WREXHAM kept the possibility of an all-Welsh Conference play-offs final alive with a narrow victory over Kidderminster Harriers in the first leg of their semi-final. With Newport County AFC playing their first leg at Grimsby Town on Wednesday night
EBBW Vale claimed the inaugural Swalec Championship title in emphatic style tonight by demolishing Glamorgan Wanderers 66-17 at Eugene Cross Park. It was the Steelmen’s 22nd victory in 23 fixtures and took them over the 1,000 points mark in a quite
PALS of a war hero from Cwmbran will tackle a world record breaking rugby challenge in the fallen soldier's honour. Corporal Michael Thacker, 27, was killed in Afghanistan in June last year while on active service with the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh
CAERPHILLY’S leader Harry Andrews survived a no confidence motion following a heated full council meeting last night. The opposition Plaid Cymru group brought the motion against leader Harry Andrews following the damning Wales Audit Office report
THE Welsh Government has promised an update on its stance on the M4 Relief Road by mid-July. The statement from minister for government business Lesley Griffiths today follows a request from Newport-based Tory AM William Graham. He claimed
FIRE crews from Duffryn and Malpas rescued a horse which had fallen into a reen this evening. The horse got into difficulty in a reen off Ty Mawr Lane, Marshfield, at about 5pm but was rescued by fire crews and the large animal rescue unit from
A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy plans to walk across the Newport Transporter Bridge in aid of a charity being supported by his parents, who have lost three babies. Cai Jones, from Underwood, came up with the idea to raise funds for the Mariposa Trust because
A CRASH involving a car and a van in Chepstow has closed the A466 between Chepstow Race Course and St Arvans. The incident happened at around 4.05pm. The car driver was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital suffering minor head injuries. Recovery vehicles
THE Welsh are the happiest workers in the country according to research by recruitment firm Office Angels. A study of 1,200 employees found that two thirds of Welsh people were happy, closely followed by those in the South East of England.
WALES' First Minister Carwyn Jones has called on a newspaper to stop publishing pictures of topless women. The Sun's Page 3 feature remains a controversial staple of Britain's biggest-selling tabloid since its introduction in the 1970s. The
TWO arrests have been made following fire damage being caused to play equipment in the park on Llanfrechfa Way, Cwmbran. Two local teens, aged 15 and 16 have been arrested on suspicion of arson and released on police bail pending further enquiries
INTERNATIONAL baritone singer and presenter Mark Llewelyn Evans is teaming up with legendary Warner record producer and seven times classical Brit-Award winner and Grammy nominee Nick Patrick to create an album of the nation's love songs. ENTER
ONCE again, the subject that has occupied my mind more than any other this month has been jobs. I don’t need to tell anyone of the difficult times we are in. The global crisis that started in the banking sector in 2008 quickly spread throughout
THE number of people infected with measles has shot up by more than 78 in just than five days, health officials have confirmed. Today Public Health Wales (PHW) revealed the total number of people who have contracted the disease in south west Wales
100 YEARS AGO ● There was unrest at the revised tram fares. Passengers were unhappy that the ‘wealthy’ residents of Stow Hill appeared to pay less. It was claimed that they in fact should pay more because of the extra wear and tear on brakes and
I NOTE that the Taxpayers Alliance have remained silent over the cost of recalling Parliament and the Lords to eulogise Margaret Thatcher, and the cost of the ceremonial funeral. Is it possible that this silence betrays their real alliance and agenda
IT IS disappointing to see Paul Murphy blaming schools and teachers, yet again, for a lack of ambition among Welsh pupils. He would do better to focus on the social and economic disadvantage that prevents parents from supporting their children
AT THE Caerphilly CB Council meeting the wonderful parents and staff of Cwmcarn School heard the long-awaited news that they had won the campaign they had been fighting for the last six months to get their school back. Yes, there were those who
IN RESPONSE to the letter by Eleanor Price, of Rogerstone, whose letter concerned the ‘curtailment’ of meal and bed services for the homeless over winter, I firstly commend her concern, as a member of Christchurch, one of a number of Newport churches
FOLLOWING the article in the Argus on April 6 about the Chancellor’s driver parking in a disabled bay at Magor services and also Cllr Jim Higginson’s letter on Monday, April 15, I feel that I must say a big thank-you to Cllr Higginson for sticking
MARGARET Thatcher’s rhetoric was deliberately misleading and she was lacking in generosity, as instanced when she took away free school milk, but to be fair the South Yorkshire miners did some sickening things too, like attempting to drop a concrete
