IT WAS time to celebrate, and celebrate Newport did. More than 1,500 Newport County AFC fans turned out at Rodney Parade, the Civic Centre and lined the streets in between tonight to cheer on their heroes as they paraded through the city on an
WORKERS at a Valleys defence contractor face the axe as jobs cuts across the UK were announced. General Dynamics, which has sites in Oakdale and Newbridge, will cut 185 jobs across the UK. A spokesman for the firm, which employs around 800
Argus sports reporter ANDREW PENMAN was on the bus as Newport County AFC celebrated promotion to the Football League tonight It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to join the Newport County AFC squad on their remarkable journey this season.
WELSH government minister for tackling poverty Huw Lewis has hit out at payday loan firms, saying more and more people are turning to them to make ends meet. Mr Lewis has called on British regulators to take action against such companies, which
CHANGES to Wales' electoral system have been announced by the Queen. Her Majesty today announced the UK Government was looking to press ahead with the Wales Draft Bill. It proposes to allow candidates in Welsh Assembly Elections from standing
A NEWPORT supermarket has given a school nearly £10,000 to start a garden project. Employees at the Asda store in Coedkernew, Duffryn, presented Duffryn High School in Lighthouse Road with a cheque for £9,717.69 from money raised through the sale
A SENIOR nurse accused of punching a care assistant, branding colleagues 'scum' and pouring water into a resident's mouth branded the allegations "disgraceful". Aldrona Christian is at a Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing in London accused of
THE second Great Abergavenny Bake-Off saw a record number of budding bakers compete for the title of best celebration cake, cupcake, bread and junior baker. The event, was held at the Cricket Club, Avenue Road, in aid of Cancer Research on Monday
PEOPLE in Gwent can have their say on the future of the Eisteddfod. A task force, set up to make recommendations on the modernisation of the National Eisteddfod and chaired by Roy Noble, has asked the public, organisations and stakeholders for
If you had to be stuck in a lift with someone, who would it be and why? President Obama – he is a refreshing change on the world stage of politics and he has a lot to offer. What is your biggest fear? The economy in this country and how
YOU can follow Newport County's open-top bus parade this evening with the Argus. We'll have reporters and photographers onboard to capture the atmosphere as Newport welcomes back its heroes after their play-off victory at Wembley. You can join
A FIREMAN from Blaenavon and an ex-policeman will stand trial together accused of using texting to pervert the course of justice. Firefighter Shey Watkins, 36, of Blaenavon, is accused of a single charge of perverting the course of justice through
A MAN was jailed after admitting driving when disqualified while he was serving a suspended sentence for dangerous driving. Darren Waite, 28, of E Row, Forgeside, Blaenavon, appeared at Newport Crown Court for sentence after pleading guilty to
THE leader of the Assembly’s Tories said he has always seen the UK Independence Party as a threat and has never ridiculed them. Andrew RT Davies’ comments in the Senedd yesterday come after UKIP won 150 seats in the English council elections last
A ONE-ARMED robber who stole £10,000 from a Crumlin scrapyard was ordered to pay back just over £200. Cardiff Crown Court heard that David John Adams, 45, stole the cash from GLJ Recycling, Pen-y-Fan Industrial Estate, benefiting him to the tune
A JUDGE is to probe the notorious unsolved axe murder of a man from Gwent, according to reports. Home secretary Theresa May is set to announce details of a Hillsborough-style review into the death of Cwmbran private detective Daniel Morgan, it
DANNY Rose knows how it feels to celebrate promotion with Newport County AFC and he’s delighted that his old club have now joined him in the Football League. The midfield playmaker was a key part of Dean Holdsworth’s 2010 Confe-rence South title-winning
GWENT’S youngest councillor has had a busy 12 months, as she reaches the end of her first year in office. The people of the Monmouthshire ward of The Elms elected the then 18- year-old Labour candidate Jessica Crook, of Undy, to represent them
DESPITE all the letters, complaints and protests concerning the disgraceful proposed pay award for the Labour-controlled Caerphilly council leader, the electorate of Risca East have voted in the Labour candidate by 200 votes. If Atilla the Hun stood
THE local council elections turned out to be a disaster for both Labour and the Tories, with Labour only making two gains in controlling local councils and Tories losing control of ten councils. This shows people are not happy with David Cameron’s
I AM appalled at the decision of Torfaen Council to change place names in Torfaen from English into Welsh. Before the language police smash my door down, let me explain. Pontypool can, according to Cadw, lay claim to be the birthplace of the Welsh
I REFER to Dave Woolven’s letter of Friday May 3. I can’t say which power stations, coal mines or factories etc. were on strike during the era he mentions, but British industry was in a horrendous state during that time, three-day week etc. I can only
I’M not a killjoy, but I think this needs to be considered. Who is paying for the drinks reception and parade for Newport County tonight? I hope it’s not the council and thus council tax payers. 1. We’re supposed to be in times of austerity. 2.
