Gwent | Archive | 2004 | February
Newport's brand new recruitment and training event, Job Scene The Roadshow presented by the South Wales Argus and taking place at the Newport Centre, Newport on 18 March 2004 will attract a wide variety of people looking for jobs, courses and careers. more...
A brand new recruitment and training event has been met enthusiastically by employers and training providers who have raced to book their stand at Job Scene The Roadshow presented by the South Wales Argus taking place at the Newport Centre, Newport on 18 March 2004. more...
Job Scene The Roadshow presented by the South Wales Argus, a brand new jobs, careers and training event will make its debut at the Newport Centre, Newport on 18 March 2004. more...
Cogent Defence and Security Networks, NHS Wales, Royal Navy & Royal Marines are just some of the major employers who have rushed to book their stands at the brand new Job Scene The Roadshow presented by the South Wales Argus taking place at the Newport Centre, Newport on 18 March 2004. more...
What you think of the Assembly more...
PLAID Cymru lost two of their Gwent AMs last night - five across Wales - with Labour and the Conservatives gaining one each. more...
HERE are the candidates for South Wales East. Four of these will be elected by means of the second vote which is for a party and not a candidate. more...
As the National Assembly elections loom, your Argus is reporting on each constituency. In the latest of our profiles, JANE HELMICH looks at Newport West. more...
As the Assembly elections draw near, we have profiled local constituency areas, assessing the achievements and failures,and asking people's views. Our final profile is the South Wales East electoral region. more...
The Newport West constituency candidates are: more...
The constituency of Monmouth was severely affected by 2001's foot-and-mouth outbreak - thousands of animals were culled and tourism was hit hard. more...
* Size of constituency: 101 sq km more...
Islwyn provided one of the biggest shocks of the last National Assembly election. HELEN MORGAN profiles the former mining area more...
* Size of constituency: 96 sq km more...
What you think of the Assembly more...
* Size of constituency: 118 sq km more...
What you think of the Assembly more...
Newport West constituency results more...
Complete listing of this year's candidates. more...
The constituency of Torfaen includes some of the most impoverished areas in Wales. As CERI HILLIER discovered, many residents feel that more is needed from the Assembly if the situation is to improve more...
THE Torfaen constituency candidates are: more...
Regional constituency results more...
THE Blaenau Gwent constituency candidates are: more...
What you think of the Assembly more...
* Size of constituency: 109 sq km more...
Newport East constituency results more...
What you think of the Assembly more...
The Newport East constituency candidates are: more...
Blaenau Gwent constituency results more...
How the parties stand across Wales. more...
Gareth Roberts, Independent Wales Party. more...
Monmouth constituency results more...
The Monmouth constituency candidates are: more...
As the National Assembly elections loom, your Argus is reporting on each constituency. In the first of our profiles, MARK CHOUEKE looks at Newport East. more...
THE Islwyn constituency candidates are: more...
As the National Assembly elections loom, your Argus is reporting on each constituency. In the latest of our profiles, HELEN MORGAN looks at Blaenau Gwent. more...
What you think of the Assembly more...
Islwyn constituency results more...
* Size of constituency: 831 sq km more...
Torfaen constituency results more...
Background: The constituency currently represented by Labour's John Griffiths, consists of the wards of Langstone, Llanwern, Liswerry, Ringland, Alway, Beechwood, St Julian's and Victoria. more...
Doors of opportunity are opening for tens of thousands of young people and adults across Gwent thanks to the advice and support of a new "lifelong" guidance service. more...
Being made redundant spelt a new start for Llanwern steelworker Andrew Purves, and a new opportunity to show the caring side of his nature. more...
A year of change and a year of challenge, is probably how best to sum up one of the most memorable 12 month periods in the life of Careers Wales Gwent. more...
17,504 young people received careers information packs (target 17,504) more...
Eighteen year old Chris Kenward knows that there is no magic formula for getting an unusual career off the ground. But by working with Careers Wales Gwent, he is now getting closer to achieving his dream. more...
Careers Wales Gwent advisers grabbed a prime pitch for getting their message across to the community when they set out their stall alongside the market traders. more...
