THE number of jobless in Wales has decreased by 12,000 and now stands at 7.2%. The number of Unemployed now stands at 108,000 according to the Office of National Statistics. Unemployment across the UK has fallen to within a whisker of the Bank
Water cannon is likely to be needed by police due to protests triggered by ongoing austerity measures, a briefing paper has warned. Chief constables are later this year set to request authorisation to deploy water cannon in mainland Britain for
A CHEPSTOW musician has won a coveted place at the prestigious international music school.Joseph Edwards, 16, who attends Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital School in Bristol will enrol at Yehudi Menuhin School in Cobham, Surrey in September after completing
NEWPORT County are being linked with a move for their out of contract former central defender Darren Jones, writes Michael Pearlman. The 30-year old joined Newport in 2004 after his release at Cheltenham Town but his spell with the Exiles ended
A DOG has been reunited with his owners after he wandered off from his Gilwern home last week.Dylan the English bull terrier went missing on January 14 after he escaped from an outdoor run he was in while builders worked on the property.Four days after
A SENIOR Labour MP from Gwent has warned the Welsh Government to be “very very careful” over shaking up councils when the UK Government is making cuts. Former Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy’s intervention comes as figures show people Newport and Caerphilly
IT became one of the most famous battles the Welsh have fought in - and the film depicting it grew to be an iconic favourite. Today marks both the 50th anniversary of the release of Zulu and 135 years since the Battle of Rorke's Drift was fought
A SURVEY has found that schemes within Caerphilly county borough, introduced to reduce levels of crime and anti-social behaviour in the area, are working well.The Safer Caerphilly Community Safety Partnership has welcomed the news that work carried out
AN ABERGAVENNY businessman was today found not guilty of causing grievous bodily harm, and grievous bodily harm with intent to two thieves who took diesel from his yard in Llanfoist. One of the thieves was left with three broken limbs after the
NEWPORT County AFC will have more than 1,200 fans cheering them on at Saturday's League Two clash with Bristol Rovers, writes Andrew Penman. County will take their biggest away following of the season for a league match. The figure of
AROUND half a tonne of rubbish was collected by members of the community and police and councillors alike, as they joined forces for Operation Pillgwenlly clean-up.On Tuesday morning, Newport City Council, Gwent Police, Newport City Homes and Keep Wales
YESTERDAY'S M4 closure and resulting traffic chaos was the latest of many that have hit Newport over the past few years. Here are some of those incidents which have led to ever louder calls for an M4 relief road around Newport. Brynglas tunnel
A MONMOUTH action group, set up to oppose a proposal to open a drive-through coffee shop and restaurant, a public house and retail unit on land off the Dixton Roundabout will hold a public meeting at the Shire Hall in Monmouth next month. The Gateway
I DON’T know if I’m imagining but it seems to me that Newport City Council is being pushed into some very dodgy Conservative policies of privatisation of local services? First the very strange decision to get rid of the Chartist’s Mural and destroy
I HAVE just stumbled across MP Paul Flynn’s web site and if I did not live in the area I would be unaware that he was actually a representative of Newport. His webThe site is littered with vague ramblings, stop the war campaigns and international politics
THIS letter is on behalf of my father, Michael Elliott. “I am an 87-year-old widower and I live alone. The other day, I had a fall and gashed my head on some stonework. Luckily I was able to get up and to call the Community Alarm Service
I WAS disturbed to read in today’s Argus that a violent gang leader from London, one Joland Giwa, was moved into our city up at York Place in Baneswell. Why for heaven’s sake put the people of Newport at risk from this man. I do not see why
PAUL Flynn, MP for Newport West, claims via Twitter to be shocked and angry at Joland Giwa’s presence in Newport. Does this mean that he doesn’t read the laws that he rubber stamps? As the only person in Newport who has ever voted for this state
Bedroom Tax - Tenants can appeal and win! THROUGHOUT Wales, tenants are organising and fighting back against Westminster’s bedroom tax. The policy is defined not only by its cruelty, but also its incompetence. It appears to be a shoddy, ‘back-of-a-fag-packet
A roadmap for the future of Gwent’s councils was laid out this week – we take a look at some of speed bumps that could be found along the way.AT THE start of this week Sir Paul Williams delivered a hotly-anticipated report on the future of
BARONESS Tanni Grey-Thompson spoke about her career success and encouraged children to stand up for themselves in a speech delivered at the University of South Wales.The 11 Paralympic gold medal winner told an audience of 100 people about her struggle
