fight against a proposed extra M4 tunnel at Brynglas. It
THE planned British withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014 is 'a factor' in the decision to axe more than a hundred jobs at a munitions factory in Gwent. BAE Systems yesterday said that up to 105 jobs could go at the Glascoed munitions factory
NEWPORT RFC chairman and Dragons board member Will Godfrey hailed the efforts of all three parties to turn the Rodney Parade groundshare plan into a reality. Weeks of talks between rugby bosses and Newport County officials ended with an agreement being
NEWPORT County AFC will play at Rodney Parade for the next three seasons after the club reached an historic agreement with Newport RFC and Newport Gwent Dragons last night. After a tense final day of negotiations the deal was eventually signed
THE Blaenavon World Heritage Site Volunteer Rangers group is looking for new helpers. The group has been growing steadily since November 2011, thanks to funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and other partners. Volunteers Jeff and Marilyn
FLANKER Josh Turnbull admits it’s going to be tough to force himself into Wales’ first choice line-up but he is determined to give it his best shot. The 24-year-old Scarlets man starts in Newport Gwent Dragons star Dan Lydiate’s blindside position
BRADLEY Pryce hasn’t seen Billy Joe Saunders fight before, but still believes he will knock out the young unbeaten star tonight, writes Andrew Penman. Pryce challenges for Saunders’ Commonwealth middleweight title at London’s York Hall. The 31-year-old
