NEWPORT County AFC boss Michael Flynn has promised more news in the coming days as he continues to build his squad for next season. Flynn signed up five players today to take his squad to 15 for the 2017-2018 campaign. Goalkeeper Joe Day and
ROBBIE Willmott is “over the moon” to be back at Newport County AFC, two years after he was released by former Exiles boss Terry Butcher. The versatile Willmott, who turned 27 on Monday, has returned to Rodney Parade following spells in non-league
THE family of a three-year-old boy will be holding events for this year's national Williams Syndrome awareness weekend. Harrison Evans from Newbridge, who is also known as Harri, was diagnosed with the rare condition when he was a one-year-old.
ONE of the world’s most famous steam trains will be touring the Severn Estuary on a trip from Newport. The Flying Scotsman, described as the most famous steam locomotive in the world, will be taking passengers on a scenic journey along the Severn Estuary
CHRISTCHURCH Music Society bravely brought the big production of Hairspray to their small stage at Christchurch, Newport, on Wednesday and it paid off. Attending on their opening night, I arrived to a packed audience eagerly awaiting for the show to
FORMER first minister Rhodri Morgan died near his home, police have confirmed. According to reports Rhodri Morgan collapsed and died while cycling in the lanes near his home. A South Wales Police spokesman said: "We can confirm that officers
NEWPORT County AFC have secured deals for keeper Joe Day, striker Marlon Jackson, defenders David Pipe and Mark O’Brien and the returning Robbie Willmott. Day, O'Brien and Willmott have signed two-year deals, while Jackson and Pipe have both penned
A NINETY two-year-old man has been found guilty of sexual offences against children, after contacting fake chat room profiles set up by a paedophile-hunting group. Ivor Gifford, of Princess Street, Abertillery, contacted two ‘girls’ - one purporting
ELECTRICAL items and cycling equipment have been stolen from two garages in Croespenmaen. Gwent Police are investigating the incident which occurred in Brook Rise at some time overnight between Monday, May 15 and Tuesday, May 16. The items
WHY does the Argus not cover one of the best rugby teams in South Wales, Hartridge RFC, promoted four years running and winning the Newport and district cup four years running but not a word in the Argus. All the other local teams seem to get
MICHAEL Flynn is set to announce his first new signings as manager of Newport County AFC this afternoon. The Exiles boss currently has 10 players contracted for next season and the club will reveal four more signings today. SIGNINGS✍️|
I WAS interested to read Shaun McGuire’s reply to mine after he somewhat ‘suggested’ that Newport Independents Party ‘could be’ responsible for the graffiti at the riverside. He is now saying that he never said that at all. If he didn’t say it,
BREXIT is only a sideshow! Theresa May would have you believe that she needs to elect as many Conservative MPs as possible to give her a strong hand in negotiations with the EU - but this is only a ruse. What it is actually about is electing as
DEAR Prime Minister, I would like to highlight the point of you being in favour of foxhunting which is of course your personal view, however, you and other members of parliament should not be allowed what you describe as a free vote, as their
THOSE of us who remembers the 1980’s, when Maggie Thatcher and her Conservative government ruled with a capitalist iron fist. Selling off underfunded public services to private investors, who then invested in those services and now make millions of
WALES under-20s hooker Ellis Shipp is heading for Georgia with wind in his sails after making an unexpected Newport Gwent Dragons debut. The 19-year-old from Newbridge has been selected in Jason Strange’s squad for the World Rugby U20 Championship,
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons centre Tyler Morgan will return to the Wales squad with extra “fire in his belly” after being dropped for the Six Nations, according to captain Jamie Roberts. The talented 21-year-old from Caerleon has been named in the 32-strong
ONE of Britain’s most influential documentary photographers, Gwent-based David Hurn has donated his collection of photographs to the National Museum Wales. David, who lives in Tintern, began his career in 1955 as an assistant at the Reflex Agency
UPDATE 10.30am One person has been taken to hospital following the crash, which involved a Toyota IQ2 and a lorry. Emergency services were called to the scene at 8.34am. A spokeswoman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: "We sent two rapid
POLITICAL parties in Wales have suspended their political campaigning for one day as a mark of respect for former first minister Rhodri Morgan. Welsh Labour, of which Mr Morgan was a former leader, along with the Welsh Conservatives, the Welsh