WALES netball coach Melissa Hyndman was left "bitterly disappointed" by a 44-35 defeat to England A this week.The match at Wembley Arena saw Wales, who included Pontllanfraith’s Cara Lea Moseley, start their build up to this summer'
WELSH Premiership rugby league champions Torfaen Tigers are preparing for the biggest day in the club's history - a debut appearance in the Tetleys Challenge Cup.They travel to South West London Chargers in the first round of the famous old trophy
POLICE are appealing for information after two women were punched in Ebbw Vale on Friday 17th January. Two women were walking along the A4046 near to Ebbw Vale bus station at around 3.05pm. A small blue car drove past them, stopped, and a woman
A NEWPORT teenager’s debut photography exhibition will be opening at the end of this month. ‘High Tide’ will open in Newport Central Library, John Frost Square on January 30 and features the work of 17-year-old Ieuan Berry from Maindee. The exhibition
HOPES for a cross-party Assembly consensus on council mergers were given a lukewarm reaction yesterday.First Minister Carwyn Jones has said legislation on the results of the Williams Commission could be made before May 2016 if there was cross-party consensus.But
WALES captain Sam Warburton expects to be available for the RBS 6 Nations opener against Italy at the Millennium Stadium on February 1. Warburton has been out since the end of November with shoulder nerve damage but the British and Irish Lions
CALLS for a relief road to the M4 were renewed yesterday when an early morning accident in Brynglas Tunnels caused traffic chaos across the city – closing the main artery for four hours, and leaving other routes into the city jammed with traffic.
YESTERDAY morning's traffic chaos in Newport will have been hugely inconvenient for thousands of people. The M4 was closed westbound around the city for a number of hours after an accident in the Brynglas tunnels. Thankfully, no-one was injured
A BUSINESSMAN left a thief with three broken limbs after hitting out “like a madman” with a stick, but said it was in self-defence and he did not mean to cause the injuries. Andrew Woodhouse, who owns Abergavenny Tyres, denies grievous bodily harm
A GWENT man was jailed for 30 years for carrying out ‘a deviant and abhorrent’ campaign of sexual abuse against two children and threatening police officers with a nail gun in an armed siege. Leslie Watkins, 48, of Penylan Road, Argoed, between
AN ENVIRONMENTAL Impact Assessment will not be needed as part of the planning application for the Wales International Conference Centre at the Celtic Manor, Newport City council have decided. Lewis and Lewis Ltd, who project managed the original construction
SAM Parry will leave Newport Gwent Dragons at the end of the season and the Ospreys are keen to snap up the hooker, writes Chris Kirwan.The 22-year-old from Haverfordwest is out of contract this summer and has not been offered a fresh deal at Rodney Parade.Parry
FRIENDS and family of a terminally ill Newport man are continuing their fundraising as they aim to raise enough money to send him to Mexico for life-changing treatment.Robert Harrhy, 47, has suffered from two types of cancer. The first, which was located
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons prop Phil Price is raising money and awareness for the Motor Neurone Disease Association after witnessing the effects of the disease on his mother. Mr Price’s mum was diagnosed with MND four years ago. Now he and his brothers
NEWPORT council is looking at plans to introduce smoke-free play areas in parks across the city. Welsh government healthy minister Mark Drakeford has urged local authorities to impose restrictions in an effort to reduce children’s exposure to second-hand
AN ARMY veteran will be walking 67 miles from Rodney Parade to Parc y Scarlets on Saturday, March 15 to help raise money and awareness for struggling ex servicemen.Paul Mathias, 43, from Swansea, served in the Royal Artillery for 18 years before leaving
NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh is concerned about the Exiles' mounting fixture pile-up, but doesn't believe it'll cost them automatic promotion, as it did a year ago.County's clash with Dagenham on Saturday was the third in
A REVIEW into alternative ways of providing Newport council leisure services has backed the idea of setting up a trust to run them.But there have been complaints about the amount of time the review had to look into the matter, after similar concerns over
THE PACE of change at Caerphilly council after its current chief executive took over in 2010 inevitably led to failures in how the authority was governed. That’s according to yet another auditor’s report on the authority, released today, which
NEWPORT women are invited to learn all about their cars tomorrow at a free car maintenance event.Newport based motor dealership Wessex Garages are inviting women to the evening at their premises on Newport Retail Park.During the event running from 6.30pm
