THOUSANDS of people are expected to watch this year's Abergavenny Festival of Cycling which launches on Wednesday night in Chepstow. Last year’s festival attracted 35,000 spectators and this year's event promises a week of street racing from a
GIRL guides from all across Gwent met Prime Minister David Cameron during a week of volunteering at the Royal Welsh Show last month. More than 30 girls from Gwent, and seven leaders, were part of the team from Girlguiding Cymru who helped out at
WELSH Conservatives want to scrap Visit Wales and replace it with an arms-length tourism body outside the Welsh Government. Spokeswoman Suzy Davies AM said the Welsh Labour’s decision to shut down the Wales Tourist Board in 2006 was “a huge mistake
LABOUR leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn will be visiting Blaenau Gwent next week to stand on the spot where Aneurin Bevan spoke at his public meetings. The left-winger, who is up against Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall and Yvette Cooper in the leadership
POLICE are appealing for information after an Xbox console was stolen in a night time break-in. The Xbox 360 slimline was stolen along with games and a controller from the Del Boys shop in Commercial Street, Pontypool, on July 13. Anyone with
THE Assembly Member for Torfaen has called branded the situation at a Cwmbran call centre "a mess" and vowed to get answers regarding redundancy claims. A public meeting was called by Lynne Neagle after claims from staff that around 120 employees
SPECIALIST rescue teams saved a person from the mud near a river in Newport earlier today. Fire service crews from Malpas and Maindee rescued the person from mud near the river on Turner Street at 1.20pm.
FIRE service crews were called out to drums containing diesel dumped near a scout hut in Ebbw Vale on Monday afternoon. Crews checked over the drums, which had been fly tipped in Festival Park in Ebbw Vale, and made them safe at around 4.22pm.
A FORMER pub landlord has been acquitted of resisting arrest after his wife called police to their home in June. Keith Wright, of Cae Derw, Gilwern, denied obstructing PC Leighton Yhnell and PS Shaun Conway in the early hours of June 7 when they
CREWS were called out to two deliberate grass fire in Newport on Monday evening. Duffryn crews attended a fire near the BMX track on Maesglas Industrial Estate at 4.42, before they were then called to Broad Mead Park in Newport at 5.21pm.
NEWPORT County boss Terry Butcher has declared his squad fully fit and raring to go ahead of the start of the new campaign.The Exiles have had upwards of ten players on the treatment table this summer, a situation made all the worse due to the fact that
WALES Office Minister Alun Cairns cycled more than 100miles in aid of charity last weekend.The minister joined thousands of cyclists taking part in the Prudential Ride London-Surrey 100 for a brisk start at 6am on Sunday at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
WALES skills coach Neil Jenkins has delivered an upbeat bulletin on star wing George North as the World Cup countdown moves into its Test match warm-up phase.North missed the final 10 weeks of last season after being concussed for a third time in five
NEWPORT County AFC boss Terry Butcher is still confident of signing new players before the season kicks off this weekend, but has ruled out loan deals with Cardiff and Swansea City in the short-term.The Exiles begin their League Two campaign at Cambridge
The Bank of England will announce its latest interest rate decision this week amid speculation that there will be a split vote among officials for the first time this year.Rates are expected to remain at 0.5 per cent for now, where they have stayed for
A HOUSE in Newport has been boarded up for three months after police officers acted on what they called “extreme” anti-social behaviour and criminal activity. Newport Magistrates' Court heard evidence last Thursday relating to a Charter Housing
New and existing business will often need to consider the decision whether buy or rent commercial premises.Before a business makes this decision, there are a number of factors that need to be considered.Dan Smith, director of Newport-based M4 Property
According to some predictions there will be one billion smartphones sold in 2015 – more than double the number of personal computers sold in the same period.These devices are fast becoming the platform of choice for users, not just for calls and texts
A NEWPORT company is hoping to unearth the next generation of software engineers as part of a partnership with Cardiff University. The Alacrity Foundation, which was launched by telecoms tycoon Sir Terry Matthews nearly three years ago, will work
UPDATE: 4.45pm A spokesman from First Great Western said: "These brand new trains will deliver more seats, faster journey times and more frequent journeys for our passengers. Our plans mean more train managers on board our trains, not less.
