OXFORD 1 COUNTY 1 NEWPORT County AFC produced perhaps their best performance of the season to claim a draw in a thoroughly entertaining contest at Oxford United’s Kassam Stadium. The Exiles led through Lenell John-Lewis’ fifth goal of the season
A PLAN which would ensure the biggest Welsh cultural festival of 2016 takes place in Abergavenny is likely to be approved next Tuesday. Monmouthshire council hopes to host the National Eisteddfod on Castle Meadows between July 29 and August 6
A FACTORY that will safeguard 140 jobs has started construction today in Oakdale. The 18,000 square metre development will be built on a 25 acre site in Oakdale Business Park with support from the Welsh Government. The investment comes from
NEWPORT council turned down the chance to implement a contentious measure which could have seen homeless people fined for living in the city centre. Campaigners and some within the controlling Labour Party’s group on the authority had doubts over
A STUDENT from Newport has become the only person in the UK with a visual impairment to receive The Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. Kieran Parnell, a student at The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) in Hereford, picked up one of only two
A BLACKWOOD pensioner who dishonestly claimed more than £12,500 in benefits has avoided a prison sentence. Calvin Hunt, aged 65, of Albany Road in Blackwood, pleaded guilty to dishonesty making a false statement in order to obtain benefit on October
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will leave fitness calls on back row pair Taulupe Faletau and Ed Jackson to the last minute in the hope they will be fit to lead their shot at redemption in Edinburgh on Friday.The pair missed last Saturday's European Rugby Challenge
FOLLOW reporter Nathan Briant for live coverage of the key Newport council meeting where councillors will decide whether to ban rough sleepers, begging and charity collections. Tweets by @ArgusNBriant
A DISTRAUGHT family have had to leave their business behind after it was destroyed by fire and then ransacked by thieves. Punjabi Kitchen owners of ten years, Rakesh Jindal, 51 and Paramjeet Jindal, 43, were left devastated last month after an
Ten million men Kitchener’s convincing argument Russia’s army for the Balkans The ‘No blockade’ announcement THERE is very little that can be profitably added to the footnote appended in the Argus yesterday afternoon, to the Foreign
TOMORROW we will learn just how far Chancellor George Osborne is to go in his bid to cut Britain’s deficit via cutting public spending. Some unfavourable economic figures released recently mean that in order to hit the targets he set himself Mr
A TUMBLE dryer fire at a house in Newport was dealt with by crews from Duffryn and Malpas yesterday evening. The incident occurred at 6.45pm on Arlington Grange Close in the Mon Bank estate, Cardiff Road.
FIRE crews attended the scene of a crash involving a vehicle and a property on Elan Way, Caldicot yesterday afternoon. Paramedics treated the house occupants and a structural engineer was called to survey the building at around 3.55pm.
