HEALTH chiefs in Gwent will seek to increase capacity for carrying out heart tests in the area’s hospitals, to help reduce waiting times and transfer more work from Cardiff.They hope to increase cardiac catheter laboratory capacity for Gwent patients
CAERLEON-BORN Scott Davies tonight failed to win the MasterChef crown and was pipped by Steven Edwards. The 27-year-old former Newport High School Old Boys rugby player says he was “always involved in the kitchen” growing up. He left Caerleon
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons’ Amlin Challenge Cup hopes disappeared for another season after they lost their return fixture with Bordeaux-Bègles largely due to the pure brute force of the French forwards who gave the visitors a torrid time. It was largely
NEWPORT County AFC travel to Portsmouth this weekend with manager Justin Edinburgh insisting he has no regrets about turning down the chance to manage the south coast club. The Exiles boss returns to Fratton Park – where he finished his playing
EBBW Vale artist Nathan Wyburn has given a taster of the talent show's climax by creating portraits of the finalists from food. He is said to have spent more than 30 hours working on the faces using 2kg of turkey, 144 slices of ham, 89 sprouts,
Llanfoist Fawr Primary School, in Abergavenny is situated in the beautiful surrounding hills. Carys Thomas went to visit how the setting lends itself to the children's learning. “LLANFOIST Fawr is an outdoors school,” says Jon Murphy, head teacher
DEFENDER Andy Sandell will again act as back-up to number one goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley as Newport County AFC take on Portsmouth on Saturday, writes Andrew Penman.Reserve ‘keeper Jamie Stephens has been ruled out for up to six weeks with a hamstring
A MAN who raped an 18-year-old man in the centre of Newport was jailed for nine years at Cardiff Crown Court. Altaf Ali Raza, 23, told his victim: "I'm not going to mug you. I just want to have sex with a white person, I've never had it before
RSPCA Cymru has said it is “delighted” after Assembly Members unanimously voted to give councils additional powers to tackle fly-grazing and owners of horses who abandon them. All AMs voted for the Control of Horses (Wales) Bill at the Senedd
A WASTE management company was fined £10,000 for depositing potentially contaminated waste without a licence at a hearing in Newport magistrates court yesterday.Thomas Waste Management (TWM) based on Old Abergavenny Road in Brynmawr, delivered 320
IMPROVEMENTS will be made to Cardiff airport’s terminal building this winter. They should be completed by summer and are the first changes planned after the Welsh Government loaned £10 million to the airport. There will be a new and expanded
GWENT Police and Wales Air Ambulance have grounded their helicopters after a fault was detected on a flight by a similar aircraft - the same type which crashed into a Glasgow pub. Bond helicopters, which operates the aircraft, has grounded its
M4 RELIEF ROADI make no apologies for raising this matter again. It is an all too frequent occurrence that an accident causes miles of tail-backs along the M4. There may not be universal agreement about which route it should take, but there is agreement
THE campaign group aiming to get the Newport Transporter Bridge as internationally recognised as the Taj Mahal, the Egyptian Pyramid Fields and Statue of Liberty met again last week. The Friends of Newport Transporter Bridge held a meeting at Newport
A TRAGIC couple who were originally from Pontypool fell to their deaths from the bedroom window of their Dorset home, a coroner has heard. Glenys and Roy Smith, who were aged 92 and 89-years-old, were found in the garden of their home at Crag Head, Manor
CWMBRAN Stadium bosses yesterday paid tribute to Paralympic hero Chris Hallam by renaming a suite in his honour. The wheelchair athlete competed in four Paralympic Games and won gold in the 50m breaststroke event at the 1984 games in Stoke Mandeville
MR NORMAN Jones seems to have a pretty low opinion of his fellow residents of south Wales (Letters, December 6). Because a majority of us “keep voting Labour”, Mr Jones thinks we’re “ignorant”. Perhaps he hasn’t quite got the hang of democracy?
MEMBERS of the public can now have their say on plans for millions in savings for the next four years following a meeting of senior Newport councillors. The public consultation on proposals to deliver £25 million in savings over four years has
IT’S NICE to know that Newport City Council still have enough money in their coffers to send workmen out to vacuum up the leaves that fall in our parks and open spaces. As well as the industrial sized vacuums they then cart the leaves away in a lorry
NELSON Mandela is dead, but the flame of freedom he lit will live on. He was a beacon of light in a world of indifference. I was proud to stand by all those in the Wales Anti Apartheid movement, in the fight to free this great man and his people
UNBELIEVABLE! The increase for all MPs pay/salary at such a high percentage. What should be considered is the way they are paid. Why should all individual workers, some in same workplaces, be paid at different rates yet all MPs be paid equally throughout
PLANS to award MPs an 11 per cent pay rise have been criticised across Westminster, with one minister describing them as “utterly incomprehensible”. Parliamentary watchdog Ipsa is set to recommend a rise of £7,600 to £74,000, to come in after the
DAVID McEwan Hill asked how we Welsh would feel if dreamer Alex Salmond were to come to Wales and “interfere with Welsh Politics?” Well, whilst I would agree that Scottish independence should indeed be decided on by the people of Scotland, it is
LAWYERS have written to transport minister Edwina Hart warning her the Welsh Government is likely to face legal action over the M4 Relief Road.A so-called pre-action letter has been sent on behalf of Gwent Wildlife Trust and Friends of the Earth Cymru
IT was the end of an era as the bell rang out to mark the start of sales at Abergavenny’s historic livestock market for the final time this week.There was a sombre mood in the air and mixed emotions felt by many as more than 100 people from the
BLACKWOOD boxer Craig Evans is set to fight for the Welsh lightweight title after Christmas following his latest impressive victory.The unbeaten 24-year-old comfortably beat Spaniard Adoni Alonso in Liverpool last weekend to record his 11th straight victory
THE evidence given to MPs yesterday by Gwent's chief constable brings into question the reliability of crime statistics nationwide. As we reported yesterday, an internal review of the way Gwent Police record crime showed half of incident logs in
THIS has been a tough week for everyone who works for the Argus and our sister newspapers. As most of our readers will know, one of our staff members has been missing since Saturday night. Ben Caplan works in our newspaper sales department.
