Works and Pensions Minister Helen Goodman plans to send Jobcentre Plus outreach advisers into the homes of hardcore jobless in 16 of Britaina TMs unemployment blackspots.

HE MAY be worth 130million but Tom Jones was once a regular at the dole office. Newly uncovered employment records from the days before he was a household name show how officials doubted the amateur nature of his act.

Following on the heels of his universally praised and successful album 24 Hours , Sir Tom Jones has announced his concert in Kuala Lumpur which will be held on March 19 at the Plenary Hall, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

Two talented singers dazzled the crowd at the third heat of Talent Trail 2010. Crooner Steve Williams had the audience singing along to his three songs - Green Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones, Lost by Michael Buble, and Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond.

THE sun shone down yesterday as soldiers from 1st Battalion the Welsh Guards marked St David's Day in bittersweet fashion.

Today and going until Sunday enjoy the "1st & Last" hits of our biggest artists of the 60's, 70's and 80's. Sometimes that happened in the same year or for someone like Tom Jones his 1st hit wasA in 1965 with "It's Not Unusual" and his last top 40 hit was in 1988 with a remake ofA the Prince song "Kiss" It's fun to see how long some of artists ...

Sir Tom Jones justified the moniker of The Voice beyond a shadow of a doubt in Christchurch last night.

Welsh entertainer Tom Jones gives a consummate performance in Dunedin last night.

It sounds like a classic music double act, but when James Brown and Tom Jones meet with their friends it won't be for a singalong.

It's an old joke, but ladies are still flinging their undies at the king of love and soul, Sir Tom Jones.

MY, MY, MY: Classic crooner Tom Jones gets the crowd buzzing at the Villa Maria Estate Winery.

Twenty-seven years since his first concert in Korea, legendary "blue-eyed soul" singer Tom Jones will be back in Seoul at the Olympic Park Fencing Arena in April.

Published Fri, Feb 19 2010 4:03 pm WASHINGTON, D.C. a ' I couldn't fit everything interesting I saw at CPAC neatly into earlier coverage, so let's just empty the reporter's notebook.

Tom Jones says his songs are timeless, but the same doesn't apply to questions about ladies' underwear.

The letters "PC" aren't CPAC ... wait ... Rep. Michele Bachmann delivered an impassioned speech at the CPAC gathering today and became uncharacteristically verklempt when talking about the sacrifices of U.S. servicemen.

ICONIC MEETING: Tom Jones told New Zealand's media about the first time he met Elvis Presley at a press event in Auckland today.

By Sorrel Moseley-Williams Herald staff If Tom Jones' peepers were a watery shade of blue, his butt wiggles less thrusting and provocative and his vocal chords not so perfectly powerful, he might have remained in some Welsh valley singing down the working men's club every weekend for a few quid and a pint.

Encore Theatre Company is opening the 2010 season with The Fantasticks . The familiar musical is about two neighboring fathers who put up a wall between their houses to ensure that their children fall in love because they know children always do what their parents forbid.

An embarrassed career adviser has revealed he once told musical legend Tom Jones to give up his dream of singing and "get a proper job". Sir Tom was an unemployed pub singer in the Welsh valleys when Roger Dinham, now 64, offered him a job as a factory worker.

The so-called "silly season" seems to have arrived early. In the news-starved haze of midsummer, the media often resort to offbeat yarns to fill the void.