Victoria Prewett, from Abertillery is cooking up a new career in the kitchen thanks to the individual help and support she received from Careers Wales Gwent. more...
The success of the company owes much to the time, effort and expertise of the non-executive directors, drawn from industry, education and local authorities. Their contribution is given free of charge. The directors during the year were: more...
When Lee Jones from Cwmtillery left school at 16, he had no idea what to do next with his life. more...
At the request of the Welsh Assembly Government, Careers Wales Gwent and careers companies across Wales undertook a major evaluation of the services provided to Year 11 students and their parents plus sixth form and college students. more...
Some well-placed advice helped budding Gwent poet, Carl Griffin, to find the rhythm he needed to switch from laying bricks to constructing rhymes. more...
Stepping back into learning can be daunting, but, for the staff at Highfields Nursing Home, help was at hand. more...
Dozens of people who have taken the bold step of setting up their own enterprises are now sharing with teenagers in Gwent just what life has been like for them. more...
All our clients are entitled to: more...
Mae drysau cyfle yn agor i ddegau o filoedd o bobl ifanc ac oedolion ledled Gwent diolch i gyngor a chefnogaeth gwasanaeth cynghori `trwy gydol oes' newydd. more...
Roedd cael ei ddiswyddo yn golygu cychwyn newydd i weithiwr dur o Lanwern, Andrew Purves, a chyfle newydd i ddangos ochr ofalus ei gymeriad. more...
Blwyddyn o newid a blwyddyn o sialensiau mae'n debyg yw'r ffordd orau o grynhoi 12 mis sydd ymhlieth y mwyaf cofiadwy yn hanes Gyrfa Cymru Gwent. more...
Mae Chris Kenward, deunaw oed yn gwybod nad oes ffordd hudol o sefydlu gyrfa anarferol, ond trwy weithio gyda Gyrfa Cymru, Gwent, y mae yn awr yn nes at wireddu ei freuddwyd. more...
Bachodd cynghorwyr Gyrfa Cymru Gwent safle da i gyflwyno eu neges i'r gymuned wrth sefydlu eu stondin wrth ochr y masnachwyr. more...
Derbyniodd 17,504 o bobl ifanc becynnau gwybodaeth gyrfaoedd (targed 17,504) more...
Mae Victoria Prewett, o Abertyleri yn llunio gyrfa newydd yn y gegin diolch i'r help a'r gefnogaeth unigol a dderbyniodd gan Gyrfa Cymru Gwent. more...
Ein cyfarwyddwyr: more...
Ein cyfarwyddwyr: more...
Pan adawodd Lee Jones o Gwmtyleri yr ysgol yn 16, nid oedd ganddo unrhyw syniad beth fyddai yn ei wneud nesaf. more...
Bu ychydig o gyngor ar yr adeg iawn o gymorth i'r egin fardd o Went, Carl Griffin, i ddarganfod y mydr angenrheidiol i newid o osod brics i lunio penillion. more...
Ar gais Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru, cynhaliodd Gyrfa Cymru Gwent a chwmnïau gyrfa ledled Cymru werthusiad trylwyr o'r gwasanaeth a ddarperir i fyfyrwyr Blwyddyn 11 a'u rhieni yn ogystal â rhieni a myfyrwyr chweched dosbarth a choleg. more...
Mae dwsinau o bobl sydd wedi cymryd y cam dewr o sefydlu eu mentrau eu hunain yn awr yn rhannu eu profiad gyda disgyblion Gwent gan ddweud yn union sut y mae byd menter wedi eu trin. more...
Gall camu yn ôl i addysg fod yn brofiad brawychus, ond, i staff Cartref Nyrsio Highfields, roedd cymorth wrth law. more...
Mae gan ein holl gleientiaid hawl i: more...
BUSINESSMAN Ben Hoppe (pictured) is looking forward to handing over Newport's bid for city status to Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy. more...
NEWPORT will be pulling out all the stops next weekend with a host of Roman celebrations to help the town launch its bid to become a city. more...
NEWPORT'S city status bid got off to a flying start on Saturday, with everyone from Romans to rugby fans joining in the fun. more...
