BILLY Twelvetrees is the fourth replacement to join the British and Irish Lions on their tour of Australia. The versatile England back left his country’s tour of Argentina in Buenos Aires today to answer the call. The 24-year-old Gloucester
NEWPORT County AFC enter the draw for the first round of the League Cup for the first time in 26 years on Monday and Justin Edinburgh’s side could be paired with one of the Football League’s big guns. The round one draw for the 2013/14 Capital
KENT'S sole winter recruit Calum Haggett bagged three wickets for 38 runs to ensure the hosts made the most of a rain interrupted opening day in their LV County Championship tussle with Glamorgan. Haggett, who joined having undergone heart surgery
THE Welsh Secretary yesterday backed the right of the police and crime commissioner to fire a chief constable. David Jones told MPs in the House of Commons the commissioner was "the official best placed to make that judgment" and that he would
Nikitta Grender's father said he was shocked at the sentence handed down to a distraught friend of the murdered Newport teenager. Luke Morgan, 22, caused up to £9,000 worth of damage when he set fire to his mum's Newport City Homes-owned Broadmead
WELSH star Andrew Selby won’t be allowed to box for Wales at next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 24-year-old flyweight, who only last week won back-to-back European titles, the first Briton to do so, has signed up to a new professional
THE Welsh Rugby Union is preparing a bid to host the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens in Wales in 2018. Wales, the current World Sevens champions, will defend the title they won in Dubai four years ago later this month in the 2013 event in Moscow.
A TEENAGER says she is devastated after the collapse of a Welsh charity means a trip to Australia to help sick children is now in doubt. Abigail Davey, a 17-year-old Coleg Gwent student from Ponthir, had given the Joshua Foundation £3,000 to go
If you had to be stuck in a lift with someone, who would it be and why? Apart from my beautiful partner I’d have to say anyone from One Direction. What is your biggest fear? My biggest fear is going to the fridge and finding its empty.
If you are looking for a fun-filled holiday for all the family at a reasonable price, then trying one of the myriad holiday parks across Britain would be right up your street. Holiday parks come in all shapes and sizes – and are suitable for all
A clot-busting drug, Thrombolysis, is now a vital tool in the treatment of stroke. But a Gwent stroke expert is warning that many patients are being deprived of its benefits because they do not get to hospital early enough. LIKE the treatment of
NEWPORT pupils got hands on experience in construction with practical lessons as part of Science Week. Year three and four pupils from Malpas Court Primary School took part in the school’s 12th annual Science Week with lessons on sustainable and
Having spent many hours creating Lego models growing up and seeing my three children repeat the experience it was only a matter of time before a visit to Legoland resort came up in our conversations for things to do when summer raised its head.
A NEWPORT schoolgirl who has raised funds in aid of Rainbow Child Foundation, is in with a chance to represent South Wales in the International Beauty Pageant, taking place in Disneyland, Paris, this October. Rebecca Skinner, 11, has been selected
A REWARD of up to £5,000 has been offered in the hunt for missing Newbridge man Kyle Vaughan. Independent crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering the cash reward for information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person/s
A PONTYPOOL man who attacked and racially abused a night club worker was given a 12-month community order. Adam Haynes, 19, was in Delilah’s night club in Cwmbran with friends on November 9 last year when he was stopped in the toilets by bar worker
A WOMAN who falsely claimed more than £31,000 in benefits after failing to declare she was living with her partner was given a suspended prison sentence. Carly Meredith, 23, of Marine Street, Cwm, falsely claimed a total of £31, 243.96 in income
ON the Friday before a Bank Holiday or any weekend which promises a scorcher, the roads in and out of Gwent fill with mile upon mile of queueing traffic. You can join the throng heading west and sit in a steaming car somewhere past Bridgend or
More than half of us now ‘check out’ our holiday fling on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter while still on holiday, according to a survey by last minute holiday experts Latedeals.co.uk. Thirty-two per cent of the 18-35 years olds
IN my long running debate with Julian Powell, we seem to have veered into a discussion about what is and what isn’t art. I would say that the skill of the craftsman can elevate something beyond its functional use into becoming a work of art.
AMANDA Martin is quite right in saying that Freedom of Speech only exists if we have the right to offend. I am aware that many of my opinions may offend (for example) those who hold strong religious views, but I feel no need to apologise for them
THIS year Newport Museum is celebrating its 125th birthday and is currently holding an exhibition from now until early December. A very interesting and eclectic mix of artefacts is on display for members of the public to view and enjoy. There
AS Blaenau Gwent Council are part of the “Greater Gwent Anti-Poverty Group” I wonder why they have voted at an executive members’ meeting to increase school meals by 10p, especially as “low income families who are not eligible for free school meals
I VISITED the Newport wetlands today (Friday, June 7) and there was a lot of discussion among the environmentalists there over the endangered Shrill Carder bumblebee. I was told that the bee is now down to just four habitats in the UK, including
WITH regard to two letters recently published about Carmel Napier’s sudden resignation, I make the following observations. With respect to Mr Gammond’s assumption that she was “time served” and therefore her sudden resignation is a media-created
I FEEL I must let people know of the hard work of both Rev John and Dale Curtis at Mountain FM at the Festival Park Ebbw Vale. Both work unstintingly with the radio station, church, and food-bank. These two people put people first and themselves
A WELSH political and media storm erupted yesterday after our exclusive revelations about the retirement of Gwent’s chief constable. We revealed yesterday how documents we had seen showed howPolice and Crime Commissioner Ian Johnston had raised
A FAMILY were left bemused after their daughter passed through passport control at a Turkish airport using a passport identifying her as a unicorn. The girl’s mother, Nicky Harris, explained that on May 28, she, husband Allen and their daughter
THE best friend of murdered teenager Nikitta Grender was jailed for three years today after admitting setting fire to his mother's house in Lliswerry, Newport. Judge David Wynn Morgan sentenced Luke Morgan, at Cardiff Crown Court this morning.
ALAN Moore is a man who believes in pushing his choir hard. In their summer showcase he put together a programme that showed their talents to the full (and maybe pushed them a little beyond). It was made up of a sequence of pieces, many of them
CWMBRAN Stadium has regained its UK Athletics (UKA) competition licence – to the delight of its users. As the Argus reported in February, the track lost its licence after UKA decided it fell below required safety levels. It meant the famous
NEWPORT County AFC are in the process of finalising their playing budget for their first season in League Two ahead of Tuesday’s deadline. Under Football League Financial Fair Play (FFP) guidelines each club in the Championship, League One and
NEW DRAGONS boss Lyn Jones has been given the seal of approval by the man who first brought him to Rodney Parade. The former Wales flanker has joined the region as director of rugby on a three-year deal. It is a return to Gwent for Jones, who
DELAYS of up to 30 minutes are reported on trains between Newport and Hereford this morning. The disruption is being caused by a signalling problem at Abergavenny. There is no estimate for when a normal service will resume.
THE number of patients using the minor injuries unit at Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan in Ebbw Vale has risen to more than 30 a day. And the increase has taken place mostly in the four weeks since the Argus and Blaenau Gwent AM Alun Davies launched a campaign
NEWPORT County AFC’s celebrations at regaining their Football League status have intensified with the news that the club have cleared their historic debt. According to their 2010/11 accounts, the Exiles, who have seen turnover increase dramatically
A MAN leapt from a river bridge in front of his horrified grandparents after he had been accused of an assault on a girl, an inquest into his death heard yesterday. The grandparents of former TA soldier Gareth Mutlow went out looking for him after