THE way in which the company who runs the bulk of Wales’ railway services should be in the hands of Wales, a cross-party group of AMs have said. The Assembly’s Enterprise and Business committee has called on the Welsh Government to continue to
Ten year old Keiran Richards is a relative newcomer to rugby this season but under the guidance of our good friend Sue Williams, and the fact that he attends Eveswell Junior School, he is progressing well. We host a team from Eveswell every season
The Trust hosted two teams to Rodney Parade on a sunny December afternoon to see Newport play local rivals Bedwas. Boys and girls from Eveswell Junior School and St Jospehs U12 RFC all came along and took part in a pre-match skills session with
A MAN who had sex with a Gwent schoolgirl who later became pregnant has been sentenced to four years in prison. Noel Beese, 40, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to two offences of sexual activity with a child, in Newport Crown court. On sentencing, Judge
OVER 40 gymnasts from across Gwent attended a competition held by The Association of Inter-Friendly Gymnastics last month.The five piece competition at Kestrel gymnastics club in Chepstow on November 30, saw gymnasts aged five to seven from the Academy
JASON Tovey has a double aim tonight as the talented No 10 faces Bordeaux-Bègles in the Newport Gwent Dragons’ vital away Amlin Challenge Cup clash, writes Iwan Gabe Davies.The 24-year-old will look to continue the imperious form which puts
A CWMBRAN dance school celebrated its 30th anniversary with a show at the Congress Theatre. Annette’s School of Dance has been running since 1983 and is based at Llantarnam Church Hall and West Pontnewydd Community Hall. The show, called Inspirations
ONE lane is closed and queueing traffic is reported due to a fuel spillage and tyre debris on the M4 in Newport. The incident is westbound between J28 at Tredegar Park and J29 A48(M). Congestion is stretching back to J24 at the Coldra.
NEWPORT-born actor Michael Sheen has spoken of his concern for Syrian children in refugee camps after he visited them with the charity UNICEF. And Mr Sheen features in a short film, No Place Like Home, which the charity has produced to further
NEWPORT County striker Christian Jolley only wants one thing for Christmas... a goal, writes Michael Pearlman.The former Wimbledon man scored 15 times for Newport last term despite only joining the Exiles in January after an initial loan spell and was
PUPILS and staff of Cwmcarn High School will return to their original site on Monday, January 6, after 13 months at its temporary base in Ebbw Vale.Younger pupils will spend their last day at the site tomorrow before finishing for the Christmas break.The
A NEWPORT man who served the city for 44 years as a special constable is to retire. Special Chief Officer Peter Howells, 66, from St Woolos, is to retire from the Special Constabulary after more than four decades of service to local communities
LEWIS Evans is relishing one of the biggest games of his career tonight as Newport Gwent Dragons look to draw inspiration from Connacht’s stunning victory in Toulouse on Sunday, writes Iwan Gabe Davies.The Gwent region could make history tonight
COUNTY manager Justin Edinburgh hailed his side for their display despite defeat to Peterborough United in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.The Exiles boss was pleased with a marked improvement from Saturday's FA Cup exit at Kidderminster Harriers
A NEWPORT bakery has backed the Newport-based Jesus Cares Christmas hamper campaign this week, donating 200 Welsh cakes to struggling families across South Wales.Funded by the Big Lottery Fund, Jesus Cares started in 2009 as a result of community organisations
IT will be revealed tonight whether a chef who grew up in Caerleon has won BBC Two’s MasterChef: The Professionals. Scott Davies, 27, said he was “always involved in the kitchen” growing up. And viewers have been able to watch his culinary
A PONTYPOOL schoolboy is aiming to put himself in pole position to become Formula One’s first deaf racing driver.Caleb McDuff, from Talywain, was diagnosed as profoundly deaf aged just two, following a series of year infections.Now six, he lives
PETERBOROUGH boss Darren Ferguson admits his side were flattered by their 3-0 Johnstone's Paint Trophy victory at Rodney Parade and believes the Exiles can get promoted this season, writes Michael Pearlman.The Posh boss, son of Manchester United'
