THE ROYAL Mail has again decided to stop delivering post to flats in Risca after a postal worker, who was using a police escort on his round due to a previous incident, was ‘verbally abused’. Earlier this week the Argus reported how residents in flats
A SCHOOL celebrated their 40th anniversary today in a day filled with fun, special guests and memories. Risca Community Comprehensive - which was officially opened by the Queen on Friday, June 24, 1977 - welcomed guests such as the school’s first headteacher
A SO-called ‘legal high’ was found in the body of a driver who died in a crash in Magor last year, an inquest heard. Robert William Freeman died in a crash on the A4810, near the Tesco Distribution Centre, in the early hours of November 29, 2016
A YEAR on from the referendum in which the UK voted to leave the European Union, Welsh political leaders have been reflecting on where the country is now.The vote on June 23 last year saw the Leave campaign come out on top by a margin of 3.8 per cent.Theresa
SIR Terry Matthews has issued a challenge to restaurants and hotels in and around Newport to step up and improve or miss out on valuable new business when the new £87.3m convention centre opens at the Celtic Manor Resort. Speaking at the official
THE first female leader of Newport City Council has become the first-ever woman to be elected as the head of an organisation representing the interests of local government across Wales.Cllr Debbie Wilcox became council leader last May and today was elected
GWENT Police are appealing for information to help find Stanford Bailey, with officers concerned for his wellbeing. The 52-year-old was last seen in the Caerphilly area, believed to be travelling to Swansea, but has not been heard from since Monday
GWENT Police have launched an appeal for information to help locate Mitchell Ellis, who has breached his licence conditions following his release from prison in March. The 27-year-old from Cwmbran was serving a seven-and-a-half year sentence for aggravated
A JUDGE has branded a 66-year-old Cwmbran man who was snared by a vigilante group after arranging to meet a girl he believed to be 14 years old “pathetic”. Alan Mullen of Court Farm Road appeared at Cardiff Crown Court today (Friday) after previously
POLICE are appealing for information to help locate missing Llanmartin man Gary Jones.The 54-year-old was last seen at around 12.30pm on Thursday June 22 in Caerleon and there are concerns for his wellbeing.Mr Jones is described as being approximately
UPDATE: 2.41pm A TERROR suspect from Cardiff, accused of carrying out a premeditated attack on Muslims as they left a mosque, has been remanded in custody on murder and attempted murder charges. Darren Osborne, 47, was arrested by police in
THE Grenfell Tower fire started in a faulty fridge and the cladding and insulation on the block has failed safety tests, police said. Metropolitan Detective Superintendent Fiona McCormack said the Hotpoint FF175BP model had not been subject to
MIDDLEWEIGHT Dan Barton had the “best experience of my life” when winning on his professional debut earlier this year – and he can’t wait to get back in the ring tonight. The 27-year-old’s career in the paid ranks got off to the perfect start in
CHEPSTOW’S former European Tour player Liam Bond is looking to the future by constructing his own golf academy in the Forest of Dean. Work on the Liam Bond Golf Academy, situated next to the Hanley Farm Shop in Tidenham, started last year.
PANTEG captain Ian Bird will be looking to see how his players react after their batting collapse against Tata Steel cost them a first win since the second weekend of the season. Fourth-placed Panteg are just 10 points adrift of top spot in Division
THIS year’s Monmouthshire Business Awards has attracted a record number of sponsors, according to organisers.Entries are flooding in for the awards, which have been expanded this year to cover the ‘old Monmouthshire’ as it was prior to 1965.This year’
WALES’ inexperienced side showed their resilience to record a notable summer double with victory against Samoa in the rain of Apia. The tourists backed up last week’s 24-6 win against Tonga by edging a tight tussle 19-17 thanks to a brace by Scarlets
Caldicot-based Pro Steel Engineering has made three appointments to its management team after a period of growth.Over the last year the steelwork specialist has added a fabrication arm to its services, which has seen growth of 500 per cent helped by securing
VOLUNTEERS have given a hand with painting at a centre in the Bettws area of Newport. Eight volunteers from the Lloyds Bank call centre in Newport went to Bettws in Bloom earlier this week to paint external doors and fire escapes. The project
UPDATE: 5.50pm GWENT Police are appealing for any witnesses who may have video footage of the incident in Cefn Fforest to come forward. If anyone has any video footage of the incident that occurred in Pencoed Ave Blackwood last night please contact
A HEARTBROKEN family have spoken of how tough immigration policies have put 4,000 miles between a mother and her young son.Five years ago, Newport-born Suhail fell in love with his eventual wife Riza while on holiday in Pakistan.The couple - whose surnames
A GROUND breaking ceremony will today mark the official start of work on the £100m conference centre at the Celtic Manor. The International Convention Centre (ICC) Wales, expected to open for June 2019, will be able to host 5,000 people in its
CONCERNS have been raised by the skateboarding community in Caldicot over the state of the town’s skatepark. Skaters claim to have come close to injury while using the park due to the number of holes and cracks that have appeared in the concrete
SCHOOLS are an incredibly important part of life, providing a bedrock of experiences, lessons and guidance to help youngsters transition to adulthood.Across the historic county of Gwent, hundreds of schools and their staff have made a difference to young
HERE are some of the most recent pictures posted to our burgeoning camera club. The club, an online forum on Facebook, now has more than 800 members. To request to join, and be in with the chance of seeing your pictures in print, visit http://bit.ly/2n3UiBv
WELSH Rugby Union chief executive Martyn Phillips admits they won't be flinging extra cash on the Dragons squad but they will be bolstering the backroom staff to give the current crop a better chance of success. The governing body will officially
AFTER 234 columns, it’s with a heavy heart that I say this is my final one. What an incredible five years of TV. Sky1 taught a dog to fly an aeroplane, Gary Lineker presented Match of the Day in his underpants, Danny Dyer was revealed as the
A PUPPY has had a “miraculous” escape from injury after it swallowed a plastic dart which was nearly the size of its whole body. Maria Caulfield, 32, and husband Craig, 34, of Newport, had brought eight-week-old Lola - a cross between a ridgeback
THE mayor of Kutaisi, one of Newport’s twinned cities, visited Newport earlier this week. Shota Murghulia, who visited the city with his wife, amongst other, was welcomed by representatives of Newport City Council and of the Newport Kutaisi
