COUNTY 2 SWANSEA CITY Xl 2 NEWPORT County AFC fought out an entertaining 2-2 draw with a young Swansea City XI last night as front men Aaron O’Connor and Jefferson Louis continued their scoring streaks. In stark contrast to the match against
A TEENAGER from Caerphilly county admitted burgling his sister’s house- after previously stealing from his mother. At Cwmbran Youth Court today the 16-year-old described his behaviour as "completely mad". He pleaded guilty to burglary, where
MONMOUTHSHIRE council can build a replacement livestock market at Bryngwyn, near Raglan after winning the right to go ahead with a compulsory purchase order. A four-day inquiry into the council’s negotiations to purchase the shooting rights on
TRACK cycling ace Jason Kenny has sung the praises of the Newport Velodrome as he prepares for the Olympic sprint, where he hopes to secure a medal to go with the gold and silver he won in Beijing. Team GB’s Kenny, aged 24, said of the Newport
PLANS for the site of a former Newport factory will go on display to the public this week. The Argus reported last month how the former Novelis site in Rogerstone was bought by Walters Land (Rogerstone) Limited in March. The land has been empty
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons open their Amlin Challenge Cup campaign with a trip to London to face Wasps. Then the visitors to Rodney Parade are French Top 14 side Bayonne before the Gwent region have back-to-back clashes with Italian Championship side
TORFAEN council will be writing to the Welsh Rugby Union to question whether its actions towards Pontypool RFC meet any reasonable standard of fair play. Today the council unanimously agreed to write to the WRU requesting an open statement in regards
A GWENT woman escaped a jail sentence after being convicted of child cruelty. The woman was found guilty by a jury of three counts of child cruelty to her two daughters both aged under 16. Cardiff Crown Court heard how one of the charges related
TWO men will appear in court on drugs charges following a police raid on a Newport house. The men, aged 40 and 36, were arrested after officers executed a warrant at a home in Wyeverne Road, Maindee, on July 26. They have since been charged
A MONMOUTHSHIRE teenager admitted taking ketamine and getting drunk before stealing a wallet from a car because he was bored. The 17-year-old appeared at Cwmbran Youth Court today where he admitted theft of a wallet from a motor vehicle. Prosecutor
CASES of the superbug Clostridium Difficile in Gwent hospitals were down by more than 50 per cent during April-June inclusive, new figures reveal. There were almost 120 cases during the first quarter of 2011/12 compared to 52 in the same period
OLYMPIC football fans heading to the Millennium Stadium for Team GB’s crunch game against Uruguay tomorrow (August 1) are advised to allow extra time for their journeys. The Severn crossings and routes into Wales could be busier than usual
ON July 24, we visited Brynglas House, Newport. Despite the sterling efforts of some of our readers, no-one identified the correct location. Last week’s image and the paragraph below are taken from Newport (Gwent) in Old Picture Postcards (Vol
LOCAL residents have criticised the potential development of a 14 storey block of flats as a "monster" which will over-populate what they describe as an already densely populated area. Residents in Argosy Way, Coverack Road, Feering Street, Morris
Newport Gwent Dragons Amlin Cup dates have been announced. They are as follows with the kick-off times to be confirmed: Round One – Saturday 12th October 2012 London Wasps v Newport Gwent Dragons – 20:10 – Adams Park Stadium, High Wycombe Round
With reference to your front page on July 25, ‘Kick off historic first as County play at Rodney Parade’, I would point out that the historic match is not the first time that County have played at Rodney Parade. On December 16, 1939, they played
THE owner of a bed and breakfast said he's considering legal action after he lost a bid to get planning permission for a Mongolian yurt. West Usk Lighthouse, in Wentlooge near Newport, had appealed to the planning inspectorate after being refused
Yet again, Tesco is putting in an application to build another convenience store in Clytha Road, Newport. They are not bothered that the other store in the vicinity will probably go out of business. They already have one store close by in Cambrian
As expected, the partial closure of Gwent Crematorium is already causing more upset than necessary to those involved. Anyone who has lost a loved one knows that the space between death and the funeral is a time spent in limbo when everything
The activities at the flat in Brangwyn Avenue, Llantarnam, have been a problem for decades. Regular visits by police and other agencies and it’s taken this long to sort it out? I’m sure everyone around here will be relieved something is being
LINDA Joseph misses the main point of my argument regarding celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee within Torfaen’s schools and that is, do we want our children to think critically and independently about issues or do we just want them to defer unquestioningly
HERE we are just over two years into the coalition government and the fur is starting to fly. We now witness, on an almost daily basis the infighting, U-turns and chaos that has come to define Cameron’s government. The Tories and their Lib
THE miners’ strike, the steel strike and the anti-poll tax campaign were all important struggles to obtain justice for working people. One of the biggest fights taking place now is to defend the jobs of Remploy workers and their right to work
LET’S put a pin in the Chris Blight issue that is sadly a negative aspect of what has been one of the most newsworthy and important summer’s in Newport County AFC’s history. The move to Rodney Parade on the back of the historic first game at
TWO Newport shopworkers feared for their lives when an armed robber held a knife to the throat of one of them. The man walked into Sovereign Stores on Corporation Road, at around 9.45pm on Saturday, and grabbed one of the workers in a headlock,
IT MIGHT have caused controversy when first suggested. And no doubt there are still some in Blaenau Gwent who remain to be convinced that post-16 education is best delivered not in the county's schools but in a separate centre altogether. But
ULTIMATELY like every other Olympic Games, London 2012 will be defined by the sporting action. There are of course exceptions, the Munich Olympics for example, while men such as Jesse Owens and Tommie Smith and John Carlos have occasionally transcended
After all the build up, the 2012 Olympics finally started last week. It kicked off in Wales at the wonderful Millennium Stadium, with the GB women's football team beating New Zealand. I'm really looking forward to watching the world's top athletes
THE daughter of a murdered Gwent woman today issues a heartfelt plea that her mother's killer should not be paroled. She talks exclusively to ANDY RUTHERFORD. MURDERER Michael Bowen must stay behind bars, and should end the anguish of his victim's
I DIDN’T take much from half a decade of working with former Wales manager John Toshack other than his wonderful ability to coin a phrase. “Toshisms” are still treated with reverence among the Welsh football writers and one in particular is especially
LOCAL residents have criticised the potential development of a 14-storey block of flats as a "monster" which will over-populate what they describe as an already densely populated area. Residents in Argosy Way, Coverack Road, Feering Street, Morris
JILTED teenager Jordan Jones tried to burn his girlfriend's house down with her and her family inside, an act of "chilling deliberation" with potentially horrific consequences, Newport Crown Court was told. Jones, 18, set fire to back and front
NEWPORT County AFC are close to swooping for a second goalkeeper this summer with ex-Chelsea man Lenny Pidgeley set to sign a short-term deal. The Exiles, who take on a Swansea City XI tonight, replaced long-standing goalkeeper Glyn Thompson this
