A CHARITY football match will be held at Rodney Parade to celebrate the life of a popular Newport man who played a vital role in community projects there. Phil James, from Caerleon, worked for the Newport Gwent Dragons in the club’s education set-up for
A JAILED drugs gang leader exposed by police will have to sell his family home to pay back money he made from his crimes. Ashley Burgham, aged 32, was jailed for ten years and eight months last December as part of Gwent Police’s Operation Mint
NEWPORT County AFC have announced their season ticket prices for 2016/17 which feature a number of reductions in a bid to attract younger supporters to Rodney Parade. The announcement follows an extensive review and consultation with more than
THOSE looking to impress Warren Gatland before he picks his squad for Wales’ tour of New Zealand this summer have the perfect platform to do just that at the Principality Stadium on Saturday – and Nic Cudd is one of those hoping to catch the Kiwi’s
NEWPORT singer-songwriter Tobias Robertson, who recently featured on BBC’s The Voice, will headline this June's Cwmbran Big Event.The 22 year-old great nephew of the late Cilla Black,was chosen by Boy George to join his team of singers following his performance
NEWPORT get their South Wales Premier League season underway at Spytty Park on Saturday, with captain Michael Clayden insisting his side are “in it to win it” as they bid for Division One glory. Clayden’s charges, who host Ammanford in their first
BEN Parry has played in the Principality Premiership before but leading Pontypool back into the top tier of Welsh club rugby after a four-year hiatus would be really special. A win at Bargoed on Saturday (2.30pm) and Pooler are there – lose and
TEENAGER Tom Owen-Evans is aiming to convince manager Warren Feeney that he has a future at Newport County AFC when he takes on Notts County tomorrow. Owen-Evans looks set to start in the final home game of the season as Feeney experiments having
THE former girlfriend of an alleged victim of forced labour said he would work 80 hours a week and would come home with 'unexplained injuries,' a court has heard. Four men are on trial at Cardiff Crown Court accused of requiring another to perform
POLICE want to speak to this man after fuel was stolen from a garage in Blaenau Gwent last month.The offence occurred at the Austin Wheeler Garage on King Street in Brynmawr on March 30.If you can help, call 101 quoting log 330 30/03/16.
CLAIMS First Minister Carwyn Jones asked Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn not to come to Wales in the closing days of the Assembly election campaign following allegations of anti-Semitism in the party have been refuted.The Labour leader was due to visit Bridgend
ARE the rate paying voters living in “social housing” to take the South Wales Argus’s announcement, Thursday, April 28, 2016, that Newport City Council “will no longer investigate complaints from people living in social housing” literally? The
ON READING Allan Morris column on April 25 I felt the need to reply. Ramps won’t solve the problem, we have enough ramps down Aberthaw Road, Cromwell Road and Liswerry Road and still they speed down there. If he means road narrowing like Mendalgief
WE AT Newport Royal Naval Association would like to say a big thank you to Jane Shatford, Paul Stephens and their fellow Newport Uskmouth Rotarians for all the hard work they put into their annual raffle and once again inviting us to join their in,
THE UK government recently announced that companies who cold call new and existing customers will no longer be able to disguise their telephone numbers. Age Cymru welcomes this news because it will allow us all to see who’s calling and help us to
IF WE Stick with the EU, I don’t believe we will keep our national identity or sovereign government in the medium and almost certainly not in the long term. There won’t be a place for it anymore – just local government and regional assemblies responding
CLAIMS by a Gwent MP that the Islamic tradition requiring women to wear face and head coverings is “an excuse for sexual violence against women” have been branded “ridiculous” by a faith leader. Speaking during a Parliamentary debate on violence
SIX cases of Hepatitis A are confirmed to have come from a Caerphilly primary school, where more than 200 children were vaccinated earlier this week. On Friday, April 22, it was announced that four cases of the virus were under investigation at
THE latest phone scam going round could scarily cost you hundreds of pounds - and you wouldn't even know until your bill came in. Reports say that victims have been hit hit with charges of over £300 for calls lasting up to 12 hours. Victims
POLICE want to track down a 40-year-old convict who breached his licence and is a potential risk to the public. Michael Thomas failed to return to HMP Prescoed in Usk on Thursday after being released on a special purpose licence. He was convicted
A TORFAEN pensioner who is serving an eight year prison sentence for a string of sex crimes against children has failed in a Court of Appeal bid for freedom. Alan Clarke Davies, 72, targeted two young children. Davies denied any wrongdoing,
THERE are plenty of events to keep the family entertained in Gwent this bank holiday weekend. Saturday 1 Torfaen dance school Street-Fit will mark International Dance Day with a performance at Cwmbran Shopping’s Gwent Square between 2pm and
CENTRE Jack Dixon, fly-half Angus O’Brien and scrum-half Charlie Davies will start for Newport Gwent Dragons against the Scarlets tomorrow (kick-off 5pm). Dixon, who came off the bench for Adam Warren in Montpellier, replaces ankle injury victim
A NEWPORT landlord who flouted letting rules by failing to keep one of their properties in a good state of repair, blocking fire exists and a range of other offences has been fined £6,574.Sanu Miah of Alexandra Road was due to appear at Newport Magistrates
THE UK Government is “complacent” over the potential threat posed by drones, Newport MP Paul Flynn has claimed. His warning came after details emerged of a near miss between a drone and an airliner near Heathrow Airport in February. Speaking
LIKE many others I received a letter from David Cameron recently describing the NHS in Wales as failing and giving this as a reason to vote Conservative on May 5. My experience of the NHS here is brilliant. I am in my 70s. I am cared for by an outstandingly
A CELEBRATION of the legendary singer Johnny Cash comes to the Borough Theatre, Abergavenny on Thursday, May 5 at 7.30pm. The Johnny Cash Roadshow is the only tribute show endorsed by the Cash family and captures the essence of a real Cash show.Singer
