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28th September 2014    30th September 2014

  • Council to hand over leisure services to trust

    BLAENAU Gwent councillors will discuss transferring ownership of some public open spaces over to the Life Leisure Trust at a meeting tomorrow. A report will be presented to a full council meeting today which explains that as part of the agreed

  • Church hosts history event

    A GWENT parish church opened its doors and archives on Saturday for some tea, cake and an opportunity for people to track down their family heritage.Members of the Pontypool branch of the Gwent Family History Society joined church volunteers at an open

  • Climber rescued after 49ft fall from Chepstow cliff

    A CLIMBER was rescued after falling 49ft down a cliff at a beauty spot near Chepstow.Abergavenny’s Longtown Mountain Rescue Team were called on Sunday at around 2pm to Wyndcliff Wood between Chepstow and Tintern after a 56-year-old man fell while

  • Mum to run half-marathon for dementia fund

    A GRIEVING daughter is raising cash to buy a specialist chair for a dementia unit which looked after her dad in the last stages of his life.Nicola Lawrence, 46, will run the Cardiff half marathon next month in memory of her Cwmbran father Tony who passed

  • Appeal after men on quad bike steal fruit machine cash

    GWENT Police are appealing for information after two men stole money from a pub fruit machine and then made off on a quad bike. The theft happened at the Racehorse Inn in Abergavenny at around 2.05pm on Monday 15th September. Two men stole

  • YOUR MP WRITES: Blaenau Gwent MP Nick Smith

    I WRITE this as I return from another successful Labour conference that I believe set out a real road map for what could be achieved come 2015 and beyond.What is clear at the moment is that in Gwent and across the country, too many people are treading

  • Newport sign language interpreter up for award

    A BRITISH Sign Language (BSL) interpreter from Rhiwderin, Newport, has been shortlisted for a national award.Olivia Retter, 61, is one of four nominees in the Communication Professional of the Year category at the 2014 Signature Annual Awards, held at

  • Row means Risca fitness club to move

    RISCA Circuit Club is set to move from its home of 35 years after a dispute over its contract with the town’s leisure centre. The club’s long-running exercise class, held on Mondays and Thursdays, took place at Risca Leisure Centre but is moving

  • Two-car crash blocks road in Risca

    UPDATE: 5.05pm Gwent Police confirmed the collision involved a Ford Fiesta and a Smart Car and neither driver suffered serious injuries, though one driver was taken to Royal Gwent hospital as a precaution. The road was closed for recovery of both

  • Donaldson savours 'incredible' week

    Wales' Jamie Donaldson reflected on his "remarkable journey" after securing the winning point on his Ryder Cup debut at Gleneagles.The 38-year-old, who only secured his place on the team with victory in the penultimate qualifying event,

  • Cleverly and Bellew date confirmed as war of words continues

    THE GRUDGE rematch between Tony Bellew and Cefn Fforest fighter Nathan Cleverly has been confirmed for November 22 at the Liverpool Echo Arena.As reported for several months in Argus Sport, the duo, who faced off at the same venue when Cleverly was WBO

  • Villagers to meet over McDonald’s bid concern

    A PUBLIC meeting will be held for residents in Llanfoist to voice their concern over a proposed McDonald’s in the village. Llanfoist Fawr Community Council called the meeting after the fast-food giant lodged an application with Monmouthshire Council

  • Newport County football scout up for award

    A FOOTBALL scout with Newport County is hoping to net an award for his health and safety work.Julian Edwards, of Abergavenny, has been shortlisted for a Wales Care Award for his work making sure health and safety standards are maintained in the care sector.The

  • Former County man Evans could be in line for Wales call

    FORMER Newport County midfielder Lee Evans could be in line to make his senior international bow next month after Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey was ruled out of Wales’ Euro 2016 double-header.The midfielder hobbled out of Saturday’s 1-1 draw

  • Gwent hospitals face staffing crisis

    THE cost of staffing ever-busier hospitals in Gwent – and the rest of Wales – has emerged as a key factor in health boards’ struggles to stay within budget. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board had an estimated deficit of around £14 million at

  • Wild flowers

    I would like to say a big thank you to the local authorities in Newport, Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent for the beautiful displays of wild flowers on the verges and roundabouts in our area of Wales. We are just into autumn and the flowers are still going

  • Station closures

    Many of the country’s train stations shut down by John Beeching were little jewels in their own right. In my opinion, the man was an animal and didn’t do ICI any good either. ICI had a number of such managers during the time I worked for them. It’s

  • Not just Cardiff

    The UK Government, as always, put all the eggs in one basket and kept it in London. Well, the Scottish referendum has altered all that. The rest of the UK wants a better deal on how the UK is run. When our own package comes to Wales, we don’t want

  • Nationalism

    I should wish to remind Andrew Nutt about his party’s neutral stance during the Second World War and its hope for independence. Saunders Lewis, the founder and leader of Plaid Cymru, hoped that a substantial number of Welshmen would refuse conscription

  • No sign of cash

    I would like to point out that Scotland is one of the richest countries in the world. Why should they not want the oil revenue for themselves? As for Scotland coming cap in hand, I feel it would be the other way around. The members of parliament

  • HGVs causing traffic chaos

    Living on the western edge of Caerleon and working to the west of Newport, the only viable route for me and many others to get to work involves negotiating the Pillmawr Road lane section. Normally this is not a major problem as the only expletive-invoking

  • ARGUS COMMENT: A victory for underdogs

    WHAT A relief for the residents of a Cwmbran tower block who have learned that they have won their long fight against a massive bill for work carried out on their homes. It was in 2012 that they were first asked by Bron Afon Community Housing to

  • Police CCTV appeal after chemist shoplifting

    GWENT Police have appealed for information after some shoplifting at Lloyds Pharmacy, Market Street, Ebbw Vale. A number of items were stolen at about 1.55pm on Friday 26th September. Officers are trying to identify the two people in the attached

  • Welsh Sinfonia - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

    As part of their Crescendo Tour, in which they took orchestral music to many of the schools of Wales and sought to set up several school orchestras, Wales’ premier chamber orchestra came to Cardiff. Their programme was a mix of new and old.They

  • Could you give home to kitten survivor?

    THE RSPCA in Newport is appealing for a loving owner to house a kitten who is definitely a fighter. Seren, who is only six weeks old, needs a home after her brothers and sisters all died of Feline Panleukopenia Virus (parvo). The kitten was one of five

  • UPDATE: Murder case probe finds Gwent Police 'must improve'

    UPDATE: 12.15pm A spokesman for Gwent Police said the force 'welcomed' the findings of the IPCC report adding that 'all recommendations from the report have already been implemented'. He said in response to the recommendations the force has

  • Pictures of industry on show in Newport

    AN EXHIBITION of work by the artist Falcon Hildred commemorating the disappearing industrial parts of British towns is on display at Newport Museum and Art Gallery.The exhibition developed by The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments

  • Success for first year Chepstow Stampede

    ORGANISERS of the very first ever Chepstow Stampede charity run at the weekend have said it was such a success that they will consider doing it again.On Saturday, around 250 people took part in the 5km and 10km races at Piercefield Park in support of