WHO needs a new striker? Aaron O’Connor and substitute Shaun Jeffers both found the net as Newport County AFC sealed a vital three points at Accrington Stanley. The Exiles piled the pressure on their rivals in the battle for a League Two play-off
A CWMBRAN church is to give away 1,100 chocolate eggs to children this Easter.Members of theVictory Church UK, on Greenforge Way, Springvale, will be taking to the streets of Greenmeadow and Old Cwmbran to provide local children with Easter eggs on Good
BLAENAU Gwent has the highest death rate in Wales according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics.The figures revealed there were 1,272 deaths per 100,000 population in Blaenau Gwent in 2013 while Monmouthshire had the lowest death
MONMOUTH MP David Davies has pledged to support the 850,000 people living with dementia inacross the UK. Mr Davies joined more thanover 200 MPs and representatives from the Alzheimer’s Society in Wesminsterthe Houses of Parliament last week to
WALES manager Chris Coleman says his players can cope with the hostile Haifa atmosphere and any Israeli play-acting tomorrow.There will be a 30,000-plus capacity crowd at the Sammy Ofer Stadium for the Euro 2016 qualifier which pits Group B's front-runners
One of South Wales’ leading law firms has expanded its well-established personal injury department with the appointment of two new members of staff. Newport-based solicitors HardingEvans has appointed Victoria Smithyman as a supervising solicitor, and
Siphon, an award-winning, Cwmbran-based provider of advanced voice and unified communications technology, has secured a substantial equity investment from Finance Wales. Since it was established in 2009, Siphon has achieved impressive growth, doubling
POLICE are appealing for information after a woman was punched in the face and had her bag stolen in Newport. The robbery took place at Brynhyfryd Road at around 9.40pm on Monday March 9. The victim, a 38-year-old woman from Newport, caught
A BABY who was allegedly murdered was suffering from seizures and paralysis and could not breath on her own when her parents had to make the heartbreaking decision to turn off her life support, a court heard. Amelia Rose Jones died aged 41 days
A NEW website to help drug-misusing offenders beat their addictions also has a key role to play in preventing people getting involved in drugs in the first place, organisers say, says the regional manager of the programme it will support. The profile
AS word trickled through of Jeremy Clarkson’s sacking, BBC News channel donned the blinkers and lost its marbles. Wave upon wave of reaction, recrimination and unfounded speculation over the future of Top Gear and the man himself from “media experts
THE REJECTION of the judicial review into the proposed M4 relief road means this project has overcome surmounted a significant hurdle. Friends of the Earth started the legal challenge over the Welsh Government’s decision-making process which saw
READING manager Steve Clarke has hailed Chris Gunter’s consistency after extending the contract of the Wales defender.The 25-year-old from Newport’s deal was due to expire at the end of the season but the Royals have taken up their option of an additional
CHILDREN took to the stage to compete in a range of Welsh music, singing and dancing competitions at Pontypool’s Inter-schools Eisteddfod. This week saw two days of competitions, with the infants taking to the stage on Wednesday and the junior
A NEWPORT man was found not guilty of robbing a city off-licence yesterday. Lewys Bowen-Jones, aged 34, of Cardiff Road, had been accused of attacking a shop keeper at the American Wines store on Commercial Street on November 6 2013, armed with
WALES have it all to do on day two of the Hong Kong Sevens after being edged out by England in their tournament opener. Newport Gwent Dragons winger Luke Morgan scored two fantastic tries and full Wales international Rhodri Williams also crossed
AUTOGRAPHED pictures of the great 1970s Welsh rugby sides were among the items stolen from a house in Newport. Also taken from the house on Somerset Road, was a camera and a Gurkha knife. Police believe the injcident happened between Monday 2 March
WALES star Taulupe Faletau is on bench duty for Newport Gwent Dragons as they prepare for their European showdown with a Guinness Pro12 encounter at Treviso. The number eight, who played every minute of the Six Nations, is named among the replacements
I HAVE to say a big thank you to Caitlin Tinsley for the beautiful photograph of the cat on the banks of the River Usk in Newport which was in the South Wales Argus, March 24. It made my day. K Booth, Newport
INTERESTING to read Michael Pearlman’s sport column on Page 29 of Tuesday’s Argus quoting an unnamed opposition player saying that Newport didn’t seem to be the most interesting city to visit or play in, and maintaining that no other clubs this season
ON BEHALF of the residents of the Bishpool/Treberth estates I am complaining about the quality of service provided by Newport Transport regarding the 73 bus. We had a perfectly good service from the 62 bus and the Market Square terminal was convenient
