TOULON star Leigh Halfpenny is aiming to turn the passionate Stade de France crowd against their own team on Saturday night.Halfpenny, who left Cardiff Blues for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur last year, says Wales must use the power of the fans inside
NEWPORT County AFC striker Rene Howe has lifted the lid on the off-the-field problems that have put his struggles on the pitch into perspective.The 28-year-old has yet to score this season in a campaign that has been blighted by injury and has seen him
HOLLYWOOD star Michael Sheen is to attend a march celebrating the NHS in Blaenau Gwent on St David’s Day, its organisers say. The march, which will take place in Tredegar this Sunday, has been organised by 999NHSTredegar and members of the People
A BARBER shop to the stars is celebrating after seeing a host of celebrities through their doors less than a year after they opened. Brothers Jac and Daniel Ludlow liken their Griffithstown shop Bo Jangles British Barber Club to a “social club”
ASPIRING actors have the opportunity to audition for Newport Playgoers Society on Saturday, March 7.Anyone who fancies treading the boards in a range of productions from farce to classic drama is invited to come to the open auditions which take place
A CONVICTED paedophile has been sent back to prison for possessing more than 4,000 indecent photographs of children after Gwent Police failed to recover his whole collection from his home two years ago. David Ford, aged 61, made copies of the images
A BUDGET with savings of more than £12 million has been set by Caerphilly council for the next financial year. Members also agreed a council tax increase of 3.9 per cent at a special meeting tonight. That will mean an extra weekly payment of
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons' midfield injury curse has struck again with centre Pat Leach suffering a relapse of his knee injury, writes Chris Kirwan.The 29-year-old made his first appearance of the season against London Welsh a fortnight ago and was a try
Reginald Rex Evans, of Caerleon, 82, talks about his 40 years in the MOD, 32 years as a Special Constable in Newport, near death experiences and reign as Newport District table tennis champion.“I WAS born in Pontnewydd on February 24, 1933, so I was 82
CHEPSTOW'S The Dell Primary School chess team is through to the semi-finals of a national chess competition.The local round of the National Primary School Chess Championship took place at the school on Welsh Street and two teams from the school will be
MEET the new champion for victims of crime in Gwent.Helen Whewell, from Abersychan, will work with Gwent’s police and crime commissioner to make sure victims have information and guidance in stressful situations such as giving evidence in court.She will
AN independent report described as a "compelling, exciting and ambitious vision for a new curriculum in Wales" will be published today by the Welsh Government. The report was commissioned by education minister Huw Lewis last March when he appointed
WELSH councillors will not receive an increase in their basic pay for the coming year, an independent review body has confirmed.The Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales, which sets the range and levels of allowances councils can pay their members,
A POPULAR farm which made headlines when its donkey Cheeky was repeatedly stabbed faces accusations it is receiving unfair council subsidies after landing a £336,000 grant this year.Greenmeadow Community Farm in Cwmbran is at the centre of a council funding
CITY food waste is to be turned into electricity and fertiliser at a new Biogen renewable energy plant in Aberdare.Wastesavers, the firm that handles Newport’s waste, is calling on more residents to separate their food scraps from their rubbish to create
NEWPORT is to losing 100 BT jobs to Cardiff as part of a restructuring of its South Wales operations. All 80 permanent staff currently based at the BT call centre in Newport have been offered new posts which will be based at Stadium House, Cardiff
Germany’s last move Great offensive in the west Reply to blockade Closing of North channel More neutral losses Despite the success, territorially considered, of the last German offensive against the Russian armies the heel-tap has
JIMMY Dack says it was an easy decision to accept the role of County manager until the end of the campaign, but admits his long term future is less certain.The popular assistant to now Gillingham manager Justin Edinburgh has been confirmed as the Exiles
WHETHER Jimmy Dack will be Newport County AFC’s manager next season remains to be seen.The former assistant to ex-boss Justin Edinburgh has been honest enough to say he does not like the spotlight that comes with being a manager.Nevertheless, he has now
THE Wales under-20s starting line-up to face France includes five changes from the side that narrowly lost 36-34 to Scotland a fortnight ago. Captain Rory Thornton returns to the set-up after featuring for the Ospreys against Edinburgh and Glasgow
OSPREYS hooker Scott Baldwin admits he was shocked to be recalled for Wales’ trip to France on Saturday but he’s relishing the chance to shine, writes Andrew Penman.Baldwin comes into the side as one of four changes after the 26-23 win over Scotland in
RATES of conception for under-18s in England and Wales are at their lowest since records began in 1969, new official figures show. Pregnancy rates for women aged between 15 and 17 were 24.5 conceptions per thousand, according to a report from the
FORMER Newport Gwent Dragons back-row Netani Talei has signed for Harlequins for the remainder of the season following his release from Rodney Parade in October. Harlequins announced the signing of the 31-year-old this morning. The club statement
THE Welsh Liberal Democrats are calling for mental health to be given “‘parity of emphasis”’ with physical health. In their Welsh Assembly debate today (WEDS), the party will outline steps they say could improve the quality of mental health services in
FORMER Wales striker Nathan Blake says he is not ruling out a more ‘hands-on’ role at Newport County AFC in the future after being installed as a non-executive director. The 43-year-old said he was ‘delighted’ to be involved with the club in the
CENTRE Mathieu Bastareaud has been dropped to the bench for France's Six Nations game against Wales in Paris on Saturday. Coach Philippe Saint Andre has made five changes to the team that lost in Dublin last time out, three of them enforced.
