NEWPORT had the highest rate of children in custody of any local authority in Wales, an “unacceptable” social services inspection found last year. The council’s head of social services says his team has worked hard to turn this around and is expecting
TORFAEN council has been awarded a Green Flag for Cwmbran Boating Lake, Garn Lakes Local Nature Reserve and Pontypool Park for another year. The prestigious Green Flag Award recognises and rewards the best managed parks and open spaces across the
MONMOUTHSHIRE councillors have approved to fund £350,000 into a controversial plan for a solar farm near Caldicot. The debate on whether the council should build a 22,660 solar panel farm on land at Oak Grove Farm in Crick became heated at a full
FROM managing sporting events to going out on the beat with regular officers, the Special Police Constabulary is a unique brand of workers.Volunteers who juggle the demands of day-to-day jobs away from policing, before committing to help full-time officers
THE chef is a qualified nutritionist and they have eliminated a large amount of cooking fats and oils from their kitchen, making dishes healthier by more than a third.It sounds like the set up of a clean-eating restaurant where you might find trendy health
EQUIPPED with high-vis tabards, litter pick sticks and gloves, groups and individuals are regularly collecting bags of litter and reaping the health and social benefits of the activity.Among those hoping to encourage as many people as possible to get
DESPITE some high street stores already beginning to preview their autumn and winter clothing trends, some of us are not quite prepared to ditch our summer wardrobes just yet.And with August still to come – a month which could be a scorcher, the forecast
ESTABLISHED in 1958, Llangorse Multi Activity Centre in the Brecon Beacons provides a wide variety of activities and challenges that will keep excitable youngsters occupied during the summer holidays. With both indoor and outdoor activities aplenty, Llangorse
YOBS have vandalised Caerleon’s ancient Roman amphitheatre, starting fires, chipping bricks off the walls and leaving burnt pieces of tyre and carpet at the historic site. Police have recorded several incidents of criminal damage since April this
TORFAEN Tigers need to avoid a banana skin at Conference League South bottom club Oxford Cavaliers this afternoon to keep their play-off hopes alive.The Tigers enjoyed a 56-28 success against Leicester Storm in Cwmbran last weekend and sit fifth, a point
IT has been a summer of upheaval at Newport County AFC. Chairman Les Scadding has departed the club, standing down from his role and ending any financial support provided in the past. The club are in the midst of a potential fan takeover, pioneered
STAFF at a call centre in Cwmbran claim around 120 employees have been made redundant after the company went into liquidation. Former employees of Griffin Place Communications, based at Llantarnam Industrial Park, have contacted the Argus to say
