BRITAIN'S New Model Army, now 21 years old, plays the Coal Exchange, Cardiff Bay next week. The enduring spouters of social diatribes play South Wales on Friday, December 14 at 7.30pm. New Model Army, pictured, are promoting their latest album, EIGHT,
LIFE as a rugby professional for Pontypool starlet Lennie Woodard is sweet. The ex-Pontypridd and Hull rugby league star, now with Premiership hopefuls Pontypool, is enjoying life back at his home town club though he admits the drop to the lower division
AFTER 38 years in the teaching profession, the head of Shirenewton County Primary School is retiring to become a part-time school inspector. Peter Scammell, pictured, has been a head teacher for 22 years. But the man who started his teaching career in
The 51st State (18) IT IS easily one of the best movies of the year. If you can imagine blending Trainspotting, True Romance, Die Hard and Goodfellas together and then adding three heaped tablespoons of humour, you have got the gist. Director Ronnie Yu
The Bush House, Usk A VISIT to this larger-than-it-looks restaurant makes it abundantly clear why it has just been voted Argus Restaurant of the Year. The bright, cheerfully-decorated, bistro-style restaurant has an open fire in its small bar area - particularly
EURO MP Glenys Kinnock has written to bosses at Alcan in Rogerstone to register her fear over redundancy packages for axed staff. The firm announced 310 job losses on Tuesday, and now Mrs Kinnock says she fears the level of packages with not be "appropriate
GWENT'S world number one Mark Williams had to be at his best to account for England's Nick Dyson 9-6 in the second round of the UK Championship in York last night. Williams went into the final frames leading 6-2 after playing some of his best snooker
Newport County boss Tim Harris is a wanted man. The successful County manager, pictured, has been linked with the vacant managerial job at rivals Merthyr Tydfil who advertise the post today. Harris' name - along with others - has appeared on the Internet
SIMON Raiwalui, pictured, returns to Stradey Park tonight as Newport captain aiming to wipe out the memory of last season and get the team back on track after three successive defeats at the hands of Leinster. Two years ago Newport won at Llanelli for
Walton and Hersham 2 Newport County 3 THIS twice-postponed FA Umbro Trophy tie, not without its controversy, saw a late Steve Cowe winner put Tim Harris' FA Cup heroes through to a January 12 visit to Walton's near neighbours Hampton and Richmond. A dubious
A MAN found hanging in a young offenders' unit was described as suffering from depression at a court hearing just five days earlier. David Smith, aged 20, of Park Avenue, Maesglas, Newport, was found hanging from the edge of his bed in the unit at Parc
NEWPORT MP Alan Howarth is heading for a clash with Prime Minister Tony Blair over the euro. Mr Howarth, pictured, a former arts minister in Mr Blair's government, has declared that Britain should not join the euro for the foreseeable future. Mr Howarth
OLDER people in Gwent will be treated to three special events this winter thanks to cash awards offered through the Argus by the Help The Aged British Gas partnership. The awards, totalling £2,000, were made to celebrate Warm Hearts Week this week - December
BLAENAU Gwent councillors are stepping up their campaign to improve ambulance services in the area by seeking a meeting with Assembly health minister Jane Hutt to ask for more cash. Council leader John Hopkins and senior members want to meet Mrs Hutt
SIMON Raiwalui, pictured, returns to Stradey Park tonight as Newport captain aiming to wipe out the memory of last season and get the team back on track after three successive defeats at the hands of Leinster. Two years ago Newport won at Llanelli for
TEENAGER Gareth Roberts, pictured, is the latest winner of one of the wizard competitions run in the South Wales Argus during our Harry Potter Week. Fourteen-year-old Gareth, of Church Road, Newport, won £50 worth of Harry Potter goods thanks to generous
EBBW Vale coach Mike Ruddock has put the emphasis on the need for clinical finishing ahead of tomorrow's vital Welsh/Scottish League clash with Neath at Eugene Cross Park (kick-off 5.30pm). Vale have shown excellent form lately with four wins from six
PEOPLE living in some areas of Gwent are struggling to get their foot on the first rung of the housing ladder as prices surge, it is claimed. The prices for houses in parts of Newport and affluent Monmouthshire are said to be outstripping the ability
PAULINE Black did not mind speaking to Mono even though she was in a restaurant with a mouth full of cheese. "Let's do it, now," she boomed in a voice that is now known in theatre land as well as ska land. With Selecter, Pauline, pictured, has been at
A MAN who staged a terrifying gun siege in Gwent a decade ago was today starting an 11-year jail sentence for smuggling £250,000 of heroin. Roger Amos, 51, pictured, was convicted at Manchester crown court yesterday after a three-day trial where he was
AN ABERGAVENNY woman's life was saved by her smoke alarm, neighbours and police say. The alarm in Debbie Bennett's bungalow in Poplars Close, Mardy activated in Monmouthshire county council's control room and firefighters were sent to her aid. Inspector
THE name of well-known Valleys playwright Frank Vickery might not be considered synonymous with pantomime. His prolific output, so far consisting of 25 stage plays, as well as numerous television and radio scripts, largely concerns itself with the finer