Paramedics deliver one of the most respectable services in society. Yet there have been systemic failures by the service, shown in failing performance targets, taken up by the Public Ombudsman, which highlight inadequate management. In February
WITH reference to the story in Tuesday’s Argus on animal cruelty, how can RSPCA Inspector Gary Lucas believe that a six month suspended sentence and £500 costs reflect the severity of the crime of beating to death defenceless animals? This was a hideous
I AM not surprised no ambulance service in Wales has hit its targets. I recently took my mother to the Gwent with a suspected stroke. I stood for seven hours with her before she saw a doctor and the ambulance crew were with us for over five hours because
MR T KING, May 1. The author is correct. There was a shared history between the respective nations. But so what? There was a shared history between the black slaves and their owners. A shared history does not, in itself, denote anything of a positive
I DON’T recognise Torfaen County Borough Council from Wayne Roberts’ description. My experience has been totally different. Whenever I have needed to call one of their departments I have always been able to be put through by a call centre operative
WHY IS Torfaen council allowing itself to be blackmailed by the Welsh Government into continuing to build housing stock, even planning to build on the green belt at South Sebastopol? If we really do need more houses in this area for people coming
Almost every new concert hall comes with a huge, inbuilt pipe organ, which is strange considering that they’re hardly ever used. The number of frequently-performed orchestral works requiring their input is small and solo recitals tend to be supported
Modern dance treatments of classical ballet are common nowadays but the half-realistic, half-idealised scenes in Ballet Cymru's lyrical realisation of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet enhance the efforts of a company incontestably at the top of its game
Only someone embarrassed by the expression of deep personal feeling could dislike Elgar’s oratorio The Dream of Gerontius. It’s much loved by amateur choirs and their supporters, as the palpable air of expectancy before this performance demonstrated
WNO’s status as a world-class opera company makes its orchestra, by extension, something special. Appearances on the concert platform have long confirmed the belief that it can give the non-operatic repertoire as lively a workout as the music it
“ONE of the best days of his life” – that’s what former Newport County AFC chairman Chris Blight says Sunday was for his war veteran uncle Ron Jones. Back in 2003, Mr Blight made the promise to his uncle that County would be back in the Football
A MONMOUTH mum has reached her £40,000 target in eight months to fund a pioneering operation that she hopes will change her daughter’s life. The operation will be carried out next month. Helen Morgan, 30, began fundraising last August after
A WELSH-medium secondary school which has undergone a £12 million revamp to make room for more pupils will be full by 2017, the Argus has learned. Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw in Pontypool is Gwent’s only Welsh-medium secondary school which accepts pupils
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is to retire at the end of the season the club confirmed on their official website on Wednesday morning. Ferguson's last game in charge will be at West Brom on May 19 and he will join the club's football
NEWPORT County AFC plan to spend tomorrow and Friday locked in contract negotiations with their players, the Argus can reveal. The Exiles are keen to secure virtually the entire squad that helped them to promotion via the play-offs as they plan
WALES openside flanker Justin Tipuric has received the backing of England World Cup winner Lewis Moody after pundit Stuart Barnes questioned the Osprey's Lions credentials. Ex-Newport outside half Barnes hit out at Tipuric’s selection at the expense
WALES’ first minister reinforced his position on the M4 toll road yesterday, saying the Treasury had no power to impose a new road or a new toll on roads in Wales. Carwyn Jones spoke after a story, saying the chancellor George Osborne was considering
THE STARS of world cricket are heading to Newport next month. The International Cricket Council has chosen Spytty Park as a training base for June’s Champions Trophy. That means that England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and New
A FOSTER carer who sexually abused two children in his care was yesterday jailed for 18 years. Cardiff Crown Court heard the man, from the Caerphilly county borough area, abused the children over a period of four years from 2006 to 2010. Marian
TRAFFIC delays are possible in the area of junction 28 (Tredegar Park) of the M4, following an incident involving three vehicles. This occurred on the westbound exit slip road of the motorway, which is partially blocked, and traffic is queueing
RETIREMENT still hasn’t sunk in for Steve Jones – but the Newport Gwent Dragons icon has been backed to shine if he decides to turn his hand to coaching. The 36-year-old was forced to hang up his boots in April because of a hip injury. Jones
A NEWPORT licensee says he has lived through "six months of hell" and is considering leaving the city after Gwent police said they will no longer be requesting a review to be carried out into his nightclub premises. Iftekhar Haris, 46, of Newport
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will have the services of Kris Burton for all of 2013/14 after the fly-half announced his international retirement, writes Chris Kirwan. The 32-year-old Italian international, pictured, is heading to Rodney Parade from Treviso
PREMIER League new boys Cardiff City have signed up two more of the brightest prospects in Gwent football. Two teenagers from Cwmbran are the latest to commit to the Bluebirds cause, following in the footsteps of Theo Wharton, also of Cwmbran,