100 years ago A BLAZE broke out at the Wesleyan Church, Blackwood, on Tuesday night and before long the interior of the building was burned out. Under the auspices of the Newport and District Women’s Suffrage Society, lectures of considerable
A MAN reportedly tried to snatch a bag from a woman's shoulder yesterday morning. The 23-year-old woman was walking in Blackwood along Fair View near to the junction with Edward Street, when the man approached her at around 6.30am. He failed, and
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons Ladies are confident a first win of the season is around the corner after an encouraging start to the WRU Women's Regional Championship, writes Chris Kirwan.The Dragons were edged out 14-7 by the Ospreys at Ystrad Mynach on Sunday
THE CIRCUIT OF WALES was the subject of my Plenary debate “Wales takes the chequered flag”. I am pleased that the final hurdles to this project are being cleared.The regeneration of valley communities has been slow, there have been decades of industrial
LAST week we featured a picture of Havelock Street Presbyterian Church in Newport This is Havelock Street Presbyterian Church in the Baneswell area of Newport. What of the great questions of the second half of the twentieth century was “Where
UPDATE: 12.08pm LONG-awaited plans which could see the number of councils in Wales slashed have finally been revealed. The Draft Local Government (Wales) Bill has been published today, setting out the Welsh Government’s plans to merge the 22
TWO men were injured with one sustaining serious burns to his hand and chest after fireworks were thrown into their car in Newport. The fireworks were thrown from another car, possibly a white BMW Series 1, when it pulled up alongside them at traffic
AS THE world begins to consider what can be done to avoid a repeat of the devastating terrorist attacks in Paris earlier this month, one Monmouthshire firm is leading the way in stamping out terrorism before it starts. VICTVS Ltd, based at Wyastone Business
READ about the brain-damaged 22-year-old who faces a long road to recovery after a single punch to the head in an unprovoked attack left him with life-threatening injuries. Main stories Monmouth firm’s role in prevention Stores get ready
A YEAR ago in November 2014 a Caerleon Road Newport City bus-shelter window (Stop no.AWB 30625) was vandalised and the remains removed by the council. The council has not replaced the window yet, allegedly unable to find any funding for this “big”
I’M ANXIOUS to contact the family of my cousins of whom nine haven’t had contact for something like 50-60 years. David and Matt Williams are the children of my father’s brother James Williams who moved from Ynysybwl to a Caerwent smallholding presumably
A TRANSPORTER Bridge calendar? What a spiffing idea and with twelve images to choose from we are truly spoiled for choice. We could have ‘Transporter by Moonlight’, ‘Transporter by Floodlight’ or ‘Transporter by no light at all due to council cuts’
CLLR Bob Poole takes “a dim view” of litter bugs and “it costs a lot of money to clean up” South Wales Argus 20 Nov I’m sure we all agree. As a workforce much in the public eye maybe he could advise us. What is the council’s instructions to wardens
WE ARE all aware of the disasters being caused in the Middle East by terrorists like IS. A few politicos have mentioned it but surely the most sensible thing to start their downfall is to stop funding them and supplying them arms. The situation
A MAN lost sight in one eye after a nail he was hammering into a packing crate rebounded. The Monmouth firm he was working for have been fined almost £15,000 after the accident which happened in February. An investigation by Monmouthshire council
SCRAPPING the contentious Wales Bill would be “a massive missed opportunity”, the Welsh Secretary has said. Stephen Crabb was quizzed about the draft bill – the latest stage in the devolution process – at a meeting of the Welsh Government’s Constitutional
YOU will have to forgive some serious nostalgia with the release yesterday on DVD of Mr Calzaghe, the fabulous new documentary film about super, super Joe. Seven years on from his retirement at 46-0, seven years since he left the sport on his terms
A BLAENAVON man who died suddenly in Spain was laid to rest in his home town cemetery on Friday October 30. Shane Pearce, 38, passed away while on holiday in Benidorm with his friends on Saturday October 3, and a Go Fund Me page was created in
ROMANIAN fraudsters who tried to use stolen credit cards to pay for expensive gift cards from a Newport supermarket have been sentenced to a combined 18 months in prison. Vlad Cimpan, aged 22, of no fixed abode, Tudor Cozmuta, aged 31, of Alum
FUNDRAISERS are running a 250-kilometre ultra-marathon - dubbed the 'toughest footrace on earth' - in a bid to collect £30,000 for a cancer charity. Steve Nelmes, 43, from Blaenavon, and Jim Coles, 43, from Pontypool, are taking part in the Marathon
A BRAIN-DAMAGED man whose life was “touch and go” after he was viciously attacked on his birthday wants to warn others of the harm just one punch can do. Craig Richards, from Newport, suffered a bleed to the brain, seizures and a brain infection
CAMPAIGNERS who petitioned to save the services at Magor Post Office are thrilled after finding out it will remain open after January. The current postmistress was due to leave the post on January 4, but she will now stay on in a temporary basis
4:25pm TRAFFIC UPDATE: There is heavy traffic on the A48 outbound at the A4072 Forge Road junction in Newport.
