NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh has warned he might need to wield the axe in order to freshen up his playing squad in the winter transfer window.The Exiles must wait just another month until trading in the Premier League and Football League resumes
ALL four Welsh party leaders urged further devolution during evidence to a parliamentary committee yesterday - but differed over whether a referendum on income tax raising powers was needed. First minister Carwyn Jones warned the select committee
A CABLE fault in Chepstow has disrupted the electricity supply to 29 properties and businesses on Thomas Street. The cable fault is underground and happened this afternoon at around 1.30pm. Western Power Distribution are currently conducting repair
A BLAENAU Gwent charity which raised over £1.5 million for breast cancer has closed. In the Pink, a breast cancer charity based in Ebbw Vale was set up by a group of six trustees more than 13 years ago. Elizabeth Sullivan, Carol Hancock, Wendy Cahill,
Olly Murs, one of pop music’s biggest and most loved stars, is to hit the road in 2015 with 16 spectacular arena dates across the UK including two Cardiff shows at the Motorpoint Arena on April 3 and 4. Armed with stellar new album ‘Never Been Better’
Andy Howells chats to Bruce from The Pineapple ThiefHow did The Pineapple Thief come together?- It started as a solo project here in Yeovil. I had a VERY small record deal at the time and after about 3 albums I realised I had some fans! People were
Andy Howells chats to Only Men Aloud’s First Tenor David ForteyThe celebrated male vocal ensemble Only Men Aloud will bring there 2014 We Need A Little Christmas UK Tour to St David’s Hall on December 14. Since winning BBC’s Last Choir Standing in 2008
Sinatra - The Centennial Show comes to Cardiff in January 2015. Celebrating One hundred years since the icon was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, this show is far more than a Tribute to Frank Sinatra. From his debut with Harry James in 1939 through the swinging
CMTS is rather like an extended family for its members with such varying ages of performers. The cast and team behind the scenes have been getting into the ‘Christmas spirit’ since October when they started rehearsing “Billy Christmas”; a fun filled
The countdown to the pantomime season has begun and next week Dick Whittington strides into Newport Riverfront to begin a month long festive run.“It looks like its going to be a good fun script and hopefully one audiences are going to enjoy,” says Newport
EDWINA Hart has released a statement, 'Update on the Blue Badge Scheme'. She says she has considered how the scheme operates and made a number of changes as a result of amendments to the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Wales) (Amendment
A MAN died when his car skidded out of control after clipping a kerb on a rural Monmouthshire road last June, an inquest was told. William James Wright's 40-year-old Ford Cortina hit a telegraph pole and landed on its roof in a field almost 100
CARDIFF Central was the busiest station in Wales in 2013-14, with Newport the third busiest nationally. Statistics published today by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) revealed that Cardiff Central had the most users, with 11,739,630 entries
A MOTORIST appeared in court today charged with causing the death of a biker this summer. Kevin Morgan, 60, died at the scene of a crash with a black BMW on the A449 just outside Newport on June 21. Mr Morgan was riding his white Kawasaki motorcycle
THE Blaenavon subpostmaster has given the world heritage town a reprieve by agreeing to keep its last remaining post office open until next spring.Chris Rowles, 54, planned to shut his post office in Prince Street, Blaenavon, last Tuesday [November 25
A DECIDING fighting between duelling British rivals Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew is unlikely ever to materialise, the Argus can reveal.The hatred between the boxers shows no signs of subsiding with the scores now locked at 1-1, Bellew beating the Cefn
THE family of a Cwmbran "legend" who died last week have paid tribute to him.Bill Blair died at the age of 74 on Thursday, November 27. He is believed to be part of the first black Caribbean family to live in Cwmbran when he moved to the area
A PONTYPOOL auntie and her niece are both finalists in a UK wide beauty pageant - and in with a chance of competing in America.Carla Williams, 26, and her 17-month-old niece, Skyla-rae Stark, are both in the finals of the Miss UK Dreams pageant and will
NEWPORT city centre businesses have backed plans for a Business Improvement District (BID). The ballot BID results were released today, with 88 per cent of those who voted saying yes. The turnout was 23 per cent. Social media was awash
A CWMBRAN company is set to help cancer sufferer Emily Clark in her battle to find a donor and save her life. ‘We Fight Any Claim’ is holding a staff event on Monday where employees can take part in completing their ‘spit kit’ and sign up to the
MOST residents of the city will recognise that culturally Newport is a shadow of its former self, say the Wales Green party, in an attack on Newport City Council which accuses the local authority of choosing consumerism over culture. In the 1980s
A MAN was arrested on suspicion of rape in Newport this morning. A Gwent Police spokeswoman said the 29-year-old from the city had been arrested in the Pill area and remains in police custody. She said the alleged victim, an 18-year-old woman
