WALES football chiefs expect to agree a two-year contract extension with John Toshack before their next international in February. Low-key talks have been ongoing for several months, and a decision on the future of the Wales boss will be rubber-stamped
GP surgeries across Gwent will be closed on Christmas day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. Patients are reminded to check they have enough medicine supplies to last them over the Christmas and New Year break to avoid unnecessary calls to the
Abergavenny Museum’s latest exhibition, “Artists in Wales” is now on show in the newly refurbished gallery. The exhibition includes works by many leading artists including Josef Herman, Valerie Ganz, Will Roberts. The work dates back to the post
POLICE are looking for a group of youths responsible for "wanton criminal damage" in the area around Broadmead Park, Newport. Some time between Thursday night and Friday morning 10 cars in the area had windows smashed and were searched by vandals. PC
MOTORISTS using the Severn bridges may soon be able to pay by card. Discussions with banks are well underway on the possibility of introducing credit and debit card payments at the tolls on the two bridges. A working group, involving the Highways
A NEWPORT couple who were wrongly accused of failing to protect their three children from sexual abuse were today awarded an undisclosed amount from the council that put them into care and an NHS trust. Tim and Gina Williams, both 39, of
TORFAEN council leader Bob Wellington has invited local residents to join him on a Boxing Day walk to a local historical monument. Cllr Wellington, who is chair of the Cistercian Way Partnership is inviting the community to join him to walk for two
THE multi-million pound redevelopment of the Brewery Yard in Abergavenny is expected to be completed ahead of next year’s food festival. Monmouthshire county council’s economic development manager Rick Longford, said local contractors Alun Griffiths
A MAN injured in a car accident in Abertillery at the weekend is now in a serious, life-threatening condition. Gwent Police yesterday confirmed that the man, who was in a collision with a red Ford Focus estate car in the early hours of Saturday morning
WHEN 11-year-old Ryan Jones died in his sleep in September, his heartbroken family decided to help raise awareness of the danger of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) by selling charity wristbands. Just three months later they have raised
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons head coach Paul Turner has announced his 22-man squad looking for their second successive victory over a Welsh region. The Dragons will be looking to for a double derby day triumph following their success against the Ospreys
ON the weekend of the second anniversary of his death, the wife of a Newport man who was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident has issued an emotional plea to motorists. Roger Glyn Lewis, 63 of Bettws, died in an accident between junctions 24
IT has discovered the likes of Coldplay, The Killers and the Arctic Monkeys and next year’s Shockwaves NME Awards Tour is back and bigger than ever! Scooping the much coveted headline slot are electrifying Scottish rebel rousers Glasvegas who play
Twilight (12A) *** - Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz and Taylor Lautner. UNASHAMEDLY aimed at the teenage girl market, this highly-anticipated vampire
MEMBERS of the public could become involved in the running of cemeteries in the Abergavenny area. If a proposal to set up a working group for cemeteries in Llanelly Hill, Abergavenny and Llanfoist are given the go-ahead it would see local ward
A HEADY brew of rock, horror and mayhem, the ever popular Circus of Horrors returns to Newport’s The Riverfront next month. A musical extravaganza that promises to shock the senses and makes you feel invigorated it’s a show that’s not for the faint-hearted
FAST Show favourite Simon Day brings his stand up routine to Newport’s The Riverfront on Valentine’s Day. Day first started doing stand up in 1990, winning the Time Out New Act of the Year Award a year later. He sprang to fame with the classic The
DANIEL Boys might have gone out in the early stages of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s BBC hit show Any Dream Will Do, but since his exit Boys has enjoyed a meteoric rise. He has enjoyed his first West End run and a starring role at Bryn Terfel’s Faenol Festival
THE multi award winning musical legend Van Morrison comes to Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre in March as part of his 2009 world tour. Morrison will perform some of his timeless classics, including songs from his seminal album, Astral Weeks. One of
EBBW Vale, after four successive Welsh Premiership defeats, got their act together to avoid a potential banana skin to overcome a plucky but outclassed Llandudno 69–3 in round four of the Swalec Cup. The Steelmen, who are seeing the return of several
OLD favourite Joe Brown is back at Newport’s The Riverfront in the new year for a concert on Friday, February 13. Last year marked the musician’s 50th year as a professional entertainer. Brown returns by popular demand with his long serving band and
THE award winning artists Blake and the glamorous soprano Natasha Marsh are coming to Cardiff's St David’s Hall in April. Winners of the 2008 Classical Brit Awards for Best Album, Blake’s debut album sold over 100,000 copies. And their version of Swing
THREE unions are claiming that a Gwent council is trying to change working conditions without negotiating with officials. They say Caerphilly County Borough Council wants to take away bank holiday and private vehicle benefits while reducing
