UK HEALTH Secretary Andrew Lansley has pleaded with doctors not to take part in industrial action on Thursday.The Health Secretary urged doctors not to participate in what he called a "pointless" strike over the Government's controversial pension reforms
NEWPORT County have announced their first pre-season friendlies for the 2012/13 campaign with Bristol Rovers the first team to visit Rodney Parade. The Exiles' League Two neighbours come to Newport on Tuesday, July 24. At present that
WASPS have announced the appointment of former Wales full-back Shane Howarth as their new backs coach. Howarth won 19 caps for Wales, while he also represented the All Blacks, New Zealand Maori, Auckland, Sale and Newport during a lengthy playing career
WELSH Conservatives will be allowed a free vote on a controversial bill on organ donation. The draft Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill will pave the way for what the Welsh Government term a "soft opt-out" policy on organ and tissue donation. Under
A SCHOOL reunion will be held for 1982 leavers of Pontypool Grammar School for Girls on Saturday (June 23). The event will take place at Panteg House, Griffithstown, from 2pm to 6pm and marks the 30th anniversary of the year group leaving.
GWENT is hosting a trailblazing new scheme that experts hope will reduce unintentional injuries in the home for children up to five years old. More than 115,000 children in this age group sustain injuries at home in Wales, twice the rate among
A LORRY hit a Newport railway bridge today causing traffic to be diverted. Driver Paul Spencer was delivering goods to Homebase at the Harlech Retail Park when the incident happened around 12.30pm. Mr Spencer, 58, of Oxford, was approaching the railway
CAN YOU offer any assistance? I am trying to trace Mr John Edward Davies from Risca. This gentleman worked for Turif in the summer of 1969 around Colwyn Bay, North Wales area. He had a colleague by the name of Bill and on occasion enjoyed a drink
REGARDING THE Falkland Islands, Argentina’s reference to United Nations directives concerning these islands is somewhat ironical. They seem to have conveniently forgotten that during their illegal military occupation of the islands in 1982 Argentine
PUPILS and staff celebrated the centenary of Crumlin High Level Primary School with a week of events including a march to the town centre. The school was built in 1912 and opened on June 15 of that year. Originally the school was in Crown Street in
I’ve just received an official-looking e-mail supposedly from BTYahoo warning (in bad grammar) that my account would be terminated if I didn’t provide my e-mail address and password in the official-looking BTYahoo box. I checked with BT who confirmed
IN RESPONSE to Jim Dyer’s splenetic attack on Brian Donovan (Argus, June 18) for highlighting once more the incidence of dogs’ mess left by irresponsible owners, I applaud Brian for his constant carping against the minority who will not soil
ONCE again I am writing to you to say how angry and disappointed I am in the way we are treated as citizens of Newport. Our city, which is not worthy of being called a city had no celebrations for the jubilee, not a street party in sight. Our bus
IN RESPONSE to the letter published recently from Mr Steve Delahaye (June 18) I am very pleased to let Mr Delahaye and the people of Newport know that replacement composite plaques have already been commissioned by the Newport Harbour Board. Jointly
AS A libertarian socialist I am very concerned that Torfaen Council and Gwent Police have introduced a borough wide designated Public Places Order (DPPO) which means anyone drinking alcohol in public must stop if asked to do so by a police or
IT WILL come as no surprise to readers that Mr Nutt (June 18) foolishly attempts to blame poverty in Wales on the last Labour government. He conveniently forgets that Labour increased child benefit; introduced tax credits, increased training opportunities
A CWMBRAN pensioner who was jailed after he admitted groping a 45-year-old woman failed in a bid for release in front of the country’s top judge. John Hood, 72, of Parkside, was jailed for eight months at Cardiff Crown Court last month after
UNEMPLOYMENT in Gwent fell fractionally in May, but youth unemployment remained high, with some parts of the region registering twice the UK average. According to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the
THE Environment Agency Wales today warned of is flooding in the south East Wales as as widespread heavy rain is expected in the region overnight. They warn of standing water on road surfaces and localised flooding from drains and small streams. The
HOLLYWOOD superstar Mickey Rourke will join Wales rugby legend Gareth ‘Alfie’ Thomas for his gala dinner in support of a Newport charity at the Celtic Manor Resort in July. The Oscar-nominated actor and friend of Gareth Thomas and will be joining
