CCTV footage from Blaenau Gwent is now being monitored in Newport, after the city council bid for the contract earlier this year. As of this month, Newport City Council are monitoring CCTV and handling out-of-hour calls for the neighbouring authority.
FOR the past decade, villagers in Varteg have been fighting plans for opencast mining near their homes and their local school - and proposals may be back on the table once more. JOHN PHILLIPS reports.CONTROVERSIAL plans to open a coal mine 120 metres
A WOMAN was handed a £125 fine last week after she threw a piece of bread on the ground to “feed the birds”. Mum-of-two Rhiannon Smothers was eating a Greggs roll in the car at the Cwmtillery Lakes car park on Thursday morning when she threw a
SHALE gas “represents an opportunity for Wales” but it must not be at the expense of our natural environment, a group of MPs concludedThe report by the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, spurred by government estimates that nearly 70 per cent
TWO TEENAGE girls charged with conspiracy to commit murder at Cwmcarn High school were re-bailed. The two girls were due to answer bail this week, but Gwent Police have confirmed they have been re-bailed until June 25. On May 1, the two female
THIS year’s Big Splash festival proved, once again, to be a huge success with thousands enjoying the spectacular weekend and the exciting activities and events that it had to offer. Congratulations to Newport City Council and all of those who worked
After being separated for 13 years, each thinking that the other had died, a husband a wife were re-united at Newport borough police court when the husband was charged for failing to maintain his wife. She had become chargeable to the Newport Poor
THE head of the Passport Office has apologised to applicants who have suffered delays after coming under considerable pressure from MPs, including Newport's Paul Flynn, over a backlog crisis at the agency. Paul Pugh, chief executive of HM Passport
LAST week’s Now and Then picture showed the Masonic Hall and Board of Trade Offices which were on Dock Street. Today’s picture shows the Masonic Hall in Lower Dock Street taken decades ago, judging by how dirty it looks. Now clean, the building
Gwent's last branch line running from Pontypool Rd over the famous Crumlin viaduct and into the Vale of Neath officially closed. On Saturday the 13th of June 1964, the last scheduled passenger train; the 21:10 from Pontypool to Treherbert; passed
UPDATE: 4.26pm A Welsh Ambulance Service spokeswoman said they took a woman in her fifties to Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny. She said they were called at 2.23pm today and a paramedic in a rapid response car and an emergency ambulance
THE A4048 is closed in both directions between Tredegar and Blackwood because of subsidence this afternoon. A spokeswoman for Blaenau Gwent council said they were investigating subsidence near Coronation Villas. As the investigations continue,
CRUDE graffiti has been scribbled using permanent ink outside the newly refurbished Newport Market entrance. The new High Street entrance opened eight months ago and was part of a £1 million refurbishment project at the 150-year-old market.
ONE OF Caerphilly’s newest and most ambitious music festivals attracted thousands of visitors this weekend as it aimed to raise money for a local charity.The annual Bedwas Rocks, which started on Friday and finished on Saturday night, featured a
FORMER Newport County AFC player Michael Boateng has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit bribery in a football match-fixing trial. Boateng, who played three matches on loan for County last year, was convicted by an 11-1 majority verdict following
Crumbs ... much-loved animated TV hero Danger Mouse is to make a comeback. The cartoon series, which ran for more than a decade until it ended in 1992, will make his return next year when it is screened by CBBC. The white-clad rodent who wore
PONTYPRIDD will attempt to retain their title when the second Foster’s National Sevens takes place at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park.The Premiership champions triumphed in the capital last year and will try and repeat the trick on bank holiday Sunday
A DAD from Crosskeys has helped raise £1,700 with a charity bike ride to help his daughter walk. Dan Robinson started his ride at Alexandra Palace in London at 11.30pm on June 7 with his friend Martyn Smith and didn’t finish the circular route
THE Maesglas Amazons girls football team would like to thank everyone who supported our bag packing at Tesco, Risca on Saturday, May 31. We raised almost £240 and it was due to the hard work of the youngsters and volunteers as well as the goodwill
NEWS coverage over the last seven days has quite rightly focused on the bravery and heroism displayed by our gallant fighting men during the D-Day landings of seventy years ago. I just wonder how those thousands of men and women who sacrificed
