A PLAID CYMRU AM has come out in support of a former senior policeman who is running to become Gwent police and crime commissioner. Jocelyn Davies has endorsed Ian Johnston, saying he knows the business of police inside out. Plaid Cymru
TWO of Wales' most prestigious cycling events take place this weekend as part of the four-day 2012 Abergavenny Festival of Cycling - and there are set to be road closures in the town centre. Thousands of spectators are expected to descend on
AROUND 70 children from Belle Vue Children’s Nursery in Cwmbran took part in a toddle waddle dressed as superheroes to raise money for Barnado’s. Children and 20 staff from the nursery dressed up and had their faces painted to take part in
LONDON Welsh coach Lyn Jones thinks it could take until November for Gavin Henson to be firing on all cylinders after the controversial Wales centre joined the Premiership newcomers. Wales centre Henson, 30, had been without a club since April, after
Keen cruisers from South Wales often have to travel hundreds of miles before boarding the ship and seeing their holiday finally start. But from the new year, that is all set to change thanks to the announcement by Cruise & Maritime Voyages that
ONE of the most iconic films of the 1970s is being revived on stage at a Blaenau Gwent School from tonight until Thursday. Budding actors at Abertillery Comprehensive School will perform a three-night run of Grease, the musical which originally
I’m in Cornwall and, not unusually, I’m looking at horizontal, lashing rain. My love affair with this county has always been somewhat soggy. Although it’s June, I would invariably be looking through a plastic, misted-up tent window wondering
Argus football writer Michael Pearlman enjoys a trip to Crete to recover from a long season. When I was at school, I was Greece. Whatever the scenario, I was the one getting into trouble with the teachers while my equally culpable friends got
HEALTH Minister Lesley Griffiths has launched a stinging attack on political rivals for dragging a respected academic's "good name through the mud" during a row on NHS reorganisation. Mrs Griffiths today faced a series of questions in the Assembly
HAVE you ever felt uneasy about travelling somewhere? I don’t mean walking through South central LA at night or downtown Mogadishu. I’m talking about places whose regimes are less then savoury. The list of countries which have been off-limits
People living in south west England spend the most on food while on holiday, according to a survey. They fork out an average of £470, while East Midlanders splash out the most - £496 - on new outfits, luggage and toiletries before trips
A GWENT factory employing disabled people will close it was confirmed today. The Remploy plant in Abertillery is one of 27 to shut across the UK. Another Gwent plant in Croespenmaen has avoided the axe and is one of nine factories to be subject
THE HUNT for a missing Langstone pensioner continued today with a search of the Afon Llwyd between Pontypool and Cwmbran. The SARA lifeboat is helping Gwent Police in the search for Ronald Bowman, who went missing from Panteg Hospital on June 29
SPAIN is a popular destination for British holiday makers and a short tour round Catalonia gave me a good idea why. From the hustle and bustle of the Catalonian capital Barcelona, where you try to dodge the oncoming human traffic along Las
AN INSPECTION of Coleg Gwent rated it ‘good, with good prospects for improvement’. This is one below the top mark ‘excellent’. Estyn assessors found the college performed well when success rates were compared to other learning providers.
NEWPORT’S Barnabas Art House is set to open the biggest landmark art exhibition ever held at the independent venue. The work of prolific South Wales painter John Goddard will be displayed until July 24, with curator Janet Martin describing
CALLS for the Welsh Health Minister to resign following claims about a "dodgy dossier" on NHS reorganisation have been branded "desperate" by government officials. Lesley Griffiths is facing questions over the independence of a report calling for
The controversial issue of Gipsy and traveller sites has been revisited in Newport with a new review looking at the whole subject again. DAVID DEANS investigates. NEWPORT council’s new Labour administration is revisiting the controversial issue
FOR most people, constructing flat pack furniture is more of a unpleasant chore than a competitive sport. But at an event in Newport’s Leeway Industrial Estate, a team of elite do-it-yourself enthusiasts turned it into just that. The so-called
MEET this year’s Pill Carnival Queen. Monique Roberts, 16, of Commercial Road, will head the carnival parade which takes place on August 27. Abby Wysom, 14, of Pill, will be her attendant. This year’s court ladies will be sisters Leona and Lois
CHILDREN affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster learned about Newport sports teams as part of their visit to the city. The eight youngsters received memorabilia from Newport County and Newport Gwent Dragons at a party at Newport East Community
HERE is what was making the news in Argus 100, 50 and 25 years ago. * Lowest death rate on record in Abersychan * 20,000 seat open-air theatre gets go-ahead in Cwmbran * Abergavenny not consulted on nuclear bunker. 100 YEARS AGO ● The medical
POLICE are continuing to investigate the cause of a fire, which gutted, a four-storey disused shop in Newport city centre at the weekend. Eight fire crews were called to tackle the blaze, which started in the roof space of what is understood to
IT is often difficult to convey to people just how varied the average week of an Assembly Member can be, so I would like to take the opportunity in my column to share a part of my diary with you, hopefully giving you a flavour of some of the important
LAST week we visited Market Street, Abergavenny. Here are some of our replies: Trevor Jones (Trevor the Milk), Tredegar: “The picture shows Market Street, Abergavenny, with the market hall and the Borough Theatre on the right.
