DAN Lydiate has recovered from an ankle injury to enable Wales to reunite their World Cup stars in the back row against Scotland at the Millenn-ium Stadium on Sunday. The Newport Gwent Dragons blindside missed last week’s Six Nations opener in Ireland
A NEWPORT man has transcribed old school registers to raise money for local schools. David Woolven, 69, has transcribed around 20 registers from the former Marsh’s Road School and the former Newport High School. Around 2,000 entries were made
A LANDLORD was fined more than £500 for failing to carry out work to a privately rented property in Tredegar. Blaenau Gwent council prosecuted John Titcombe, of Keynsham, Bristol, who was found guilty of failing to comply with a notice served
TORFAEN councillor Cynthia Beynon will stand for the Croesyceiliog North ward in this year’s elections after her surprise de-selection in Panteg last July. Cllr Beynon was not selected to stand for the ward she had represented since 2008 after
WORK is set to begin later this month on improvements to a key road link into the former Llanwern steelworks redevelopment site. The improvements involve converting the former steelworks access road into a public-standard dual carriageway,
RYAN Jones will replace the suspended Bradley Davies at lock when Wales face Scotland in the Six Nations on Sunday. Dragons flanker Dan Lydiate and prop Gethin Jenkins return from injury while skipper Sam Warburton is named in the side despite struggling
A MUSICIAN from Chepstow is organising a fundraising concert in aid of a local residential home that helped her family through its ‘darkest days’. Marjorie Duerden, 63, who lives with her husband of 40 years, Brian, has been the assistant musical
THE plight of a brave youngster from Portskewett who is battling cancer has touched the hearts of the local community. Four-year-old Eloise Lawn, who lives in Leechpool, near Portskewett, with her parents, Suzanne and Jim, and their younger daughter
THE Queen will come to Ebbw Vale as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour, it was announced last night. The Queen and Prince Philip will visit the town during the Welsh leg of a UK-wide tour. She will visit Ebbw Vale on either April 26 and
PEOPLE in Caerphilly borough have just days left to cast their vote on whether their council houses are transferred to an independent landlord. Caerphilly council’s ballot on whether its 13,300 tenants want properties to remain in council hands
JUST one year after the 1st Battalion 1 Rifles launched its Swift and Bold Wristband Appeal a staggering £150,000 has been raised. The appeal was set up by the battalion in January 2011 as it prepared for its second six-and-a-halfmonth tour
THE Banking Ombudsman may be asked to intervene in the closure of the HSBC branch in Blaenavon. Blaenavon town councillor Lewis Evans has been disappointed with how HSBC has handled the closure. Town councillors took it upon themselves to notify
TORFAEN politicans claimed yesterday a proposed opencast mine at Varteg, near Pontypool, contravenes Welsh Government guidelines because it would be less than 500 metres away from local residents. Backed by local residents and two campaign
AND SO the talk returns of turning Newport Gwent Dragons into a development region, a Connacht if you will. This week a BBC documentary pointed out what everyone already knew about regional rugby – attendances are low, kick-off times are all over the
FOR years Shane Williams made a mockery of the old adage ‘a good big ’un will always beat a good little ’un’. But a glance at those numbered 14 to 11 in Wales’ Six Nations opener against Ireland shows that size matters to Warren Gatland.
WALES V SCOTLAND (Sunday KO 3pm) FORWARDS coach Robin McBryde believes the Welsh lineout is in safe hands with lock Ian Evans calling the shots. Ireland pilfered four of hooker Huw Bennett’s 14 throws at the Aviva Stadium last weekend, with the last
WEAPPLAUD the decision to suspend Bradley Davies after that awful challenge on Ireland’s Donnacha Ryan last week. During an independent Six Nations disciplinary committee hearing, the television footage was used to look at the incident.
NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh has made sweeping changes at Spytty Park since succeeding Anthony Hudson, but he today reveals that he knew from day one he had inherited a talisman. The Exiles manager drafted in half a dozen new faces
A CHEPSTOW man was sentenced to seven days imprisonment after he filmed a court case on his mobile phone. Darren George, 31, of Wesley Way, Chepstow, was jailed for contempt of court after an usher spotted him using his mobile phone in the public
CWMBRAN and Abergavenny have the lowest percentage of empty shops in Wales, a new report reveals. Research carried out by the Local Data Company shows Cwmbran’s shop vacancy is 6 per cent, the lowest in Wales, while Abergavenny has the second
TO mark the 200th anniversary of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, more than 30 churches across Brecon Beacons National Park and South Wales will take part in the ‘ringing of the bells’ at noon on February 10, recreating the opening ceremony
A VALLEYS man was spared jail yesterday after he was convicted of killing one lamb and injuring another with his walking stick. Bernard Pitt, 65, of Mount Pleasant Estate, Brynithel, was given a suspended sentence at Caerphilly Magistrates
ULSTER V DRAGONS (Tomorrow KO 7.05) STEVE Jones is more than happy to be a hooking mentor but he isn’t prepared to give up the number 2 jersey just yet. The 34-year-old returns for tomorrow’s RaboDirect Pro12 encounter with Ulster after a three-week
IN a final journey laden with symbolism, Sidney Robinson crossed over the river which was his great love to a resting place in the city to which the Usk gave birth. At 10.17am yesterday, with a polar wind causing the Welsh flag atop the Transporter
A NEWPORT man left with serious injuries after being stabbed in the city was released from hospital, police said yesterday. The 35-year-old was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital on Tuesday after being stabbed in the arms and legs by a group
A MAN accused of raping and murdering pregnant Newport teenager Nikitta Grender was crying, upset and angry when he learned she had died, a court heard yesterday. Carl Whant, 27, who denies charges of rape, murder, arson and child destruction
WALES V SCOTLAND (Sunday KO 3pm) WALES will give skipper Sam Warburton extra time to prove his fitness after injury concerns emerged about potential deputy Justin Tipuric for Sunday’s Six Nations clash with Scotland. The captain and openside was forced
BACKLASH to the Channel 4 documentary about Newport bouncers rages on, with hundreds of people taking to the internet to complain about its depiction of the city. Since the Argus posted a link to Monday’s front page on our Facebook page, more
NATHAN Cleverly won’t be the only one enjoying a homecoming at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on February 25. The world champion from Cefn Fforest fights in Wales for the first time in nearly five years when he defends his WBO light-heavyweight title against
PATIENTS and carers across Gwent are being urged to think hard about whether they need all the medicines on their repeat prescriptions. Aneurin Bevan Health Board is declaring war on waste medicines as a means of trying to save money - and
A NEWPORT community centre is hosting Wales’ first ‘garden city cafe’ – bringing the outdoors, indoors. The volunteer-run cafe is part of the transformation of Somerton’s Hope Centre, which has reopened after being hit by fire in 2010.
NEWPORT County chairman Chris Blight admits the Exiles have held preliminary discussions on the possibility of staging games at Rodney Parade this season, but he adds that such a move would be “a logistical nightmare”. The County chairman was keen to
