A FUNDRAISING event is being held at King Henry VIII Comprehensive School, Abergavenny. The event, on Sunday, April 22, will feature the Abergavenny Symphony Orchestra with their conductor Brian Weir. All funds go to the prostate cancer fund in the
HUNDREDS of visitors are expected for Blaenavon's spring festival next month. Traders and residents in the World Heritage town are organising a host of fun events over the May Bank Holiday of May 5th to 7th. Catrin Finch, former Royal Harpist to HRH
FASHIONABLE kids will be strutting their stuff down the catwalk to raise funds for their school. Pupils from Langstone Primary School will be modelling clothes from George at Asda, with mums and dads also taking to the runway. All money raised will go
Newport's Chartist mural may be being demolished, but it's importance to the city is being highlighted in a special event. In 1839 people were literally dying for a chance to vote, and 20 people were killed when a crowd of 5,000 supporters of the People's
CWMBRAN'S open garden competition kicks off this week. Entries are invited from enthusiastic gardeners across the town. Participants can nominate their front or rear gardens. The competition is sponsored by the town's community council's and Cwmbran
KEITH Bigham was just 60 when he died after suffering from mesothelioma, a form of cancer, last year. The popular Pontypool man was "fit and active" according to his grieving family. But just 17 days after being diagnosed with the disease, he died.
THE only surviving founder member of a needlework group was honoured for her hard work and dedication. The Rt Rev Dominic Walker, Bishop of Monmouth, honoured 92-year-old Barbara Hollingdale by investing her into the Order of St Woolos. She was
AN ARSON attack on an electricity sub-station in Newport left more than 2,000 people without power and caused £20,000 worth of damage. Police were forced to evacuate three homes in Otter Close, Bettws, over fears of the spread of noxious gasses in the
AMBULANCE staff are at a crash on the eastbound M4 near the junction of the A48 and motorway. Eye witnesses say there are major tailbacks as emergency services deal with the crash which happened at 4.50pm. Details of how many vehicles were involved
A NEWPORT businessman claims he is losing hundreds of pounds from a mystery water leak that floods the cellar of his city centre cafe. John Siccolo, owner of Langton's Cafe Bar on Charles Street, said he has had to close the premises on numerous occasions
A TEENAGE cyclist is in hospital with serious injuries after he was in collision with a bus near Ebbw Vale Tesco today. The A4046 is still closed after the incident, which involved a 16-year-old cyclist. The collision occurred at about 3pm and the
BLAENAU Gwent has a proud industrial and political history. As the former core of the South Wales steel and mining industries, the borough was shaped around these physically demanding jobs. Famous Labour political leaders such as the founder of
I live in Ebbw Vale, and I have seen the neglect which Labour has brought upon us. They took us for granted, and closed down the main workplaces in our community. They left us with poor health services, and council services which are starved of investment
As a mother and grandmother who has lived and worked in Blaenau Gwent all my life, I have a simple message to the people of Blaenau Gwent. Since being elected in June last year I have with Dai Davies MP established a fully staffed office in the constituency
A pensioner dubbed the "original neighbour from hell" by a judge, plans to appeal against her prison sentence, her daughter said today. Dorothy Evans, 81, was jailed for six months at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday for one count of harassment and six
ORGANISERS are appealing for help for a cash-strapped Gwent summer music event set to attract hundreds of people. Pontypool's Opera in the Park, scheduled for June 24, desperately needs cash support after two applications for a £5,000 grant were turned
Bob Hayward, Welsh Conservative Candidate for Blaenau Gwent, is fairly new to politics but has brought a vigorous, fresh approach and professionalism to Monmouthshire County Council where he is the chair of the powerful Economy and Development committee
This election is about local issues and it's about who has the right vision for Blaenau Gwent. People in Blaenau Gwent can already see the commitment Labour has to the area. The new Ebbw Vale rail link to Cardiff and the regeneration of the steelworks