A former Celtic Manor Resort trainee has joined St Pierre Marriott Hotel & Country Club in Chepstow as senior sous chef to build on the property’s already sterling reputation for outstanding cuisine. Ross Cooper, who was inspired to cook by his late grandmother
This is the time of year many businesses decide which charity they want to support for the coming year.This week Business Argus has been asking the local business community which charities they support and why.Dave Matthews, operations director, Centric
FOLLOWING reports that a Newport haulage company claims to be losing £100,000 a month due to the humanitarian migrant crisis at Calais, South Wales East AM William Graham said: “We view the news broadcasts of people attempting to board lorries bound
RSPCA Cymru is appealing for information after two young cats were dumped in their carrier on the A40 near Crickhowell. The two cats - believed to be around eight to 10 months-old - were found by a member of the public on Thursday [30 July] who
GWENT Police officers will be wearing body cameras on their clothing from this month – the first force in Wales to trial the Cop Cam scheme. Police in the Stow Hill ward in Newport will be given 25 cameras from next Monday, August 10 to September
The Dragons of Newport, an independent networking group of business owners and managers, is hosting its third free business breakfast networking event of 2015 on Wednesday, September 9, at Rodney Parade, Newport.The event starts at 7am in the Business
* The warmongers are at it. The Prime Minister and the Give War a Chance Party want UK troops in the Middle East war. Two things hold them back. The PM was wounded in 2013 when the Commons refused to back his war against Assad. Now many fear our
Wales’ first billionaire, Sir Terry Matthews, is set return to Gwent on the September 8 as the guest speaker of the next M4 Business Network breakfast event. The Welsh-Canadian business magnate will address an audience of South Wales’ leading business
Cwmbran’s Parkway Hotel and Spa has officially opened its 10 news luxury bedrooms and suites, built as part of a £1.5m investment by it’s owners de Savary Hotels.The rooms include eight executive rooms and two suites, which bring the hotel’s number of
Newport-based recruitment and training agency Acorn is sponsoring an employee who will be taking part in the World Cycle Speedway Championships. Nick Evans, an engineering recruitment consultant based at the company’s Newport head office at Celtic Springs
Serial entrepreneur Lyndon Wood, CEO and founder of Caerphilly-based insurance brokers constructaquote.com, has vowed to give £1,000 each month towards helping people in his local community.Caerphilly was the only town to appear twice in the 2014 Welsh
Submarine feats German warships sunk THE Kaiser and Sven have been unavoidably detained outside Warsaw, and the State entry has been postponed. It is understood, however, that as soon as the Russians have gone away, and the military weather
Newport-based SPTS Technologies, a supplier of advanced wafer processing solutions, has won an order, worth approximately $16m, for multiple etch and deposition systems from WIN Semiconductors Corp. “We are proud to have been a supplier to WIN since their
A PERSON who torched a car in Newport set fire to their own hair, witnesses have said. Police are appealing for information after a Kia Sportage was set alight on Ebenezer Terrace in Newport at around 11.30pm last night (Sunday). People who
AN ABERGAVENNY student is preparing to take part in a 20-mile bike ride two years after undergoing life-saving heart surgery.Ewan Ryan, of Fforest Coalpit, has signed up to complete the Abergavenny Festival of Cycling’s leisure ride on Saturday and raise
POLICE are appealing for information to trace a missing teenager with links to Newport. Levi Smith, 15, has been missing from Prestatyn in North Wales. A police spokesman said today Levi had links to Prestatyn, the nearby town of Rhyl and the
Chepstow-based SD, one of the UK’s leading sealants and cosmetic repairs companies, has hired two new senior employees as part of its plans to expand, following a period of significant growth.The company, which operates across the UK, has recently launched
THREE communities in Newport appear to be the first casualties of the city’s bus company losing the council’s schools contract. Newport Transport is axing buses serving Brynglas, Rogerstone and Allt-yr-yn because it says it can no longer afford
A CWMBRAN social enterprise is at the heart of a project revitalising the lives of thousands of disadvantaged people.The CoStar Partnership has turned Greenmeadow’s Threepenny Bit Community Centre into a thriving hub since the charity was established
