AN Appeal to fund a permanent memorial to be mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in Usk has reached £4,000. Usk Town Council want to commemorate the occasion in the same way local people funded the clock in Twyn Square for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
THEY’RE FAMOUS across London for their striking black and white costumes, decorated with pearls, but now the pearly kings and queens have come to Newport, in the form of a SuperDragon. The Pearly Dragon King was created by Sarah White, 42, from Abertillery
WALES head into their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign on the back of three successive defeats after a dispiriting night in Llanelli. The 2-0 defeat to a technically and tactically superior Bosnia-Herzegovina means new manager Chris Coleman has
A NEWPORT teenager, planning a charity expedition in Australia, donned her pyjamas for a sponsored walk with family and friends. Paige Hannan, 17, of Duffryn, organised the walk which saw 18 people, some dressed in their nightwear, take on the
MORE than 2,000 children took part in this summer’s Monmouthshire playscheme during its first week. The schemes, open to children between five and 11, are run from the county’s four leisure centres in Chepstow, Monmouth, Abergavenny and Caldicot
A SECTION of the Wales Coastal Path at Blackrock, in South Monmouthshire, has had to be closed and moved because a section of cliff has become unstable. A spokesman for Monmouthshire council said the coastguard has informed the authority that the
TWO friends of a Cwmbran soldier killed in Afghanistan earlier this year will take on a 40 mile run to raise funds in his memory. David Allison, 33, and Leighton Nicholas, 27, both of Cwmbran, will run a 40 mile lap around the Wirral Peninsula
A MAN who is leading a dig at a site in Monmouth says he's found evidence to dispute claims by a minister who claimed remains there were not Bronze Age. Steve Clarke of Monmouth Archaeology says latest scientific results from the Parc Glyndwr site shows
He’s coached a host of British cycling’s Olympic champions, with double gold medalist Laura Trott citing him as a major factor in her success. Darren Tudor, the Valleys-based head of Welsh Cycling, tells WILL BAIN about life at the heart
THE latest statement made by the WRU regarding Pontypool beggars belief. Do they honestly think that the Welsh public believes that the reinstating of Carmarthen RFC and Bridgend RFC had anything to do with what they call “the balancing of Premiership
ON August 3, in Blackwood centre, my partner was walking down from the car park near Argos, when a man appeared to be drunk, staggering across the road, trying to cling to people. They were crossing the road to avoid this man and stood staring.
I AM grateful for the information received from Mr Ryan regarding the Gwent Crematorium. As I pointed out in my letter, the phrase “inconvenient to the family” is totally inappropriate, rather it is the distress it causes and not the inconvenience
OH, Mr Bale, Mr Bale, how your Thursday letter takes me back. It puts me in mind of those remarkable sci-fi movies of the 50s and early 60s wherein we were constantly threatened by aliens who wanted to control our minds and steal our women. I
Silence can say a lot PERHAPS I can enlighten Jan Preece with a few facts and reasoning as to why Welsh players may be passive in singing the British National Anthem: 1) England use this anthem and they should probably sing something more embracing
WHAT a mess they have made of the so-called repairs to our roads. It’s now worse than ever. There are grey stones that haven’t been pressed into the tarmac flying everywhere, making a real mess on the pavements. People are carrying these loose
DURING the period of the Thatcher government, our National Health Service was subjected to such change that it is debatable that it ever recovered enough to enable it to provide an adequate care system for those in need. School playing fields
We all accept the need to enhance Newport, and the development plans go some way towards this. However, bus facilities must be seriously addressed. We have had a two-site approach for far too long. It sounds from the current plans that we are yet
3.48pm UPDATE: A MAN has been arrested following this morning's crash on the Second Severn crossing. The 31-year-old Slovakian man was arrested on suspicion of driving without due care and is currently in police custody. Gwent Police confirmed
FIVE minutes with Judith Dudley who, with her husband Colin, owns Parva Farm Vineyard in Tintern. If you had to be stuck in a lift with someone, who would it be and why? My husband Colin, however, I am terrified of being stuck in a lift, so
Victims of crime who suffer blurred vision, a dislocated jaw, or who require knee surgery, are some of those who could lose the right to claim compensation under new plans. COMPENSATION is one of the many ways courts can punish criminals, but newmoney-saving
UNEMPLOYMENT has fallen by 7,000 in Wales between April and June to 126,000, new figures show. The drop was welcomed by Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan, but the Welsh Government warned the country's economic prospects still remain uncertain.
A FORMER Newport nurse has written a book about her memories of working in St Cadoc’s Hospital. Daphne Condon, from Ringland, talks about her time as a ward maid at the Caerleon hospital during the 1950s and 1960s under the rule of a hospital matron
A-LEVEL results will be out this Thursday – and your Argus will be helping youngsters across Gwent celebrate their achievements. We will be covering stories of A grade students, as well as those who have overcome all sorts of odds to get their
A CHEPSTOW man will complete a charity cycle ride in memory of his baby son. Gareth Richards, 44, sets off on the 35-mile journey from Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium to Chepstow Castle on Saturday morning in aid of the Gloucester-based Great Western
THOUSANDS of music lovers will be left disappointed this year as the ever-popular Pontypool Jazz Festival has been cancelled due to a lack of funding. After 13 successful years since its launch in 1999, Torfaen Council have announced they cannot
A WOMAN is suing a council after she was injured after slipping and falling in a puddle of vomit while at a Whitesnake gig in Newport, legal papers claim. Lindy Butcher, 39, went to the gig with her friend Caroline Burns and was walking to the
AN ICONIC Gwent house and park is reaping the rewards after earning more than £100,000 in revenue since its restoration. Bedwellty House and Park brought in £2,192 in revenue in 2008/09. The Grade II listed building was used as a home by
NATIONAL captain Aaron Ramsey insists he will not have a problem with Ryan Shawcross joining the Welsh squad. Stoke City defender Shawcross was the opposition player involved when the Arsenal star broke his leg in February 2010. The pair have
TAWE Fest has one of the most sought-after festival bills of the summer – and you could win tickets for this special event. The three-day festival, at Singleton Park in Swansea from Saturday, August 25, to bank holiday Monday, August 27, offers
A £250 MILLION motorsport facility planned for Ebbw Vale would bring 9,000 new jobs, we can reveal today. The proposed Circuit of Wales, set to be built in Rassau, is expected to boost the Welsh economy by £50 million a year in tourism and business
GAS works in the city centre are to take longer than anticipated and will run on past September, according to the firm behind the work. Wales and West Utilities says there has been "unforeseen difficulties" encountered during its excavation of
WITH Great Britain’s London 2012 boxers having the most successful Games since 1920, team leader Rob McCracken faces an anxious wait as the promoters circle ready to pluck his prizefighters from the amateur ranks and place them in professional circles
