Gwent | Archive | 2004 | February
The steep rise in holiday prices in the summer was thrown into sharp focus recently when the government announced a clampdown on parents taking children on holiday during term time. ROB LUDGATE investigates more...
MALCOLM WARNE travelled north to Glasgow, to discover the attractions of a city which sparked off the fashion for urban regeneration. more...
Virginia is America's BIG horse country. escape... sent Jeannine Williamson to test her riding skills in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains more...
February has to be the month when we let our romantic side take over. escape... checks out some of the most romantic holiday venues at home and abroad - with first stop being Paris, of course. more...
February has to be the month when we let our romantic side take over. Escape checks out some of the most romantic holiday venues at home and abroad - with first stop being Paris, of course. more...
Travelscope and The South Wales Argus are delighted to offer you a selection of excellent holidays to the USA and Canada - at unbeatable prices! more...
This month's last-minute offers include flights to Florida, self-catering in Spain and luxury in Langkawi more...
GLENYS Kinnock has urged the people of Gwent to vote in June's European elections or risk a "crisis for democracy." more...
THOUSANDS of pounds of suspected amph-etamine has been seized in a police raid at a Pontypool home. more...
A GWENT councillor banned for one month after allegedly threatening to throw a social worker out of a window, should have his ban extended to six months, a panel has recommended. more...
WORK on part of the £54 million Sirhowy Enterprise Way has been halted by the Welsh Assembly after a protected species was discovered on site. more...
MONMOUTHSHIRE council has performed a dramatic U-turn on funding for a flood prevention scheme. more...
SCHOOLFRIENDS clutched one another for comfort. For many, it was their saddest day - when they said goodbye to a friend and classmate. more...
ONE of the United Kingdom's leading experts in sleep disorders has helped launch a bill in the House of Commons to try to trigger government action to ensure such problems are diagnosed and treated. more...
MEET Polo - believed to be the oldest working horse in Wales. The 40-year-old Shetland Cross Welsh Mountain pony stands at just 11.2 hands high and works every weekend with children aged from four to seven, who use him for riding lessons. more...
FORENSIC tests are continuing on the body of pensioner Marie Veronica Reynolds to try to establish the cause of death. more...
EVERY primary school in Gwent teaches its pupils to read and write. But one Cwmbran school has proved so good at teaching literacy it has been named the only Lighthouse school in Wales. TOM WHITELEY visited. more...
MY hardest job -- that is how Wales coach Steve Hansen describes the selection of the team to face Scotland at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. more...
SCOTLAND may have had a disappointing World Cup, but far more is expected of them in the Six Nations Championship with a new coach and new back-up. more...
FOUR Gwent players are included in a new-look Wales Under-21 side for their opening game of the Six Nations Championship against Scotland at Bridgend on Friday (2pm). more...
MANCHESTER United's stars of the future are coming to Spytty Park to face Newport County in a glamour friendly match on Wednesday March 31. more...
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