A NEWPORT church is organising an unofficial attempt to break the world record for "Most Nationalities Collecting Litter."Working with Keep Wales Tidy and Newport City Council, Bethel Community Church in Stow Hill, is organising a multinational
ADVANCES in technology mean elections and referendums are “more vulnerable to invisible manipulation and corruption than at any time since 1880”, Newport West MP Paul Flynn has claimed.Speaking in Parliament last week, the Labour MP said he was concerned
A GWENT scooter club has helped to raise nearly £3,000 for a mental health charity. For the fourth year in a row, members of the Cwmbran All-Stars Scooter Club have chosen one or two charitable causes, this year they have selected Alzheimer’s Research
A DIRECTOR has launched a film fundraising bid, to help pay tribute to the history and culture of Newport’s music scene.Nathan Jennings, who is originally from Newport, will make his directorial debut with the independent production ‘The Rock of Newport
DISABLED teen Megan Martin has spoken for the first time ever, much to the delight of her family.They have raised thousands to get the cerebral palsy and epilepsy-sufferer language therapy sessions, and said they were “overwhelmed and astounded” when
FORMER Arsenal midfielder Mark Randall says helping Newport County AFC to beat the drop would mean much more to him than playing in the Champions League for the Gunners. Randall played alongside William Gallas, Welsh star Aaron Ramsey and a 16-
A FATHER with a “ridiculous and outdated” view of women has been given a three-year community order, after being sentenced for sexual assault.Harry Morgan, aged 24, of Orchard Lane, Cwmbran, was spared jail at Cardiff Crown Court, after being found guilty
A MAN who tried to strangle a woman by pulling a rope around her neck in a "terrifying" attack has been jailed. Mathew Russell, of Clearwell Court, Newport, left the young woman, who was a sex worker, fearing for her life when he attempted to strangle
POLICE are appealing for information following an assault on a 10-year-old boy. Officers from Gwent Police are investigating the incident that took place at approximately 11:45am on Saturday, April 15 on Derwendeg Avenue, Cefn Hengoed. During
BLACK VEIN MINERS MEMORIAL SOCIETY: Michael West Finalist in the Caerphilly County Borough 2016 “Pride In Your Place - Environmental Champion” awards category, and committee member of the Black Vein Memorial Society, presented Society Secretary, Stephen
TEAROOM: Janet Howells’ Victorian Tearooms, Abergavenny’s favourite traditional cafe, has moved to a new address at 53 Frogmore Street. Janet has created a unique atmosphere with her home-made cakes and afternoon teas served on fine period bone china
MEETING: President Mrs Myra Parker opened the Little Mill WI April meeting by welcoming the speaker Mr William Cross who spoke about The Carnarvons of Highclere Castle’. Members listened with interest as we have a visit arranged to visit Highclere
UNITED IN CARING: The Salvation Army and Tenovus Cancer Care Choir joined together for a superb fundraising concert at the Salvation Army Citadel on the evening of Saturday March 25. Proceeds were to support the work of Tenovus and the Salvation Army
BLAENAVON WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE: It’s “Back To School” on Saturday April 29 at Blaenavon World Heritage Centre, a day when St. Peter’s School is brought back to life as it was in the 19th Century! Visit between 11am and 4pm and meet the Blaenavon
CLEAN UP: After the success of the #springcleanusk week, the volunteers of Usk in Bloom are again teaming up with One Piece of Litter Usk for a 30 minute challenge on Saturday April 29 at 10.30am. The team will be meeting up by The Co-op. Each
AWARENESS DAY: The #justtalk youth mental health awareness day held in Faith Church, Rogerstone on Bank Holiday Monday was a huge success with over 500 people attending. Over £800 was raised for Nineteen (nineteen.org.uk), the organisation set up
EASTER BREAK: It’s been a wonderful Easter at RSPB Newport Wetlands. There’s been so much to see and do and we’ve had visitors from far and wide. Younger visitors enjoyed glorious walks around the reserve, the favourite being across the wibbly
EVENTS: On Saturday April 29, at 7pm, the St Woolos Sinfonia (formerly the St Woolos Players), Newport Cathedral’s ‘house’ orchestra, will perform at the Cathedral under their talented conductor, Tianyi Lu. Their programme will consist of three
FLOOD WATCH: A small but perfectly formed group of people have taken on the responsibility of trying to reduce the flood risk in our area by monitoring the state of our reens. Not everyone appreciates the importance of the reen system that runs
A FEAST FOR CRIME FICTION FANS: On Friday May 5, Cwtsh is proud to play host to acclaimed crime writer Belinda Bauer who will be talking about her life and literary career at the Cwtsh Arts Centre in the latest of a new series of First Fridays starting
LOCAL HISTORY TALK: You are cordially invited to an illustrated Local History Talk at Maindee Library Plus, on Thursday April 27 at 7.30pm. “A Proud Son of Gwent ~ The Life and Work of Fred J. Hando” by his nephew, David Hando. Refreshments. No entry
LITTER PICK: Graig Best Kept Villages Group have organised litter pick’s in Bassaleg and Rhiwderin next weekend. On Saturday April 29 the litter pick will be in Bassaleg, meeting at the end of Forge Lane, Court Crescent at 10.30am and on Sunday
SOMERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL: Attendance at the school stands at 93.9% and 25 children have attained 100% attendance. An invitation is extended to parents to get involved in Somerton PTA which is certainly a good encouragement to get involved in your
MONMOUTH RAFT RACE: Gwent-based Tiny Rebel, a family business based in Newport, has been named a sponsor for this year’s River Wye race. Not only that the award winning brewer, winner of the International Beer Challenge’s UK Brewery of the year
SATURDAY’S victory against Accrington was undoubtedly my highlight of the season, but the job isn’t complete yet. It was a dream afternoon on the Hazell terrace, with a hard-working County rewarded with a victory. And with Hartlepool suffering
