NEWPORT County made it back-to-back 1-0 friendly wins at Spytty Park last night, but they did it thanks to a vastly improved performance. The Exiles were criticised for a pedestrian performance against Carl Zeiss Jena at the weekend, but they were
EMERGENCY services were called to the River Usk between Newport and Caerleon yesterday evening after reports that someone had fallen into the water near the M4 bridge alongside the Brynglas Tunnels.
GEORGIA Davies claimed gold for Wales in the 50m backstroke as Wales won their second swimming event in 24 hours following the exploits of Jazz Carlin on Monday evening. It was a new British and Commonwealth Games record as she finished in a time
ON A day of record-breaking, Wales made more history at the Commonwealth Games with a first ever team medal in artistic gymnastics, writes Andrew Penman. Jessica Hogg, Raer Theaker, Elizabeth Beddoe, Georgina Hockenhull and Angel Romaeo just pipped
ST JOSEPH’S boxer Joe Cordina has guaranteed himself at least a Commonwealth Games bronze medal but he’s vowed to fight all the way for gold in Glasgow. The 22-year-old from Cardiff, who trains with Tony Borg in Newport, beat Chad Milnes of New
BLAENAU Gwent MP Nick Smith is calling for an end to a public health hazard after obtaining figures on waste management site fires.Mr Smith had first-hand experience of the problem after a Nantyglo fire in January 2013 that burned for 10 days confined
EDUCATION chiefs in Gwent will be able to hand out “punitive” fines to families of students who skip school from September. JOHN PHILLIPS takes an in-depth look at the merits of a controversial new policy which could also penalise parents
Ex-Wales international rugby star Ian Gough was today found guilty at Croydon Magistrates' Court of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and former Miss Wales Sophia Cahill just weeks after she got engaged to pop star Dane Bowers. Chairman of the bench
HE MAY speak with a broad Bolton accent but Craig Pilling has won the first ever Commonwealth Games wrestling medal for Wales. The 27-year-old opted to represent the country of his mother Angela’s birth and he beat England’s Omar Tafail to win
BONNIE Rose Clarke, the 14-year-old girl who went missing from her home in Caerphilly has been found safe and well.
100 years ago Corporation Road school was broken into over the weekend and a sum of money taken including donations that children had made to buy a wedding gift for a member of staff who was due to be betrothed. Newport corporation electricity
CHARLENE Jones made history in Glasgow as the first woman to represent Team Wales in the boxing ring at a Commonwealth Games, writes Andrew Penman. Ebbw Vale’s Ashley Brace should have been competing on Monday night but she was cruelly denied her
JAGUAR Land Rover has purchased the largest-known privately owned collection of British classic cars in the world from a Newport dentist.The vast collection of 543 cars was amassed by enthusiast James Hull, 53, who founded the James Hull Associates chain
NEXT week marks the centenary of Britain’s entry into the First World War. As the war falls out of living memory, it is ever more important to remember the millions who died in the conflict, and the hundreds of thousands of British troops who gave
THE MP for Islwyn believes that war veterans are being let down after a new report shows they are three and a half times more likely to have hearing problems than other members of the public.Chris Evans MP expressed fears that veterans were being overlooked
First shots A fight on the Danube Vienna. Serbian troops on a Danube steamer near Temeskubin have fired on the Austro Hungarian troops who returned the fire. An engagement of some importance ensued, so far no official announcement of warlike
A TRINANT man has been found guilty of murdering his friend by stabbing him to death with a kitchen knife at a party earlier this year. Paul Mapps denied murdering father-of-one Ian Davies, 27, in January, claiming he acted in self-defence.
