CWMBRAN bricklayer Robbie Kennedy failed in his bid to make the Britain’s Got Talent final tonight. The 22-year-old from Oakfield had wowed audiences and judges in previous rounds, but failed to sway them tonight. The former Llantarnam Comprehensive
PUPILS at a Pontypool school released hedgehogs into the school’s grounds. Pupils at George Street Primary were inspired when at the start of last winter a hedgehog was found wandering around the early- years area at the school. Forest schools
TWO HUNDRED householders in Monmouthshire have agreed to take part in a £60,000 study to find out what is being thrown away. A research team, funded by the Welsh Government and led by Monmouthshire Council, is checking through a random selection
THE chairman of a Monmouth-based horse charity had no time to call the midwife when a rescued pony gave birth in the middle of the night. Jenny MacGregor, 81, who cares for abandoned horses and ponies at her farm at Coxstone, St Maughan’s and runs
TRIBUTES have been paid to a senior Monmouthshire council officer. Monmouthshire Council yesterday confirmed that Steve Greenslade, director of transition, died last week. Council leader Peter Fox has paid tribute to him, saying he was an intelligent
A MONMOUTH mum has thanked staff at a Newport firm for raising more than £6,000 towards the cost of a life-changing operation for her daughter. Helen Morgan, 30, and Chase Vaughan, six, of Cornwallis Way, visited Convey Law after it raised £6,312.50
FROM Saturday Torfaen council will be collecting your opinions on the use of lamppost banners in the borough. The questionnaire asks if Torfaen council neighbourhood services department should consider using lamppost banners to raise income, as
THE CWMBRAN bricklayer who wowed audiences and judges alike on Britain’s Got Talent is performing again tonight. Robbie Kennedy, 22, from Oakfield, Cwmbran, shot to fame after his performance of Goo Goo Dolls’ Iris on April 27, after which he was
A FAMILY is to raise money for the British Heart Foundation after the loss of two of their relatives to heart disease. Leanne Erickson, 32, and her sister-in-law, Beckie Evans, 29, both of Cwmbran, have teamed up with six other friends and family
COMPLAINTS of neglect, assault, discrimination and lack of fairness were among the 62 recorded against Gwent Police in the last quarter of 2012/13. This was 28 per cent down on the number received in the previous quarter, when there were 86, a
A SHOPKEEPER who was forced to remove a T-shirt from his window because police believed it could incite racial hatred took his first orders for them yesterday. Matthew Taylor, 35, who owns Taylor’s printing, shoe repair and key-cutting shop in
THE future of an historic hotel in the Wye Valley is set to be decided next week. A proposal to change the use of The Abbey Hotel in Tintern into 11 homes will go before Monmouthshire Council’s planning committee on Tuesday. Its owner has submitted
THE future is looking bright for Hilltop Community Sports in Ebbw Vale. The organisation was struggling to replace its changing-rooms at the Hilltop ground. The former changing block was condemned, which left players having nowhere to shower
Former slaughterhouse worker Mark Bridger has been found guilty of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones. April vanished while playing on her bike near her home in Machynlleth, mid-Wales, on October 1 last year and her body has never been
WITH reference to the new £13m courthouse in Lower Dock Street (Argus, May 24). I have no criticism of the up-to-date facilities being provided for the staff and protagonists who will be using the building. But: only a 22-space car park? The
I WAS very amused reading the article in Wheels ‘Motorists concerned about older drivers’ and I am sure that a lot of other ‘older drivers’ must have had a good laugh. I can only assume that the people who took part in the survey are the bad younger
I, AND I’m sure many other readers think it’s high time you called a halt to the oh-so-regular pathetic, childish feud between the Messrs Dix and Kirby, and their old adversary, Allan Pritchard. All their “Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah” politics via your
More wardens in dog dirt war I regularly walk my dog through Cwmbran Park, and alongside the nearby canal, and every day I see another pile of dog mess. During the recent warm and sunny weather the stench was sickening. I don’t believe the problem
