THE chairman of governors at a Gwent school has put forward the same bid for extra classroom space - despite it being thrown out by planners two weeks ago. Councillor Graham Down, chairman of the governors at The Dell Primary School, in Welsh Street,
NEWPORT County's profile will rocket thanks to their nursery link with Premiership champions Manchester United, insists ex-Welsh international Clayton Blackmore (pictured). The Exiles now stand shoulder-to-shoulder with some of world's most famous football
MICHAEL Baldwin repeatedly lied and deceived the family he claimed to love to cover his own back, murder trial jurors were told yesterday. The 36-year-old, of Limekiln Road, Pontynewynydd, duped wife Desiree and let her believe daughter Jenna was still
GWENT golfers Phil Price and Bradley Dredge challenge for the Open at Sandwich on Thursday fresh from their top 10 finishes in the Scottish Open. Price, from Pontypridd but living at Bassaleg for the past few years, followed up his victory in the European
A NEWPORT pensioner who tends an award-winning church garden was heartbroken when four tubs of flowers were stolen. Dennis Williams, of Corporation Road, Newport, spends his own money on the gardens of his beloved St Philip's Church, in Jenkin Street.
ANY proposals for an environmental tax on carrier bags could see jobs lost. That is the view of Basil Tucker, managing director of Cardinal Packaging in Ebbw Vale, who added "businesses would be wrecked for no environmentally sound reason" if a tax was
YOUNGSTERS of 13 are using drugs in the Rogerstone and Bassaleg areas of Newport, police have revealed. Bettws police are getting tough with the problem by raiding homes as a result of information received from the public. Officers raided the homes of
JULIAN WINN (pictured) gazed over the Newport Velodrome yesterday and said: "It's a shame this was not around ten years ago." Commonwealth Games road race gold medallist Winn joined officials from the Sports Council of Wales and Newport City Council to
A FAMILY restaurant in Cwmbran is top of the pots after achieving an excellent score in a national kitchen quality awards scheme. The Brewsters Ashbridge, on Avondale Road, Pontrhydyrun, made the grade in the scheme operated by the family restaurant chain
HOPES of regenerating the Corus site in Ebbw Vale with a new £28.5m community hospital are fading, the Argus can reveal. The planned new hospital for Blaenau Gwent is unlikely to go on the redeveloped site at Ebbw Vale because building it there, as set
CHILDREN at a Newport school made a journey into the past when they were transformed yesterday into medieval pilgrims. Duffryn Junior pupils donned the pilgrim's habit, ate just bread and water, and carried their crosses to St Thomas' Church in Maesglas
THESE teenagers had a splashing time as Gwent sizzled in the sunshine. Newport friends Lucy Woodruff, 13, left, Anthony Lock, 15, and Jodie Prince, 15, were hosed down by Lee Scarf, 16, in a bid to cool off. "It was boiling all day," said Lucy. "We were
A BLUEPRINT for a healthcare system fit for the 21st century - with revised roles for primary, secondary and social care services - is to be devised for Gwent. New ways of delivering Gwent-wide and local services will be plotted up by Gwent Healthcare
GWENT Dragons are stepping up their search for a back row forward to fill the void left by Andrew Powell, who has joined French club Beziers. They are talking to an international player based in England, with medical reports holding the key after injury
A fast-growing Welsh supplier of specialist tools to electrical and cable contractors has plugged in to the lucrative French electrical wholesale market . Blaenavon-based Super Rod has made major inroads into the French market which it believes could
THE inquest into the Avonmouth Bridge gantry tragedy opened yesterday with a dramatic simulation of the moment the platform gave way sending four men, including one from Newport, falling to their death. Jeff Williams, 42, from Llanthewy Road, Newport,
A NEWPORT couple plan an epic 10,000-mile ride through Europe and Latin America on a bicycle made for two. Cycle-lovers Huw Vaug-han-Davies and Gwenaelle Dupuy (pictured) leave St Davids in Pembrokeshire in September to embark on a 15-month tandem ride