WELSH para-sport sprinter Rhys Thomas described his bronze medal in the T37 100m on Monday night as ‘awesome,' writes Andrew Penman.The 20-year-old from Church Village, who has cerebral palsy, was third at Hampden Park in a time of 12.03 seconds
A NEWPORT man who breached his licence conditions after being released from prison has been arrested. Police wanted to speak to Craig Collins, 34, in connection with burglaries in the Newport, Caerleon and Magor areas. He is currently in police
ORGANISERS of the Monmouthshire Business Awards claim their website was hacked by Chinese cyber criminals and taken offline for three days last week.The website is now back up, but the deadline for the entries to the 2014 MBA Awards has been extended
LAST week we visited Chepstow Road, Newport, and received the following replies: I believe the Now and Then picture is Chepstow Road, Newport. Eveswell School was on the left and in the distance is a tram car. The trams only ran as far as Royal
GWENT Police are appealing for information after an assault outside a pub in Newport city centre. The attack happened outside the Greyhound pub on High Street, Newport at around 11.30pm on Sunday, May 4. A man walking out out of the pub
THE second claimant in a libel case involving Gwent Conservative AM Mohammad Asghar continued to give evidence yesterday, as he pursues libel action against five members of the Newport Muslim community. In a civil hearing held at Newport Crown
PEOPLE in Pill, Newport, are backing local hero Sean McGoldrick to retain his 2010 Commonwealth boxing title. McGoldrick had a split-decision win yesterdayover in his last-16 fight with Australian Jackson Woods.In 2010’s Delhi Games, McGoldrick
POLICE are appealing for help in finding a 79-year-old man who has gone missing from his home in Cwm. David Edwards was last seen at midday on Saturday 26th July. He is white, around five feet two inches tall, of frail build with shaved grey
THE centenary of Britain’s entry into what is now known as the First World War will be upon us next Monday.There will be many commemorations across Gwent and the nation as a whole of the beginning of what was, sadly, incorrectly labelled the war
ALLEGATIONS of misconduct against a senior mental health nurse were found proven by a disciplinary panel yesterday. Robert Phillips appeared at a Nursing and Midwifery Council hearing charged with eight allegations of misconduct towards a female
HITLER started with Poland, Putin with Ukraine. The downing of the Malaysian airliner is the sole responsibility of Putin and he provides the bullets for others to fire. During the American involvement in Vietnam, Russia was supplying the Viet
IN THIS current era of ‘complaints’ and ‘litigation’ against the public services, and hospitals in particular, I felt it necessary to write this letter in recognition of the care I received on 4/2 at Nevill Hall Hospital, during a recent illness.
THOSE of us involved in defending the culture of life, not death, are familiar with terms that tend to hide the real fact of the matter. Before the Abortion Act became law on October 27 1967 and before its implementation on April 271968, it was described
I WAS very shocked to read the letter from Jason Baxter suggesting that no-one from Torfaen Council was at the closure assembly of Pontymoile Primary school that he attended. This was only one of three concerts and assemblies that took place. Both
AROUND 200,000 children in England and Wales will spend their school holidays this summer with a parent in prison. When a parent is incarcerated, their children are left behind in the shadows. Sadly, some young people never recover from this early
A proposed initiative aimed at encouraging more residential use of city centre properties could go out to public consultation in the near future.Newport City Council is already taking steps to boost the regeneration, vibrancy and attractiveness of the
Mabey Bridge has been shortlisted for the next stage in the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Manufacturing Excellence Awards in the categories of ‘People Effectiveness’ and ‘Partnership with Education’.The Chepstow-based
CHILDREN at Pill Primary School got out their drawing pencils and cameras to make a film about Newport Docks marking its centenary. The History of the Port of Newport has already racked up more than 100 views on YouTube after it was released to
Alan Jarman, the former CEO of HSBC in Wales and Poland, has joined Wales’ largest building society as group chief operating officer.Originally from Montgomeryshire, Alan joined Principality Building Society, which has branches throughout Gwent,
Newport-based IT consultancy Certus TG, has received £85,000 of funding from the Welsh Government to help it achieve its ambitious plans for growth. The funding, which was awarded under the Skills Growth Wales programme, will enable Certus TG to
Women across the region should get more actively involved in public life in order to make public organisations more representative according to Dame Rosemary Butler, presiding officer of the Assembly.Speaking at the Working Women networking group, a joint
A Newbridge-based contract electronics manufacturer has appointed its latest first class candidate to begin their career through its sought-after graduate scheme. Axiom Manufacturing Services has employed Valentina Cristea, a recent graduate of the University
Caerphilly-based ventilation manufacturer Nuaire has been nominated for the Market Gravity Innovation Award for the 2014 National Business Awards. Going up against high profile companies including British Gas Service & Repair, Heathrow Airport Ltd
Research from legal group QualitySolicitors has shown that recent employment figures are skewed by employers’ lack of confidence in the job market.Employment solicitor Sarah Telford, from Cwmbran-based QualitySolicitors Rubin Lewis O’Brien
South Wales-based recycling and environmental training company WS Training has celebrated handing over its 150th successful qualification for the year.Demand for training in recycling and environmental awareness by WS Training, which is part of the Wastesavers