FIRST Minister: Today is a major milestone in Newport's history NEWS that Newport is Wales' newest city was today greeted with pride and delight. Wales' First Minister Rhodri Morgan sent a personal message of congratulations to the city - saying it was a "very well deserved honour". more...
NEWPORT'S case to become the new Welsh city is being taken to Westmin-ster tomorrow. more...
NEWPORT children, some of whom are pictured, turned back the clock on Saturday to the time of the historic Chartist Uprising. more...
NEWPORT is today the newest city in Wales. Lord Chancellor Derry Irvine announced that Newport beat off competition from five other Welsh towns to clinch city status for the Queen's Golden Jubilee - after attempting to achieve it for almost a decade. more...
PUPILS from a Newport school took a step back in time when they dressed in Victorian costume to help launch a new local history pack for schools. more...
THE successful conclusion of the city status campaign marks the end of a nine-month process from launch to announcement. more...
AS Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Russell Goodway (pictured) is spearheading his city's bid to become a European Capital of Culture. more...
HUNDREDS of Newport bingo players added their names to the town's city status bid petition when campaigners visited Castle Bingo. more...
PLAYERS from Newport Rugby Club have given their full backing to the town's bid for city status. more...
ABOUT 150 Newport school children are preparing to take part in a re-enactment of the 1839 Chartist uprising as part of the town's bid for city status. more...
THE long-awaited decision on whether Newport is to be named as Wales' `jubilee city' is set to be made by the Lord Chancellor tomorrow. more...
THERE were five key arguments in Newport's case to become the Queen's Golden Jubilee city in Wales. more...
NEWPORT'S bid to become a city has been given extra bite after securing the support of Silence of the Lambs star Sir Anthony Hopkins. more...
NEWPORT's bid for city status is following up a successful trip to Westminster with a visit to the Assembly tomorrow. more...
IT'S the kind of advertising you just couldn't buy. As Newport County prepare to face Blackpool in an FA Cup battle next Wednesday, both the team and town will have a prime-time TV slot. more...
THE people of Newport may have felt disappointed by claims that Welsh Euro MPs are all backing Wrexham's bid for city status. more...
GARETH PRICE looks back through the archives to track the story of Newport's bid to become a city. more...
A STEP in the long walk to city status is being taken by Newport's shop-owners. Sunday shopping starts in earnest this weekend with more than 20 of the town's major stores throwing open their doors. more...
THE men who sailed under the Red Ensign have given their support to Newport's bid for city status. more...
THE winner of an official Newport city bid cake says hopes that the town will be as lucky as he is when the Queen makes her announcement. more...
NEWPORT's bid for city status has gone online. Supporters can sign up and make comments about the campaign, or even send an e-mail card to a friend, asking them to back the bid. more...
PREPARE to meet the Romans in Newport tomorrow. more...
NEWPORT is recognised as a city in Beijing, so why not in our own country? That is the question being asked by Councillor Jim Kirkwood, the man behind the recent youth exchange between China and Newport. more...
We visit Sunderland - which became a city in 1992 - to find out from our friends in the north how it has changed their home more...
BRISBANE is crammed with rugby fans from all over the UK now, the red of Wales, the blue of Scotland and the English rose all well in evidence in readiness for the weekend's World Cup quarter-finals in the colourful city. more...
WHAT started as a routine day became anything but that with drama on the ground and trauma in the skies. more...
CANBERRA - The quietest capital city in the world. That's the label we are all attaching to the Australian capital after only one full day here. more...
THERE was a corner of Canberra that was Canada last night - our hotel. more...
WELSH rugby chiefs came flooding to Australia prior to the England game. more...
WALES hooker Mefin Davies has revealed a fresh aid in the ever growing fitness regime - surfing. more...
WALES have been slammed by the Springboks - off the field. Jerseys are at the centre of the latest problem, while Welsh fans have achieved another statistic out here. more...
A RARE full day-off in Australia with Wales not playing on Saturday - and a cracker of a story to go with it. more...
IT'S COME to this - Wales must beat Italy in Canberra on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup. more...