More than half of small businesses with EU workers are worried about accessing people with the right skills or growing their business post-Brexit, according to new research from the Federation of Small Businesses. FSB’s latest report, ‘A skilful
The UK Government minister who was responsible for navigating through the steel crisis of 2015-16 is set to play a new role in forging a sustainable future for the industry.Anna Soubry MP is to join the Greensteel Council, the high-level panel set up
CAN you please supply Newport street maps to your reporters. On page 21 today (SWA 21 April) there was a photo of the Dr Who set in Victoria “Street”. This is Victoria Place. There is or has been Victoria Avenue; Chambers; Crescent; Lane; Road and
IN YOUR Caerphilly County Borough Council profile (Argus, 21 April), you state that “In 1912, distress signals from the Titanic were first received in Blackwood by amateur wireless enthusiast Arthur Moore”. In fact, Mr Moore received the signals
CARWYN Jones, leader of the Welsh Assembly, is sending a delegation of business people to America. To stump up trade, for Wales after Brexit. Meantime, the speaker of the Welsh Assembly said The American President, is now welcome, in the assembly
OH GOD not another election was my first reaction. I’ve had enough of this. We will now have to suffer 7 weeks of pontificating lies and false promises, Nigel Farage will crawl out of the woodwork, Nicola Sturgeon will be rabbiting on about Scottish
AMID fevered news coverage of the snap general election, we were encouraged to learn of the surge in young people registering to vote after the Prime Minister’s announcement. This interest in politics among 16-24 year olds mirrors The Reading
By Robin hall, Managing Director,Kymin Financial Services Ltd At just after 11am on Tuesday last week, Prime Minister Theresa May emerged from No10 and shocked everyone, including the majority of her cabinet, by calling a general election for June 8.She
WHAT a fantastic weekend for Newport with the staging of two events which brought hundreds of people right into the heart of the city. On Saturday Record Store Day saw numerous bands performing at different venues across the city as people
MORE than 70 cars were stopped in Newport last week after police officers carried out a multi-agency operation. In total 71 vehicles were stopped and escorted into a check site near the Coldra Roundabout, where the Driver and Vehicle Standards
Three Gwent companies have been awarded the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in celebration of the Queen’s 91st birthday. They were among six businesses from across Wales which were recognised for their contribution to sustainable development, international
AN APPEAL has been launched by Gwent Police in relation to a cashback theft from the Cwmbran branch of Asda. Officers working in Cwmbran would like to speak to a man and a woman regarding an incident in the supermarket, which was reported to the
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons boss Kingsley Jones has challenged his squad to play with the intensity that they did at a packed Principality Stadium in the more humble surroundings of Myreside and Caerphilly in the final two rounds of the Guinness PRO12.The Dragons
A patient with “complex” health needs has been waiting more than three-and-a-half years to leave hospital after being declared fit for discharge, it has been revealed. The patient, who has not been named, and who suffers from a “serious mental
Tiles Ahead, based at Ty Coch Way, Cwmbran has acquired its existing premises after a £500,000 investment supported by Barclays. The wall and floor tile specialist currently employs 10 staff and expects revenues to reach £2m this year.Established in
DAVE Jones has left Hartlepool United by “mutual consent” after they were leapfrogged by Newport County AFC and dropped into the League Two relegation zone on Saturday. While County were beating play-off hopefuls Accrington Stanley at Rodney Parade
A UTILITY monitoring company run by a Penarth man has been announced as a winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2017. HWM has won the Queen’s Award, which are handed out on her birthday for their PermaNET+ system that constantly monitors of
GWENT Police are appealing for information to help identify a man, who officers would like to speak to in relation to a theft from the Co-Op in Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran. The incident occurred at the store in North Road on Sunday, April 24, and Cwmbran
Nearly half of all UK businesses suffered a cyber breach or attack in the last year, an official survey reveals.The government study lays bare the growing threat from IT attacks as firms are targeted every day with potential losses running to millions
Following publication of Wales’ 2016 export figures, the South & Mid Wales Chambers of Commerce have challenged political parties standing in the general election to set out how they intend to help Welsh businesses continue to increase exports following
SIT down metalheads, and relax. Yes, it was seats-only for this landmark date with these geniuses of the metal genre. And it worked. No swirling moshpits and surfing teenagers, just a night of sublime guitarship, tight drumming, soaring vocals
Two young entrepreneurs from Newport are targeting the growing Welsh film and entertainment industry by offering specialised services and hire of a new facility designed to help with action sequences.Flawless Action Design studio in Queensway Meadow Estate
Personalised clocks, kitchen utensils made from recycled plastics and a cookbook app for children with food intolerances are just a few of the products which have been designed and sold by some of the best young business brains in the region.Those brain
CHIEF executive Stuart Davies says that Newport Gwent Dragons have "bared their souls" to ensure full transparency of the proposed Welsh Rugby Union takeover ahead of a pivotal fortnight in the future of Rodney Parade. Davies will meet with supporters
LAST week, a good friend and comrade slipped out of life. The end was peaceful with all his family present. Only a few short weeks ago his friends and family celebrated his birthday. It was a warm event full of companionship, laughter and a joyous