We are all aware of the neglect and under-investment that Blaenau Gwent has suffered. Since the loss of our heavy industries the people of Blaenau Gwent have been forgotten. They have been cast aside by an uncaring Labour administration that has
IT'S always seemed nonsensical to put traffic lights on a roundabout. But ever since they were introduced at the Ebbw Bridge roundabout, near the Office for National Statistics in Newport, drivers have been left fuming by the lengthy delays they now
A DOZEN vintage MGs escorted an Ebbw Vale bride to be and her family to Abergavenny for a wedding with a difference. Passing cars honked their horns to the trail of red, green and cream MGs on Saturday, making their way down the heads of the valleys
ENGLAND coach Duncan Fletcher is expected to step down after the side's final World Cup Super Eight match against West Indies on Saturday. National Cricket Centre director Peter Moores is thought to have been chosen as Fletcher's successor. The announcement
THERE are still a few tickets left to see one of the hottest comedians on the circuit perform in Cardiff. You can catch Ricky Gervais at the Cardiff International Arena on Saturday, May 26. Gervais shot to fame in 2001 as David Brent in the excellent
Newport: Bettws RFC. Galaxy Auctions, viewing 5pm, auction 6pm. Tel: 07810 732890
Chepstow: Scout HQ, Bulwark. Jo Jingles classes, 7mths-2 years, 10am, 2-4 years, 11am. Tel: 01633 897041. Newport: Newport church of Christ, East Usk Rd and Riverside. Fun Club for ages 5-12 years. Newport: Share Centre, Stow Hill. Rhyme Time group
Cardiff:St David's Hall. Lunchtime concert, Badke Quartet, 1pm Roots Unearthed, Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, 8pm. Tel: 02920 878444
Abergavenny: Trinity Church Hall. Belly Dancing Classes, 7.30pm-9pm. Tel: 01495 757144. Chepstow: Chepstow Leisure Centre. Sequence Club Night, 8pm-10pm. New members and visitors welcome. Cwmbran: Cwmbran Stadium. New Dancerellas dance class
Caerleon:Bolero's. Karaoke fun. All singers welcome. Tel: 01633 422822. Caerleon:Roman Lodge Hotel. Quiz every Tuesday, 8.30pm. Tel: 01633 420534. Cardiff: Sherman Theatre. Lucy Porter - The Good Life, 7.30pm. Tickets £12(£10) Tel: 02920 646900
Abercarn: Budo kan Martial Arts and Fitness Centre, Rechabite Hall. Ju-Jutsu, children, 6pm-7pm. Ju -Jutsu, adults,7pm-9pm. Tel: 01495 245305/244436 . Cwmbran: Oasis Leisure Centre. Cwmbran Thai Boxing, 6.30pm-8pm. Martial arts for all levels, beginners
Abercarn: Scouts Hall. Fat Burn and Toning Class every Tuesday, 6pm. Cost £2.50. Abergavenny: Mardy Community Centre. Weight Watchers class, 6.30pm. Tel: 08457 123 000. Abersychan: Brynteg Community Hall. Aerobics Class, 7.15pm-8.15pm. Admission
Abergavenny: Borough Theatre. Abergavenny Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society presents Kiss Me Kate,7pm. Tickets £8.50. Tel: 01873 850805 (until Apr 28). Cardiff: New Theatre. Northern Ballet Theatre, Romeo and Juliet, 7.30pm. Tickets from £8. Tel
DAVID DIMBLEBY and a little panto magic helped get a record number of people buying tickets for events at Newport's Riverfront theatre and arts centre this year. More than 75,000 people were treated to shows at Newport's flagship arts and theatre venue
Hafodyrynys: Hafodyrynys Miner's Welfare Club. Auction every Monday, viewing 6pm for sale 6.45pm. Tel: 01495 753411
Caerleon: Caerleon Town Hall. Jo Jingles classes, 7months-2years, 9.30pm, 2-4 years, 10.30am and 1.30pm. Tel: 01633 897041. Caldicot: Caldicot Castle. Children's Woodland Fairytale Activity Trail now open until June 30. Newport: The Share Centre
Cardiff: St David's Hall. Chamber Music at lunchtime, 1pm. Tel: 02920 878444
Abercarn: Abercarn Workingmen's Club. Modern Sequence Dance, 8pm. Admission £1. Blackwood: Miner's Institute. Salsa class every Monday, 1.30pm. Tel: 01495 227206. Caerleon: Caerleon Town Hall. Newport Scottish Country Dance Club, 7.30pm. Tel: 01633
A YOUNG woman alleged to have been sexually abused by a former martial arts instructor, told a jury: "I never felt any physical, sexual attraction for him at all." The woman denied that she had ever made a sexual approach to forty-year-old cabinet
Abertillery: The Penndragon, Oak St. Bingo every Monday. Tel: 01495 212555. Caerleon: Bolero's. Quiz Night every Monday. Newport: Pill Harriers. Quiz Night every Monday, 8.30pm. All welcome. Tel: 01633 662668. Newport: Breeze. Local Band Night
Brecon: Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery. Art project in celebration of The Beacons Way Trail. Tel: 01874 624121 (until May 20). Cardiff: National Museum. Exhibition of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. Timed entry periods. (until June 3). Cardiff:
