PEOPLE across Gwent now have four weeks to view the arguments for and against proposed changes to MPs’ constituencies. The Boundary Commission for Wales has published all responses it has received during its initial consultation on proposed changes
NEWPORT High School Old Boys RFC will hold its first ever music festival on Saturday. It is the day of its presentation ceremony for each age group, but organisers have decided to incorporate live acts this year to attract people from all over
SHAUN Edwards has set the Welsh side a target of restricting Australia to fewer than 18 points in order to stay in the three-match series by squaring things up in Melbourne's Etihad Stadium tomorrow. The Wallabies scored three tries - as
A TEACHER made sexual and other inappropriate remarks to pupils, and kissed a 14-year-old student, during spells at two Gwent schools. Danish Bilha Maider Khan, 31, was today found guilty of two counts of misconduct by a General Teaching Council
REPORTS of anti-social behaviour has decreased in Fleur-de-Lys since a police operation to the tackle problem was launched. Neighbourhood police officers found that youths from outside the area were coming to the village and causing problems
MORE than 50 cyclists will be taking on a ten-hour through-the-night challenge at Newport velodrome tonight to raise money for charity. The event is being hosted by Paralympic cycling champion Simon Richardson and will see cyclists ride in teams
FORGOTTEN Landscapes Project will be holding a Blorenge Walk tomorrow, from 10am to 4pm. The group will meet at Llanfoist Crossing car park and will then explore the old transport routes on the Blorenge mountain. Walking boots, waterproofs
A NEWPORT-BASED engineering firm will restore a famous London arch 16 years after it was removed from public view, in time for this summer’s Olympic Games. Cintec International will use its patented anchoring system to strengthen the iconic
OUTSTANDING council tax owed in Gwent currently stands at more than £16 million, figures released by the Welsh Government show. A total of £16,730,000 in council tax is currently being chased by Gwent councils, including Caerphilly, which has
PONTYPOOL RFC today launched an appeal for up to £75,000 to help them fight a High Court case and stave off the threat of relegation. The club was told yesterday that it had to pledge £250,000 to guarantee that the WRU’s costs would be covered
There are few occasions where you feel you are attending a production that is special, but that was certainly the feeling this weekend at the Dolman Theatre as the newly formed CentreStage Cymru delivered their debut production. Celebrating the very
They say laughter is the best medicine, and never a truer word was spoken for anyone who sampled The Hypochondriac; Roger McGough’s adaptation of Moliere’s classic comedy La Malade Imaginaire at the Dolman Theatre. Mixing well-timed farce with comic
Sinfonia Cymru return as regular favourites to the Riverfront, for the finale of its third national tour of Wales this year. This concert carries on a year long thread celebrating the most cherished of Haydn’s works, opening with the expressively
BLACKWOOD Town Council has selected councillor Zoe Hammond as its townmayor for 2012/13. The mayor’s chosen charity for her term in office is Action for Children, based at Blackwood Recourse Centre, at Wooden Spoons House. Cllr Hammond
Hannah Stone, harpist to HRH Prince Charles is performing at the Lower Machen Festival on Thursday 21st June at 8pm in a concert at St Michael’s Church, Lower Machen. The concert also features her fiance Gary Griffiths who will be making a rare appearance
Welcoming, enthusiastic, talented and professional are just a few of the words that describe the company Centre Stage Cymru, which was formed when a group of friends lead by producer and choreographer Sharon Fitzgerald decided to spread their wings and
A FORMER Gwent council leader blasted a decision by Newport council's cabinet to appoint a team of consultants to review its senior management. Tory group leader Councillor Matthew Evans has branded the decision as "sheer hypocrisy" following
A PIONEERING scheme launched by Caerphilly council and Gwent Police has seen a 50 per cent reduction in reported metal thefts in the Risca area. Run by the local authority’s public protection team and the Risca neighbourhood policing team, it
A GWENT teacher accused of making sexual remarks to pupils and kissing a 14-yearold student told a conduct hearing he is “hurt” at having to answer false allegations. Appearing before a General Teaching Council for Wales professional conduct
Ffresh is the stylish eatery attached to the Wales Millennium Centre. You may have walked past its glazed front and wondered what it’s like. I urge you to give this place a try. My partner, my daughter and I ate one of the best meals we have had in a
WELL loved and award-winning musical Chicago comes to Cardiff Bay’s Wales Millennium Centre next month. Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along with her rival, double-murderess Velma
Fans of the Eagles shouldn’t miss one of the best tribute acts around at the moment, Talon, who play The Riverfront on Saturday evening. Formed in 1997, they are recognised throughout the industry as the world’s definitive Eagles tribute show.