The mother of a young father-to-be who was killed in a road accident last month is calling for layout changes to the road he died on in a bid to prevent further deaths. She talks to NATALIE CROCKETT. RACHEL HOARE’S life was torn apart on May
BAILOUTS given to Aneurin Bevan other Welsh local health boards (LHBs) totalling £24 million are unsustainable, a finance watchdog has warned. Aneurin Bevan, Cwm Taf, Cardiff and Vale and Powys Teaching boards received the cash in Welsh Government
VISITORS to Abergavenny stepped back in time to find out what life was like in medieval times at the weekend. They were enjoying the first medieval fair to be held at St Mary’s Priory Church and Tithe Barn, organised by volunteers from St Mary
WALES rugby player-turned adventurer Richard Parks had a lucky escape while taking on his latest mountain challenge. Mr Parks, who last year became the first man in history to climb the seven highest mountains on the world’s seven continents as
JOHN Hartson’s most recent battles have been with the terrifying consequences of cancer, rather than with the world’s top defenders. And the former Wales centre forward has now teamed up with Blackwood Comprehensive School pupils to put his
GWENT’S university could soon be offering degrees in extreme sports and other new subjects to help address cuts to student numbers under proposals outlined to the Argus. Acting vice-chancellor Professor Stephen Hagen of the University of Wales
BLACKWOOD back David James has been tipped to earn a Super League contract after scoring a try on his Wales debut. The South Wales Scorpions utility back crossed the whitewash and was named as his country’s man of the match in the 28-16 loss to France
MONMOUTH School has paid tribute to Victor Spinetti, a celebrated old boy who was a boarder there for six years from 1943. More than six decades after leaving the school that awoke his love of language he remained in regular contact.
AN ADVENTURER from Gwent spent ten days out in the frozen wilderness of Canada with the Ice Road Truckers. Last March, businessman and father of two, Russell Fowler, was invited to join one of the firms featured in the cult Channel Five TV
A NEWPORT woman told a court how she was “brainwashed, manipulated and groomed” into stripping naked, performing sex acts on herself and sending explicit photos to a spiritualist who promised to put her in touch with her dead father. The
I sympathise with Mr Dyer on the subject of cats. At one time we had ten cats living in adjacent houses. Their gardens were all paved and the result can be imagined. I love my garden but my husband has to go around and pick up the mess which is
MORE than 100,000 older people in Wales are living in poverty, according to a new report. According to the Age Alliance report, Wales: A Good Place to Grow Old?, four out of 10 older people said they are sometimes or often lonely while the same
WITH reference to the comments made by Mr Brian Donovan in Thursday’s letters section, where he replied to one of my previous publications, can I take the opportunity to state that I, too, find dog mess that is not picked up and disposed of in
IT would be a nice gesture from the Prince of Wales to ask his mother, the Queen, in her Diamond Jubilee year, to have the Welsh nation represented on the Union Flag, in gratitude to the Welsh men and women who stood shoulder to shoulder and spilled
IT is no surprise that Bob Bright, Newport council’s leader, has instigated a review of top management at the Civic Centre (June 15). Although Labour have only been out of power for five years, they feel it necessary to look at the management,
I AM acting on behalf of the authorities at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea where more than 800 British servicemen are at rest. The authorities wish to obtain photographs of those servicemen interred there and also those
HALF a million signatures were delivered to the Prime Minister’s residence at No 10 Downing Street, in defence of real marriage. This petition remains open and is still growing. What are people concerned about? They are concerned about the impact
AN ACTOR was murdered in a “prolonged, unrelenting and brutal beating” by a heroin addict who was in love with the same sex worker as him, a court heard. Father of two Gary Suller, 45, was found dead in his home in Harold Street, Pontnewydd
MORE tributes were paid to Cwm-born star of Beatles films, Victor Spinetti who died after a battle with prostate cancer. The star of stage and screen who starred in the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night Victor Spinetti was born above a chip ship
A 62 year old man took his ex-mother in law out to thank her for looking after him when he had a heart attack - but ended up attacking her and breaking her arm in three places. Michael Watts, of Commercial Road, Newport, got so drunk and foul-mouthed
NEWPORT County manager Justin Edinburgh believes new signing Danny Crow will provide the one thing his side was missing last season – goals. Crow signed a one-year-deal for County yesterday, with an option for a second year, after turning down
