NEWPORT County’s players and management were angered after a controversial penalty denied them three points against promotion chasing Burton Albion, with assistant boss Jimmy Dack claiming the visitors ‘conned’ the referee.The Exiles
TWO dazzling dancers have been selected to dance for Wales at the British Junior Open Championships.Naomi Blakemore, 15, from Newport, and Meghan Chalk, 15, from Caerphilly, will compete in the Blackpool Dance Festival this month. Meghan, who trains at
INSPIRED by Hollywood star, Dame Helen Mirren, one of Newport’s budding actors is campaigning to raise awareness that drama schools are not just for rich kids. Tom Stocks has lived in Newport for the last four years and starred in two Riverfront
A LARGE bull which ws on the loose in the lane between Bettws and Cwmbran has been captured and taken back to its farm near Rogerstone, police say. A Gwent Police spokesman said they were called about the bull in the road at 5.15pm. The bull was
COUNTY 1 BURTON 1NEWPORT County produced one of their best performances of the campaign today as their status as a League Two club was confirmed for next season.Defeats for Bristol Rovers, Northampton and Wycombe have rubber-stamped Newport’s survival
A LABOUR politician in a constituency hit by a rift over an all-women shortlist expressed reservations about plans to boost the number of female Labour candidates. The executive member of Blaenau Gwent Council spoke out yesterday after the Welsh
WELSH Army medics were honoured in a Freedom Parade today to recognise the significant contribution the unit makes to the area.Reserve soldiers from 203 (Welsh) Field Hospital - including those from Gwent - marched through Cardiff following a Royal Gun
First the good Newport jobs news. Great that A.I.C. selected Newport for their first British investment on the Rowecord site. 250 new jobs will also be created here at the Intellectual Property Office. Newport’s unemployment rate is better than
A CATHOLIC church in Newport observed a Polish Easter tradition on Saturday. Parishioners at St Patrick’s Church on Cromwell Road celebrated Święconka – or the blessing of the Easter baskets – for the fifth year running. It started at the church
AS more funds roll in for our Jack's Appeal to put defibrillators in every Gwent secondary school, one campaigner tells CAIO IWAN why Jack Thomas' death should spark a change in the law. A NEWPORT nurse is pushing for a legislation to make heart
BLACKWOOD Rotary Club has donated £1,000 to Jack’s Appeal, in the hope that other clubs in the area will follow their lead.A cheque was presented to Jack Thomas’ parents, June and Grant Thomas, at a special ceremony and annual dinner
Okay let’s stop all this “it’s for the kids” nonsense, few cartoon series around at the moment span the generation gap quite as well as cartoon canine sleuth Scooby Doo and his friends can. Their spooky adventures are up there with the best and have
WALES stars Luke Charteris and James Hook are being linked with moves away from Perpignan as the French giants scramble to avoid relegation, writes Chris Kirwan. The Stade Aimé Giral outfit face a nightmare scenario of being in the Top 14 drop
HOW POIGNANT to read in today’s Argus of planning permission for the former Queensway Meadows speedway site. Today (April 11) is the 50th anniversary of the first appearance of a Newport Speedway team, at Cradley Heath in a Southern League match.
I ORGANISE return visits back to the Egyptian Canal Zone where I served in the 1950s along with thousands of others. Many service personnel died and are buried in the cemeteries that we visit: Ismailia, Fayid, Moascar, Tel-el-Kebir. I will take
LIKE Mr Morgan (Letters, 14 April), many Caerphilly County Borough residents are disgusted by dog fouling on our pavements and paths. Caerphilly Council takes this issue very seriously. Dog owners who are caught not ‘picking up’ will be issued
THE SURVEY of NHS regions makes unpleasant, if not unexpected, reading. Less money being invested in the Welsh NHS means an inferior service. This confirms all the criticisms by the Prime Minister (and also Labour MP Ann Clwyd). And please, Mr
THE RE-OPENING of several Gwent police stations by Ian Johnston, the local police and crime commissioner (PCC) is a bold decision that effectively reverses cuts made to front desk services at the seven stations (out of 17) that were closed to the public
DOES this man ever stop? (11/4) Again he is trying to drag me into his anti-gang Glebelands houses demo. Once again Brian, I find your remarks slightly offensive considering you started the flowery gabble in your last missive. You are obsessed
NEWPORT County AFC striker Rene Howe is hoping to shake off a knee problem to halt his former club’s promotion charge this afternoon.The 27-year-old is struggling with a condition known as patella tendonitis, which causes stiffness in the knee joint
AARON O’Connor’s injury nightmare finally ended at AFC Wimbledon on Friday and he’s targeting a dream return to Rodney Parade this afternoon. The Exiles ace made his first appearance of the season as a second half substitute in the 2-2 draw
A PONTYPOOL church held its final service yesterday as the granddaughter of the man who helped to build it closed the doors for the last timeThe cornerstone of All Saints Church, on Hanbury Road in Cwmffrwdoer, was laid on August 8, 1905, and it opened
WALES has seen a big increase in the number of people diagnosed with malignant melanoma - the most serious form of skin cancer - new figures from Cancer Research UK reveal today .During the last 40 years, the number of people diagnosed with the disease