THE Pontypool front row is alive and living in Australia, a suburb of Sydney, in fact, and I've seen them for myself. more...
England took a mauling in the Aussie media after the Poms beat South Africa ONLY 25-6, with headlines like `Is That All You've Got' alongside a photo of Johnny Wilkinson. more...
THE things rugby players do in their spare time during the World Cup down here. more...
THE Welsh have hit town at last - and they soon drank the pubs dry. more...
THERE is nothing quite like an Italian Press conference for chaos and last night didn't disappoint. more...
NOW is the time for Wales to benefit from their warm weather training in Lanzarote in September and their use of hot air blowers at the Vale of Glamorgan. more...
WHAT should be a glorious page in Welsh rugby history has somehow become lost in the translation. more...
THE weather is warming up after a weekend storm and so is the World Cup, Samoa's terrific performance against England the talk of Australia. more...
AUSTRALIA will be a sadder place without the Italians and their classic press conferences. more...
IT'S been a G'day Down Under after a G'night as well. more...
THE WELSH team are not so much knocking lumps out of the opposition as out of one another - and there is a double agent in their ranks in the shape of Sonny Parker, the Welsh-qualified centre born in New Zealand. more...
TWO Newport Gwent Dragons out here in Australia send messages back home in advance of big matches in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres tomorrow. Newport-based prop Rod Snow, a major figurehead in the Canada team which takes on Wales in the World Cup, has a warning for his Dragons teammates when he returns. more...
A GWENT town rocked by two armed robberies and a spate of petty crime is to get a major policing boost. more...
Tribute: Centre named after man who worked so hard for it A LASTING memorial was created for a Blaenau Gwent councillor who battled for a community centre in Cwmtillery. more...
A GWENT county is most expensive place in Wales to buy a house, a new survey released today shows. more...
YOU'VE seen the show, you've voted them out, and now you can buy the T-shirt...well, sort of. more...
A NEWPORT pensioner received the perfect birthday present this week after winning a new car in a charity raffle. more...
REGULATORS have been called in to Blaenau Gwent council to help urgently address "real problems' at the authority. more...
A TERRIFIED Gwent mother found a bin-liner filled with used syringes and drug paraphernalia while clearing out her attic. more...
AMBITIOUS plans to create 1,700 homes and potentially hundreds of job opportunities on land east of Newport are being drawn up by urban regeneration experts. more...
THE prospect of `virtual' trials, where defendants, judges and barristers are not even present, has moved a step closer with a new video link system currently being tested in Gwent courts. more...
POLICE are introducing new weapons in the battle to drive down traffic speeds in Gwent. more...
Veteran lock Al Charron will mark a "miracle" return from injury by captaining Canada in their opening World Cup clash against Wales. more...
COACH Steve Hansen has appealed to the public to help Wales become one nation in the drive to restore its position as one of the world's leading rugby powers again. more...
WALES can do it again. That is prop Iestyn Thomas' conviction approaching Sunday's World Cup quarter-final against England after the dynamic performance against the All Blacks. more...
WALES' mercurial talent Iestyn Harris is a major doubt for Sunday's final Pool D World Cup clash against New Zealand in Sydney. more...
ITALY coach John Kirwan is still unable to name his side to face Wales in Saturday's vital World Cup-tie in Canberra because of a string of injury problems - but he is relying on divine intervention. more...
ENGLAND'S clash against South Africa in Pool C will be one of the games of the World Cup, predicts Springbok ace Percy Montgomery. more...
NO, NOT Wales - tough-as-teak England prop Phil Vickery has admitted that their performance against the All Blacks last Sunday has scared Clive Woodward's men. more...
IT'S showdown time, admits Wales full-back Rhys Williams ahead of Saturday's huge World Cup Pool D clash with Italy at Canberra Stadium. more...
WALES were given great heart for their vital Pool D clash with Italy on Saturday after watching the Azzurri struggle to a 19-14 victory today over a Canadian side demolished by Steve Hansen's team in their opening World Cup match. more...
GET ready for some shocks in the Wales team to face England in Sunday's World Cup quarter-final at the Suncorp Stadium, writes Robin Davey. more...
