NEWPORT rugby fans are angry at being forced to choose between supporting their club side and the Dragons regional team on Saturday, December 3 -due to a direct clash of fixtures. Newport's Konica Minolta Cup third round match against Beddau is to be
A Newport-born Army officer who died in a parachuting tragedy was a keen sportsman and popular practical joker, his family say. THE devastated family of Captain Daniel Wright, who died when his parachute failed to open properly during a training exercise
NEWPORT actress Lucy Lutman must have thought she was entering another dimension when she started work on one of TV's biggest hits. Instead of merely working as a runner on Doctor Who, the hit programme which has brought the Tardis and Daleks back to
A PETITION of more than 500 names was presented to council bosses from pupils and parents at a closure-threatened school last night. More than 70 children, parents and friends of Argoed Primary School chanted "Save Our School" as Caerphilly council members
Wales coach Mike Ruddock has made one change to his side for Saturday's Test against Australia with captain Gareth Thomas reverting to full-back and Matthew Watkins coming into the starting line-up at outside-centre. Ruddock has kept changes to a minimum
Newport County's young stars will be on show at Newport Stadium tonight against Risca for the replay of their abandoned Gwent Senior Cup tie (7.45pm). The first game at Macron Welsh League club Risca's ground was abandoned because of bad light as the
THOUSANDS of vulnerable people in the Valleys will be helped thanks to a grant from the South Wales Argus parent company's charitable trust. Phoenix Community Transport (PCT), based in Pontllanfraith, was awarded a total of £28,500 - the biggest ever
LIKE a genii from a lamp, the spirit of Newport springs forth the moment you open Terry Underwood's new book. He does not try, as others have attempted, to make his book comprehensive. It is more of a pot-pourri in which you can get a whiff of this and
POLICE will meet Newport council chiefs next week to discuss controversial merger proposals which could lead to an all-Wales force. The meeting has been arranged at the Civic Centre on Monday, November 28, after councillors raised concerns about the changes
HAND-held video cameras are to be used to record thuggish behaviour as police get tough with drunken yobs in Newport city centre from now and into the New Year. It is the first time in the city that specially trained officers from police support group
TOP players have paid tribute to fitness chief Andrew Hore, who is in charge of his final Wales game against Australia on Saturday before ret-urning to New Zealand. He is widely acknowledged as the man who has revolutionised Welsh rugby players' training
YOU may think Santa is an elderly man with a white beard - but this year, he's also an enterprising 13-year-old from Cwmbran. Nicky John, above, of Ty Canol, is re-writing centuries of tradition and dragging Father Christmas into the 21st century, by
THE future of two footballers at Newport County is in the balance after they were both jailed for 12 months for an alcohol-fuelled attack. Chairman Chris Blight said the club had made no decision on the future of captain Darren Jones and midfielder Andrew
THE funeral of a Gwent rugby player who died following a Wales rugby international will take place tomorrow. Daniel Thorne, 25, of Bulwark, Chepstow, died after a collision with a bus in Cardiff on Friday, November 11, following the Wales v Fiji rugby
