A FAMILY hounded out of their council home by yobs began a new life yesterday - two months after they fled, leaving their belongings behind them. The Argus reported how Wendy and Andrew Palmer and their five-year-old son Rhys were moved out of their Pontypool
A golden light catches Tintern Abbey and sets the frost sparkling on its backdrop of trees still clad in their autumnal glory. Cattle graze in the foreground, as if aware of their place in this perfect picture. For more than 200 years, ever since the
LEADING Welsh players today insisted they will not underestimate Australia in the final match of the Autumn series at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Australia are without a lot of leading players and only ended their worst losing run for 36 years
A NEWPORT man celebrated his 100th birthday with his family and friends this weekend. Thomas Llewellyn enjoyed a party at his Maindee home, which was attended by Newport mayor councillor Ken Critchley. Mr Llewellyn, a former Durham Road School pupil,
IT was a daring and dangerous rescue that made international headlines. On September 19, two SAS soldiers were arrested and held in Basra after allegedly shooting dead an Iraqi policeman. The arrests threatened to spark a major diplomatic incident for
THE ARGUS and Gwent Probation Service have joined forces for the national launch of the Community Payback scheme. This project will see members of the public choosing projects they would most like to see being carried out by offenders sentenced to community
NEWPORT County's captain and another of the teams top footballers were jailed for 12 months each yesterday after a "gratuitous" attack on a man celebrating his 21st birthday. After defender and club captain Darren Jones and midfielder Andrew Thomas were
A NEWPORT shop owner says he is thinking of selling up after a spate of vandalism attacks on his business. Alan Francis, the owner of the Hot Bread Shop in Chepstow Road, is considering the move after a two metre-squared pane of laminated glass was broken
FRIENDS and family of a Caldicot man are to pay tribute to his life and work. Derek Upton, 64, a retired steelworker, went missing with a rifle on Sunday, September 25. His car was found a day later at The Moors, Rogiet and the gun was discovered by the
It's the last chance saloon for Wales, their final opportunity this month to gain a major Southern Hemisphere scalp. It may be 'only' Australia at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, the Aussies comfortably behind New Zealand and South Africa on current
A YOUNG woman who died in a car crash in Brynmawr was a "popular, hard-working" clerical assistant at Blaenau Gwent council, her employers said yesterday. Ann-Marie Davies, 23, was the driver of one of two cars involved in the accident on the B4248 between
WALES have disappointed this Autumn, now they have to finish on a high against Australia says Ceri Sweeney, who hopes to be part of the side for the last match of the series on Saturday. Sweeney provided a spark when he went on against South Africa and
JOE Calzaghe's super middleweight unification fight with American Jeff Lacy has been confirmed for March, with Lacy promising to punish the Gwent fighter's 'slapping style'. The two dominant forces in the division will go head to head at Manchester's
SUPER slimmer Ria Gibbs is a mere shadow of her former self - losing almost half her body weight in 16 months. The 22-year-old care worker from Varteg, near Pontypool, lost eight and a half stones in preparation for her recent wedding to partner Johnathan
