A SOUTH Wales College has provided a money to help a programme benefit young people in Blaenau Gwent. Coleg y Cymoedd has invested more than £260k in new engineering and advanced manufacturing equipment to provide state of art facilities for its
WALES should follow England's example and introduce tougher jail sentences for animal cruelty offences, the Welsh Conservatives have said.Speaking in the Senedd this week the group's leader Andrew RT Davies said the Welsh Government should follow
THE family of a former rugby player who was found with life changing injuries have thanked the public for their support and have renewed their appeal for information. Two months ago, ex-Wales Dragonhearts player Scott Bessant, from Talywain, near
THE government must "redouble" its efforts to secure the release of a British-Iranian woman who has been in jail in Iran for a year and a half, a Gwent MP has said.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, whose sister-in-law Rebecca Ratcliffe is a GP in Cwmbran
A WELL-KNOWN mixologist has been announced as the new owner of a microbar and kitchen. Christos Kyriakidis - who has worked in bars and restaurants in Newport, Usk, Cardiff and Plymouth - has become the owner of The Mad Platter in Usk.Mr Kyriakidis previously
A DERELICT Abergavenny hotel could soon be transformed into luxury homes. The Rock and Fountain Hotel was once thriving before it was damaged by a fire. It is located just off the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road at Clydach North, and is almost
SUPPLY teachers in Wales are being forced to take second jobs delivering pizza or working on checkouts as a result of poor pay and conditions, it has been claimed.Angela Sandles of Undy worked in primary schools in Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly and Cardiff
A REVAMP of the way bus passes are handed out to young people, pensioners, the disabled and wounded ex-servicemen and women in Wales is on the cards.Wales' economy and infrastructure secretary Ken Skates has announced this week a pair of consultations
UPDATE 8.20am Friday, October 13 Gwent Police have confirmed that an 82-year-old man died in the crash. Specially trained officers are supporting his family and an appeal has now been launched. If you have any information, call 101, quoting
THE Newport Now Business Improvement District has agreed to become one of the sponsors of next year’s Admiral City of Newport Half Marathon.The event, due to take place on March 4 next year, is a major fundraising event for St David’s Hospice Care –
A WOMAN has decided to provide an outlet to her frustrations with having dyslexia by holding an exhibition for Dyslexia Awareness Week. Stephanie Roberts, of the Allt-Yr-Yn area of Newport, is an artist who has had dyslexia all her life.Ms Roberts said
ACTION must be taken to ensure workers in the so-called 'gig economy' are not taken advantage of, Newport West AM Jayne Bryant has said.The gig economy is when workers are employed as independent contractors or freelancers rather than full-time
PROGRESS has reportedly been made in Brexit talks between the Welsh and UK Governments.First minister Carwyn Jones has repeatedly asked to be given more say on the development of the so-called Brexit Bill.And on Wednesday, October 11, Mr Jones and finance
THE head of the developer behind the scrapped Circuit of Wales project is continuing to refuse to allow a report into him and other members of the company to be publicly released.The long-awaited £425 million scheme was thrown out for the third and final
A STAGGERING 196.45 tonnes of unwanted goods have been saved from going to landfill thanks to a second hand shop at Newport tip since May 2016. The Tip Shop, at the Household Waste Recycling Centre, in Docks Way, has diverse stock, ranging from
A MAN got into a van and drove away after being involved in a two vehicle crash yesterday, said police. On Wednesday, October 11 at around 9.05pm there was a crash on Albion Road in Pontypool. The driver of the one vehicle ran away from the
NEWPORT County AFC have announced that Friday night football will be returning to Rodney Parade in November following the decision to move the home match against Port Vale. The League Two clash was originally scheduled for Saturday, November 11
The South Wales Argus Camera Club is continuing to grow, and now has more than 1,480 members. We are once again featuring spectacular and interesting pictures shared in the group. This week there is no theme for the paper but we’ve chosen our favourite