SCOTLAND coach Ian McGeechan has expressed his disappointment at the outcome of Martin Leslie's appeal hearing in Sydney today even though the back-row forward had his sentence cut by a third. more...
GET your selection right or you will lose the crunch World Cup game against Italy, warns former Wales coach Graham Henry. more...
WE must not fear the All Blacks and we must make New Zealand and England respect us, says Wales coach Steve Hansen, who has guided the team into the quarter-finals of the World Cup. more...
ENGLAND skipper Martin Johnson has sent out a chilling warning to Wales ahead of Sunday's World Cup showdown. more...
Scotland's shattered squad have been given a much-needed lift by Celtic cousins Ireland. After all, the logic goes, if Eddie O'Sullivan's men can push Australia to the brink of defeat, why can't they? more...
THE WORLD Cup is my time, says Iestyn Harris after his eye-catching performance in Wales' record equalling 41-10 victory over Canada in Melbourne on Sunday. more...
France coach Bernard Laporte is delighted with the progress his team have made since the RBS Six Nations, and believes they have shown glimpses of the form he wants as the quarter-finals approach. more...
WALES will not be content with what they have achieved so far, insists winger Mark Jones, who has been one of the successes of the World Cup so far, writes Robin Davey. more...
Shanklin has issued a damning assessment of Wales' prospective World Cup quarter-final opponents England. more...
Wales 17 England 28 more...
JOSH Lewsey sent the records tumbling with five tries as England annihilated Uruguay 111-13 to take their place in the World Cup quarter-finals. more...
Wales coach Steve Hansen has virtually finalised his starting line-up for next weekend's opening World Cup clash against Canada in Melbourne. more...
CERI Sweeney has won the Wales outside-half vote and the whole front row is changed as coach Steve Hansen makes 11 changes, one positional, for Saturday's crucial World Cup pool match against Italy at Canberra Stadium. more...
ENGLAND will take us lightly at their peril, warned Wales coach Steve Hansen today after naming his team for Sunday's World Cup quarter-final showdown at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. more...
WALES fell to their 16th successive defeat at the hands of New Zealand yesterday - but what a fright they gave the World Cup favourites in front of a stunned crowd of 80,012! more...
NEWPORT born and bred Alix Popham makes his World Cup debut for Wales on Sunday when he lines up against Tonga at the Bruce Stadium, Canberra. more...
MARK Taylor thought his career was over a year ago. more...
WALES are sending Canada a 20-minute warning ahead of their World Cup opener in Melbourne on Sunday. more...
KEY Italian pair Mirco Bergamasco and Marco Bortolami have been ruled out of the Italian team to face Wales in Saturday's vital World Cup group match which will decide which team reaches the quarter-finals along with favourites New Zealand. more...
CHRIS Wyatt is taking it on the chin as he waits for his chance to start a game in the World Cup. more...
THE day of destiny arrived, and Wales passed the test, salvaging some much-needed rugby pride with a three-tries-to-nil victory over Italy at a packed, vibrant Canberra Stadium on Saturday. more...
DEFENDING champions Australia blasted the All Blacks into oblivion at Telstra Stadium on Saturday. more...
WE are playing for pride against Wales on Sunday, says Tonga and Celtic Warriors scrum half Sililo Martens after last night's hefty 36-12 defeat against Italy at the Canberra Stadium. more...
WALES will beat Italy in their crunch World Cup group match on Saturday night and reach the quarter-finals of the tournament, forecasts Newport Gwent Dragons prop Rod Snow. more...
ENGLAND will play defending champions and host nation Australia in the World Cup final at Telstra Stadium next Saturday after Jonny Wilkinson's mighty left boot struck gold yesterday. more...
THE enjoyment stops now -- we have got to get down to work, says Wales' World Cup star Iestyn Harris as they prepare for a near-certain double whammy against New Zealand and England. more...
Coach Steve Hansen insists Wales are confident of success against group rivals Italy despite conceding that the Azzurri have looked the better side in this World Cup so far. more...
ONLY a few months ago Brent Cockbain, the Australian born and bred lock, was contemplating nothing more than a season with the newly-formed Celtic Warriors and settling further in Wales with his Welsh wife and new baby boy. more...
