NEWPORT County AFC manager Warren Feeney blamed a moment of madness from defender Dan Butler for the 1-0 defeat at Grimsby Town that sent his side to the bottom of League Two. The left-back pulled the shirt of substitute Tom Balarinwa in the box
FOOTBALL is a cruel game at times and Newport County AFC manager Warren Feeney will be cursing his luck after his side were beaten by an 88th-minute penalty at Grimsby Town. The under-fire Exiles boss gave his players a chance to redeem themselves
A PETROL station on a busy Newport road will be allowed to sell alcohol, but not 24 hours a day, as originally proposed.Sinclair Services has been warned that if newly-approved arrangements for its Corporation Road site impact on residents, they will
Travellers set up camp in Newport Stadium car park Photography competition shows the beauty of Gwent's wildlife Mum's anger after daughter told the soles of her shoes are too chunky for school Pensioner plagued by
GWENT'S beautiful wildlife was showcased in this year's Gwent Wildlife Trust Photography Competition. Gwent Wildlife Trust, which is a registered charity with more than 9,000 members, has been working to promote and conserve the county's wildlife
A TORFAEN farmer has been left furious after a recent spate of sheep rustling on his land.Brian Davies has been a livestock farmer for more than 50 years but said he is ‘at the end of his tether’ with several of his sheep going missing in the past few
UPDATE 18.45 All lanes have now been re-opened. 18.25 POT holes on the road have led to the closure of a lane on the M4 eastbound between J26 Malpas Road and J25a Newport. There's congestion to J27 Highcross.
FORWARDS coach Ceri Jones has declared that squad rotation has led to a 'real edge' at Newport Gwent Dragons' training this week and wants that to transfer to Rodney Parade when Glasgow visit on Friday.The Dragons rang the changes for last
CWMBRAN’S Gary Lockett has hailed British and Commonwealth super-welterweight king Liam Williams after his charge scooped the Boxing Writers’ Club award for the best young fighter of 2016.Williams, 24, joins greats such as Howard Winstone, Joe Calzaghe
STAFF at Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny raised awareness of World Sepsis Day by teaching the public more about the condition.Sepsis is a life threatening condition which is increasingly causing more deaths per year in Wales, accounting for around
A MONMOUTHSHIRE hotel and restaurant have both won awards in this year’s annual AA Hospitality Awards.The Whitebrook in the Wye Valley won the Wine Award, while also picking up four AA rosettes, with The Angel Hotel in Abergavenny named Hotel of the Year
A NEWPORT man now living in London is hoping raise up to £1,000 by walking or running five marathons in as many days in Miami. Thomas Shovlin, 30, originally of Langstone, will be joined with 30 colleagues from the The Breakfast Club cafe in London
WALES have never managed to get a team through to the finals of the European Women’s Under-17 Championship since the first tournament back in 2008.The road to the 2017 showpiece event in the Czech Republic begins for Wales next week when they play three
TIGHTHEAD prop Shaun Knight has left Newport Gwent Dragons to join Bath until the end of the season. The 26-year-old headed to Rodney Parade last season from his hometown club Gloucester and made 21 appearances, largely as back-up to South African
CABINET secretary for the environment and rural affairs Lesley Griffiths was holding talks in Brussels yesterday on how Wales can work with partners in Europe to continue to develop agricultural, rural, marine and environmental policies following the
REGISTRATION is open to take part in a charity abseil off the Newport Transporter Bridge. Last year Action on Hearing Loss Cymru held its first ever Big Drop abseil off the Mercure Hotel in Cardiff, and the 40 participants on the day helped raise
PUPIL attendance levels in Blaenau Gwent secondary schools are improving, according to Blaenau Gwent council. Last week, the council’s executive committee were told levels are 0.2 per cent below the Welsh average compared to 1. 6 per cent four
There is diversity in education in Newport, but schools of all types are producing some impressive examination results. IAN CRAIG reports. ALL children deserve the best education possible. Luckily here in Newport we’re spoiled for choice when
I READ last Tuesday’s article on recycling changes, firstly with interest then with increasing annoyance. How dare recycling teams deem themselves entitled to slap a “contaminated” stick on the new red bags, which are, quite frankly, not up to the