THE South Wales Argus has been nominated for an award for its campaign raising the image of Newport. The We’re Backing Newport campaign was launched in September last year and promoted the city as a great place to live and work. And as part of Local
A PHOTOGRAPHER has captured the past and present of a Gwent manufacturing site.Newport documentary photographer Robert Smith’s most recent work is part of an exhibition that is on show until the end of the month at the Sustainable Studio in Cardiff as
POLICE are appealing for information after a CCTV dome camera was stolen from a disused factory in Maesycwmmer.The incident took place at the building on Gellideg Lane on Thursday, May 4.Two men got out of a truck and removed the device from one of the
BIG Pit has launched a new series of underground tours designed to help people living with dementia to mark the condition’s national awareness week.Believed to be the first of its kind in Wales and the wider world, the operators of the National Coal Museum
A PUB has joined the fundraising fun to raise money for our 125 Appeal. The Ponthir House Inn, which is located on Caerleon Road in Ponthir, will host a music festival on May 28 for the appeal which marks the 125th anniversary of the South Wales
GWENT Police are appealing to find the owner of a white and blue Cube mountain bike believed to have been stolen from the Caldicot area at approximately 11pm on Monday, May 15.A spokeswoman for Gwent Police said: "Two men have been arrested on suspicion
THE interests of Wales and the other devolved nations of the UK will be “fully taken into account” during Brexit negotiations, the Liberal Democrat party have said in their General Election manifesto.The party launched its election pledges yesterday,
A CONSERVATIVE election candidate running in Newport explained why she has been absent from the campaign trail.Natasha Asghar was named as the party’s candidate for Newport East, widely cited as a target seat for the Tories, in the nominations released
THE popular coastal ship MV Balmoral will return to Newport’s waters this summer despite concerns over its future.The vessel, which has hosted Royal passengers during its 68-year history, will make brief forays along the River Usk on Monday, July 31 and
THE BROTHER of a murdered Cwmbran private detective has released a book chronicling his lengthy battle to uncover the truth behind his death.Daniel Morgan, 37, was investigating corruption within Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) when his body was found
THE people of Blaenau Gwent have been “strung along with false hope and empty promises” over the Circuit of Wales, an AM has claimed.Yesterday the Argus reported Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price had raised concerns over further potential delays to the £425 million
MORE must be done to connect towns in rural areas of Wales with nearby attractions, a Gwent AM has said.Speaking in the Senedd yesterday, South Wales East AM David Rowlands said he believed Blaenavon was not benefitting from attractions in its immediate
A PLAN to create one million Welsh speakers by 2050 “has not been fully thought through”, a committee of AMs has said.A report by the National Assembly’s Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee into the commitment by the Welsh Government
GWENT Police are appealing for information following a burglary in Caerleon Road, Newport. The burglary took place on Wednesday, May 3 between 12pm and 6.15pm and the offenders broke in by smashing the bedroom window of the ground floor flat.
COMEDIAN Frankie Boyle has backed a Torfaen mum’s appeal to fund her four-year-old son’s life changing operation. The comic will perform alongside Francesca Martinez at a special stand up comedy show on Saturday, September 9, at St David’s Hall
TORFAEN is another Labour stronghold, with the party having won every single election since the constituency was founded in 1983. Nick Thomas-Symonds was elected as the area’s Labour MP for the first time in 2015, but has been faced with defending
ISLWYN is a traditionally-Labour constituency, and Chris Evans, who was first elected as MP in 2010, is running again next month. Although Mr Evans' share of the vote dropped by just 0.2 per cent when he was re-elected in 2015, this year
TICKETS are on sale for a special fundraising event to celebrate our 125th anniversary.This is one that musical fans will not want to miss as West End star Gerard Carey and his musical director David Harrington come to Newport’s Coldra Court Hotel near
A BUSTLING school which aims to promote Welsh in everything they do – that is Ysgol Panteg Primary School. The school, in Station Road, Griffithstown, was opened in 2010 to respond to the demand for Welsh medium education in Pontypool, Griffithstown
TWO work colleagues from Chepstow are embarking on the ambitious challenge of completing five marathons in five days to raise £1,000 for charity. From June 5, Daniel Morgan, 26, and James Barnes, 29, will run to and from their workplace at Henry
6:07pm Severe delays of eleven minutes and delays easing on M4 Westbound between M4 and J25A A4042. Average speed is 20 mph
