Three-car crash on M4
A THREE-car crash has been moved onto the hard shoulder of the M4 eastbound between Junction 29 for Cardiff and Junction 28 for Tredegar Park. People are slowing to look at the accident.
A THREE-car crash has been moved onto the hard shoulder of the M4 eastbound between Junction 29 for Cardiff and Junction 28 for Tredegar Park. People are slowing to look at the accident.
A PORTSKEWETT man has been re-united with his mother after nearly 58 years apart.Kevin Scott, 57, of King Harold's View, first laid eyes on his biological mother Pat Johnson, 78, on Monday after last seeing her as a six- week- old baby. He has spent
A NEWPORT pupil has been crowned as winner of the first Newport Monopoly championships. Eleven-year-old, Bethan Cozens from Caerleon Comprehensive School won the competition which was held in Newport Market today - which is the site of one of the
THE government should relax laws to allow people to have their drugs of choice, Newport West MP Paul Flynn has claimed. Prohibition has been a curse, he said, adding that it was pretence for governments to believe they could curtail hard drug use
THE Scottish independence referendum last month settled the question of Scottish independence, but the consequences and action that follow can have far-reaching effects.In many parts of the UK there is a strong feeling of dissatisfaction with the unfairness
NEWPORT County midfielder Max Porter admits he fears for his future at the Exiles with competition so fierce for a starting berth.The former Rushden midfielder has recovered from a three month injury lay-off with a groin issue after two injury hit seasons.He
NEWPORT, Caerphilly, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent and Monmouthshire are to get a share of £2 billion of EU funding for Wales over the next seven years. They have been allocated the money because they are considered among the poorest areas of the 28-country
A NEWPORT MP has claimed the Afghanistan war could be the “worst military blunder in our history since the charge of the Light Brigade” and called for a public inquiry. Paul Flynn, labour MP for Newport West, asked in the House of Commons today
I THOUGHT I had seen it all on Bank Street, St Julians, City of Newport, with the ever increased numbers of speeding bikers, speeding motor racers, heavy lorries, vans, coaches, delivery vehicles, etc, .heading for and from a highly populated area,
WHAT brave person would say: “ There would never be an accident on three main roads at similar times”? T this is what those who advocate having a new by-pass for Newport believe. Time they got their heads out of the sand. , or where ever they
FOR too long our natural resources have been run for the benefit of others with few real or lasting benefits trickling down to the people of Wales. The final say on how our natural resources are exploited and developed should be the responsibility
LOCAL authorities have a remit to prevent both physical and mental health problems in the communities they serve, using their public health budgets. Millions of pounds are spent every year to prevent people developing physical health problems like
AT LAST -– with 490 of our soldiers killed, close on 3000 maimed , many thousands more traumatised for life, we have left Afghanistan to its fate. “We have left that country a better place to live in”, trumpeted Cameron, the generals, and the arms
NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh believes there is a lot more to come from Swansea loanee James Loveridge, writes Michael Pearlman. The 20-year old forward has extended his stay at Rodney Parade for another month, the Premier League side have
CAERPHILLY council's cabinet unanimously approved draft saving proposals yesterday (wed) which include a council tax increase to 3.9 per cent for 2015/16.The council faces a 3.4 per cent reduction in its financial settlement next year following the
The choice of 'Rent' as their latest project is an adventurous one by WAWWA and they are to be congratulated as they bring it off with some aplomb. It is a show in which much of the dramatic and musical material can be difficult to come to terms with
NEWPORT’S oldest department store will celebrate its 140th birthday next week with a day of events in store.On Tuesday November 4 Wilding’s are holding a ‘jamboree customer day’ to celebrate the anniversary; featuring champagne
ABERSYCHAN residents took to the challenge of creating the best spooky carved pumpkin as part of a Hallowe'en competition. Garndiffaith Millennium Hall committee organised the event by asking children from local schools and the local community
A NEWPORT swimming teacher said he is "over the moon" to be named named swim teacher of the year by Swim Wales.Martyn Taylor, 45, senior swim teacher for Newport City Council, was given the title at the Swim Wales Aqua awards 2014 held in Swansea
A CAERPHILLY council employee was given a special rugby-related surprise after kicking his smoking habit in to touch.Simon Wedge joined thousands of smokers on the national Stoptober challenge to try and stop smoking for 28 days in October. Mr Wedge successfully
