WALES' children's commissioner has expressed fears about building a new Gwent school on a former waste tip following new scientific reports. Peter Clarke, (pictured) the first children's commissioner in Britain, has been considering Newport council's
ED tape is thwarting Gwent businesses in their bids to secure European funding, a top business leader claims. The opportunity for investment and the creation of new jobs could be lost as businesses fail to meet the criteria laid down for the Objective
FORENSIC expert Ian Brewster was the first person to examine the corpse of leading Nazi Rudolf Hess and has worked on a catalogue of high-profile crimes. Today, he opens his casebook exclusively to IWAN DAVIES - and tells for the first time why Hess killed
A BUDDING actor has sown the seeds of a TV career - by playing the junior Alan Titchmarsh in a trailer for a new gardening programme. Seven-year-old Gethin Compton, of Morgan Street, Blaenavon, became Alan 'Titchy'marsh for the day as he played the green-fingered
NEWPORT Ford has been acquired by Cwmbran Ford dealership owner Jeff Cleverly. The deal, which also includes the Chepstow Ford dealership based at Tutshill, will see the creation of a £65m business with 220 employees. Mr Cleverly, aged 51, has acquired
AN HEROIC postal worker yesterday saved a girl from her blazing Newport home. Parcelforce worker Mike Parfitt (pictured) was on a delivery round when he spotted the fire in a house at Eton Road, Maindee yesterday morning. He grabbed a ladder and smashed
NEWPORT Wasps face the Isle of Wight Islanders tonight hoping to end their dismal run of defeats on the road and secure their first Premier League away win of the season. The Wasps have now been beaten 17 times away this summer and Glenn Cunningham (pictured
IT'S good to be back -- that is the reaction of 22-times capped Wales lock Mike Voyle (pictured) to the opportunity of resurrecting his Newport career.\ He is back at Rodney Parade after a six-year absence which took him to Llanelli, Cardiff and finally
THE death of a popular father of two has stunned the community where he lived. And there is now to be an investigation into the accident which killed motorcyclist Jeff Drake, 33. Mr Drake, from Bulwark Avenue, Chepstow, died on Sunday afternoon when his
PEOPLE over the age of 50 are starting a record number of businesses according to a survey from Barclays. The retired are capitalising on their experience to re-enter the world of work - but are doing so on their own terms. In the Barclays report Third
A YOUNG Gwent mum is lucky to be alive today after a gas explosion ripped an outbuilding at a caravan park. Freeda Bennett (pictured) is recovering in Morriston Hospital, Swansea, after suffering first-degree burns to her arms and legs, and facial burns
THE Environment Agency will be taking a tougher line against companies that are deliberately avoiding their environmental responsibilities as set out in regulations introduced four years ago. The Producer Respon-sibility Obligations (Pack-aging Waste)
POLICE in Monmouth are appealing for calm after newspaper reports claimed a big cat was prowling the area. A Welsh newspaper stated yesterday that there had been several sightings of a large black panther-like creature around the area in recent weeks,
IF points were awarded in football for chances created then Newport would have won last night's game with Salisbury at a canter. Instead they drew 0-0. For 45 minutes County ripped into their visitors and created a string of chances as they found their
IT'S good to be back - that is the reaction of 22-times capped Wales lock Mike Voyle (pictured) to the opportunity of resurrecting his Newport career. He is back at Rodney Parade after a six-year absence which took him to Llanelli, Cardiff and finally
THE Celtic League and injuries - a double negative which already threatens the Welsh rugby season after only one weekend. A ridiculously early start to the season was highlighted by the number of players missing from the leading Welsh team, while most
SPINNER Robert Croft joined the celebrating England Test cricketers today and backed the Glamorgan youngsters to carry on the good work against Yorkshire in the County Championship at Scarborough. Glamorgan have a good chance of escaping relegation from
RESIDENTS near the banks of the River Usk, in Caerleon, will discover tonight whether temporary flood defences will be enough to protect their homes. Anxious locals are concerned tonight's high tide, expected at 10pm, will be too much for the flood defence
COMPANIES in South- East Wales can now draw upon the expertise of an environmental and health and safety specialist with the promotion of Jennet Holmes as ARENA Network's regional manager for the area. ARENA Network is an independent organisation providing
NEXT time you pop into the local supermarket you could come out with a whole new outlook on life - well that is part of a plan being promoted by the new training agency for Wales. Education and Learning Wales (ELWa) has launched a three-year corporate
EBBW Vale have signed Bridgend and former Newport full back Gareth Cull. He is a specialist goal kicker and could fill the void left in that department by Jason Strange, though Scott Mitchell is also a useful kicker. "He's a quality goal kicker and he's
GWENT farmer David Handley (pictured) led a march of around 1,000 protesters to Downing Street to demand "the truth is revealed" and a public inquiry be held into the foot-and-mouth crisis. The march, held six months after the start of the foot-and-mouth
FORMER careers adviser Sandra Veasey (pictured) has joined the University of Wales College Newport as schools and colleges liaison officer. For the past three years she has been working in careers advice and has also spent time as a counsellor, trainer
CWMBRAN Town fly out to Slovakia this afternoon for the second leg of their European Cup tie against Slovan Bratislava. Trailing 4-0 from the first leg, Town are facing an almost impossible task if they are to progress to the next phase of the competition
ONE of the three men jailed for the murder of a South Wales newsagent is claiming £1.1m in compensation for wrongful imprisonment. Three men, including Darren Hall of Newport, were jailed for the murder of Philip Saunders who was found dead on the doorstep
TORY leadership challenger Iain Duncan Smith arrives in Wales today in an attempt to woo local Conservatives. Welsh bookmakers Jack Brown make former chancellor Kenneth Clarke the narrow favourite, but an Argus straw-poll of leading Gwent Tories shows
FORMER Newport rugby centre Jason White (pictured) has kicked off the new season with a cracking £100,000 signs contract. The graphic designer, who has already seen his work displayed at the Millennium Stadium with a key directional signs contract, is
A VAT tribunal has ruled that tour operator Simply Travel can wait until the end of the year to choose the most favourable means to calculate its VAT. The decision means that other tour operators could follow suit to capitalise on the substantial savings
TWO members of an Abba tribute band who were assaulted during a party at a Newport hotel welcomed sentences imposed on their attackers yesterday. A couple convicted of causing actual bodily harm to Arrival's singer, Natalie Brigham, and keyboard player
A GWENT development firm has formed a joint venture to create a £7.5m hotel and leisure complex creating 300 jobs for South Wales. Property developers Brun-swick and Chepstow-based Broadhall, both of which have extensive interests in Gwent, have unveiled