Accountancy firm Green & Co has raised more than £1,500 for the brain injury charity Headway Cardiff. The non-stop walk around Cwmbran was a huge success, with members of the firm walking more than 110 miles between them.Nick Park, director
One of the UK's leading health, safety and environmental consultancies has moved from Newport to Cwmbran as part of an expansion programme which will see it create 10 new jobs.OHS has taken a five year lease on the 1,237 sq ft Suite 6 of Brecon House
A dental practice in Croesyceiliog has invested in new services and a complete refurbishment with the support of a six-figure loan from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.Dr Sharlene Parmar-Anwar bought Cwmbran Dental Spa in 2012 with help from the bank,
THE Minister for Culture and Sport, John Griffiths AM, formally opened an exhibition of world-renowned artworks at Chepstow Museum on Monday (July 28). The exhibition, featuring paintings by JMW Turner, Samuel Palmer, Thomas Gainsborough, Edward
Former Royal Navy Petty Officer Lee Taylor has left a career in the forces to take on a new challenge as the owner of the Minuteman Press franchise in Newport.While serving for 23 years, Lee was involved in the former Yugoslavia conflict in the 90s, the
Two-thirds of those companies which currently run apprenticeship schemes plan to give more young people in Wales an opportunity to take their first steps into the job market, according to a new report from the CBI. The 2014 CBI/Pearson Education and Skills
Tredegar-based Penn Pharmaceutical Services Ltd, which employs 300 people, is set to be sold to a US firm in a £127m deal.Penn Pharma announced an agreement for the sale of its business to Packaging Coordinators Inc. The transaction provides a final
I FINALLY made it to Hampden Park for the athletics yesterday, 16 months after what should have been my first visit.The venue has been transformed for the Commonwealth Games with the athletics track sitting on top of the football pitch.My Argus Sport
Newport-based A2Z Computing Limited, a service and solutions provider, has received the CompTIA Accredit UK Trustmark a respected industry credential which signifies business excellence within the ICT industry. Az Ashraf, director of A2Z Computing, said
WELSH medal hope Dai Greene has backed Gareth Warburton and Rhys Williams after the pair failed doping tests before the Commonwealth Games, writes Andrew Penman. Greene starts the defence of his 400m hurdles title in Glasgow tomorrow and the former
STAFF at a Gwent bank are gearing up for a fundraising event for an appeal that could help a little girl walk.Imogen Ashwell-Lewis, two, from Caldicot, has spastic diplegia cerebral palsy and her mum, Catherine, is trying to raise £40,000 to fund
TO SOME the Premiership Rugby 7s is merely a low-key warm-up before the start of the proper season but for Elliot Frewen the tournament is a major opportunity. The Newport winger represented the Dragons at BT Sport Arms Park on Saturday and grasped
Wales is seeing more offices converted into residential properties, which could lead to a shortage of office space, according to new data from RICS.The report showed that during Q2 2014, chartered surveyors in Wales saw a rise in the number of transactions
The title 'Lord of Wales' is going under the hammer on Thursday at the latest auction held by Newport firm Paul Fosh Auctions.Although it is just the title which is being auctioned, Business Argus has been asking local business people what they
A GROUP of teenage friends from Gwent have been announced as the new Directors of Teenage Communication for Stagecoach in South Wales.To celebrate its new discount travel scheme for young people, Stagecoach VIP, Stagecoach in South Wales launched a competition
A NEWPORT Gwent Dragons Development XV will take on Duncan Bell’s Lydney in a pre-season friendly, writes Chris Kirwan. The Rodney Parade region will slot a clash against their former tighthead’s team between their warm-ups against Bristol and
A WATER feature erected in memory of Newport lifeguard Steve Lewis, who died from stomach cancer aged just 31, has been restored after being targeted by vandals.The feature in the garden at St David’s Hospice Care day hospice in Malpas is now back
FIREFIGHTERS freed a man whose foot was stuck in a tractor yesterday. The incident happened on Cardiff Road in Newport. Crews from Duffryn, Malpas and a specialist unit from Ely were at the scene.
COULD it really happen? Could Bernhard Langer make the European Ryder Cup team at the age of 56?Could Paul McGinley honestly ignore the claims of the likes of major winner Graeme McDowell, former world number one Luke Donald and red hot Scot Stephen Gallagher
AFTER turning off and tuning out for a few weeks as my attention went exclusively to Brazil and the World Cup it’s time for us to return to the grind of domestic football. What’s that? You don’t find it a grind? You’re excited, thrilled even, that
COUNCIL chiefs criticised for sending grave mementoes to landfill are to discuss potential amendments to their cemetery personalisation rules this autumn. Torfaen council sparked fury last month [June] after binning items that had adorned the graves
MATCH winner Darren Jones is only worried about stopping goals as the Exiles gear up for the new campaign. The new recruit at Rodney Parade, who is from Newport and enjoyed a previous spell with the club, scored the winner on Saturday as the Exiles
COUNCILLORS will be presented tomorrow with money-saving options including shutting down Caerphilly county borough council leisure centres, shutting public toilets, closing bowling greens, and cutting floral displays to deal with budget cuts. As
A PRIVATE hospital run by nuns in Newport has been sold to an independent hospital provider as part of a £10m deal. St Joseph’s Hospital Limited completed the acquisition of St Joseph’s Hospital from The English Province of the Sisters of St Joseph
NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh will rotate his ranks again for tonight’s friendly with Coventry City at Spytty Park, writes Michael Pearlman.Edinburgh will welcome illness victim Adam Chapman back into the fold tonight and is only without
