WORTHY Gwent residents rub shoulders with celebrities in today’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. ANDY RUTHERFORD, HAYLEY MILLS, KATH SKELLON and DANIELLE SHERIDAN report. CHARITY champions, an Olympic horse vet and a fundraiser who once flashed
A COMMITTEE of Monmouthshire council is desperately trying to stir up interest from members of the public but failing, a councillor says. The Lower Wye area committee is struggling to attract a single member of the public to some of its meetings
COLEG Gwent has been declared one of the safest and greenest educational establishments in the UK. It was recognised because of its ongoing commitment to reduce its impact on the environment and improve its health and safety record. The college
JOSH Navidi believes growing up in the shadows of current and former British and Irish Lions pair Sam Warburton and Martyn Williams has finally paid dividends having been primed for his Wales debut. Uncapped Navidi is among four new faces in the
TEENAGERS who planned to go on a trip to Australia arranged by a charity which has collapsed met in Newport tonight to see if they could salvage the situation. More than 60 upset youngesters and their families attended the meeting at Brynglas House
VISITORS Glamorgan appear to be homing in on their second win of the LV= County Championship Division Two campaign after making basement side Kent follow on in Canterbury. Dismissed for 135 to concede a first-innings lead of 243, winless Kent batted
BLAENAU Gwent MP Nick Smith is backing the campaign to make care home owners legally responsible for neglect in the wake of Operation Jasmine. The MP has been campaigning for justice for the families of 103 alleged victims of care home abuse following
If you had to be stuck in a lift with someone, who would it be and why? Michael Palin – it would diminish my fear as he could regale me with stories of his wonderful trips around the world in his most amusing way. What is your biggest fear?
A SHOP selling vintage clothes is set to open in Griffithstown after outgrowing its current premises within less than a year of opening. The Emily Rose Vintage store currently operates from Ventnor Road, Cwmbran, after being launched last September
THE condition of a historical listed building in a Roman town has become “so poor” Monmouthshire council has stepped in, in an attempt to secure its future. Caerwent House, in Caerwent, is believed to be from the late 16th or early 17th Century
TIME is running out to end a stalemate and get pupils at asbestos-hit Cwmcarn High School back in their original building by the next school year, the local authority is warning. Caerphilly council issued a statement this afternoon calling on Cwmcarn
TEENAGERS who planned to go on a trip to Australia arranged by a charity that has collapsed are to meet in Newport tonight. Joshua’s Wish, also known as the Joshua Foundation, is being wound up, owing £300,000 to the taxman. The charity’s insolvency
HUNDREDS of forms from people backing the Circuit of Wales automotive centre of excellence have been submitted to planners ahead of a decision on the project. The proposed £250m development represents the biggest investment in the UK automotive
WIRED and wonderful’ was huge…‘XL’ was big…‘Big’ was even bigger…‘Roadrunner’ was record breaking… and nowthe legendary Lee Evans embarks on his most ambitious tour to date! Monsters is Lee’s newshow with a run at the Motorppoint Arena Cardiff.
STRICTLY Confidential is a song-and-dance extravaganza dreamt up and directed by Craig Revel Horwood, tell-itlike- it-is judge on BBC1 hit, Strictly Come Dancing. And it’s coming to a theatre near you. Starring Lisa Riley and professional dancers
OPERA singers from across the globe have been selected to compete in this year’s BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. The eyes of the opera world will be on Cardiff for the 30th anniversary of the eight-day biennial contest, which boasts Dame Kiri
ON JUNE 10, Alive Natural sound presented ‘Ride On The Train’, the debut albumbyNYC four-piece Hollis Brown that’s an assured selection of strong songwriting delivered with countrified rock ‘n’ soul panache. The LP is steeped in the spirit of Nashville
A FORMER security guard who moved to Gwent to live near his family 15 years ago celebrated his 104th birthday yesterday. Great-grandfather Ernest Frost, of Sedbury Park Care Centre Home in Chepstow moved to the area following the death of his wife
It's fifty years since the Beatles came to Abergavenny and the Borough Theatre celebrates with two great events: On Friday 21 June 7.30pm John Lennon’s original band, The Quarrymen perform at the Borough Theatre. The Quarrymen play the music which
When I last spoke to Aled Clifford from Henry’s Funeral Shoe a year ago for The Guide’s Meet the Band feature things were really taking off for the Ystrad Mynach band. Both Aled and his brother Brennig had recently had their song Dog Scratched Ear
IT seems only natural that former Inspiral Carpets frontman Tom Hingley should have written a book; after all, writing books is in his family blood. His memoir Carpet Burns –MyLife with Inspiral Carpets is available from Route Publishing and he
ON THE eve of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ one and only performance at Abergavenny Town Hall, one fan has shared her memories of that night. Carol Paton, 67, was one of those lucky enough to see them play a 20-minute set on June 22, 1963
A PIECE of British maritime history will arrive at Newport Docks tomorrow as it marks 40 years since enthusiasts saved it. The Waverley is the world's last sea-going paddle steamer and is only kept in our waters by volunteers who raise millions
FIRE crews from Cwmbran and New Inn are tackling a flat fire in Cwmbran this morning. A spokesperson for South Wales Fire and Rescue said they will be leaving the scene shortly.
