A STABBING victim feared he was about to die when his drinking companion plunged a knife into his neck.

NEWPORT County AFC will start another bid for promotion from Sky Bet League Two next season away to Oldham Athletic on Saturday, August 7.

A BID for £20 million bid is being made to the UK Government to improve areas around Newport railway station.

A GROUP of fundraisers are preparing to cycle from Chepstow to Cornwall in memory of a man who passed away six years ago - in an event which has been undertaken every year since.

A BIKE was stolen and a man assaulted last night - and an arrest has been made in connection with the incident.

PLANS have been revealed to open a new Greggs store at a popular Newport shopping destination.

A THIEF who hogged all the bacon at the Co-op after he went on a shoplifting spree in Newport has been jailed.

THE BLAENAVON branch of the Royal British Legion has been granted funds to look after the Memorial Garden.

SUMMER is here (sort of) and this is National Picnic Week.

A STUDY from TIC Finance has shown that Newport is one of the most stable property markets in the UK.

The South Wales Argus Camera Club has more than 4,400 members and we regularly feature their pictures both in paper and online.

IMPROVEMENT works will be taking place at Penarth seafront and Esplanade over the coming weeks. 

VELINDRE is being urged to change the route of a planned emergency access road which would run through a housing estate.

Here is a round up of the public notices which have appeared in the South Wales Argus over the last week:

Today will be the second review since international travel resumed on May 17 amid reports of a shake up to the travel system.

A DRUG dealer who spat at prison officers will be spending more time behind bars.

TWO drug dealing brothers from Newport trafficking high quality crack cocaine in the city have been locked up.

THERE have been 213 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Wales today, as case rates continue to rise - and the first death due to the virus in 10 days has also been confirmed.

THE PARENTS of a baby who needed to be airlifted home after being born more than a month early while they were camping in Cornwall have come up with a generous way to celebrate her first birthday.

One lane has been closed on the M48 Severn Bridge after what is being described as a 'police-led incident'

A BOMB disposal team was called to a house in Chepstow on Wednesday evening.

FAR-RIGHT campaign group Britain First were spotted in Newport city centre last weekend.

ARMED police were called to an incident in Newport yesterday.

A GOLDFISH has been rescued by the RSPCA after becoming stuck seven feet down a well in Newport.

THE main road through Crumlin is partially blocked after a crash.

A NEWPORT woman has blamed overflowing bins for rats “invading” her garden.

A MAN has been taken to hospital after a stabbing in South Wales on Wednesday afternoon.

IF YOU'VE been struggling with bad hayfever symptoms in the last few weeks, a new map may reveal the reason why.

A NEWPORT man appeared in court after being caught by police with nunchucks – a martial arts weapon – and a knuckleduster on the city’s Chepstow Road.

THE Facebook page has launched covering news in the Blaenau Gwent area.

A MAJOR bank in Newport is set to close its doors, it has been confirmed.

THE Metropolitan Police have maintained their bullish stance against accusations of institutional corruption following the release of a long-awaited report into the murder of a Cwmbran private detective, with another senior officer rejecting the clai...

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FISHERMEN battling to keep a centuries-old tradition alive on the Severn Estuary have said that the statement from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) that the is "unbelievable".

POLICE have confirmed that they have found the individual causing a spate of graffiti in Barry and Penarth.

A POLICE dog did a paw-some job tracking down suspects who have now been arrested.

PLANS to expand an Ebbw Vale special school have moved a step closer as a second consultation has been given the green light, despite a request for more information by Estyn.

A CAERPHILLY take-away has been nominated for a prestigious award.

ALMOST half of people in Gwent have never used the NHS 111 Wales phoneline - and almost one in three consider A&E the first port of call for non-emergency conditions.

Public Health England has confirmed 169 cases of the new strain have been detected since the first positive case was identified on May 21.

BUSINESSES and employers are being urged to celebrate our Armed Forces Reservists.

FUNDING has been approved for a scheme intended to help protect 270 properties and a Morrisons in Cwmbran from flooding.

REPAIR Cafe Wales and Benthyg Cymru are teaming up to open a combined repair shop and library of things in the city centre this summer.

PLANS have moved forward for a £12.5 million 20MW (mega-watt) solar farm in the north of Caerphilly town centre, which could power around 6,000 homes.

A WALK-IN vaccination session for Newport residents is being held at Newport Centre on Saturday, June 26, between 10am and 4pm.

A NEW bus lane in Pontcanna would cover 170 metres of road, saving 40 seconds off journeys but costing more than £300,000.

EBBW Vale artist Nathan Wyburn will be joining a host of celebrities on a fundraising walk for charity.

The proposals have not gone down well across Wales, while Welsh school children are now being encouraged to sing Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau instead.

HEREFORD Food Festival's director says she's heartbroken to cancel the event for the second year, despite previously being optimistic it could go ahead.

Aberteifi-born Edwards formed the highly influential band Datblygu in 1982.