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  • Wales Fair Trade Fair returns to Abergavenny

    THE eighth Wales Fair Trade Fair returns to Abergavenny next month. The event, which will be held in the Market Hall on October 5, is the brainchild of Abergavenny couple David and Martha Holman. The Holmans set up the charity Love Zimbabwe, which carries

  • Wales footballing star unveils new gym at former school

    STUDENTS at a Newport school were left feeling inspired after ex-pupil and Welsh footballer Chris Gunter unveiled their new gym which has undergone a £46,000 transformation. St Julian's School hosted the grand opening of the gym yesterday alongside

  • More pupils hit as council pulls plug on school transport

    OTHER parents affected by Monmouthshire council withdrawing transport for people with learning difficulties have said they are still waiting to hear from the authority about what to do next. Last week we wrote of the plight of two 17-year-olds with autism

  • Donaldson hoping to follow in Price footsteps

    WELSHMAN Jamie Donaldson is hoping to take a leaf out of Phillip Price’s book when it comes to producing heroic and dramatic displays in the Ryder Cup.The 38-year old Pontypridd-putter is following in Price’s footsteps as the last Welshman

  • McGinley: Celtic Manor provides perfect preparation

    EUROPEAN Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley believes the Celtic Manor will provide the perfect preparation for next week’s Ryder Cup shootout with the USA at Gleneagles. Golf’s most famous team event is just seven days away and a third of McGinley

  • Cwmbran pupils plant peace trees

    BARACK Obama and Nelson Mandela are among the Nobel Peace Prize winners who have had a tree planted in their honour at a Cwmbran primary school.Pontnewydd Primary held a peace tree planting ceremony on Friday in which they planted 16 trees, each named

  • Dragons down to the bare bones for Glasgow

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are down to the bare bones in the backs for Saturday’s Guinness Pro12 clash with in-form Glasgow at Rodney Parade. Fly-half Jason Tovey is out for two to three weeks after suffering a calf injury in the 17-15 defeat to the

  • Man walks 100km in 24 hours for tot

    A CHEPSTOW man has walked 100km in under 24 hours to raise funds for a Rogiet toddler to be able to walk unaided.Andy Hosking, 43, of Barnetts Wood, completed the Thames Walk Challenge on the weekend which involved 23 hours and 15 minutes of walking along

  • WALES OPEN: Ryder Cup is focus as stars gather at the Manor

    THE spectre of the Ryder Cup will be impossible to avoid this week as the event past and present is a key talking point.We are just a week away from the start of the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles and it is fitting that the host course of the 2010 event

  • WALES OPEN: Donaldson is the latest great Welsh hope

    JAMIE Donaldson will be the latest man to try and end the Welsh famine at the Wales Open this week.Now set for tournament number 15 at the Celtic Manor – and possibly the last time it will be staged – Donaldson will look to go one better than

  • WALES OPEN: Glamour mixes with golf on Ladies Day

    Ladies Day Golf meets glamour at The Celtic Manor Resort this week with the return of Ladies Day at Wales’ premier golf tournament. On Saturday 20th September, dress to the nines to enjoy a sumptuous day of hospitality at the ISPS Handa Wales Open

  • WALES OPEN: A feast of top golf and so much more...

    I would like to welcome readers of the South Wales Argus to this preview supplement for the ISPS Handa Wales Open. I hope it inspires you to come along and watch some fantastic golf with us over the next few days. It’s always great to welcome back

  • Future uncertain but Wales Open could go out in style

    THIS year's ISPS Handa Wales Open comes with a twist, it could be the last. Ahead of the most exciting week of golf at the Celtic Manor since the 2010 Ryder Cup, golf fans of Wales are waiting eagerly to find out what the future holds. The

  • World Cup dream is over for Wales' women

    WALES’ women’s hopes of qualifying for the 2015 World Cup are over after a 1-0 defeat in Ukraine in their final qualifier.Wales needed to win in Lviv and hope Finland lost to France to secure a play-off spot but they couldn’t force the