HAVING already sold-out three shows this autumn in support of his first UK no. 1 album with Stages, multi-Platinum and multi-million selling artist Josh Groban has now confirmed an extended UK tour that commences next May.Stages is a collection of some
AROUND thirty people turned up to a public service in Gilwern to remember 62 adults and children whose remains were removed due to major roadworks.The former Lion Terrace Chapel, from where the bodies were removed, was demolished to make way for a new
THE Argus has updated its website, launching a fully-responsive platform that automatically re-sizes whether you are viewing on a desktop, mobile or tablet device. The new look has been applied to Argus owner Newsquest Media Group's network of
AS A leader, British double bassist and composer Matt Ridley is a specifically investigative musician whose artistry is derived from a desire to create a strong, meaningful and structural purpose out of each initial glint of inspiration. Following up
THE outbreak of cryptosporidium at a Monmouthshire farm, which resulted in 14 people testing positive for the virus, is over, according to Public Health Wales’ Outbreak Control Team. With the first cases reported and confirmed on Thursday, March
MUSICAL master of ceremonies Jools Holland and his much loved Rhythm and Blues Orchestra have announced the run of dates and special guests for their 2016 Autumn/Winter UK tour.Starting in Southend on October 26, the tour will take in 33 shows across
ACCLAIMED Canadian songwriter Leeroy Stagger is to tour the UK in May, following the release of his 10th studio album ‘Dream It All Away’ (Blue Rose). Leeroy will play Newport’s Le Pub on May 27.Raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Leeroy Stagger worked
A major survey of businesses across England and Wales has found that 36 per cent of businesses believe that the most important thing the government could do for business is provide grants towards the cost of installing energy efficiency measures.The British
Of Mice and Men, one of John Steinbeck’s greatest tales, comes to Cardiff as part of a UK tour from Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 May. An ensemble cast including Dudley Sutton (Lovejoy) presents one of the most poignant statements of being human our contemporary
From lifts and loos, to signs and websites, UK businesses could be missing out by not providing basic services to meet the needs of disabled people, research from Barclays Business reveals - a market worth up to £212bn. Nine out of ten (91 per cent) UK
A Caerphilly-based manufacturer of bespoke lockers has secured a number of new orders with entertainment and fitness company, Go Air Trampoline Parks.Garran Lockers, which supplies multiple locations across the UK from high-end gyms to major retailers
TO WIN the Best Duo category at the 2015 BBC Folk Awards is quite an achievement at any stage of an artists’ career. But just two years prior to this accolade Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker were virtually unknown on the folk scene. Now signed to Rough
FOLLOWING a triumphant sell-out world premiere at the Royal Albert Hall, The Sessions - A live re-staging of the Beatles at Abbey Road Studios now embarks on an ten-date UK Arena Tour commencing at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on April 30.Set in a state-of-the-art
THE follow-up project to Cwmbran’s Urban Buzzz will be taking shape in May, with a series of events organised next month around the Torfaen town.Meadow Champions is a collaboration between Bron Afon Community Housing, Torfaen County Borough Council and
IT IS commonly acknowledged among film critics that there are two truly great trilogies. The Godfather, obviously. And the all-time number one, Toy Story. Now, though, at the end of three extraordinary series, they have a small-screen cousin.
A CHILD who got stuck in a fence at a Newport school was released by firefighters using washing up liquid. The firefighters, from Maindee, attended to the child just after 3pm yesterday at Alway Primary School on Aberthaw Road. It is unknown
TRAFFIC on Cardiff Road is flowing in both directions over the railway bridge as a major phase of re-building is completed. The work to dismantle and replace the bridge over the railway line started in December 2015 with a giant crane used to remove
UB40’s three founding members will make a triumphant return to UK shores in May having wowed audiences stateside with a massive North American tour.Proving they are still a worldwide tour de force, Britain’s biggest reggae band of all time will be satisfying
THAT the owners of Newport Docks are to formally oppose the Welsh Government’s plans for the M4 relief road should come as no surprise to anyone. Associated British Ports first raised concerns about the so-called black route for the relief road
FROM one big stage to another and after doing ourselves proud in defeat to Montpellier hopefully we can win for the first time at Judgement Day against the Scarlets.It was a fantastic occasion in the semi-final of the European Challenge Cup and I am happy
9:24pm Newport County AFC cut season ticket prices to attract young fans NEWPORT County AFC have announced their
LAST Saturday was, as head coach Louie Tonkin put it, just heartbreaking for Pontypool.Tonkin’s Pooler side let slip a golden chance to secure promotion from the Swalec Championship after losing 20-17 to RGC 1404 on home turf.Principality Premiership
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre will be 50 years old this weekend and, as Martin Wade finds out, it has served as an oasis of calm and creativity amid the bustle of Cwmbran. LONG before Cwmbran had been built, before industry came, the house has
OF THE two constituencies encompassing the city, Newport East is the slightly less affluent, with lower wages and higher levels of child poverty than just over the River Usk. The boundary of the constituency stretches along the coast and north
NEWPORT Credit Union (NCU) has celebrated its recent move to Newport’s Indoor Market with an official launch ceremony.Dame Rosemary Butler and The Bishop of Monmouth, Rt Revd Richard Pain, attended the launch yesterday, which marked the union's relocation
HOOKER Elliot Dee has been earning rave reviews for his performances in a Newport Gwent Dragons jersey of late, with some even tipping him for international honours Down Under this summer. Last weekend, the 22-year-old faced arguably his toughest
