UPDATE: Appeal after Newport man goes missing

MISSING: Dave Hampton

10:26am Friday 24th May 2013

A NEWPORT man has gone missing after leaving his house for some "fresh air" last night.

Breaking news Westbound tailbacks on the M4 near Magor after crash

M4 CONGESTION: Proposals to widen the motorway with an enhancement scheme won’t work says our letter writer

1:30pm Friday 24th May 2013

There is slow moving traffic on the westbound M4 this afternoon after a crash involving a caravan near Magor.

Wales to keep UK exams - minister

CONCERN: Welsh education minister Leighton Andrews

9:30am Friday 24th May 2013

WALES will keep GCSEs, AS- and A-levels, the Welsh education minister has insisted, despite strong suggestions by the UK secretary of state that Wales should have its own qualifications.

Families evacuated as Cwmbran blaze in roof causes havoc

AFTERMATH: Firecrews at the blaze in Teynes, Coed Eva, Cwmbran, from reader Ryan Williams

9:10am Friday 24th May 2013

RESIDENTS had to be evacuated from their homes after a house roof caught fire and collapsed at a home in Cwmbran yesterday.

Caerphilly ex-soldier wins right to challenge sex crimes convictions

3:14pm Friday 24th May 2013

AN ageing ex-soldier, whose case involved the oldest criminal charges ever brought to trial, has won the right to challenge his convictions for a string of alleged sex crimes.

Brave Newbridge pupils scale climbing wall

BIG CHALLENGE: Georgia Ryan, ten and Lacey Millington, nine Brave pupils scale new heights

1:10pm Friday 24th May 2013

PUPILS from Ty Newydd Primary, Newbridge, confronted their fears by scaling a 32 feet high climbing wall.

10,000 back call for Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr A&E

MAKING POINT: A protest march in Caerphilly calling for an A&E department at the hospital

12:40pm Friday 24th May 2013

NEARLY 10,000 people from all over Caerphilly county have signed a petition calling for a 24-hour accident and emergency provision at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr.

Gwent gets ready for holiday fun

STEAM FUN: George Edwards, 19, Tom Austin, 19, and Aaron Roberts, also 19, with their Majestic Burrell Showman’s Engine at last year’s rally Gwent gets ready for holiday fun

12:10pm Friday 24th May 2013

THOUSANDS of people are set to enjoy bank holiday events in Gwent this weekend.

Blackwood music shop celebrates 10th birthday

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11:30am Friday 24th May 2013

A FAVOURITE of the Manic Street Preachers and members of 80s rock band The Alarm, Blackwood’s Must Have Music celebrated its tenth anniversary on the weekend.

Plans would see half of St Woolos Hospital go

10:40am Friday 24th May 2013

MAJOR changes are being proposed for St Woolos Hospital in Newport, with clinical services set to be confined to its Casnewydd Unit by 2016.

Welsh business needs to back TA - top soldier

CHALLENGES: Brigadier Philip Napier

10:20am Friday 24th May 2013

In the last of our features from Cyprus WILL BAIN spoke to the head of the army in Wales about the challenges faced by the Territorial Army in getting employers on board.

Newport's Shire Hall set to become apartments

SOLD: Newport's Shire Hall building at Pentonville in

8:40am Friday 24th May 2013

A LANDMARK Newport building has been sold to a private developer that wants to turn the building into 18 apartments.

Asbestos found and taken from Newport Market

REVAMP: Newport indoor market

7:40am Friday 24th May 2013

ASBESTOS has been found and removed from Newport Market, the Argus has learned.

£13m Newport courthouse to open in autumn

SET TO OPEN: The new Newport magistrates' court

6:30am Friday 24th May 2013

A £13 MILLION court house is to open in Newport this autumn.

Live Large fire in Coed Eva, Cwmbran

Fire in Coed Eva

2:42pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

Firefighters battling blaze in Coed Eva area of Cwmbran

Teenage girl victim of robbery bid in Rogerstone

Pontypool police in bid to cut car crime

2:38pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A 14-YEAR-OLD girl was the victim of an attempted robbery in Rogerstone early this morning as she walked to school.

Newport Muslims join condemnation of Woolwich killing

YOUR AM WRITES: Mohammad Asghar, AM for South East Wales

11:50am Thursday 23rd May 2013

THE chairman of two Newport mosques joined others today in condemning yesterday's attack in Woolwich.

Buyers in sight for Newport steel firm Rowecord

Welders at work in Rowecord Engineering, Newport

9:07am Thursday 23rd May 2013

A FIRM dealing with the collapse of the Newport company that built the Olympic Aquatic Centre roof is speaking to three potential buyers that could save up to 75 jobs, the Argus has learned.

Uptake of MMR vaccine in Gwent ‘too low’ - health minister

NOT ENOUGH: 10,000 Gwent kids still need measles jab

11:41am Thursday 23rd May 2013

THE WELSH health minister said today that uptake of the MMR vaccine in Gwent was too low.

£2,000 worth of equipment stolen from Newport hospice

CCTV STILL: Someone is just about to place a bucket over the security camera at St David’s Hospice Care day centre, shortly before £2,000- worth of sound equipment was stolen

10:40am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Hospice scene, 10.50pm. Then £2,000 worth of goods had gone






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