HIGH Cross Primary School in Rogerstone was found to be “excellent” in all five areas measured by an Estyn inspection earlier this year. One of the highest-scoring Welsh schools under the inspectorate's new system, High Cross also has a platinum
AN HISTORIC railway station that was to get a new lease of life at one of the world’s leading museums is still in storage after two years. The former unused station at Raglan was officially handed to the National Museum of Wales in 2012 with the
EBBW Vale food artist Nathan Wyburn has paid tribute to Loose Women star Lynda Bellingham with an Oxo Cube portrait. The 24-year-old artist, famous for his food portraits using the likes of pizza, cat food and marmite, created his tribute to the
PREPARE to be spooked at Greenmeadow Farm this half term as kids take part in spectacular Hallowe’en activities.Greenmeadow Farm in Cwmbran have embraced the Hallowe’en spirit again this year as they host a range of spooky activities for children
UPDATE 12.30pm: One person was taken to Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny following the collision. A Welsh Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “We were called at 8.58pm last night to a road traffic collision on the A466 in Redbrook in Monmouth
FORMER Newport Gwent Dragons flanker Dan Lydiate has confirmed that he is returning to Wales from Racing Metro. The 26-year-old blindside move to the Top 14 from Rodney Parade in the summer of 2013 but has reached an agreement to head home after
IT'S not even November and the Ospreys have already done a shrewd piece of business for next season.The Liberty Stadium side have secured the return of Wales loosehead Paul James, a man who at 32 still has plenty of good years in him and who is certain
ESTYN bosses have acknowledged they plan to conduct a “monitoring visit” at a school set to be merged with another secondary next year.The schools’ inspectorate said it would be at Llantarnam Secondary, which was put in “special
THE OVER-PLAYED motivational speech from Any Given Sunday, the film about American Football, tells us that sport is a game of inches.Al Pacino bellows that the margin for error is small so fight for the inches because they make the difference between
A NURSE gave evidence before a panel following allegations that she allowed staff at an Ebbw Vale care home to take home surplus medicine for personal use and failed to tell her current employer that this was being investigated. A conduct and competence
A WIDOW accused of laundering cash from counterfeit cigarettes to fund a "lavish lifestyle" denied knowing her husband's money may have come from illegal means. Mum-of-two Sara Skinner, 44, was giving evidence before a jury at her trial at Newport
REPAIRS to a Grade II* Victorian church in Torfaen have been completed with the help of a grant of over £60,000 - making it a "sight to behold".The roof of Crane Street Church in Pontypool has been repaired following a grant of £
HEAD coach Kingsley Jones has urged Newport Gwent Dragons' young guns to play without fear when the injury-hit region takes on Ulster in Belfast on Saturday. The Dragons are down to the bare bones for the Guinness Pro12 encounter at Ravenhill (
THE fate of Caldicot Castle will not be decided for another six months and pending the outcome of the £30,000 heritage report. In March the council posed the idea of running the castle and country park as a charitable trust but have yet to come
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are bringing fly-half Steffan Jones back from his season-long loan at Bedford, writes Chris Kirwan.The Dragons have invoked the two-week recall clause for the 23-year-old from Bargeod and he is poised to rejoin the squad during their
WALES coach Neil Jenkins expects Australia to show their danger with ball in hand when they get their tour of the north under way this weekend, writes Chris Kirwan.The Wallabies take on the Barbarians at Twickenham on Saturday as the warm-up for their
ALEX Cuthbert is a player that thrives on the Test scene and is confident of being back to his best when Wales open their autumn series against Australia next Saturday.The winger has a stunning record of 12 tries in 26 appearances for his country while
A ROAD was named in memory of two fallen Blaina firefighters today. The road, between the Rising Sun Industrial Estate and Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Helyg School in Blaenau Gwent, was named Griffin Lane in tribute to Stephen Griffin, 42, and Kevin Lane
NEWPORT County AFC will head to Hartlepool United on Friday fretting about an injury and illness crisis, the Argus can reveal.The Exiles are travelling to the north east for an overnight stay ahead of Saturday’s visit to Victoria Park, but they
Andy Howells chats to singer/songwriter and former Byrds front man Roger McGuinn ahead of his solo Cardiff show next week.Legendary former Byrds front man and founding member, Roger McGuinn visits Cardiff as part of his current UK tour next week. 2015
Ahead of The Lion King opening at Wales Millennium Centre next week Andy Howells chats to head of puppets, Will PearceFrom Thursday 6 November 2014 to 11 January 2015, The Lion King will play at Wales Millennium Centre. This Cardiff season will mark the