I REFER to the Argus dated 28th November where it states that Community Support Officer, Amy Williams, was in Abertillery town yesterday. Officer Williams was checking on shoplifters. I am amazed that this should hit the newspapers. Surely it should
AFTER reading the front page of Torfaen Talks for December 2014, about changing the large wheelie bin to the smaller wheelie bin and keeping it to a fortnightly collection, that’s all well and good, but not all plastic containers are recyclable. The
I THOUGHT the world had gone mad when the Nobel Peace prize was awarded to Shimon Peres, one time leader of Israel, a country guilty of so many human rights abuses and violations of international law. But now, Save the Children have trumped that by
ARE our elected politicians stupid or gullible when allowing the promotion of sexual orientation in our schools at a young age under the umbrella of preventing homophobic bullying? Any type of bullying in my days in school was dealt with appropriately
Pantside Primary School in Newbridge is a school that promotes exciting ways of learning, as Hannah Wood discovers. SITUATED in a rural setting within Caerphilly, Pantside Primary School in Newbridge, is at the heart of the community. The school
WALES’ top famous dogs have been revealed and they’re rallying round to support Dogs Trust’s microchipping campaign. Gnasher paved the way by getting microchipped by Dogs Trust in The Beano comic last month, and now a host of famous dogs have joined
IT CAN'T be much fun working for a local council these days. To be fair, it's probably not a barrel of laughs being an elected councillor. But even in these times of austerity, there is a difference. Councillors across make decisions that
THE idea of removing the defence of reasonable punishment to protect children was first discussed by the National Assembly 12 years ago. Now, in 2014, the Welsh Government is once again kicking the issue into the long grass by setting up another committee
THE Pontypool Brownies are celebrating a historic milestone, having taught hundreds of Torfaen girls the Brownie Promise for the past 100 years.First Pontypool Brownies, which has been held at various locations in Pontypool since it began 100 years ago
A FOOTBALL-MAD grandad is defying the odds of his age by taking on teenagers with the team he loves - despite being 63. Pontypool Town AFC chairman Patrick Kearns also played in the over 60s Welsh squad but was forced to quit that last year after
FORMER Wales wing Gerald Davies has been appointed as chairman of the Guinness Pro12, succeeding fellow ex-Lion Andy Irvine. It was Wales' turn to put forward a candidate and Davies, who stepped down from his position on the board of the Welsh
THE Welsh Conservatives have labelled a significant drop in Welsh exports as ‘extremely troubling’. Welsh government figures, released today, show an £89 million 'fall for the four quarters leading up to and including 2014 quarter three, compared
MAYBE the optimists are right and this time next year we will be reflecting on the scrum that laid the foundations for a successful campaign at the World Cup.When Wales turned over the ball five metres from their own line against South Africa they were
EVERY few months supporters of Premier League football teams have withdrawal symptoms on a Saturday night, suffering a large void in their television viewing schedule courtesy of an international break.They wouldn't fare well as fans of clubs in the Swalec
THERE are delays in Chepstow after a woman suffered a “medical emergency” in her car, police have said. A Gwent Police spokesman said officers were called to the High Beech roundabout at 9.12am and are providing assistance to the woman. A police
THE inquest into the death of Matthew Williams - the man at the centre of the probe into the murder of 22-year-old Cerys Yemm - was opened today. The inquest was opened and adjourned at Newport Civic Centre this morning, with his cause of death
FIVE men have been arrested in Cardiff and Barry on suspicion of terror offences, South Wales Police say. It follows the arrests of two people in south-east London by Scotland Yard counter-terrorism police this morning. South Wales Police said
USK Valley Trampoline Club entered some promising youngsters into the Welsh Schools Trampolining Championships at Pontypool Active Living Centre. Amy-Rose Shutt, in the Under 11 Section, represented her school Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd and won a
THE Newport Gwent Dragons pack have been promised a warm reception in ice cold Bucharest on Saturday.The Rodney Parade region will attempt to avoid a banana skin in Romania when they resume their European Rugby Challenge Cup campaign.The Dragons stunned
POP-UP shops in empty high street stores should be better encouraged and entirely exempt from business rates. That’s the leading call from Welsh Conservatives in a new campaign aimed at boosting and supporting Welsh high streets. Launched yesterday
ROSEMARY Butler AM will today tell a House of Commons committee many of the recommendations for further devolution in Scotland “chime” with what she wants for Wales. The National Assembly’s Presiding Officer will today give evidence to the House
NEWPORT City Councillors will decide on Monday [December 8] whether to put the plan for a new £17m Welsh-medium school forward to the Welsh Government.The proposals would see the site at Duffryn High School developed to include a Welsh-medium school building