THE FRIENDS of the Earth and the Welsh Wildlife Trusts organisations fall short of the need to take a broad-brush approach to the importance and siting of the new M4 link in Newport. (Argus reports) The choice of the Black route by the Welsh Government
IT is clear that we have a seriously dangerously deluded PM and Chancellor who believe that zero inflation is good and that it is somehow due to their economic plan. When everyone knows it’s the result of low global oil prices. No wonder Osborne has
PLAID Cymru held a debate in the Senedd (March 25) on the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system at a cost of £100bn over 40 years. Imagine what alternative areas of spending that enormous amount could go on – the NHS, schools, public transport
A GWENT police sergeant has been sacked for “inappropriate sexual behaviour towards female detainees and colleagues” which took place over a period of 18 years. Richard Evans, 48, was acquitted in August at Cardiff Crown Court on three counts of
UPDATE: 2.20pm RESIDENTS have spoken of their shock after a car crashed into parked vehicles before ploughing into a wall outside a house this morning. Azhal Alam, 50, was fast asleep when the car smashed into the low garden wall of his house
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TREDEGAR residents will be soon be able to enjoy fruit from trees in their own orchard after work started to transform wasteland into a community garden. The idea is that they will be able to pick the fruit to cook with or eat. The scheme,
AN UNLICENSED driver who caused his stepsister's death while in a road race has been jailed for seven years. Aaron Bridgeman, formerly of Abertillery, was sentenced at Newport Crown Court yesterday after being found guilty of causing death by dangerous
THE RSPCA has launched an urgent appeal for homes for the horses, ponies and donkeys in its care. The RSPCA is at capacity with the numbers of horses in its care and desperately needs to find homes for them to free up space to take in more neglected
On this day - March 27th FROM THE ARGUS ARCHIVE: On this day a year ago the Argus reported on how a two-foot iguana was found in a Newport garden. Five years ago today we reported how Newport County boss Dean Holdsworth insisted "nothing
THE investigation into the doomed Germanwings flight will focus on the co-pilot who deliberately crashed the plane amid reports he had been suffering with depression. Andreas Lubitz, 28, had deliberately put the plane into a descent after the captain
AFTER two weekends off the boys are back in action in Italy tomorrow evening – and it’s a massive game as preparations intensify for the European showdown with Cardiff Blues. The Guinness Pro12 clash against Treviso is important in terms of our
WALES is the only country in the UK where prices have fallen year on year in the first quarter of 2015, according to a Nationwide Building Society survey. At £139,171 on average, prices in Wales are down by 0.5 per cent year on year. Meanwhile
A VAN was severely damaged by a deliberate fire in Abercarn last night. A crew from Abercarn attended the incident on Abercarn Mountain Road at 7.15pm.
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons boss Lyn Jones has hammered home to his charges that breaking their Treviso duck is vital in the build-up to their European showdown with Cardiff Blues.The Dragons travel to the Stadio Monigo in the Guinness Pro12 tomorrow evening
UPDATE: 9.18am The M4 at the Second Severn Crossing has been shut in one direction because of a broken down crane. The eastbound carriageway closure has caused disruption between J22 and J23. Gwent Police said the crane had had a blow-out
TWO cars crashed on the M4 in Newport last night. Fire crews from Maindee and Malpas attended on the eastbound stretch of the motorway at the Coldra at 6.48pm.
COUNCIL Tax in Wales remains significantly lower than in England according to new figures. The Welsh Government release shows that average Band D council tax for Wales in 2015-16 will be £1,328, much lower than the average of £1,484 in England.
THE A4042 was closed in both directions due to a crash earlier this morning. The incident happened between Goytre and Llanover bridge. It re-opened at around 3am.
DAVID Cameron went into the first full day of campaigning for the May 7 general election buoyed by an instant poll suggesting he edged victory over Ed Miliband by a margin of 54 to 46 per cent in the live TV clash. But the Labour leader's supporters
TORFAEN Tigers are aiming to cut out the costly errors when they host Welsh rivals The Raiders at Cwmbran on Sunday in week two of the RFL Conference South (kick-off 2.30pm).The pair are newcomers to the league and had mixed fortunes on opening weekend
NURSES could be recruited from overseas to work in Gwent’s hospitals as part of a drive to bring down the soaring cost of hiring agency staff. The cost to Aneurin Bevan University Health Board of agency nurses will be around £6million in 2014/15
