MACWHIRTER Welsh League Division Two outfit Cwmbran Celtic have arranged to play their home Gwent Senior Cup semi final against Division Three side Aberbargoed Buds on Wednesday, April 2 at Cwmbran Stadium (kick off 7.15pm). Celtic or the Buds will face
A NEWPORT County club director praised fans' "brilliant" behaviour this season following the launch of the club's ground-breaking anti-hooligan hotline. Around 350 Exiles fans have signed up to the service so far, six months after its launch. The
A SCHEME to help jobless Newport residents get work is being launched in the city tomorrow. The community-based Futures Project is designed to link local employers to jobseekers. It will give people who are seeking work access to employers, opportunities
TWO Blaenau Gwent schools are trying out a new scheme to make school entrances safer for children crossing the road. Ystruth School and Cwm School are putting special green cones outside the school gates to make the crossing more visible. Head teacher
A JURY at Newport crown court cleared a jobless young man of allegations that he carried out a sex attack on a teenage girl he met on a bus. Jonathan Swift, 19, of Cardiff Road, Newport, was found not guilty of a charge of sexual activity with a child
A night out in Sydney is something you have to experience. Whether it's a romantic meal in circular quay or dancing and drinks at Darling harbour that you're after, there's something for everyone. The Opera House by night looks amazing, as does the Harbour
A night out in Sydney is something you have to experience. Whether it's a romantic meal in circular quay or dancing and drinks at Darling harbour that you're after, there's something for everyone. The Opera House by night looks amazing, as does the Harbour
A building worker punched a man in the mouth outside a Newport club, a court heard. The victim Kirk Brown later had to have a damaged tooth taken out, Newport crown court was told. Nicholas Bryant, 32, of Bishton Street, Newport, was sentenced to
DR Bill Maxwell, head of Wales' education watchdog Estyn, was unveiling his first annual report in Newport today. The chief inspector of schools and colleges, who recently took over from Susan Lewis, was due to reveal the findings for 2006/07 at St
POLICE are investigating a burglary at Woolworths in Chepstow following a break-in early this morning. An unidenfitied number of computer games were stolen in the raid at the High Street store at 5.30am, according to Gwent Police. A Woolworths spokesman
VANDALISED trains were used to provide extra cover for the rugby on the Ebbw Valley Line last weekend. John Newman, 78, said he saw trains with graffiti pull into Rogerstone on Saturday afternoon. An Arriva Trains Wales spokesperson said former-Central
TO celebrate their 50th birthday, leading UK development charity VSO is calling for more people to join them and take a stand against global poverty. The charity, supported by Newquest group newspapers including the Argus, has seen more than 32,000
A GWENT school choir will be taking their St david's day celebrations all the way to the House of Commons. Pupils from Ysgol Gymraeg Cwm Gwyddon, Cwmcarn, will perform at a St David's service at the Crypt Chapel in the Palace of Westminster after being
MOTORISTS caught driving or parking illegally in Newport bus lanes will be given £30 fixed penalty notices, police warn. Recently, Newport Central officers say drivers are using bus lanes in the city centre as shortcuts during rush hour congestion,
Gwent Police want to return items including a CCTV system, DVD players and several cameras to their owners. The property valued at over £1,000 was recovered from houses in the Abergavenny area. Contact Abergavenny CID on 01873 852273.
THIEVES targetting cars parked outside a group of Newport hotels struck seven times last week. Alway police say seven cars were broken into at the car parks of the Hilton hotel, Holiday Inn and Celtic Manor Resort within seven days. Thieves made
NEW MEASURES to reduce overcrowding are to be introduced on Gwent train routes to South West England. Extra capacity on the Cardiff-Portsmouth line, which stops at Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Spa, will be introduced from the summer. The Department
THE Newport woman suing Bristol Royal Infirmary for compensation over negligent treatment more than 20 years ago today won the right to millions in compensation. Marianna Telles, now 22, was left facing a lifetime of disability after being treated
As we build up to the Ireland-Wales showdown how strange that 30 years almost to the day after Wales' triple Triple Crown glory in Dublin many of those wonderful players from the 1970s gathered one more time under the same roof today. It was in the Gwent
It's going to be so much more than a game in Dublin a week on Saturday when Wales go for the Triple Crown against an Irish team hell bent on stopping them. There is no love lost between the sides for starters and rivalry between the Celtic cousins often
ANNASTARZZIA Dickenson is in London today with a special present for a resident of Downing Street - and it's not Gordon Brown. The Monmouth comprehensive school pupil, who has lived with cancer for more than a year, is seeking out Sybil, the street's
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons head coach Paul Turner has been invited to coach the Barbarians for their game against Bedford on March 18, writes Robin Davey. It follows the Baabaas' appointment of Cardiff Blues coach Dai Young to take charge of their summer
MEET Phoebe Evans - the baby in such a hurry to be born she ended up slipping through her astonished mum's fingers and onto the bathroom floor. Such was the speed with which she came into the world, dad Gavin Evans was still telephoning for an ambulance