Chepstow: Castle car park. Meet 7.30pm for an evening walk with authentic ghost stories. Tel: 07929 463718
A MUSICAL celebration featuring the hit songs of Michael Jackson & The Jackson Five, coinciding with the 25th Anniversary of the epic album, Thriller, is coming to town. The show arrives at Cardiff's St David's Hall on Thursday, May 24, at 7.30 pm, as
Abercarn: Rechabite Hall. New Judo Class for beginners, children 6pm-7.30pm, adults 7.30pm-9pm. Tel: 01495 245305/244436. Cwmbran: Woodland Road Sports and Social Centre. Cwmbran Thai Boxing, 7.15pm-8.30pm. Martial arts for all levels, beginners welcome
THE Greyhound Welfare charity will be holding another Companion Dog Show and Family Fun Day. The fourth show will take place at the Welfare Grounds, Tregwilym Road, Rogerstone on Sunday, April 29 from 12pm to 5pm. Entry is free and judging starts
Abergavenny: Trinity Hall, Baker Street. Weight Watchers class, 6.30pm. Tel: 08457 123 000. Abertillery: Ebenezer Chapel. Interested? Abertillery Ladies Orpheus Choir meet every Monday, 6.45pm for 7pm. start. New choristers always welcome, no voice
Abergavenny: Borough Theatre. Abergavenny Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society presents Kiss Me Kate,7pm. Tickets £8.50. Tel: 01873 850805 (until Apr 28). Ebbw Vale: Beaufort Theatre. Ebbw vale Showstoppers present Oklahoma! 7pm. Tickets £6.50, family
Newport: Civic Centre. Newport Outdoor Group meet 7pm for an evening walk at Grey Hill.
A TREE planting scheme is underway in Blaenau Gwent to replace up to 100 trees along the A4046. The first stage of the scheme is now complete, with 37 plane trees planted along the section running north from the multi-storey car park in Ebbw Vale. The
THE youngest member of a Newport boxing dynasty has tasted his first success after becoming a Welsh schoolboy champion. Jerome Samuels, 13, is the son of classy former professional middleweight Paul Samuels, 34, who has just hung up his gloves to mentor
WE would like to make it clear that a CCTV image which appeared in the Argus on Friday, April 13, was of a potential witness in a case being investigated by the police and not a suspect. Newport detectives are still investigating the serious sexual
ONE of British indie rock's finest bands, the Bluetones are playing in Newport tomorrow night at TJs. Formed in Hounslow, Greater London, in 1994, the band enjoyed their halcyon days during the Britpop era. They scored their greatest UK chart single
SUE Perkins of Mel and Sue fame makes a return to the comedy circuit with her second solo show called The Disappointing Second Show and visits Abergavenny's Borough Theatre in June. The show deals with the many ways that life has fallen short and let
Some schools in Newport have been amazingly supportive of their young people going to Africa. St Julians School and their intrepid explorers have joined forces and are putting on a Sports Event on Friday afternoon at the Glebelands in Newport. Between
GLAMORGAN skipper David Hemp believes his pair of Australians can help the county experience that winning feeling again. Glam are hoping to experience a few more victories this season after a woeful 2006 in which they finished second from the bottom
A POPULAR band in their 1970s heyday who have performed at Buckingham Palace and, staggeringly, over 300 times at the London Palladium, the Barron Knights are coming to Abergavenny's Borough Theatre next month. The band are promising to deliver a real
CLERMONT Auvergne have warned Newport Gwent Dragons ahead of Saturday's Challenge Cup semi-final that their chase for French League honours won't affect their bid for European glory as well. Clermont have won this competition before when they were called
There are just a few days now until the massive Scratch Perverts hit Mojo, Market Street on Wednesday the 25th. To be guaranteed of witnessing the multi award winning "decksterity" of these turntable masters, you need to get your tickets at Meze Lounge
DAY services for vulnerable adults in Monmouthshire are being reorganised. Several new projects in the community are being introduced to replace those available at the Tudor Street Day Centre in Abergavenny, following a review in which service users
THE likes of Sean Penn and Robert De Niro won't be losing much sleep over relinquishing their reputations as the world's best actors following Justin Timberlake's acting debut. To be fair to Timberlake he also may not be in Alec Guinness league but
