THE Welsh Government came under attack today after opposition parties said the ambulance service had missed its response time target for almost a year. The Welsh Ambulance Service aims to meet life-threatening 'category A' calls within eight minutes
LITTLE charity fundraiser Jacob Chappell threw a garden party at his parents' to raise cash for a children's hospital. Jacob, six, collected £80 selling hotdogs, cakes and plants and putting on outdoor games at home in Tudor Road, Newport.
Spending three years as a prisoner of war in Japan still brings back painful memories for Chepstow’s Arthur Selway but there is one place where he can always feel happy – home. He tells his story to RUTH MANSFIELD. BEING taken a prisoner of
POLICE have appealed for help in finding a Newport man wanted in connection with an assault and a drugs offence in Pentywn, Cardiff. Lee Davies, 21, is white, 5ft 8in tall, with straight short blonde hair, with a partial moustache and beard.
If you had to be stuck in a lift with someone, who would it be and why? Holly Willoughby as she would keep me calm. What is your biggest fear? The dentist. Do you have any superstitions? None, as I was born on Friday, March 13,
The government is consulting on plans to reform the criminal legal aid system in England and Wales in a bid to save £220 million. NATALIE CROCKETT spoke to solicitors in Gwent about how it will affect them. PLANS to change the legal aid process
RELATIVES and friends of a Newport lifeguard who died in 2011 came together for a fancy dress walk in aid of St David’s Hospice Care on Monday. Steven Lewis, 31, died on December 21, 2011, after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. The fancy
CALLS have erupted again for Newport’s chartist mural to be saved from demolition with more than 1,300 people signing a petition for it to be preserved. But the campaign, which has attracted national media coverage, has been derided by a city MP
Mr Martin Vaughn SWA 24th May 2013 offers a serious jump in logic re Welsh GVA. Yes some UK regions have seen a reduction in GVA against the UK index. Not many of those regions have spent £6,000,000,000 of Structural Aid, only to have GVA fall! It’
I WAS sickened to read that some despicable individual had stolen equipment from the St. David’s Hospice in Malpas. If this person is caught, they should be made to work at the centre, where they would see people affected with cancer, and the treatment
ON THE subject of a gay marriage bill, I must confess to having some reservations on this matter. They are not based on religion, as I have no religion. I see it as having an element of absurdity. For a man to describe another man as his ‘husband
IT IS sad to hear of the closure of Atlas Elektronik UK at Queensway Meadows, not least for me because I work there. The site opened in the early 90s to carry on making specialist cable and cable system products previously made at STC at Wednesbury
IN response to article on Newport Male Choir – we wish to thank Colin Shumer for his professionalism as chairman and his friendship. We send best wishes to Hazel on her return to Newport, also want to thank sincerely all the audiences who have attended
IT IS without doubt the most idiotic thing I have ever seen in my life which has cost so much money. I refer to the structure erected to apparently depict the Risca cuckoo, located in a hole for few to see just off the river bridge as you enter Pontymister
MAY I, through your letters page, say a big thank you to several very kind hearted people. We’re lucky to have such people around who care about animals and about our domestic pets in particular. I am, of course, aware there are numerous others around
REALIST UK (letters-web) 24/5 stated that ‘only in this country can you be on a terrorist watch list and on jobseekers allowance at the same time’. This sums up a problem which most of us identify with. Blair’s Labour junta over successive years allowed
THE partner of the man who died in a crash on the Second Severn Crossing has paid tribute the Maesycwmmer biker. Pam Hooper said: "Ray was a very loving and caring person who loved the sun, travel and his motorbikes. He died doing what he loved
VERY slow traffic dueis reported on the Second Severn Crossing due to a rolling road block while pot holes are filled in.
HUNDREDS of tiny teachers made of paper are on their way from Gwent to Westminster, to remind the prime minister of a government pledge to get all children into education by 2015. Chris Evans MP for Islwyn visited Newbridge School on Friday last
A SENIOR councillor told campaigners over a proposed school merger that they were disrespecting him during a heated private meeting. Labour’s Cllr Mark Whitcutt, Newport council cabinet member for human resources, was heard on a secret recording
THE new mayor of Torfaen, who once served a prison sentence for robbery, is determined inspire others in the borough that they can turn their lives around. Neil Mason, ward councillor for St Cadocs and Penygarn was unanimously voted in as the authority
AN INVESTIGATION into allegations of child cruelty at a former Chepstow boarding school has widened its scope to include alleged sexual abuse after six more complainants came forward, police confirmed yesterday. The Argus revealed last month that
FLORAL tributes have been laid at Newport’s war memorial in memory of a soldier brutally killed outside his London barracks last week. The murder of Drummer Lee Rigby is being investigated by police. Flowers and pictures of Drummer Rigby have
A NEWBORN baby girl from Newport surprised her parents minutes after she was born – because she flashed a pair of pearly whites at them. Little Imogen Elliott, who is just two weeks old, was born with two small but perfectly formed teeth in her
NEWPORT County AFC hope to announce their full pre-season fixture list in the next 24 hours. The Exiles will travel to Germany to renew their old rivalry with Carl Zeiss Jena on Saturday, July 13, and are also travelling to face Taunton Town at
A NEWPORT shopkeeper has been forced by police to remove a T-shirt from his shop window because they felt it “could be seen to be inciting racial hatred.” Matthew Taylor, 35, the owner of Taylor’s clothes store on Emlyn Walk in the city, printed
DANNY Gabbidon today woke with tired eyes but in a great mood after completing a remarkable career renaissance with a return to the Premier League. The Cwmbran defender was one of a host of Crystal Palace players who partied until 6am following
THE PANASONIC factory which once employed 600 people could be turned into a 250-home development. The electronics giant announced it was to pull out of its site in Pencarn Way, Newport, last November after more than a quarter of a century.
SEETHING Vince Cleverly insists his son Nathan will take on undisputed super middleweight champion Carl Froch under any circumstances. It’s a case of challenge accepted after Froch insisted the only way he’d meet the Cefn Fforest fighter would
