LIVE: Gaer schools protest

PROTEST: Parents and children voice their opposition to the merger of two Gaer schools

4:20pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

FOLLOW the demonstration against the merger of two Newport schools - Gaer Juniors and Infants this afternoon with our reporter Emma Mackintosh.

Police appeal after falcon found shot in Abergavenny

SAT AM SC/KIN Birds of prey flee council HQ

3:46pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

GWENT police are appealing for information after a peregrine falcon was found shot in the Pandy, Abergavenny area.

Gwent Police warn drug gangs as heroin five get jail

SIX YEARS: Newport man Andrew Carl Williams admitted supplying heroin

3:10pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A GANG who brought at least £50,000-worth of heroin to Newport from Bristol were jailed for a total of 34 years.

Gwent TA soldiers play part in Cyprus exercise

GRUELLING: Pt Josh Price, from Ebbw Vale, on exercise in Cyprus

3:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

AS the government looks at plans to double the size of the Territorial Army, WILL BAIN, right, went on exercise with Gwent reservist troops in Cyprus.

Dead porpoise found on Newport riverbank

WASHED UP: Gino Cook with the dead porpoise found on a bank of the Usk

2:30pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A FISHERMAN who discovered a dead porpoise washed up on a bank of the River Usk is urging anglers to stop fishing with nets.

Crash causes delays on M4 in Newport

The M4 near Newport

1:31pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ONE lane is blocked and slow traffic reported after an accident on the M4 eastbound in Newport this afternoon.

Newport men jailed for railway cable theft

JAILED: From left, Robert Thomas Andrews, Jack Michael Brimble and Nicholas Andrew Gales

1:24pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THREE Newport men who stole more than 200 metres of cable from the railway, resulting in almost 19 hours of delays, have been jailed for a total of eight years.

Police appeal after assault on woman in Malpas

Pontypool police in bid to cut car crime

11:20am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

GWENT Police are are appealing for information after an assault that happened at around 11.45am yesterday.

Injured Monmouth biker airlifted to hospital

Cyclist dies after being taken ill on Gwent mountain

11:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A BIKER seriously injured in last night's crash in Llangibby was airlifted to Frenchay hospital in Bristol.

Firefighter injured in Govilon crash recovering after op

RECOVERING: Firefighter Paul Roberts who was injured in the Govilon fire engine crash

9:10am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE Blaenavon firefighter seriously injured when a fire engine crashed last week is recovering in hospital following an operation, his son said yesterday.

More consultation on Newport Gipsy and traveller site

Five sites for Newport gipsy sites revealed

6:50am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

NEWPORT council is carrying out yet more consultation on the Gipsy and traveller site issue in the city - weeks before councillors are due to vote on them.

Rogiet pupils' market and concert bring delight to the community

IN ONE BASKET: Alex Hughes-Jones, nine, with eggs for sale

7:30pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ROGIET Primary School pupils have been busy delighting the community with a visit to a pensioners’ club and selling tasty goods at a farmers’ market.

Warning over ‘phishers’ scam on tax credit claimants

7:10pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

TAX credit claimants in Gwent are being warned to watch out for scam or ‘phishing’ emails sent out by fraudsters.

Goytre pupil finds message in a bottle

BEACH-COMBER: Jack Phillips, who found a message in a bottle

6:20pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A SCHOOLBOY from Monmouthshire showed he had a lot of bottle when he received an unusual message on holiday.

Torfaen reveals schools with asbestos

Coed Eva Primary School, Cwmbran

5:20pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

LIST of 32 school buildings containing asbestos has been revealed by Torfaen council.

Health bosses set to review Ebbw Vale minor injuries unit in July

CAMPAIGN: The Argus has joined forces with Alun Davies AM to save the minor injuries unit at Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan in Ebbw Vale

4:30pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

HEALTH bosses will review efforts to increase patients’ use of the minor injuries unit at Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan in Ebbw Vale, at the end of July.

Police appeal after fishing gear stolen in Malpas

Pontypool police in bid to cut car crime

4:10pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

GWENT Police are appealing for information following a burglary and attempted burglary in the Malpas area reported this morning.

Blaenau Gwent's 'weak managers' held up education reforms - minister

CONCERN: Welsh education minister Leighton Andrews

3:40pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

“INADEQUATE leadership in Blaenau Gwent’s education department obstructed the work of the commissioners sent in to improve education services at the authority.

‘Sixth sense may have saved me from blaze’ - Tredegar great gran

‘LUCKY ESCAPE’: Margaret Harris with her daughter Christine Shaw in front of the damaged house

3:30pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A GREAT grandmother said she had a lucky escape after waking up as flames engulfed a neighbour’s house after a suspected arson attack.

Man arrested in Raglan drugs probe

Pontypool police in bid to cut car crime

12:27pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A MAN was arrested on suspicion of importing drugs and money laundering following a raid on a house in Raglan.






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