PERHAPS Tory AM Mohammad Asghar would like to tell the thousands of people lucky enough to have a job that they can stay somewhere close to their place of employment and charge it to Joe Public. Why doesn’t he make an effort to get up early enough
WITH the summer upon us, many people will be out and about across Wales enjoying our wonderful historic parks and gardens. While we may take for granted the surroundings on our day out, there is great skill and knowledge that goes in to creating
SOME aspects of the Alfie Brown trial (Argus, June 7) are as puzzling as they are shocking. According to the article, in 2004, his 15-year-old girlfriend (obviously under age) became pregnant by him when he was approximately 20 years old. Yet,
A PUB landlord is celebrating becoming a millionaire in last Friday's EuroMillions draw. Bedwas publican Nigel Willetts, 48, matched the millionaire raffle ticket - winning him £1 million - plus two numbers on a lucky dip winning him an extra £2.80
RELIGIONS, faiths, call them what you like, have been the cause of wars and strife in the world for thousands of years and are, unfortunately, still with us today. David Cameron stated we are still a Christian country whilst Dr Rowan Williams says
A CANCER charity will not be closing its doors to the public following a U-turn by its two main funders.The news has been welcomed by AM for Islwyn Gwyn Price.Mr Price recently met representatives from Blackwood-based Cancercareline Resource Centre following
A NUMBER of concerns have been raised about plans to build a £1 billion M4 relief road to ease traffic congestion around Newport. In a letter to the Welsh Government Transport Minister Edwina Hart, chairman of the Environment and Sustainability
Heavy traffic is reported on the Second Severn Crossing because of a vehicle fire. The delay is westbound at the toll booths. The matrix sign set to 50 mph. Crews from Caldicot are dealing with the blaze.
Rainbows Private Nursery based at Somerton Lane, Newport, has undergone a major refurbishment to improve facilities for the 110 children currently registered with the nursery. The £25,000 investment supported by Barclays has created an all-weather
South Wales-based developer Richard Hayward Properties is poised to start work on the redevelopment of the old Delilahs nightclub in Newport city centre to create a 60-bedroom Premier Inn hotel - just as soon as it gets confirmation of a long-awaited
OSPREYS boss Steve Tandy expects his pair of Newport Gwent Dragons recruits to give him some welcome selection headaches in the coming campaign, writes Chris Kirwan.Full-back Dan Evans and hooker Sam Parry started pre-season training with their new region
A CROSSKEYS man believes a buzzard targeting runners has struck again, after he was hit by a large bird while out running on a quarry. In July 2011 Alan Rosier, 37, told the Argus about an encounter on a fire-break road in Forestry Commission woodland
THE two workmen who found what was thought to be a bomb in Newport yesterday told how they dug around the object 'for half an hour'. The pair were installing bollards outside Pets at Home in Maesglas Retail Park when they came across the device
Leading independent accountancy practice Watts Gregory LLP has recruited former Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School pupil Rhodri Davies as a senior member of staff in the wake of a series of contract wins.Rhodri, who lives in Cwmbran, has been appointed
Caerphilly-based SERS Energy Solutions Group - one of the UK’s leading experts in energy-saving technology and construction – will be celebrating its 25th year in business when it takes part in the UK’s largest social housing event &
CHARITY cyclists from UK construction firm Kier gathered at the Severn Bridge to start the South Wales stage of a 500-mile ‘green’ challenge.The riders, who linked with others from Gwent’s St David’s Hospice Care, accepted the
Newport-based legal firm Convery Law have made two important internal appointments following approval from the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.Gareth Richards has been appointed as head of legal practice and Gareth Evans is now head of finance and administration.The
A FURTHER arrest has been made after violence in Brynmawr which saw three police officers injured. following an incident at approximately 1am yesterday morning, Monday 16th June, which left three police officers injured. The officers were called
Recent figures have revealed that unemployment is at its lowest level for a number of years.The week Business Argus has been asking local business people if they have seen unemployment fall in their sectors.Mathew Roderick, managing director, GD Environmental
Tom Wood, from RWA Business Consultants, in Blaeavon, has been named a winner at the 10th annual Leading Wales Awards, now in their tenth year, which champion leadership across Wales.Tom, a director at RWA, was named winner of the Leadership For The Future
A MAN charged with causing the deaths of an elderly couple by dangerous driving appeared at Newport Crown Court yesterday. Harising Gurung, 45, is alleged to have caused the deaths of David and Mary Marshall while driving a Volkswagen Golf on the
