Friday, February 7, 2014


southwalesargus.co.uk Artist heads back to school


WHENacclaimed Valleys art- ist David Garner was forced out of his studio of 16 years , he did not knowwhat to do. A simple solution was at hand when Risca Compre- hensive Community School offered him one of their rooms to use as a base. He snapped up head teach-


er John Kendall’s offer and started in December. The room is now his studio, and he also helps children with their work as part of an “unprecedented” role. Mr Garner said, of losing


his studio: “It was my worst nightmare. It’s incredibly dif- ficult to find suitable studio space in the Valleys.” Mr Kendall said he had jumped at the chance to in- vite Mr Garner to the school when he found he had been told to leave his studio, in the InfoQuest building in Pontl- lanfraith, and shut by Caer- philly County Borough Coun- cil as part ofbudget cuts.


ByNathan Briant 01633 777246 nbr@southwalesargus.co.uk Twitter@ArgusNBriant


Mr Kendall said: “It is a big boost for the school. It’s like the PE department having one of the Welsh rugby team working with them.” Mr Garner has worked with GCSE art students to de- sign a replica of the Arbeit Macht Frei sign that hung outside many Nazi concen- tration camps during the Holocaust, most infamously at Auschwitz. It was used for the commemoration of Holo- caust Memorial Day. Mr Garner, originally from Ebbw Vale, studied at New- port College of Art, Cardiff College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. His work has won both the


Ivor Davies award and the Richard and Rosemary Wake- lin Purchase award.


NEW HOME: David Garner had his studio closed down by Caerphilly council but has been given an opportunity to relocate to Risca Community Comprehensive. (3734810)


Illegal Bangladeshi workers arrested


FOURmen fromBangladesh were arrested after aUKBorder Agency (UKBA) raid on a Cwmbran restaurant on Sunday. Aspokesman forUKBAsaid the


raid targeted “illegalworking” at Tiffins Indian Buffet Restaurant on Glyndwr Road, at around4pm on Sunday, and sawthree men arrested at the restaurant and


AUSCHWITZ GATE: David talks to Year 11 pupils


another arrested at a linked home inCwmbran. Two men aged 33 and 38, were


arrested for over-staying their visas while a 43-year-oldman was found to have entered theUK illegally.Afourth Bangladeshi man, 33,was arrested at a house in Caradoc Road after checks revealed he had also over-stayed


his visa. The men are being held atNewport police station and face removal fromtheUK. Tiffins was served a penalty notice for the immigration offenderswork- ing there, said the spokesman. “Proofmust nowbe provided to


theHome Office that the correct pre-employment checks were car- ried out on the men or a fine of up


CONSIDERINGASTAIRLIFT?


to £10,000 per illegalworker will be imposed,” he said in a state- ment. Employers unsure of the steps


they need to take to avoid employing illegalworkers can visit ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk The Argus contacted Tiffins for a


comment, but no-onewas availa- ble as we went to press.


Argus Lite NEWS IN BRIEF


WALES has the biggest in- crease in cancer survival rates in the UK, according to a Welsh Government re- port published this week. The second annual report charting the progress of the Welsh Government’s cancer strategy shows the biggest improvement in cancer survival, and a five per cent increase in recruitment to clinical tri- als.


More women are receiv-


ing the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, which prevents cervi- cal cancer, with levels in 2012/13 at 86.6 per cent, and of those who complet- ed the cancer patient expe- rience survey, 89 per cent thought their care was ex- cellent or very good. The Welsh minister for health Mark Drakeford said the report was a trib- ute to all those involved in the planning and delivery of cancer care.


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