A TRAINEE teacher who died in a crash on the A48 - and the driver whose car hit hers - did not see each other until it was too late because a parked vehicle created a blindspot for them, an inquest was told. The parents of Rhiannon Smith, who died
THE project, called ‘Journey’s End’, aims to tell of the thousands of Newport men who lost their lives in the First World War. Its title reflects how many of them were buried here and how the search is hoped to be complete in time for the 100th anniversary
MORE investment must be ploughed into Wales' railways as well as its roads, including a new station in Magor, a Gwent AM has said.Earlier this month the Welsh Government announced plans for a new £50 million train station in Llanwern, and in July
NEWPORT County AFC manager Michael Flynn says his current stars have the potential to match the likes of club legends John Aldridge and Tommy Tynan – but they’re not there yet. County return to League Two action at Forest Green Rovers on Saturday
MICHAEL Flynn will be without four players for Saturday’s trip to Forest Green Rovers but he’s hopeful that key trio Joss Labadie, Mark O’Brien and David Pipe will be fit to play. The Newport County AFC manager has confirmed that left-back Calaum
THERE is a high-profile addition to the Dragons Premiership Select XV coaching team for their British and Irish Cup campaign – former Springbok Zane Kirchner. The 31-times capped South Africa international is sidelined until the New Year after
A BUS DRIVER has been found not guilty of causing the death of a woman by careless driving. A jury at Newport Crown Court decided that Nigel Davies, 29, of Lewis Street, Ystrad Mynach, was not guilty of the charge by a unanimous verdict. He had
AN INQUEST has been opened into the deaths of a husband and wife who were found dead at their home near Chepstow last week. The bodies of Lindsay Sargeant, 71, and Jane Sargeant, 70, were found at a house in Orchid Meadow, Pwllmeyric, early on
GAVIN Gwynne remains confident that he will get the chance to fight for his first professional title before the year is out.St Joseph’s-trained Gwynne and Cardiff’s Henry Janes were due to contest the vacant Welsh lightweight strap in the former’s hometown
TWENTY years ago, Newbridge boxer Joe Calzaghe became WBO super middleweight champion after defeating Chris Eubank. The Gwent fighter beat Eubank on a unanimous points decision at the fight in Sheffield on October 11 1997. Calzaghe retired
HOUSE prices across Newport have taken a dip in recent months, according to new Wales-wide data. The latest Principality House Price Index, released this month, looks at trends of growth and decline in the housing market, including average house
AN INQUEST into the death of a 15-year-boy in Bassaleg, Newport, has been opened and adjourned. The body of Thomas Rowe was found at an address in Farrier's Gate, Bassaleg, on Saturday October 7. A post mortem examination found the provisional
A SUMMER of change at Rodney Parade has led to people looking for green shoots more desperately than ever. That desperation has led to some finding encouragement in the smallest things at the start of the season when in truth the opening six rounds
PARENTS have been alerted to pushchair risks on train platforms following the release of alarming CCTV footage. The video captures the moment an unattended pushchair was swept into the slipstream of a passing freight train. Parents and
A BOXING club has teamed up with a vet recruitment business in a bid to buy Christmas presents for children in care.St Joseph’s Amateur Boxing Club (ABC) Caldicot in Sudbrook, near Caldicot, and Gardner Llewelyn Group, based in Chepstow, are taking part
LIAM Belcher says the bar has been set extremely high by Wales hopeful Elliot Dee but the Dragons new boy is desperate to grasp his first chance at Newcastle this weekend.The 21-year-old arrived at Rodney Parade this summer from Cardiff Blues but is yet
I WAS delighted to recently attend the formal official opening of Islwyn High School by the first minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones AM. Work on the state of the art £25m school in Oakdale began in August 2015, and boasts impressive features such
AN INTERNATIONAL athlete went out on an unplanned adventure, which resulted in a 100-mile kayak, 160-mile run and 84-mile swim. Angela Jones, 51, from Usk, said she took five weeks off her outdoor fitness adventure business to explore the Wye River
A SEXUAL offender, who committed a string of “cruel” and “violent” historic assaults on two boys while in his teens, has been jailed for 17 years. Paul Elliott, 45, of Glenview, Maesycwmmer, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday, October