GWENT-based pharmacy group Mayberry Pharmacy was the toast of the UK pharmaceutical industry after being recognised not once but twice at this year’s Chemist and Druggist Awards in London.The awards are the most prestigious in pharmacy sector.The
An Ebbw Vale woman who was supported by Wales’ largest training provider in developing the skills she needed to establish a new role for herself with the NHS is urging others in Blaenau Gwent to reflect on their own skills as the UK economy continues
A flotilla of rafts from a single employer is set to smash the entry record for The Rotary Club of Monmouth Raft Race 2014.Logistics firm DHL, which has entered a couple of rafts in the race in previous years but this year will field no less than 18 crafts
The Employment Outlook in Wales has fallen but employers are still planning to hire, with an Outlook of +4 per cent, according to Manpower, the global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions. This is a drop from last quarter
Cwmbran based accountancy firm Green & Co has achieved gold status in the Investors in People accreditation. Attaining standard status in 2011, Green & Co has gone on to become a firm which represents 'world class best practice' in terms
NEWPORT County AFC have been drawn away to Championship club Reading in the first round of the Capital One Cup. The tie will be played in the week beginning Monday, August 11. The match will be a special occasion for Reading's Newport-born
Newport-based recruitment and training company Acorn has launched a new forum to address the issue of a growing IT skills shortage in Wales. Acorn believes that as an industry, more must be done to tackle the problem. The company’s IT Division is
Outsourced services specialists Smart Solutions, which is based in Newport, has appointed one of the waste sectors most influential industry names to support the growth of the business’s commodities trading offering. Kevin Thomas, joins as commodities
A MAN was found dead in Blackwood over the weekend. Gwent Police have said they were called at around 5.20am on Sunday morning, June 15 following the discovery of a body of a man in a field near to Blackwood Rugby Club. Officers conducted enquiries
Jens Skibsted Nielsen has joined Associated British Ports, the UK’s leading port operator which operates Newport Docks, as commercial director.Jens joins ABP with more than 30 years’ experience of Europe’s marine, transport and logistics
With the news that unemployment was at its lowest level for a number of years and the general feeling that the economy has finally turned the corner, Gwent has seen a number of recruitment agencies established or move into the area in recent months.Business
General Dynamics UK officially opened its latest pioneering defence innovation centre in Oakdale. The opening ceremony was conducted by Chris Evans, MP for Islwyn, and Andy Nicholson, head of the UK Centre for Defence Enterprise, in the presence of guests
The head of the Passport Office faces a grilling from MPs today in the wake of thousands of people seeing their holiday plans put in jeopardy because of a backlog of applications. The agency was accused of being in "chaos" and boss Paul Pugh will
Phil Neville has admitted working as a commentator is "harder" than he thought after hundreds of viewers complained about his on-air performance during the World Cup game between England and Italy. Neville, a former player whose career included
NEWPORT County AFC will not be able to play at Rodney Parade for a ten-day period from the end of August to the start of September due to the Nato summit at the Celtic Manor. The League Two fixtures will be released at 9am tomorrow but County already
An FA Cup run, an FA Cup run, my kingdom for an FA Cup run.It has been a quiet couple of weeks on the Newport County front with a lack of squad upheaval and positive news on the Rodney Parade pitch recovery effort leaving us with little to pontificate
BLAENAU Gwent council is carrying out an informal consultation into the future of primary school provision in the Ebbw Fach Valley – with a preferred option to build a new community school on the former Six Bells colliery site.The proposal is part
IT’S not easy being green, according to Kermit the Frog, but if you’re a World Cup pundit, it’s not easy being seen.Green, seen, even heard, the World Cup pundits are getting an extremely raw deal, irrespective of whether they are the
AN actor originally from Blaenavon is set to return to Wales this week as he plays one of the leads in the first UK tour of smash theatre hit War Horse. Matt Addis, 37, was born and brought up in Blaenavon, and his parents and grandmother still live in
A NEWPORT tot who was born with a rare condition which means that she has only one X chromosome, has been put in contact with other Welsh children who share her condition.Three-year-old Kara-Jay Horton, of Beechwood, was born with Turner Syndrome, a condition