ENERGY companies are pushing to have their meters fitted, stating it will save this and save that, however what I have read to date is not all true. One thing the energy companies do not say is the fact that they will save having to employ any meter
CITIZENS Advice Cymru said many councils are too quick to use bailiffs when pursing council tax debts. The charity said council tax debt was the biggest debt problem it saw and wanted a fairer approach to debt recovery across Wales. What happens
I AM TRYING to trace Steve Benstead who came from Newport or nearby, and will be about 67 years of age now. This is because next year it will be 50 years since he and another 33 of us joined the Royal Marines with 867 Squad and we are organising
DEAR Argus and its readers who attended the Abergavenny Food Festival. Can you give some credit for the success of the event, which I am sure made everyone’s day in Abergavenny, to a young lady who was busking opposite Shackletons. I did not
ON August 10, I wrote to sixteen AMs who it might be considered would have a significant interest in the problems of the M4 around Newport. I expressed my concerns regarding the proposed M4 Black Route, on the grounds that it would cause widespread
A THREE car crash on the M4 eastbound carriageway has closed one lane and is causing very slow traffic before junction 26 at Malpas. The accident has been moved onto the hard shoulder.
LAST week we featured a picture of the Seaman’s Union on 31 Ruperra Street, Newport. THE picture is of the Seaman’s mission in Ruperra Street Newport, opposite is the cattle market now Asda, down towards Dock Street is the Masonic Hall. I lived
A DELIBERATE car fire in Caerphilly borough was tackled by an Aberbargoed fire crew at around 10pm on Monday night. The Ford was found alight on Hoel Adam in Gelligaer on September 26, with firefighters using breathing apparatus and hosereels to
“THE road to success is always under construction,” said Arnold Palmer, who died this week. Having won more than 90 tournaments worldwide, including seven majors, the golfing great knew a thing or two about success. And if he was right then
FIREFIGHTERS from Maindee were called to a roundabout in Newport on Monday evening to extinguish a deliberately-started fencing fire. The incident happened at just before 8.20pm on September 26, and the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service received
We all want to see the NHS in Wales delivering high quality healthcare. To achieve this we need a well-resourced and high performing workforce. However, it is clear that recruitment and retention of frontline staff has become a major challenge facing
SCOTT Bradley was imperious with the putter as he beat last year’s winner Ben Arnold to clinch the West Monmouthshire Golf Club championship for 2016.A sizeable crowd of club members watched the two men battle it out over 36 holes of matchplay golf, with
A GWENT RAF serviceman is attempting to set a Guinness world record this week by travelling the length of the Thames in a pedalo. Wayne Brinkley from Cwmfelinfach and three friends are hoping to break the record for doing the length of the navigable
EXCITEMENT is building for this weekend’s Tiny Rebel Newport Food and Drink Festival. The event, which takes place on Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2 will host a range of markets, exhibits and demonstrations from various chefs and cooks
POLICE are appealing for information to locate a Newport man who breached licence conditions after being released from prison.Richard Conibeer, 27, of Newport, was released from prison on November 23, 2015 after receiving a three-year sentence for drug
SMALL businesses are the backbone of our economy. Further, the successful ones are the result of much hard work and dedication by a man or woman with the determination to make things happen. So it is particularly saddening to see small businesses
DESIGNER clothes worth £10,000 have been stolen from a Torfaen shop in an overnight raid, just weeks after it opened. Bradley Kirby opened the clothing shop in The Highway, New Inn, Pontypool, after a "year's hard work" building his 'Staunch Clothing
NEWPORT County AFC manager Warren Feeney says he can’t let the pressure on his shoulders affect the players ahead of tonight’s League Two clash at Grimsby Town. Feeney faced calls for his dismissal from many fans in the stands on Saturday as County
A DANGEROUS driver has been jailed after crashing into a wall of a Newport hairdresser while under the influence of drugs. Colin Niblett, aged 36, of no fixed abode, appeared at Newport Crown Court charged with driving a motor vehicle dangerously
9:49pm More pupils are turning up for school in Blaenau Gwent