MORE than 500 cannabis plants with an estimated annual street value of £150,000 were seized by police in a raid on a property near Newport. The haul of plants was seized from a rented outbuilding at the back of an isolated farm in Peterstone yesterday
A GIRL was allegedly the victim of a sex attack as she walked home from school, a court heard. She had missed the regular school bus and had had to take a service bus because she had been kept in school in detention, prosecutor Peter Heyward told Newport
A NEW £1 million hospice centre planned for the Valleys faces delays as further investigations into the land at the proposed site are carried out. Cancer care charity Hospice of the Valleys are looking to build a day centre on an old steel works site
Tony Atkin was the pick of a trio of Newport riders competing in the indoor ice speedway meeting at Telford on Sunday, writes Neil Evans. Atkin retained his Speedway Star Best Pairs championship with Edward Kennett and led England to a 40-31 win over
THERE is no doubt that tutor Eunice Taylor, who tragically died from cancer at the age of 53, was a true inspiration. Ms Taylor, of Pill, Newport, earned national praise for her work helping people from disadvantaged communities back into education
NEW signing Andy Gurney admits Newport County need to rediscover their form quickly or wave goodbye to any chance of promotion. The Exiles put in an abject performance in Sunday's 3-1 home reverse to Blue Square South leaders Lewes but they have the
A BLAENAU Gwent councillor could face a six month suspension after an ombudsman found there is evidence he was "less than frank" at a teacher's employment tribunal. The woman teacher claims Rassau councillor David Wilkshire, who is chairman of governors
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are set to receive a massive boost with the return of their captain Colin Charvis and key man Kevin Morgan for Friday night's Magners League game against Edinburgh at Rodney Parade. Charvis has been sidelined by a knee injury which
THE public consultation to close 2,500 Post Offices across the UK including 20 in Gwent, is a sham according to one MP today. Kate Hoey, who is chairwoman of the Commons All-Party Group on Sub-Post Offices, believes petitions against the plans, signed
If the first night audience's reaction is anything to go by, Shout! currently showing at Cardiff's New Theatre is a resounding success. This high-energy musical reminder of the swinging sixties, whilst admittedly,weak on plot, nevertheless provides
IT'S a voice packed with longing, breathy and brilliant. Cerys Matthews takes to the stage in Monmouth, and within seconds we are caught up in the aching hiraeth of Yr Awyren. Dressed in white, Cerys doesn't need bells and whistles to captivate an
THE phoney war is over, the gloves are off and now comes the crunch for Wales coach Warren Gatland. Surely the man who has revived Wales and guided them to an undreamed of start to the Six Nations with three wins out of three has got to select the best
A few well-merited cast changes have revitalised WNO's 2005 production of Mozart's The Magic Flute. In comes Neal Davies as a lovable Papageno, and Laure Meloy as a Queen of the Night whose vocal exertions sound like the sort of thing she triggers
AN Abergavenny harpist is set to play with world-famous baritone Bryn Terfel in the Welsh National Opera's latest sell-out production Falstaff. Katherine Thomas, 33 of Haul Fryn, South Clydach is principal senior harpist with the WNO and has played
POLICE in Abersychan are holding special surgeries for residents to drop in and speak to neighbourhood officers about any concerns they may have in their local area. The surgery times are as follows: Thursday, February 21, 6pm to 8pm, at Brynteg
POLICE found 625 cannabis plants capable of realising a crop with worth over £100,000 when they raided a house in Cwmbran a court heard. The electricity supply at the premises in Croesyceiliog had been by-passed and it was later estimated that a total
RESIDENTS in St Julians complained about anti-social behaviour at the Glebelands during a community meeting. Residents told local councillors that vehicles were gaining access to the playing fields through a damaged fence and that people were dumping
Chepstow bar Smith and Jones has applied to vary its licence. The Moor Street venue wishes to change the premises' layout. The application can be inspected at Monmouthshire County Council, Cwmbran. Representations should be made in writing by
AN application has been made to convert 39 Stow Hill, Newport to three self-contained flats. The development would concern a house within the conservation area. Representations must be made to Newport Council by March 15.
MYLEISHA Hussain has just celebrated her third birthday - and her parents hope her future is brighter, after a nightmare year of devastating illness. Last February Kamal and Layla Hussain could only watch as their daughter's development and health
YOUNGSTERS in Duffryn are enjoying free sport as part of a project to raise awareness around drug and health issues. Duffryn Community Link is inviting youngsters to attend workshops on topics such as drugs misuse and sexual health every Friday at
Every new home in the UK should be built to accommodate the country's ageing population, with staircases that allow for stairlifts and wider doorways for wheelchairs, the Government said. Play Video Under the proposals, developments will have
Police arrested a group of Greenpeace activists who climbed on top of an aeroplane after it landed at Heathrow Airport. Play Video Their demonstration ended at around 11am on Monday, just over an hour after they breached security to hang a banner
