MEET our South Wales Argus Camera Club member Nadine Hudson-Featherstone. Nadine is 36, lives in Gelligaer and works as a safer communities coordinator. Q. How did you get into photography? A. I love the idea that a picture captures a moment
PONTYPOOL RFC have received unanimous support from the town’s community council on their new application to build fences to shield the club from vandalism. Councillors discussed the matter at the meeting on Wednesday, November 22 and cited the
A COMMUNITY group is close to achieving its aim of building a new gym for a Newport estate after raising £130,000 in just one year. Active Underwood, a community group based in Underwood, launched an ambitious plan last year to raise funds to build
DUE to the success of our South Wales Argus Camera Club there will be our first ever exhibition in The Riverfront in Newport. The Wales Theatre Awards will be held at The Riverfront during the exhibition and we are delighted that our members’ photos
THREE charities chosen by the previous Mayor of Torfaen will receive a share of £5,516.27 as part of her year-long appeal fund. Cllr Veronica Crick chose to nominate Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital Charity, St David’s Hospice Care and Ty Hafan, who
WITH the pupils wearing the red of Wales, Woodlands Community Primary School never shies away from showing its true colours. Looking over the town and beyond from its hillside perch, the primary school situated in Upper Cwmbran has developed strong
A GWENT woman has said she is ecstatic over the resignation of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe and she is now hopeful for the future of the country. Martha Musonza-Holman, of Abergavenny, is the president of the Love Zimbabwe charity - which aims
A TEAM of amateur rowers from Caerleon is gearing up to cross the Atlantic Ocean in support of Diabetes UK Cymru. Hugo Thompson, Joel Wood, John Morgan, and Monty Williams, all aged 26, make up Team Oarstruck. A spokeswoman for Diabetes UK Cymru
A PONTYPOOL-BASED housing association will be one of more than 700 organisations who will be helping young people during National Volunteers Week and the #iwill pledge. Melin Homes’s pledge is to work with 25 local schools over the next five years
THE UK Government must enforce further sanctions on the south-east Asian country of Myanmar following reports of increasing violence against its ethnic minority Muslim population, a Newport MP has said. An estimated 62,000 Rohingya Muslims have
GWENT Police are appealing for information following a robbery which took place on Corporation Road between 10.30pm and 10.50pm on Sunday, November 19 2017. Two men wearing black hats pulled over their faces approached the victim and asked for
A TEAM of amateur rowers from Caerleon is gearing up to cross the Atlantic Ocean next month. Hugo Thompson, Joel Wood, John Morgan, and Monty Williams, all aged 26, make up Team Oarstruck and will be doing the crossing in aid of Diabetes UK Cymru
VACANCY levels for registered nurses pose the biggest risk to the successful introduction of safe staffing levels on Wales' hospital wards, a nursing chief has warned. Wales has led the way in enshrining in law the principle of safe nurse staffing
MANAGER Michael Flynn has dismissed fears that Newport County AFC could be sucked into a relegation battle after a run of six games without a win in League Two. County have not won a league match since the 4-0 thumping of Forest Green Rovers at
AN EXTRA £1.2 billion is to be handed to Wales over the next four years, chancellor Philip Hammond announced in his budget for the coming financial year. But the budget, which was announced this afternoon, was light on other measures for Wales,
WING George North is returning to Wales on a dual contract next season – at a region yet to be decided. The 25-year-old British and Irish Lions speedster, who is currently sidelined by a knee injury, is heading home after leaving the Scarlets for
THE Severn Bridge is currently closed to all traffic due to high winds. A tweet on the Official Account of The Severn Bridges - run by SRC PLC - states that the bridge is currently closed but there is no indication of how long it will be closed
UPDATE: 23/11/17 A WOMAN remains in hospital after a crash near the One Stop shop on Caerleon Road on Wednesday. The crash happened at 1.15pm and was between a white, VW Polo and a pedestrian near the One Stop shop between the junction of Beaufort