It's become a running joke over the last couple of weeks. "Got the book finished yet?" has been mickey-taking enquiry which reached a most worrying crescendo on Tuesday. My so-called friends have been, of course, referring to my association as ghost-writer
A BAND making waves and being touted as the new Kooks have announced new gig dates in Cardiff after a performance at Barfly in March. The Rumble Strips will play at Cardiff Point on Sunday (April 22) and on May 17 they will be headlining the NME New
Man-of-the-match Craig Hughes was in a buoyant mood after his two goals helped County move a step closer to this season's play-offs with a 4-0 win over Eastbourne. Hughes was in fine form throughout the game and he played an important role in all four
GWENT is awash with these yellow oilseed rape flowers as spring came weeks early this year. Model Rachel Rice is surrounded by the flowers in a field at Lower Machen. Farmer Paul Rymer, of Ifton Hill Farm, Caldicot, said: "It's all out in flower very
WITH a number 1 single in America, a number 1 UK debut album, and over 6.5 million units shifted worldwide, the gorgeous Natasha Bedingfield is the UK's answer to US diva babes like Christina Aguilera and Pink. She took the US by storm last year with
A FOUR star triumph fuelled Newport County's promotion aspirations last night as rivals Eastbourne Borough were brushed aside. This was County at their very best, fatigue or nerves never came into the equation thanks to a tremendous display. Striker
NEWPORT County boss Peter Beadle admitted he only had one word for his players after last night's thumping win over Eastbourne Borough... awesome! The Exiles' super performance puts them just one point outside the Conference South play-off positions
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have suffered a massive blow with the loss of former Wales captain Colin Charvis, below, for their European Challenge Cup semi-final against Clermont Auvergne at the Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin on Saturday. Charvis damaged an
A PLAN to build an electricity substation as part of a £400 million power station in Newport has been approved. The National Grid Company is now planning to build the 275KV electricity substation at the site of the Uskmouth Power Station. City councillors
IT doesn't seem so long ago that this newspaper was reporting on the controversial demolition of the derelict Dunlop Semtex factory in Brynmawr. Plans had come and gone for this site and for many it seemed the decaying factory would forever be a blot
It's here again on Sunday....On your marks, get set... no forget it, let's stay in bed instead. It's a Sunday for goodness sake, and surely you've far better things to do, than get sweaty running 26 miles around London to get a heart attack for a good
I am trying to find the man who put the floor down on my landing and the man who laid my old carpet. If you know these people please could you send them round to my house as I'd like a word with them. Actually it's a bit more than a word, by the time
THREE High Street names and a pub chain are signed up for the next phase of a major regeneration project for a former factory site - bringing 100 new jobs with them. Peacocks, Farmfoods and Homebargains have announced they are to open on the new Lakeside
Once again our City Council has allowed a developer to dictate what will happen in our city centre. I am talking about the Chartists Mural. When this subject first came up, quite a few years ago now, The people of Newport made it clear that they wanted
It's our last time in cruising the Caribbean as we are setting sail for Europe on Saturday. The crossing is going to take 12 days and we are hopefully going to visit Bermuda, Madeira, Gibraltar and Alicante before reaching our home port of Barcelona
Not too many people know that I was a brain surgeon before I entered the challenging and wonderful world of warehousing. Self-taught, I might add. At first it was really more of a hobby since no one ever paid me for it or actually volunteered for my
ANY new mural built as part of a £200 million development plan for Newport's shopping centre must have a Chartist theme, say city councillors. Their demands were made at a planning meeting yesterday after we revealed that the city's Chartist mural
AMERICAN property tycoon Donald Trump is reportedly interested in buying a £1.5 million piece of land with dilapidated farmhouse next to the prestigious Celtic Manor Resort. The entrepreneur - whose personal fortune is estimated at $2.9 billion - is