A Gwent-based manufacturer has dedicated its annual charity golf tournament to the memory of a co-worker and raised more than £2,000 for a cancer support charity. The event, hosted by Newbridge-based Axiom Manufacturing Services at the Celtic Manor Resort
NEWPORT Council will decide this week whether to allow the upstairs of a city centre pub and former home of the Argus to be turned into flats.An application has been submitted to turn the upstairs of pub The Front Page, more recently known as The Page
Peter Samuel’s new business is well and truly on the road after support from the Caerphilly Start-up Fund.Or to be more precise, Suspension Inc is more concerned with the ‘off the road’ world of mountain biking. The sport is flourishing in the Valleys
A “CONTROLLING” boyfriend who forced his teenage partner to slash her own wrist and torso leaving her with a “nasty” 6cm cut has been jailed. Johnny Flynn, 23, put a kitchen knife into the frightened girl’s hand and made her cut the bottom half
Newport-based sports nutrition company JBC has signed Great Britain Olympic athlete Brett Morse as its latest brand ambassador.The 26-year-old from Penarth, who first picked up a discus at the age of 15 at a school sports day, has gone from strength to
Welsh insurance broker BPW Insurance Services has continued its expansion with two new staff appointments. The firm has appointed Malcolm Jeremiah as an account executive and Murray James as a senior account handler.Malcolm is joining the firm to spearhead
DEVELOPERS of a proposed crematorium near Bassaleg School are ‘re-assessing their options’ following a public consultation.Bassaleg residents were outraged last week over proposals to build a crematorium 200 yards from a junior school building. The development
CONTRACTORS carrying out energy efficiency improvements to homes in a Blaenau Gwent village have given the Six Bells community centre an £8,000 makeover.The Welsh Government has installed external wall insulation at more than 300 homes in the village
NEARLY one in four holidaymakers return from their break feeling more stressed than when they set off, research has found. Some 26% of people surveyed for Nationwide Building Society take two to three days to unwind - while 23% come back from their
FORMER Wales captain Mark Taylor believes 'explosive' Newport Gwent Dragons teenager Tyler Morgan can be a World Cup dark horse.Taylor, who won 52 caps and played at the 1999 and 2003 tournaments in midfield, is now team manager for Wales Under-20s.That
A PROPERTY owner who stole around £30,000 of benefits in a “despicable” fraud depriving needy people of government handouts was spared jail. Julie Brown, 55, owned two homes when she fraudulently claimed council tax benefit and Employment and Support
DISABLED children had a “fantastic time” during a rare trip to Bristol Zoo on Saturday.Children’s charities Sparkle and Dreams & Wishes joined forces with Newport Transport to take youngsters to see some of the 400 or so species living at the zoo including
THE Big Pit in Blaenavon will re-open today (Monday) after a strike saw a living history weekend honouring miners scrapped. The National Coal Museum in Blaenavon planned to stage the fun-packed event with re-enactments, music and discussions but
Woman sustains pelvis injury Victim in 'serious but stable' condition Two men flee from scene Crash involved car NOT a bus A4051 in Malpas blocked during rush hour UPDATE: 12.28pm The woman hurt
THE family of Blackwood terror attack victim Trudy Jones has said they were “overwhelmed” at the turnout to the first of their fundraising events which raised over £600. Around 200 people got to their feet and danced together to Girls Just Want
CILLA Black’s niece, who lives in Newport, has paid tribute to the popular entertainer, who died today at the age of 72. Spanish police yesterday announced the TV presenter and singer, whose real name was Priscilla White, died at her home on
REHEARSALS are underway for a play that will commemorate 50 years since the dismantling of the Crumlin Viaduct.The Crumlin Viaduct was a railway viaduct across the Ebbw River and connected the port of Newport to Hereford via Abergavenny.It was used for
IT COULD be the last stop for buses in Rogerstone, Allt-yr-yn and Brynglas, as the non-profitable routes will be cancelled from September. The decision comes after council-owned Newport Transport lost a major contract to provide school bus services
ROUNDING off the nine day Monmouth Festival, people took part in a commemorative walk to remember those we served on the Western Front. The commemorative walk marked the sacrifices made by the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) in The
10:07pm Hitmen get life for shooting dead woman by mistake