WELSH assembly costs have risen by 90% in a decade, BBC News, August 2017. The UK industrial political machine grows ever larger, first we paid taxes to support Westminster, added on regional assemblies, added on police commissioners, added on
HAVE you had financial difficulties because of cancer? Macmillan Wales would like to hear from you. If you have had cancer, you’ll know it can affect every part of your life, including your personal finances. We know that for people with
IN ANSWER to the letter sent in by Mrs K Davies, November 17. As an animal lover, I appreciated very much how she feels, concerning the cat that she is worried about whose owner can’t be bothered. In my opinion this callous woman should be prosecuted
GAVIN Henson will return at fly-half for the Dragons Guinness PRO14 clash with Leinster in Dublin, writes Chris Kirwan. The former Wales and Lions playmaker has not started since the clash with the Ospreys on October 27. The 35-year-old sat
A FILM production company based in Chepstow has scooped two top awards at a film festival in New York. Equine Productions’ visual director Nathan Horrocks, was awarded Best International Director for Many Clouds, The People’s Horse, and Mole Valley
GWENT police officers returning from an island hit by Hurricane Irma have described the devastation as being like a ‘warzone.’ A team of seven police constables and one sergeant from the Gwent force returned on Friday after helping with the disaster
A TOTAL of 75 horses have been entered for the 2017 Coral Welsh Grand National, with Welsh trainer Evan Williams accounting for five of them. Williams is entering On The Road, Firebird Flyer (2nd in 2015 and 8th in 2016), Buywise, Popples Bay and
DRAGONS boss Bernard Jackman is not giving Ross Moriarty a deadline but believes signing the Wales and Lions forward would “rubber stamp” the strides made at Rodney Parade. The 23-year-old's Gloucester contract expires at the end of the season
THE Broadway and West End musical Legally Blonde is here to brighten up your dark and wet November nights at Cardiff’s New Theatre. Based on the best loved movie, the musical follows beautiful and popular sorority sister Elle Woods who loves to
ROBBIE Willmott could miss Saturday’s trip to Swindon Town after being forced off with concussion against Barnet on Tuesday night. The Newport County AFC utility man also suffered a cut to the head, a bloody nose and a shoulder injury when he was
NEWPORT County AFC led 1-0 thanks to Ben White's first goal for the club but late lapses of concentration allowed Barnet to claim all three points at Rodney Parade with goals from John Akinde in the 88th minute and Shaquile Coulthirst in the 90th minute
STRONG winds are expected across Wales for much of the coming 24 hours, with occasional bursts of heavy rain. The Met Office has issued a 'yellow' weather warning for all of Wales and England, beginning at 9am this morning, and ending at 7am tomorrow
FIT-AGAIN prop Sam Hobbs is desperate to show Bernard Jackman that he is worthy of a contract extension to be part of the boss’ Dragons plans. The loosehead made his return from a summer operation on his right kneecap in the Anglo-Welsh Cup clash
THE Monmouthshire Freemasons are set to donate more than £120,000 this week to charities across Gwent. As part of celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of the formation of the first Grand Lodge, the Monmouthshire Freemasons will be donating
THE family and friends of a Pontypool father-of-two, who took his own life last year, have raised almost £10,000 for a suicide prevention charity. Mathewfest, held in memory of Mathew David Harvey, was a three-day fundraising festival for Samaritans
WE NEED your thoughts on how we deliver our objectives for the future. The Welsh Government’s Well-being of Future Generations Act requires public bodies to work much more closely, and across Wales organisations like local councils, health boards
AS PREDICTED, the impact of the death of Carl Sargeant is going to be felt in Cardiff Bay for a very long time to come. Not only is the Assembly noticeably quieter without his larger-than-life presence, but his shocking death has raised multiple
A FURIOUS Michael Flynn accused his Newport County AFC players of not listening to instructions as they collapsed to a 2-1 defeat at Rodney Parade. County led 1-0 through Ben White’s 73rd-minute header and looked to be on their way to a first League
