THE Dragons ground out their second win in the European Challenge Cup this season at Rodney Parade tonight as they completed a group stage double over Russian outfit Enisei-STM. Centre Adam Warren crossed for two of the hosts’ three tries and flanker
GOTHIC rock star Marilyn Manson is playing in Newport tonight. The American rocker's show at Newport Centre is only one of five in the UK and the sold out night has attracted people from across the region and beyond. Manson broke his leg in
CHILDREN, care workers, and ambulance service and other health care staff have given festive makeovers to drab grey zimmer frames. The decorated walking aids brought colour and fun to an event with a serious message at Pontypool's Active Living
GWENT Police are appealing for information to locate Matthew Tregidden, who has been reported missing. The 43-year-old was last seen on Monday, December 4 in the Chepstow area and he is known to have connections to the Bristol and south Wales area
EBBW Vale head coach Lee Davies and his assistant Ben Daniels have stepped down from their roles with immediate effect. Davies replaced Nigel Davies in the Ebbw hotseat in May and was joined in the management set-up by Daniels, who arrived from
THE Prince of Wales paid tribute to the entrepreneurial flair shown by a number of business starters on a royal visit to Gwent. In his role as the president of the Prince’s Trust, he visited Newport’s Celtic Manor Resort to hear stories of the
EMERGENCY services were called a Newport car park following a crash. Sally Wallis was driving into the car park at the time. She said: "My husband and I were going to ASDA at about 12.45pm and an ambulance went past us and into ASDA car park
THERE'S nothing wishy washy about Newport Riverfront Theatre's latest panto production, Aladdin, which took to the stage this week in front of packed audiences. If you could wish for a perfect pantomime full of fun, sparkle, great gags and slap-stick
AN ABERTILLERY singer has released a new single in time for Christmas. Ross Leadbeater has released a Christmas single - You and Me and Our Christmas Tree - which was written by the legendary songwriter Barry Mason. Mr Mason's past songs have
MINERS and their families must get a fair deal from the Government, says Blaenau Gwent MP Nick Smith, who led a debate in Parliament on the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme. The Government has taken £3.5 billion out of the scheme - which is being reviewed
WALES forward Sam Warburton will miss the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery, the Welsh Rugby Union has announced. With Warburton currently sidelined with a neck injury, the proactive approach was taken with a view of ensuring he
NEWPORT County AFC manager Michael Flynn insists winger Lamar Reynolds will get his chance to shine in League Two. It’s been a month since the 22-year-old’s man-of-the-match performance against Cheltenham Town in the Checkatrade Trophy, when he
A POPULAR reindeer exhibition at the Celtic Manor has been removed after staff found the site "not suitable". Reindeer had featured in the five-star resort's Christmas Kingdom experience at Christmas time. But the RSPCA later received phone
A MAN who was jailed for making thousands of pounds through money laundering has been ordered to pay back funds by a judge. Steven Baldwin, of Nant-Y-Moor Close, Newport, was sentenced to three years and seven months in July after pleading guilty
WITH many events taking place, the festive season is in full swing in Gwent. ESTEL FARELL-ROIG has put together a round-up of some events NEWPORT - THE Newport Wetlands are holding a wildlife workshop and Santa's Grotto on Saturday, December
HUNDREDS of employers have been named as having failed to pay the minimum wage. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy today named 260 employers for failing to pay 16,000 workers at least minimum wage rates. Government
DRAGONS Premiership Select XV chief James Chapron has mixed youth with experience for his side’s British & Irish Cup clash with Yorkshire Carnegie in Huddersfield tomorrow (kick-off 1.30pm). Head coach Chapron has a host of new faces available
JAMES Chapron always believed Leon Brown had the potential to be a world-class prop, but he didn’t think the Dragons star’s rise to the top of the game would be so rapid. Dragons Premiership Select XV boss Chapron, whose side visit Yorkshire Carnegie
IBF world champion Lee Selby still hopes to make the featherweight division’s other leading lights sit up and take notice of him tomorrow night, despite challenger Eduardo Ramirez failing to make the weight for their London bout. The unbeaten Mexican
DRAGONS boss Bernard Jackman believes that powerhouse Ross Moriarty will drive up back row standards up through his actions rather than words. The 23-year-old Wales international has signed a two-year deal to head to Rodney Parade from Gloucester
TIGHTHEAD Lloyd Fairbrother feels he has taken on the role of a pack leader at the Dragons since Bernard Jackman arrived in Newport this summer. With Leon Brown away on international duty during the autumn, the Cornwall-born front rower took the
FLANKER Ollie Griffiths leads the Dragons tonight just a day after it was announced by the region that the Wales international had signed a contract extension at Rodney Parade. The 22-year-old, who makes his 50th Dragons appearance in the European
HEAD coach Bernard Jackman has confirmed Jordan Williams will become the latest player to return to Wales to join the Dragons ahead of the 2018-2019 campaign on a two-year contract. The versatile Williams – who can play at full back, wing or fly
GWENT Police are appealing for information after a shoplifting offence in Waitrose, Abergavenny. Officers would like to speak with this female in connection with the offence which happened on November 16, 2017.
GWENT Police issued less than 1,500 parking fines in the Newport area from January to November 2017 – which is a decline of nearly 1,000 fines from the previous year. Figures obtained by the South Wales Argus via a Freedom of Information request
A MAN who left his victim in fear after breaching a restraining order and assaulting her twice has been jailed by a judge. Aaron Preece appeared in Newport Crown Court yesterday after pleading guilty to two assaults and a restraining order breach
Update: 4pm A spokesman for the Welsh Government, who maintain the road, said: "The section between Brynmawr and Ebbw Vale was initially closed in both directions due to two jack-knifed HGVs, and the entire length between Dowlais and Bynmawr was
NEWPORT County AFC manager Michael Flynn has admitted that he’d love to see Josh Sheehan return to Rodney Parade next month. The 22-year-old Swansea City midfielder enjoyed a successful loan spell with County last season, scoring seven goals in
Newport’s docks are not perhaps as full and bustling as they were in its heyday, but as these Argus pictures show, vessels from across the world were calling in numbers at Newport through the 1980s and they do so still. The docks take in cargoes
THE foreign secretary is travelling to Iran this weekend and is expected to try and secure the release of British mother jailed on spying charges. It is thought Boris Johnson will raise the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained at
UPDATE: 3.30pm The road closure has been postponed due to predicted bad waether over the weekend. A STRETCH of the Heads of the Valleys road connecting Brynmawr and Gilwern will be closed in both directions this weekend The work is part
A NATIONAL heart disease research charity has opened a new homeware in Wales for the first time in eight years. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) Cymru store was unveiled on Tuesday, December 5 at the Cwmbran Centre. Professor Chris George
A CWMBRAN pupil saw off stiff competition to have his design appear on the first minister of Wales' Christmas card. About 800 children designed cards, hoping for theirs to be chosen to appear on the first minister of Wales Carwyn Jones' Christmas
STORM Caroline has arrived in the UK and with her comes a yellow weather warning for ice and snow. This weekend could see snow and ice the Met Office have said with a yellow warning starting on Friday morning. Snow is likely in places over