WALES won at Canberra Stadium yesterday to keep their World Cup hopes alive, but that's about all after a performance that was anything but impressive. more...
ENGLAND will mark their stunning World Cup triumph with a pre-Christmas celebration game at Twickenham. more...
Canberra in October can't possibly be a replica of Rome in February or it will be the blackest day in Welsh rugby history tomorrow. more...
WELSH coach Steve Hansen has made sweeping changes for Wales' second World Cup clash with Tonga at Canberra Stadium on Sunday. more...
England 28-17 Wales more...
WALES' biggest problem against the All Blacks on Sunday will be trying to match their physicality, says outside half Ceri Sweeney - himself a brave battler whose early tackle on Italian powerhouse Andrea de Rossi put Wales in the driving seat. more...
AUSTRALIAN rugby legend David Campese has paid tribute to Wales after their stirring efforts against New Zealand and England in successive weeks, writes Robin Davey. more...
NEW Zealand referee Steve Walsh has been handed a one-match ban by World Cup chiefs following an altercation with a member of England's management team. more...
TONGA are desperate men and we've got to match that desperation, says Wales coach Steve Hansen about Sunday's crucial World Cup clash in Canberra. more...
Iestyn Thomas, the former Pontypool and Ebbw Vale loose head prop now with Llanelli, has declared: "We have got to meet fire with fire" as Wales prepare to meet Tonga on Sunday. more...
BRENT Cockbain has twice played against the All Blacks - and been on the winning side on both occasions. more...
TODAY is not just crunch time for Wales, but it's the day of reckoning for coach Steve Hansen, and Italy hold the key. more...
SOUTH Africa hold the key to the World Cup. They can affect the destiny of the trophy at the end of the six-week extravaganza which gets under way here on Friday. more...
WALES captain Colin Charvis said he wants to continue playing for Wales, which would appear to rule out a move to Japan, as had been suggested before the World Cup, because he cannot obtain a place with one of the Welsh regions. more...
WALES have done the hard bit, they've made it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, they have salvaged some pride and they have come through a tension-packed group game against Italy with a victory when it could so easily have gone the other way. more...
GARAN Evans and Shane Williams make their World Cup debuts for Wales in Sunday's mighty World Cup clash against New Zealand in Sydney. more...
Wales 27 Italy 15 more...
CANADA are set for the game of their lives when they meet Wales in Sunday's World Cup clash at the Telstra Dome in Melbourne. more...
SOMETHING has stirred in Welsh rugby - OK I know in Wales you're either through the roof or the floor - but it could well be that the sleeping giant is waking up. more...
HARD-hitting number eight Jerry Collins has returned to the New Zealand starting line-up as All Blacks coach John Mitchell named his strongest available side to face Wales on Sunday. more...
New Zealand 53 Wales 37 more...
GIANT new Wales lock Brent Cockbain is ready for anything the Cana-dians will throw at him on Sunday - and he'll give it back if necessary. more...
THE ultimate test - that is what key Wales flanker Martyn Williams calls playing against the All Blacks. more...
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Mike Ruddock has dismissed reports linking them with Wales ace Iestyn Harris. more...
I never thought it would be this difficult. more...
Christian Malcolm's indoor season hangs in the balance after he was forced to withdraw from yesterday's world trials in Sheffield through injury. more...
KEY Wales forwards Robin McBryde and Robert Sidoli face fitness tests to decide whether they will be available for Saturday's Six Nations Championship opener against Scotland at the Millennium Stadium. more...
1. Simply complete the coupon which appears in this supplement or any of those which appear in the South Wales Argus over the next couple of weeks and return to: The South Wales Christmas Cuties Voting Cardiff Road, Maesglas. Newport. NP20 3QN more...
A QUEUE of proud mothers and fathers with their little Christmas Cuties lined up at the Kingsway Centre in Newport from October 27 - November 1, 2003, for The South Wales Argus Annual Christmas Cutie competition. more...
THE four stars of Christmas Cuties 2002 were chosen from hundreds of other entries. more...
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