THE company behind the planned £250m Valleys racing complex is informing residents of its potential with just weeks to go before its fate is decided. Consultations by the Heads of the Valleys Development Company hope to detail how the Circuit of
CAERPHILLY’S leader will face a no confidence motion during what is likely to be a heated full council meeting this evening. The opposition Plaid Cymru group have brought the motion against leader Harry Andrews following the damning Wales Audit
I RECOGNISE the Now and Then picture as being Bridge Street, Newport. I used to visit the Lyceum Theatre and remember seeing John Hansen in The Desert Song back in the 1950s. The theatre hosted many live shows at that time. I was married in 1958
Last week we featured a scene from Pontymoile, near Pontypool • The building to the right is the Horse and Jockey at Pontymoile, Pontypool The building to the left is the parish church of St Michael's. During the 1850s my great-great-grandfather
A PAIR of Newport students saw a porpoise swimming past their city centre flat yesterday. Lauren Glover, 19, a sport coaching student, and Ami Tyler, 19, a business student, were at home in Opal 1 student accommodation near George Street Bridge
MUCH of the thought that goes into a choir’s concert programme is to do with disposable resources. A concert requiring no soloists and music that would normally be sung with meaningful orchestral accompaniment are possible with the understanding
THE final temporary art exhibition at Newport Art Gallery began at the weekend amid continued protests over the decision by the council to scrap the scheme. But yesterday Newport Labour council leader Bob Bright denied the Argus the right to take
AFTER a dominant display against mandatory challenger Robin Krasniqi on Saturday at Wembley Arena, Cefn Fforest fighter Nathan Cleverly vowed to clean up the division by winning unification fights. That’s easy to say and far harder to do of course
NATHAN Cleverly has declared 2013 as the year he will unify the light-heavyweight division after polishing away the ring-rust against outclassed Robin Krasniqi at Wembley Arena. Cleverly defended his WBO title for the fifth time with a landslide
Wales’ biggest building society, Principality, which has branches throughout Gwent, has announced appointments to three key executive roles in a move designed to further strengthen its senior management team and underpin its future success. Julie-Ann
Bobath Children’s Therapy Centre Wales and Newport’s HardingEvans Solicitors have joined forces to raise funds for the charity. The law firm, which has nominated Bobath as its charity of the year, has agreed to prepare wills on behalf of supporters
Businesses across Wales are sleepwalking into a crisis as new legislation to ensure every working person is signed up to a workplace pension scheme is being overlooked or ignored. The biggest change to the UK pensions system in a generation is
Two Gwent firms have been awarded Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. Cwmbran based Just Rollers plc, a world leader in industrial roller technology has, for the second time in four years, been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise; International
ANOTHER crash on the M4 at the Brynglas Tunnels, another chaotic rush hour, another blow for a fragile South Wales economy. The Welsh and UK governments need to stop delaying a decision over a relief road around Newport and get on with the job.
A MOBILE phone thief who knocked out a wedding reveller after befriending him outside a Newport club has been jailed for four years. Mark Poretta, 37, walked with Scott Skellon for up to a mile before flooring him with a "massive punch" in what
NERVOUS? How is your blood pressure? Any fingernails left? We enter the play-offs and the terrifying prospect that, when I next write this column, County will either be consigned to another campaign in the Conference or a single step from the 25
VERY slow traffic is reported following an accident on the M4 westbound between J27 and J28 A48 this morning. All lanes have been re-opened. Travel time is between 10 and 20 minutes.
A DEDICATED Newport postman is retiring after half a century of service which has seen him take only two weeks’ sick leave. Alan Walls, 65, of Colston Court, started as a telegram boy on September 23, 1963, when he was 15. He is to retire on
TWO violent fugitive prisoners who embarked on a terrifying crime spree across Gwent have been jailed for more than 16 years. After absconding from prison, Liam Aherne, 24, and Stephen Rees, 32, carried out a violent attempted robbery of a Bargoed
NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh will tell his players to go out and make history in the Blue Square Bet Premier play-offs. County travel to Grimsby Town today ahead of tomorrow night’s semi-final first leg at Blundell Park before the
Self-proclaimed "vigilantes" posing online as underage girls to meet alleged paedophiles could threaten successful prosecutions, say police. Members of the 'Letzgo Hunting' group, which was set up in January, have so far met nine men they claim
A FORMER Michelin-starred restaurant which closed in March is on the market. The Crown at Whitebrook, near Monmouth closed in March and the business ceased trading. Now, the business is advertised on a 15-year lease for £50,000 or the freehold
