HOUSE sellers' asking prices have soared to a new high, in further signs of confidence returning to the market, a property website has reported. A 2.1% month-on-month rise pushed average prices to £249,841 this month, with new record prices set
Jonny Wilkinson has vowed to do everything he can to be fit and ready to answer an injury SOS from the British and Irish Lions if the call was to come this summer. Wilkinson is playing some of the best rugby of his career and he was named European
AN EBBW Vale street dance crew is celebrating after receiving a £300 donation from the Mars Milk Fund. Street dance crew, Kemistry, from Ebbw Vale, area team of five dancers who compete in street dance competitions all over the country. Every
THREE men are in police custody after a fire at a house in Tredegar. Police are appealing for information after a fire is believed to have started in a garden shed in Crepps Avenue at 3pm this afternoon. Firefighters were called to a
OVER 2,000 people turned out to support a Help for Heroes event in Pontypool. Natalie Wood, from Abersychan, arranged the Family Fun Day on Sunday in support of her fiancé Hywel Davies and brother Darren, who are currently serving in the armed
NEWPORT defence contractor Atlas Elektronik UK has announced it is to close, citing reduced demand and high costs associated with the site for the closure. It is understood the company, which is based at Queensway Meadows, will close the site by
A TEACHER who has been with a Newport school for more than 20 years has won a prestigious award. Beverley Robertson, head of the Modern Foreign Languages department and a French teacher at St Julian's School in Heather Road, won the distinction
What’s a kaleidoscope of colour, a riot of music, a romp of beauty, a grace of dance, a feast of fun and an inspiration of friendship? The Tredegar House Folk Festival skipped into its 25th year in grand style. Dance groups from Latvia and Finland
MORE than 800 cyclists enjoyed what Monmouthshire has to offer yesterday. They were taking part in the Wiggle Wye Valley Warrior, one of more than 30 yearly rides run by UK Cycling Events. After setting off from Chepstow Raceourse, cyclists
The Horne Section (a 6 piece band with their frontman - standup comedian Alex Horne) brought their very own special mix of music and comedy to Cardiff on Friday evening. Improvisation was at the heart of their performance (one suspected that the band
There can be few composers whose music is as fitting for a sunny spring afternoon concert set deep in the Monmouthshire countryside as Gerald Finzi. His Eclogue for piano and string orchestra is suffused by the serenity and pastoral warmth so typical
CLLR Nigel Dix should check his facts. Mrs Thatcher did not sign the Maastricht Treaty. She left office in 1990. He did get the fact right that she never forgave her party for booting her out. It was John Major who signed the Maastricht Treaty.
IT’s good of the Argus to offer support to Simon Gibson, the chairman of the taskforce that wants to transform Newport’s fortunes. But let’s look a little closer at his CV. He previously worked for the Welsh Development Agency, the department that
AT A time when the people of Newport are having public services cut, libraries shutting, it amazes me how we can continue to support a Welsh assembly government that is draining our frontline services of so much money. In 1997 the Welsh office cost
OVER the years I’ve enjoyed the (I hope friendly) tussle with Julian Powell on the letters page concerning the Newport Ship. Lately, I’m sorry to read his text becoming increasingly bitter. I find this hard to understand as in other letters Mr Powell
I WISH to assure Cllr Gez Kirby (Letters, May 14) that I am not seeking to blame: I am seeking to inspire. I understand that the Friends of the Newport Ship are conducting a feasibility study on forming a charity that will work on securing completion
MY WIFE and I are Newportonians who moved to England in 1970. Hearty congratulations to the County for gaining entry to the Football League. Hearing the match on radio was fantastic, especially having grown up in Nash and having sold programmes
AT LEAST 600 foster families are needed across Wales to care for children without homes of their own. The number of children in care in Wales stands at 4,430, a figure which has gone up each year. As part of the campaign Foster Care Fortnight
A CWMBRAN man is one of six people arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to steal £2 million worth of metal from a Cardiff steel plant. The 64-year-old was arrested along with three others aged, 59, 43, 41, and two aged 30 at the Celsa steel processing
HUNDREDS turned out to enjoy two days of music in the sunshine at this year’s Devauden Music Festival. The event, which raised money for The Hood Memorial Hall and Wales Air Ambulance, kicked off on Friday with folk bands including popular headliners
A TRIO of young Gwent dancers have won places at one of the UK’s top dance schools. Christine-Jennifer Felkin, 17 and Charlotte Hilton, 21, both from Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran, will join 18-year-old Kellie Jones, of Lliswerry, Newport, at London Contemporary
THE decision by Angelina Jolie to publicise her preventative double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer was a brave one. Because she works in an industry which is obsessed with image, glamour and sex, because she herself has
MONMOUTH AM Nick Ramsay has renewed calls to lower the speed limit on a busy road in Chepstow. Mr Ramsay says the 50mph speed limit on the A48 bridge crossing the River Wye at Chepstow should be lowered to 30mph, amid concerns about the safety
FORMER Wales rugby star Matthew J Watkins has revealed he his battling a rare form of cancer on his right pelvis. The 34-year-old ex-Newport Gwent Dragons and Scarlets centre is undergoing treatment at Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff. A statement
WELSH walkers got in the pink for a Breast Cancer Research event this weekend. The event, in its eleventh year, saw walkers wearing pink feather boas and various pink-themed outfits. They gathered at three starting points to take part in the
STARING at my freezer full of chicken, sausages and minced beef, I wondered why I had agreed to give up meat for the week. Ahead of National Vegetarian Week, which begins today, I decided to ditch ham sandwiches and beef lasagnes and engagemy imagination
HUNDREDS of people headed into Pontypool on Saturday to watch folk dancing and listen to live music. The free event organised by Torfaen council was to celebrate the regeneration of the town centre, with £10m being pumped into bringing old buildings
PANTEG and Chepstow top the table of the Thomas, Carroll Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Cricket League after both protected their perfect starts to the season. Panteg played visitors Penarth, and after winning the toss decided to bat first. That
A NEIGHBOUR from hell, threatened with eviction after a string of incidents in her street, has left her house, Newport’s biggest social landlord has confirmed. Angela Collingbourne, 45, has vacated the property in Hammond Drive, which had been
MAZ Loder gave birth to her first child 14 weeks early, and lost her mother to breast cancer in the space of 15 hours. Since that day of emotional extremes almost nine weeks ago, she has spent most of her time at the Royal Gwent Hospital while
GWENT Police took DNA samples from ten children every week on average in 2011, figures out today reveal. Research obtained by the Howard League for Penal found Gwent officers took swabs from 542 boys and girls aged 17 or under during that year.
NEWPORT County AFC fans today get delivered the news they’ve been desperate to hear: Aaron O’Connor is staying on. The 29-year old has signed a new two-year deal with the Exiles after a superb first season at the club where he scored 20 times,
Delays are reported on the M4 in Newport this morning. The eastbound stretch between J28 A48 / A467 Forge Road (Tredegar Park) and J26 A4042 / A4051 (Malpas Road) is affected. Average speed 25 mph. Travel time is five minutes.
A BLAZE tore through three buildings in the early hours of this morning. Fire crews from Abergavenny, Blaenavon and Ebbw Vale were called to the fire in Merthyr Road, Llanfoist which happened today at 3.59am. Three corrugated buildings used
AN Ebbw Vale woman who stole £2,500 worth of puppies has been sentenced to 32 weeks in prison. Kelly Bronwyn Luxton, 27, of Eureka Place, Ebbw Vale, was sentenced in her absence after she failed to turn up to Caerphilly Magistrates Court on Thursday