  • Church to sell rundown schoolroom to stave off closure

    A VICTORIAN church is planning to sell a rundown schoolroom which has become a drain on its resources, in a bid to remain open.John Williams, the secretary of Pisgah Baptist Church in Talywain, said they had no choice but to put the two-storey building

  • Musical tribute to Chepstow landlady set for release

    A TRIBUTE album by friends of a popular Chepstow landlady who died in March will be released in December. Mum-of-two Alison Beasley who ran The White Lion/Pye Corner in the town, grew up in Bulwark and was a pupil at Chepstow School.All money raised by

  • Scots broth

    IF it’s a yes or a no vote in Scotland, one thing Alex Salmond has achieved is to sow the seeds of hatred amongst the people there for many years to come. Arthur Nicolaas, Maesglas Crescentent, Newport

  • Recycling fuss

    MY neighbour called me over today and she was very upset. Apparently, she had put a small amount of peel in her garden bin and the bin men had refused to empty it. She is 86 years old and does her best with the recycling, but this incident has really

  • Miner matter

    AT the outbreak of war, men who had no religious beliefs suddenly became highly religious. Mr Peart is right. Why was his father, who was an experienced miner, taken out and his job given to an objector? And how does Mr Tony Bond compare Bevin Boys

  • Peace service

    ON behalf of the trustees and myself, may I sincerely thank all those who attended our Service of Peace and Conciliation in Bettws on Thursday September 11, remembering the 9/11 tragedy. The Bettws in Bloom charity have held this annual service since

  • HSBC closure

    I’M glad to see both Labour politicians in Wayne David MP and Jeff Cuthbert AM have written a letter condemning the closure of the HSBC bank in Bargoed. I hope they will write similar letters to the leaders of Labour-controlled Caerphilly council

  • Offensive T shirt

    IN TESCO recently, I came across a tasteless piece of trailer trash, a woman in her late 30s, wearing a delightful jumper emblazoned with “I’ll relax and f**k off”. Unfortunately, there were no asterisks and the full message was in large, bold letters

  • U turn on wage

    PLAID Cymru have announced that their 2015 general election manifesto will include a commitment to introduce the Living Wage for 250,000 low-paid workers in Wales. I wonder if your regular correspondent, Nationalist Mr Andrew Nutt, will therefore

  • Asset stripping at university

    I HAVE not seen a business plan showing why it is necessary to close the Caerleon campus of the University of South Wales. As a former curator at Newport Museum, I have worked with the university based at Caerleon on various projects over many

  • Council plans disabled services boost

    PLANS to improve services for disabled children, young people, their families and carers in Caerphilly county borough have moved a step closer.Provisions are being carried out using an inter-agency approach across a variety of organisations, departments

  • Last-gasp rallying call to Scottish voters

    LEADING figures from both sides of the independence debate have made a rallying call to voters as the final day of campaigning takes place. Former chancellor Alistair Darling, who is leading the campaign to keep the UK together, said: " We are

  • WWI ARGUS ARCHIVE: Heavy German losses, regiments wiped out

    The last stand Battle on the Aisne Allies significant movement The statement attributed to a high authority, that the war will be over in a certain time, the exact duration was specified, but we refrain from quoting it, finds but little support

  • Call for living wage in Wales

    ALL Welsh workers should receive a living wage, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has said. Such a policy “would make Wales a beacon of economic fairness, and would be an important step in making Wales a high-value, high-quality business location,

  • Faulty Towers, The Dining Experience, Wales Millennium Centre

     The Ffresh bar and restaurant at Wales Millennium Centre was the perfect venue for the latest tour of Faulty Towers, the Dining Experience, the energetic, three-man, inter-active theatre tribute to the timeless 70’s sitcom. Like lambs to the slaughter

  • County hoping to extend Joe Day loan

    NEWPORT County AFC have opened talks with Peterborough United as they aim to keep loan star Joe Day at the club until the end of the year.The goalkeeper has kept two clean sheets in his four appearances for the Exiles – two wins and two draws &ndash