UPDATE: 6.15pm Adriana has been found safe and well, police say. They thanked the public for their help. PREVIOUS: Police searching for a missing Newport teenager say there have been sightings of her across the city. Adriana Gabarova
THE cost of housing in Blaenau Gwent in the lowest in the whole of the UK and is just one third of the England and Wales average, figures released today show.Figures from UK house price index LSL Acad show the average house price in Blaenau Gwent is just
FOLLOW the course for this year's City of Newport Half Marathon. The video shows approximate mile markers, water stations and is shot by John Burns.
NEWPORT County have appointed another new director. Dr Kartik Hariharan has joined the Exiles as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Mr Kartik 'Hari' Hariharan is an internationally known orthopaedic, foot and ankle surgeon who
THE man found dead yesterday is believed to be the renowned artist Roger Cecil. Described as a "reclusive painter, draughtsman and teacher" he was born in Abertillery, in 1942 and has lived and worked in Wales for the past four decades, much of
BLAENAU Gwent County Borough Council has sold four of its properties including a former animal pound which proved a very popular target.The council put up for auction five buildings which they called “surplus” and included former offices and industrial
UPDATE: 12.47pm A spokesman for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board confirmed that although Mr Cecil disappeared from the Royal Gwent Hospital on Saturday, he "was not a patient at the hospital, at the time.” He added: “The Health Board and
Traffic update 8.45am: There is now stop-start traffic on A48 outbound at the A4072 Forge Road junction. Traffic update 8.33am: There is still heavy traffic on A48 outbound at the A4072 Forge Road junction. Traffic update 8.05am:
LOOSEHEAD Boris Stankovich says Newport Gwent Dragons’ improvement will be derailed if they don’t sort out their indiscipline.After a tricky start to the season the Rodney Parade region have made great strides in recent weeks, winning 8 of 12 games in
UPDATE: 11.15am A MAN died following the three-car crash last night. The man, 79, from Ebbw Vale, was driving a Peugeot 107 and was pronounced dead at the scene. The drivers of the two other vehicles, a Ford Mondeo and a Volkswagen Caddy
A CHEPSTOW cancer survivor is backing a charity walk in the town next month. Lorraine Owen was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in September 2013 and is urging people to get involved with the Chepstow March in March for Cancer Research UK. She said: “The
MEMBERS of the public will have the chance to have their say on the proposal to build a new Welsh-medium secondary school in Newport at consultation meetings in March. The proposed new school will be located on the Duffryn High School site and
A GWENT blues group is to play the world-renowned 100 Club in London in May.The Luke Doherty Band, which has been together for six years, will perform at the famous venue on May 26.Opened at Oxford Street in 1942, the 350-capacity club has played host
On this day - February 25th FROM THE ARGUS ARCHIVE: On this day a year ago the Argus reported how a maintenance man on Newport Transporter Bridge was laid to rest after final journey across bridge he called "his second home". Five
A FILM-MAKER is making a documentary about the day Manchester United played Cwmbran Town in 1994. Graham Neale, 31, of System Street Films in Cardiff, is putting together a short documentary on the match, which is to be released at the end of 2015
WALES rugby international Mike Phillips has become an official ambassador for Breast Cancer Care Cymru.As part of his role, Mr Phillips is encouraging cyclists to sign up to Velothon Wales 2015 to raise vital funds for the charity.Velothon Wales is a
7:47pm Michael Sheen follows his Valleys Rebellion programme with NHS march, organisers say HOLLYWOOD star Michael Sheen is to attend a march celebrating the NHS in Blaenau Gwent on St David’s Day, its organisers say
INFORMATION on how Wales' beleaguered ambulance service is performing in terms of reaching patients whose conditions merit an eight-minute response will be published from next month. Response time figures for patients who are classified as having
THE first advanced sleep laboratory in Wales - with the expertise to tackle a range of sleep disorders - has been set up in a Gwent hospital.In the lab on the fourth floor at Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny, patients are fitted with a range of sensors
MOTHER-of-two Sarah Szmaglik is looking forward to celebrating the birth of a third child in around two weeks' time - but it will not be hers. For the 29-year-old, from Chepstow, has taken on the role of a host surrogate mum for a couple from the