ASSEMBLY health minister Edwina Hart and one of Wales's top nurses have urged patients not to overburden hospitals this winter. Mrs Hart urged patients to act responsibly and not put unnecessary strain on services, while Tina Donnelly, director of
NEWBRIDGE, chasing promotion to the Welsh Premiership, produced the only upset of the fourth round of the Swalec Cup when they sent Bedwas slipping to defeat by 18–15. This success can not rank among the cup’s biggest upsets, such as the Garndiffaith
THE families of two elderly pedestrians killed crossing a Cwmbran road say they have been let down by the justice system by the punishment of a £1,000 fine given to the man convicted of causing their deaths. Doreen Morgan, 74, and her friend Sylvia
PONTYPOOL, struggling at the foot of the Welsh Premiership table, were relieved to move into the fifth round – the stage of the last 32 of the Swalec Cup – but they knew they had been in a match at Parc Mawr after a 13–5 victory. It was
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man was hit by a car on Friday night in Abertillery. The pedestrian was walking with another person along Castle Street behind Tesco supermarket near the 30mph speed limit approaching the town
SHE'S spent the last few weeks rubbing shoulders with the most beautiful women in the world, but now Miss Wales Chloe-Beth Morgan is back at work in Matalan Cwmbran, full of stories of her adventure of a life-time. Harry Hawkins found out what
CROSS Keys believed they would be in for a tough afternoon when they fell behind to a first-half unconverted try at Crymych – but the professionalism of the Pandy Park men shone through and they pulled away to secure a comfortable 31–5 success. This
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons produced one Christmas cracker when they rocked Welsh glamour boys the Ospreys at Rodney Parade on Friday night - now they need another against their biggest rivals Cardiff Blues at home on Boxing Day. The Dragons not only ended
THE government was very quick to distance itself from the proposals leaked at the weekend to charge interest on emergency state loans. The fact it was even being considered is a real worry. We’re currently going through our worst economic period
BLACKWOOD backs coach Jeremy Lloyd was full of pride after watching his side push Newport to the limit, writes Chris Kirwan. The Glan-yr-Afon Park outfit were level at the break and an avalanche of Newport points was never on the cards. “We have done
THEIR name may not be in the hat for round five of the Swalec Cup, but it was a dogged Blackwood who emerged with the most credit from an uncompromising derby at Rodney Parade, going down 40–21 to Newport. The visitors did not arrive with
Newport RFC captain Andrew Coombs was on hand to make the Christmas Super Draw which took place at half time during the cup match verses Blackwood. 1st (£500) - Dennis Bellew 2nd (£100) - Andrew Hopkins 3rd (£75) - Graham Jarvis 4th (£50) -
THE figures revealed by police today for the rise in the number of glassing attacks makes for grim reading. According to Gwent Police the number of glass and bottle attacks has more than doubled over the past year to 76 incidents. Attacks in Newport
GLASS and bottle attacks in Gwent have soared by 130 per cent amid claims by a leading police officer that cheap booze and supermarket offers could be to blame. In 2007, there were 33 incidents involving bottles and glasses, but this year’s
Newport prop Dai Pattison and his wife brought their 3 week old daughter Jessica to Rodney Parade to see her first game of rugby and watch Dad help Newport to a cup win over Blackwood. Jessica also stopped for a while after the game to soak
JOE Bearman has thrown down the gauntlet to Welsh rugby’s latest star, Andy Powell, going into Boxing Day’s potential Magners League firecracker between Newport Gwent Dragons and Cardiff Blues: “Show us what you’re made of.” Bearman has been in magnificent
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have gained one new prop, but have lost another. Nigel Hall, a New Zealander who has been playing for English Division One club Nottingham, arrives for training at Rodney Parade today after signing a contract for the rest of this
NOT every eight-year-old can say they have designed a Mini, but one Blackwood girl is all smiles after she won an Argus competition with hers. Emily Smith was the overall winner of the Argus and Sytner Newport Mini's charity Christmas card competition
The newly refurbished canal centre at Fourteen Locks has had almost 20,000 visitors since it was taken over by Monmouthshire and Brecon Canals Trust in May. The centre was handed over by Newport city council and a £250,000 grant from the Welsh
LIVE animals were the main attraction at a Gwent farm’s Christmas nativity scene. Visitors to Tintern Parva Farm and Vineyard got the chance to see the traditional nativity scene with Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus, but with a few added extras including
DEAN Holdsworth got into a war of words with Wimbledon fans after the Dons heaped the pressure back on the County boss. Newport’s ugly side returned in a pre-Christmas horror show in south- west London. The home fans taunted their former striker with
IF battling qualities could be turned into points, then Newport YMCA would certainly not be rock bottom of the MacWhirter Welsh League Division One table. However, you simply get nothing for effort in reducing a 3-0 deficit to 3-2, and so YMCA’s latest