Newport-based Monmouthshire Independent Financial Advisers will be holding free seminars in Cardiff on Thursday July 12, which will cover all aspects of financial planning. Both seminars will take place at The Village Hotel in Coryton, Cardiff. The seminar
Hundreds of Welsh servicemen and women made redundant in the Army cuts can rest assured that a lucrative new life can be found in the private sector. Scott Liddle, technical director at Newport-based leading UK recruitment and training company Acorn
GWENT Police are appealing for information after a delivery driver was robbed. The incident took place on Beaufort Hill, Ebbw Vale, on Saturday, at about 12.45pm. Four men approached the 57-year-old driver, assaulted him and stole a
Africa is a region of opportunity for UK businesses and British goods and services have an excellent reputation across the continent, but the potential of the region is far from being realised by British companies, including those in Newport and South
An enthusiastic team of fund-raisers from one of Wales’ leading recruitment businesses is to participate in the Three Peaks Challenge in a bid to raise cash for a cancer charity. Smart Solutions, which has a base in Newport, has assembled a team of 25
FORMER Colchester and Leyton Orient boss Geraint Williams has been named as the new Wales Under-21 manager. The 50-year-old, who won 13 caps for his country between 1988 and 1996, succeeds Brian Flynn, who left the post after eight years when
A VALLEYS teacher was struck off the teaching register after having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former pupil. A General Teaching Council for Wales professional conduct committee, sitting at Cardiff’s The Parc Hotel, found the
We’d like to add our congratulations to the city’s Parks and Gardens Department for the beautiful wild meadow planting through the city. It cheered us up after being delayed half an hour in traffic on Caerleon Road. For once, well done! Catherine
I too share the anger expressed by Mrs Hunt and Mrs Adams (Argus, July 7). These cuts, of course, replicate those announced by Geoff Hoon, Labour defence minister in 2006. Then, four infantry battalions, four RAF fighter squadrons and six warships
GLAMORGAN chief executive Alan Hamer has laid bare the dire consequences this summer's poor weather has had on county cricket - estimating a potential six-figure loss for his club. Rain has wreaked havoc on the lucrative Friends Life t20 season, with
You promised on page 2 of Saturday’s paper that on page 5, we would be told what the Goodyear blimp was doing in the skies over Newport on Friday. I couldn’t find the information, so am still wondering? Please enlighten me. Penny Thorpe,
As an ex-serviceman, I also express my total disgust at the disbandment of 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh. From heroes to zeroes would appear to be the multi- millionaire minister of defence Philip Hammond’s attitude to these brave men. Hammond and
Hypocrisy of the highest order. Despite massive objections from residents and traders, Newport’s Labour council has approved a Sainsbury’s supermarket for Caerleon. Recently elected Paul Hannon said he feared there would be an appeal if the plan
Professor Stuart Cole says he cannot see the point of a new dual carriageway south of Newport when the SDR could be upgraded to an expressway. I take the diametrically opposite view. I must declare an interest as I live off the SDR, but so do
Last week, in readers’ pictures, you printed a wasp which was quite clearly a honey bee taking nectar from willowherb. This week, you’ve printed one said to be a damselfly which is undoubtedly a butterfly and a foreign one at that. It is probably
Your reader K Waters of Pontypool raises many interesting points in his letter “We’re stuck with daft post” ( Argus July 6) in relation to the election of police and crime commissioners in November. A recent YouGov poll revealed that only 34 per
PEOPLE in Wales are living longer, healthier lives – but there remain long-term threats to health, and inequalities that mean life expectancy is rising more slowly in deprived areas, says outgoing chief medical officer Dr Tony Jewell. In his
A MONMOUTHSHIRE woman says she is “desperate” for help after being refused funding to get treatment for a rare illness she suffers. It leaves her in extreme pain and sometimes unable to leave her bed for months at a time. Sarah Letton
LONG time readers of this column – yes, there are a few – will know that I’ve always been a big fan of Andy Murray. Murray is a champion in every sense of the word and his continuing quest for a Grand Slam just comes down to the fact he’s not quite
A CLOSE friend of murder victim Gary Suller, who was beaten to death in his own home by a jealous love rival, said his death could have been avoided. Sally Martin, 28, was a friend of Mr Suller, 45, who was a part-time TV actor, and worked
LAST week I wrote about the Team GB football team and gave ten reasons why I believe it’s a farcical waste of time. I asked for your reaction and you gave it to me with both barrels, and it’s very much appreciated. However, this is a subject where I
SCHOOL attendance in Blaenau Gwent is on the up with primary school figures now above the Welsh average, new research shows. Secondary school attendance in the borough rose half a percent from 89.6 per cent in the last year. The increase
GAVIN Rees will get the chance to become a two-weight world champion as early as October, the Argus can reveal. The former light-welterweight king stopped Derry Mathews after nine gruelling rounds on Saturday night in Sheffield to retain his European
RESIDENTS from Nash and Goldcliff questioned Assembly environment minister John Griffiths on plans for an incinerator and Gipsy sites. Following the attention that the proposals for three planned Gipsy sites in Nash attracted before the city council
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons chief executive Chris Brown has moved to reassure fans the region is not in danger of going under. It emerged yesterday that auditors have expressed concerns over whether the region can continue as a going concern. In the year