Crisis talks are to take place at Pontypool RFC after the news that they must find £250,000 to cover a potential legal bill or face being relegated. The club was told yesterday by Judge Justice Eady it has to pledge a guarantee that the Welsh
SO MUCH for the concept of justice being available to all. Pontypool RFC yesterday found out the hard way that the legal system is often about who has the deepest pockets rather than who is right or wrong. The club – still one of the most
FIRST minister Carwyn Jones, pictured, has welcomed the news that top level internet domain names for Wales (.wales and .cymru) are on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’s list for consideration. If the authority approves
A VALLEYS man admitted robbing a convenience store just yards away from his home. Aaron Jenkins, 22, of High Street, Fleur-de-Lys, pleaded guilty at Newport Crown Court yesterday to robbing the Spar Store on the same road on June 4.
THERE’S a tribute show paying homage to John Denver at Cwmbran’s Congress Theatre this month. Country Roads takes the audience on a journey through the great American singer’s popular hits such as Annie’s Song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Rocky Mountain
THE leaders of the two parties on Blaenau Gwent council vowed to work together at the local authority's first official meeting since the elections. After the last cycle was punctuated by bitter disputes and back-biting between Labour
PARISHIONERS in Newbridge have already secured £82,000 of the £89,000 needed towards vital repairs on what was described as "the focal point of the community". Grants of £55,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and £27,000 from the European Union
A 22-year-old father, who started up his own business just three weeks ago, has been hit by a spate of thefts. David Morgan from Brynmawr, started up his business D M Tyres on the Blaenant industrial estate at the end of May. Father
SENIOR Newport council Labour figure Ray Truman says the new Labour administration needs to look carefully at a controversial waste scheme which could fund an incinerator. David Fouweather, deputy Tory leader, has called on Newport's Labour group to
The British Korean Veterans’ Association is trying to contact former members of HM Armed Forces who serviced in Korea/Japan from 1950-53 and also those servicemen and women who served in these two places at a later date with the peace-keeping Force
I FEEL I must reply to those persons who claim to be Republicans. If you have a Republic you need a president. Among the inmates of the House of Commons, The House of Lords and the Welsh Assembly there is no one who is fit to be president. I
SAM and Jessie Boyd have spent a large part of their long lives providing a voice for many who would otherwise not have been heard, and do you know what? I’d have bet my life they would be in favour of Britain being a republic, but it doesn’t
I DO not want to get involved in the politics of Keith Parry’s republican diatribe; I accept that people support his view or do not. This is freedom of speech. I do take issue with the factual error concerning the Union Flag however. This flag
MAYBE now it is time for Gwent Police and Newport City Council to work together and take immediate action on traffic control on Shakespeare Crescent. Buses and taxi drivers use this route on a daily, frequent basis. The residents have no
ON BEHALF of Jessica Powell, Brian Mawby and myself, Stuart Ashley, I would like to express our thanks and delight in being voted in as Labour councillors for Pontnewydd, Cwmbran, on May 3. We now have five years on Torfaen County Borough Council
THE ARMY is now downsizing, as the public sector is cut to bail out the banks. There is nothing wrong with cutting one’s cloth to match reality, something the UK should have done years ago. Hasty ill-thought-out defence cuts tend to come back
A SLEEPOVER with friends is something many children take for granted, but until recently even this simple social pleasure was difficult for Steph Harris. Five years ago, a diagnosis of Type One (insulin dependent) diabetes turned her world and that
MATTHEW Edmonds used to pound boxers in the ring, now he pounds the streets as a champion marathon runner. The 28-year-old represented Wales at the 2006 Common-wealth Games in Melbourne and turned professional a year later but is now taking
WALES’ first ever national comic verse competition has attracted more than 60 contestants from across Wales, organisers said. So far a total of 126 poems have been submitted to the competition, organised by Caerleon Festival. A shortlist
WE’VE all been guilty of not taking the time to take in our surroundings. Our busy lives normally involve getting from Ato B as quickly as possible – but one of this year’s SuperDragon artists is hoping to encourage us to take a second, and look
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons head coach Darren Edwards has challenged his squad to make a statement in Europe and press for the knockout stages of the Amlin Challenge Cup, writes Chris Kirwan. Yesterday’s draw pooled the region with London Wasps,
NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh will today attempt to tie up a deal for one of his top summer targets, writes Michael Pearlman. The Argus can reveal that the Exiles are closing in on the signing of a striker, just released by a Conference club,
A PLAN to build a retirement complex on the former Millsteel Fabrications site in Abergavenny has been lodged with Monmouthshire council. Plans to re-develop the delapidated building at Swan Meadows, which backs onto the bus station, first went
FORMER skipper Matthew Rees aims to take out his frustration on the Wallabies in Melbourne tomorrow as Wales reunite the British and Irish Lions front row. Scarlets hooker Rees, still looking to re-establish himself after long-term injury, comes in