A SIX acre site previously used by a clothes factory is to be put on the market in Newport for housing. Newport council says it intends to sell the former Compton Webb site south of Glan Usk School at St Julians. The authority says the sale
A WATERSHED moment for television as we know it, last Sunday evening, as ITV’s continuity woman piped up: “Time now to find the celebs’ tipping point.” So where was it exactly? In the last place you’d expect. At the other end of a phone call
NATHAN Cleverly’s obsession with fighting the best names available has led him to a showdown with an undefeated powerhouse, the Argus understands. Cefn Fforest fighter Cleverly, aged 26, the undefeated WBO light-heavyweight champion, is desperate
A SENIOR UK police officer has called for a meeting with the Home Secretary in the wake of the dramatic forced retirement of Gwent Police's Carmel Napier. Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), said he wants
IF MR JOHNSTON did not intend to ‘humiliate or upset’ Mrs Napier he failed spectacularly. To be told your manner was ‘dismissive, abrupt and unhelpful and you are a failure in managing external and internal relations’ would hardly fail to upset
MR WILLIAMS describes my view that chief constable Carmel Napier is not obliged to account for her sudden retirement as ‘asinine’ (Argus, June 12). Bizarrely, he thinks that if I were to resign today as a Pontllanfraith councillor, then the people
I FIND it risible that PCC Ian Johnston should use as an excuse that chief constable Carmel Napier was deeply hostile to the concept of the office of the PCC. Obviously the penny hasn’t dropped with the PCC or didn’t he look at the voting statistics
I HATE to disagree with my ex-Argus colleague Andy Rutherford (The Weekender, June 8) but there can be no such thing as ‘middle-lane hogging’ on a motorway. The middle lane is for traffic moving faster than in the inside lane. If you want to
AS MY local library at Stow Hill is now closed, I rely on my daughter to request and collect books for me from Central Library. Out of a list of five books, all good novels by well known authors, three were not available, owing to them having been
I READ with interest in your sports column about Justin Edinburgh and the Newport County board giving a second chance to players to turn their lives around. Well done to both manager and board for doing this, now lads it’s up to you, forward (not
A COLLECTION by RNLI members at Asda, Lower Dock Street, Newport on June 8/9 raised £539.84. AG Rooks Press and publicity officer for the RNLI
A RARE sighting of spoonbills in Newport has been deemed a “mystery” by one bird expert. Alison Phillips, 48, of Cwmbran, who takes pictures as a hobby, was tipped off about the rare sighting of a pair of spoonbill birds in Newport’s Wetlands in
A TYRE company boss accused of breaking the arm and legs of a thief who entered his yard to steal diesel faces a crown court trial. Andrew Woodhouse, 43, allegedly attacked Kevin Green as the intruder left his yard near Samuel Salter Close, Abergavenny
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons aim to have a new chief executive in place by the start of the new season. The region are looking to fill the role left by Chris Brown, who will carry out his duties at Rodney Parade until his replacement has their feet under
NUDITY, iced buns and tea pots were just some of the themes on offer in an amateur production of The Calendar Girls. Newport Playgoers Society’s performance, directed by Kevin Myers, was a superb portrayal of one WI’s group determination to raise
THE first Welsh-medium primary school to be built in Newport is celebrating its 20th anniversary and is inviting former pupils who have travelled far and wide to send in a birthday card. Before Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd was established in Ringland
WALES' oldest theatre site is moving into the digital age. The Savoy Theatre, Monmouth which has been showing films on 35mm reels for 103 years will screen its last ever 35mm film tonight before switching over to digital technology next week.
NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh is confident of securing two or three more signings before pre-season training starts on June 27. Edinburgh has already landed two of his top targets in midfielder Adam Chapman and striker Chris Zebroski
HEALTH experts are warning of the dangers of mumps in Wales, as too many young people remain unprotected with the MMR vaccine. By the end of May there had been 76 confirmed cases across Wales, compared to 77 for the whole of 2011 and 88 in 2012
ONE of Wales' most historic bridges has been put back in its rightful place following major restoration works. Blaenavon's Aaron Brute's bridge, which is listed by Cadw as an ancient monument, was closed to the public in 2003 amid concerns about
