Archive | Homepage - South Wales Argus

On this day: Latest News | Business news | Newport County | Gwent Football | Now and then | Letters | Your AM writes | From the Argus archive | Behind the headlines

Latest News

• Young smoke to stay thin and calm - report

  YOUNG people in some of Wales’ most deprived areas smoke to keep calm and keep their weight down. read more

• Caerphilly council warden joins patrol

  A NEW community safety warden has begun working for Caerphilly council. Jenna Baldwin will undertake uniformed patrols of parks, playgrounds and estates in the local authority area. read more

• Breton guests welcomed in Caerphilly

   AROUND 50 people from Brittany will be in Caerphilly county at the weekend as part of a twinning initiative. read more

• Transport secretary ‘doesn’t know’ if Newport rail link will happen - MP

  A NEWPORT MP said transport secretary Justine Greening did not know the answer to a question on whether this week's announcement to electrify the Ebbw Valley line meant trains could run to Newport. read more

• Talks carry on over regeneration for British in Talywain

  TALKS are to continue over the future of The British in Talywain. read more

• Newport pupil starts work by staying at school

  A NEWPORT student loves his school so much he doesn't want to leave. read more

• Newport's University to be 'dissolved' in merger

  NEWPORT’S University will be ‘dissolved’ and merged with the University of Glamorgan, the Minister for Education and Skills Leighton Andrews said today. read more

• Pontypool RFC landed £400k bill after court battle

  PONTYPOOL RFC has been landed with an estimated £400,000 legal costs bill after losing its High Court bid for reinstatement to the Premiership. read more

• Passport Office to move to Nexus House

  THE service that runs Newport passport office will move the office to Nexus House, Usk Way, it was confirmed today. The Argus revealed last month how the Identity and Passport Service was looking at two sites for its planned relocation of the Newport customer service centre. Toda

  y an IPS spokesperson said the move would happen next year. The spokesperson said: "IPS remains committed to having a passport customer service centre in Newport. Subject to due diligence processes and final lease negotiations, the centre will move to a new location at Nexus House, Usk Way, next year, ahead of expiry of the current lease. "The new location has good access to customers coming to Newport either via road or rail, and also for staff." IPS chief executive Sarah Rapson announced last May that current site Olympia House would cease to be used by the regional office in 2013. read more

• Pontypool RFC ‘could still play in Premiership’ court hears

  RELEGATION threatened Pontypool RFC could still end up playing Premiership rugby next season, its lawyers told a High Court judge today. read more

• Newbridge to get £100k regeneration cash from land sale

  CAERPHILLY council is set to release a further £100,000 to help with the continued regeneration of Newbridge. read more

• Coleg Gwent is ‘one of best in Wales’

   COLEG Gwent has shown itself to be among the best colleges in Wales, according to a recent inspection. read more

• Cwmfelinfach pupils knit blankets for premature babies

  PUPILS from Cwmfelinfach Primary School have knitted 40 blankets for the special care baby unit in Newport. read more

• ‘Newport's university 'needs to merge to survive’

  THE University of Wales, Newport, cannot survive in the medium term without merging with other South Wales institutions. read more

• EDITORIAL COMMENT: No excuse for abuse

   SPORT is an emotional business.Sports fans often behave in utterly irrational ways, far removed from how they behave in their day-today lives. read more

• Tributes paid to Crumlin death crash biker

  THE family of the biker killed on the A467 near Llanhilleth on Saturday paid tribute to him today read more

• ‘Use it or lose it’ Newport AM on Ebbw valley line bus link

  A NEWPORT AM yesterday called on people to use or lose a bus link connecting the Ebbw valley line with Newport city centre. read more

• Gwent soldiers on Olympic guard duties

  GWENT soldiers, some of whom have only recently returned from Afghanistan , will be on guard duties at the Olympic Games, it was revealed yesterday. read more

• Risca couple guilty of £93,000 benefit fraud

  A GWENT couple lied for years in order to swindle more than £93,000 in benefits they were not entitled to. read more

• Fleur de Lys man jailed for robbery of shop next door

  A VALLEYS man robbed the shop next door to his home by attacking a shop worker with a metal bar, a court heard yesterday. read more

On this day: Latest News | Business news | Newport County | Gwent Football | Now and then | Letters | Your AM writes | From the Argus archive | Behind the headlines