MR Osborne’s latest round of unplanned cuts (£3 billion) are a stark admission that Plan A has failed. His deficit reduction plan can best be described as an economic gamble, which has brought much hardship to the poor and little in actual deficit
LAST week the Argus rightly reported that consideration of plans for Cwmbran’s Specialist and Critical Care Centre (SCCC) has been paused to allow consultation on the South Wales Programme to run its course (May 23, Critical Care Unit Decision Delayed
HOW encouraging it was for me to read three letters of response in the SWA columns from three Labour councillors of Caerphilly CBC. Cllr Saralis claimed that “Labour lived up to their promise” on Blackwood Gate. Cllr Dix also claimed that “Labour
It’s half-term and what better time to enjoy the magic of Disney than paying a visit to Cardiff’s New Theatre to see Orbit Theatre’s production of Beauty and the Beast. Orbit Theatre transfer popular characters, songs, costumes and designs intrinsic
In a musical which was first produced in 1937 it is not surprising that much of the book feels distinctly dated, stale even, though it was updated in the 1980’s by Stephen Fry. However, much of the music still retains its freshness and effervescence
IF YOUNG people going off the rails need an inspirational story to help them back on the straight and narrow then they should look no further than the new mayor of Torfaen. Neil Mason has served a prison sentence for robbery, and was unable to
FIVE resignation letters by former Rogiet community councillors highlight that they lay the blame for leaving firmly at the door of fellow councillor and county councillor Linda Guppy. The damning criticism of her behaviour was spelled out in four
TWO hooded men burst into a Newport flat and attacked a man with a metal pole, a court heard. Craig Goldworthy, 28, and Adam Graham, 23, repeatedly hit Paul Jones with the six-inch iron bar after he went to the front door in his dressing gown,
LAST Thursday I spent the day at the National Assembly as one of the guest speakers at a seminar looking at what role the media could play in addressing the democratic deficit in Wales. Organised by Rosemary Butler, the Newport West AM and presiding
TORFAEN residents were invited to pay their respects to killed soldier Lee Rigby with a moment’s reflection at the war memorial in Old Cwmbran Park yesterday. The leader of the independent group on Torfaen council, St Dials ward councillor Elizabeth
IT WON’T just be Warren Gatland that has his fingers crossed for a strong Barbarians showing on Saturday. After a fortnight of disrupted preparation the British and Irish Lions boss will be desperate for his side to enjoy a proper hit out this
A NORMANDY veteran who helped to liberate a French village from the Nazis nearly 70 years ago met children from the school that was named in his honour yesterday. Dave Edwards, 88, of Abergavenny, battled to help free the Nazi-occupied village
TRIBUTES have been left to a Newport father of four who was found dead on Monday. Dave Hampton, a 64-yearold from Pill who went missing last Thursday, was found in the Queensway Meadows area of the city. Flowers and a Newport County scarf have
IT was a real blow when James Harris left Glamorgan for Middlesex last year but the first few months of the season shows we’ve found the perfect replacement. Australian bowler Michael Hogan has been superb for us so far, taking 27 wickets, the
MORE than 100 gnomes and plastic animals were among five tonnes of belongings cleared from a hoarder’s garden in Trevethin. Staff from Bron Afon Community Housing, Torfaen council’s ground force team and Cold Barn Farm volunteers worked for seven
TOBY Faletau and Dan Lydiate will start together in the British and Irish Lions back row for their tour opener against the Barbarians on Saturday. Newport Gwent Dragons number eight Faletau and former teammate Lydiate, who is leaving for Racing
ANDREW Coombs is relishing the role of being Wales’ elder statesman ahead of the tour to Japan. The Newport Gwent Dragons lock is the oldest player in the 27-man squad that flies out today for the two-Test trip to the Far East. And despite
UNDEFEATED former two-weight world champion Joe Calzaghe has reacted furiously after Carl Froch declared himself as Britain’s best ever boxer. The 35-year old Cobra beat former Calzaghe foe Mikkel Kessler at the weekend to claim the undisputed