  • Newport man locked up for slashing attack on relative

    A NEWPORT man who slashed a relative’s back with a Stanley knife in a “disgraceful” attack has been locked up for five years. Zafar Ali, 20, of Ruperra Street, was warned by recorder Malcolm Bishop QC at Cardiff Crown Court yesterday that he should

  • Ben Francis Cup to fill clubs' international gaps

    THE Ben Francis Cup is making a return after a three-year absence with a new-look format helping clubs fill gaps in their fixture list during the autumn internationals and Six Nations.The competition will be run by Monmouthshire County RFC and this season

  • 'Help me get son out of hell-hole Asian prison' - mum's plea

    THE mother of a Blackwood man locked up in a notorious Indonesian prison because his “visa ran out” has pleaded for help in trying to get him released. Mathew Davies, from the Cefn Fforest area, has been held in Cipinang Penitentiary Institution

  • Dragons boss: Prop Lloyd Fairbrother can be our Samson Lee

    LLOYD Fairbrother has been tipped to follow in the footsteps of Wales tighthead Samson Lee after making a bright start to life with Newport Gwent Dragons. The 22-year-old prop signed from Exeter this summer and has worn the number 3 jersey in the

  • Thousands sign petition to save Cwmcarn Forest Drive

    A PETITION to prevent the permanent closure of Cwmcarn Forest Drive has seen 1,780 people sign up with a further 4,000 people showing support online. Organised by Coleg Gwent lecturer Robert Southall, the petition to prevent the closure has attracted

  • Radio station set for old school move

    A RADIO station airing shows for disabled people is to move into a disused primary school which shut a decade ago.Able Radio in Pontypool also has an academy which trains the disabled and people from disabled backgrounds to improve their chances of earning

  • Council approves next stage of Cwmbran school merger

    TORFAEN cabinet yesterday gave approval to the council to submit a full business case for its Cwmbran secondary school merger plan.More than 4,000 people signed a petition against the merger of Fairwater High and Llantarnam School in Cwmbran.The new school

  • Uni defends closure as thousands sign Caerleon petition

    AS THE number of signatures on the petition against the Caerleon campus closure reaches 2,500, the university has again defended its decision.Paul Halliday, Welsh Liberal Democrat’s prospective candidate for Newport East, who has been campaigning

  • Youth training gets boost with lottery cash

    AN organisation set up to support young people who find mainstream education challenging revealed its newly refurbished facilities yesterday. PEAK project, part of the Wastesavers group, provides an alternative curriculum for 13- to 16-year-olds across

  • Exiles boss pleased with his side's battling qualities

    NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh praised his players’ resilience and character after they earned a point at relegated Tranmere Rovers last night. Goalkeeper Joe Day made several superb saves to keep the hosts out as County extended their

  • School tweets teacher's First World War log

    A GWENT high school has set up a Twitter account to publish the handwritten notes of former head teachers dating back to the First World War. Risca Community Comprehensive school has been using the twitter name @RCCS_History to publish short messages

  • Waits for hospital treatment getting longer

    THE number of Gwent patients waiting more than 36 weeks for treatment in hospitals in Wales reached 2,750 in July, with the rise in the number of long waits showing no sign of going into reverse.By July 31, 2,340 Gwent patients had waited longer than

  • Caerleon man abseils deepest cave in the Middle East

    AN ARMY paramedic from Caerleon completed an abseil down the deepest cave in the Middle East as part of a trio of challenges for charity. Father-of-three Dean Crighton, 41, has been all over the world as a military paramedic with the Royal Army

  • Newport doctors opens on Saturday morning

    A NEWPORT doctors' surgery is to open on Saturday morning as part of a three-month trial. St Brides Medical Centre in Duffryn is running a fortnightly two-hour Saturday clinic for patients registered with the practice - and only with a pre-booked