FORMER All Black scrum half Ofisa Tonu'u (pictured) and experienced flanker Jason Forster return to the Newport team for Boxing Day's Welsh/Scottish League Gwent derby at Rodney Parade (3.30pm). Tonu'u missed the Celtic League Quarter Final against Leinster
THE Christmas story may be 2001 years old, but rarely have the principal protagonists been portrayed by a couple with a combined age of 126. But the stars of a nativity sketch at Newport's St Julian's Baptist Church this Christmas are doing just that.
A MINUTE'S silence was held in Newport pubs last night in tribute to the four men who died when their car plunged into a river exactly a week before. Drinkers at pubs across Maindee and the rest of Newport laid down their pints at 7.30pm, bowed their
NEWPORT County have been handed a plum FAW Premier Cup quarter-final clash with Nationwide Division Three club Swansea City (writes Peter Shuttleworth). "I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas present," beamed assistant manager Jason Perry (pictured
SIX-year-old Georgie Davies was rewarded for her incredible bravery with a trip to Lapland to meet the real Father Christmas. Five years ago, on December 19, 1996, Georgie burnt her hands so badly in scalding water that doctors feared she would not survive
RESIDENTS of a Newport sheltered housing scheme who had their video and hi-fi stolen just before Christmas were overwhelmed with offers of new equipment. Malcolm Goddard, the local Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator, who appealed in the Argus for donations
THE parents of the Gwent traveller who almost died in a New Zealand motorbike crash say they want to thank a local girl who helped save his life. Norman and Jackie Willbourne, from Risca, say they owe a debt of gratitude to a mystery 17-year-old Maori
EBBW Vale suffered a pre-Christmas hangover as Pontypridd showed little festive spirit in a convincing 33-13 points win. Two second-half tries by the home side condemned Ebbw Vale to their fourth consecutive Welsh/Scottish League defeat as Pontypridd's
CWMBRAN kept in touch with the leading pack with a comfortable 3-nil success at the Weirglodd Stadium against the League of Wales' basement club. However the Gwent outfit paid a heavy price for their eighth win in 12 league starts when they lost talented
STAFF Nurse Lorna Smith (pictured) is relying on her husband to cook the family Christmas dinner this year. She will be working - along with thousands of others in Gwent whose job is to keep vital services running on a day when most of us are enjoying
LEAH THOMAS is a special girl - and after a tragic year, the Argus is bringing her some Christmas joy. Leah, (pictured) now 14, lost her mum in November, after 12 years of being her 'eyes'. Mum Tracey French was already losing her sight as a combined
PONTYPOOL booked a Principality Cup sixth round place after avoiding a potential banana skin against the Division Three West minnows at Margam Sports Ground. It was at the fifth round stage that Pooler bowed out last season, going down to First Division
A GWENT man dying from cancer looks set to go home from hospital today and spend his last Christmas with his devoted wife. Michael Davies, 61, of Chartist Way, Blackwood, has bone cancer and may only have weeks to live. He was promised he would be able
WORK is nearing completion on a new super-surgery that will allow two GP practices in Pontypool to work side by side. The £1million medical centre is part of the town's multi-million pound Riverside development and comes in the wake of the opening of
A SECOND half rally was not enough to prevent First Division Cross Keys suffering an emphatic Principality Cup fifth round 39-23 points defeat by Second Division leaders Narberth at Pandy Park on Saturday. Keys, starved of possession and attacking positions
OUR annual giveaway for children from across the area who have been nominated for an extra Christmas present by their parents, teachers, grandparents or friends was a roaring success. The children were given their gifts - supplied by the Argus and Woolworths
FORMER All Black scrum half Ofisa Tonuu and experienced flanker Jason Forster return to the Newport team for Boxing Days Welsh/Scottish League Gwent derby at Rodney Parade (3.30pm). Tonuu missed the Celtic League Quarter Final against Leinster and the
