STAFF from a Newport bank picked up their paintbrushes and got stuck in to redecorating a Maindee community centre yesterday (Wednesday).Dave Neale, a personal banker at Santander Bank on Commercial Street said he and his colleagues Katilea Hancock, Kate
AS WORLD leaders come to Newport for the Nato summit, travellers are being urged to use public transport or to allow extra time for their journeys. With thousands of journalists arriving ahead of the summit to be followed by world leaders and ministers
ROUTINE orthopaedic surgery at the Royal Gwent Hospital has been cancelled for the remainder of this week in the face of continued high levels of emergencies coming through A&E.The decision has been taken by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board so
From electrical engineer to professional brewer- GARETH WILLIAMS talks to SOPHIE BROWNSON about his incredible journey to create Gwent’s iconic brewery TINY REBEL.I HAVE always been into home brewing.My grandfather Les Williams was a big home brewer
THE Nato Summit at the Celtic Manor this week is a prime opportunity for protesters to get their political message across. And this week the promised anti-Nato campaign materialised, from a trickle at first with three tents pitched at Tredegar Park peace
NEWPORT churches will hold prayer vigils to coincide with the Nato summit at the Celtic Manor this week. Michael Taplin, a minister with Newport City Church, said: “It’s widely recognised that there is turmoil in the areas that concern Nato
A MONMOUTHSHIRE councillor who has called a proposal to charge blue badge holders in authority car parks “wrong and immoral” expects the measure to be passed by the council’s cabinet today. Plans to bring in the charges for the first
UPDATE: 5.27pm Conservative councillor David Fouweather, leader of the opposition, said: “The mayor is the first citizen – he is our representative. It’s a pretty poor show, really. He should be there to greet Mr Cameron and Mr Obama. He should
LIVERPOOL star Joe Allen admits Wales will have no excuses if they fail to win on Andorra’s artificial pitch next Tuesday. Less than a week ahead of kick-off, UEFA has finally confirmed that the opening Euro 2016 qualifier will go ahead on the
A DAREDEVIL tandem skydive by a Newport mum has raised hundreds of pounds for a charity which offers a fully-adapted holiday home for terminally ill children and their families.On Saturday Emma Parker, from Rogerstone, jumped out of an aeroplane to raise
WALES' opening Euro 2016 qualifier next Tuesday will go ahead on Andorra's 3G pitch. The surface was subject to close inspection by UEFA officials, but a Football Association of Wales spokesman confirmed during a player media session this afternoon
WALES and Lions number eight Taulupe Faletau will start Newport Gwent Dragons’ Guinness Pro12 opener against Connacht on the bench. The 23-year-old did not feature in any of the region’s three pre-season victories against Bristol, Lydney and Northampton
BARACK Obama is visiting Mount Pleasant school in Newport tomorrow because a school governor wrote to the White House asking if the president would come. Steve Bowen, who has been governor at the Rogerstone school since 2012, said he posted the
UKRAINIAN citizens plan to march in national dress tomorrow to keep the spotlight on "Russian aggression against Ukraine". Terry Brown, who will be taking part, said: “The demonstration coincides with the Nato summit to highlight the risks to the
REPRESENTATIVES from protest group No Nato Newport will be presenting a written message to a Government delegate at the fence surrounding the Celtic Manor tomorrow. Anti-Nato campaigners will be meeting at the Cenotaph in Clarence Place at noon
PRIMARY school children from across Wales, including two in Newport, joined First Minister, Carwyn Jones today to unveil their specially selected personal messages for world leaders ahead of the Newport Nato summit. Thirty messages written by nine
WITH reference to the peace marchers causing even more chaos than the usual in our city, their actions would be more admirable were they taking place on the borders of Ukraine and Russia or Syria and Iraq, or any of a dozen countries in Africa and
I WOULD like to ask the protesters that have descended on our fair city if they really believe that Nato’s leaders will be influenced by their demonstrations. Let them think more carefully about the disturbance that they are causing to the lives
THE PONTYPOOL Settlement Users Committee would like to express their thanks for the wonderful turnout at our protest meeting at Trosnant House on August 19. We certainly hope that Torfaen council will have taken note of the strength of our concerns
IT LOOKS as if we are about to embark on another Blair/Bush type disaster – this time in Eastern Europe. Mr Cameron, a public school-educated PM, seems to have dodged history tuition, forgetting the lessons of the 1939-45 conflict where Russia
I SEE Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen is lecturing the Russians not to interfere in Ukraine. Well there could hardly be anyone better qualified to talk about illegally invading other countries, when for years he presided over Nato’s illegal invasion
A CALDICOT business will supply fudge favours to the delegates at this week's Nato conference. The Fudge Fairy's Sweet Shop, owned by Helen Beveridge, has been chosen to supply fudge as part of a welcoming package produced by the Celtic Manor for
ONE of the Royal Navy's newest warships in Cardiff will be joined by ships of navies from across Nato. HMS Duncan sailed into Cardiff yesterday and will become part of a small flotilla of NATO warships in the capital. The state-of-the-art Type
HAFODYRYNYS under-9s have now graduated to playing full contact rugby and they started the new season at the Newbridge tournament with two wins, one draw and one loss.The Baby Rams welcomed new players to the side and they together with the established
OLD Monmothian rowing coach Robin Williams saw his Olympic champion women's pair Helen Glover and Heather Stanning blow the field away in world record style at the world rowing championships in Holland.But Wales cap Graeme Thomas agonisingly missed
NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh has backed striker Christian Jolley to rediscover his form after failing to strengthen his squad on transfer deadline day. Edinburgh confirmed that players would have had to leave Rodney Parade before
THREE hundred jobs will be secured in Gwent after General Dynamics announced a £3.5 billion deal for nearly 600 armoured vehicles ahead of the Nato Summit. The company site in Oakdale developed the SCOUT Specialist Vehicles, called "the most technologically
ANDY Powell believes Newport Gwent Dragons have shown they can pack a punch in the Guinness Pro12 by going toe-to-toe with the English champions.The Rodney Parade region kick off their campaign at Connacht on Saturday and they head to Galway with a spring
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons may be down to the bare bones in midfield but Tom Prydie believes competition for places is heating up elsewhere ahead of the start of the Guinness Pro12. The Dragons open their campaign against Connacht in Galway on Saturday
A NINE-YEAR-OLD from Newport tackled a nerve-wracking walk across the Transporter Bridge at the weekend to raise funds for St David’s Hospice Care.Alena Griffiths, who goes to St Joseph’s Primary School in Newport, previously raised £
9:15pm That's all from us tonight, but we'll be back early tomorrow with more Nato news, information, pics and sightings. In the meantime - here is some traffic and travel advice for tomorrow
A GWENT beauty therapist who met and fell in love with a paralysed man on the internet has told how she moved to America to marry him.Nicole Wulfekuhle, 44, from Afon Village, Newport, met her future husband Dean online after a friend suggested that she
PRIVATE sector ambulance crews will attend emergency calls in South East Wales at weekends this month, the first time the service has sought outside help with 'blue light' work in Wales. A "small number" of private ambulances will operate alongside
A NEWPORT cycle speedway club has been the latest group involved in a £9,000 fundraising attempt to bring a local paralysed woman home from hospital.Karen Walters, 37, was left paralysed from the neck down after suffering a devastating stroke in
On the eve of Newport hosting the largest gathering of world leaders ever to assemble in the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron spoke to Argus reporter BECKY CARR about the opportunity the Nato summit poses for Wales. TRAFFIC disruption and school
