MARK Hughes may have been one of Europe's top scorers while he was at the height of his career, but he turning the Wales into a tight, defensive unit. Hughes was electric around the box during his Manchester United and Barcelona days, but he is ensuring
GWENT Police have confirmed that the pair of training shoes containing human remains found on the bank of the River Severn are not those of missing Manic Street Preachers star Richey Edwards. And this exclusive picture of one of the trainers found at
Wales....0 Czech Republic....0. MARK Hughes' babes snuffed out the Czech Republic big guns at an eerie Millennium Stadium last night to raise hopes of a blazing Euro 2004 qualifying campaign. Despite a blitzed squad - missing the likes of Ryan Giggs,
NEWPORT councillors vowed to keep up the pressure on the National Assembly to build the M4 Relief Road as soon as possible. Members criticised last week's decision by Transport Minister Sue Essex to shelve plans for the road between Magor and Castleton
RESIDENTS opposing plans for a home for vulnerable young people in their area have agreed to set up a residents' committee to fight the proposal. The decision was taken at a public meeting of residents from Woodbine Road in Blackwood who are campaigning
NEWPORT'S Ben Howe is out for three weeks following his knee injury against Swindon at the weekend which was left 'cut to the bone', writes Ryland James. Promoter Tim Stone has moved quickly to sign up the talents of Oxford Cheetah's Andrew Appleton (
DETECTIVES are appealing for information following a "futile" bid to raid a cashpoint machine at a supermarket. The offenders tried to get into a Royal Bank of Scotland hole-in-the-wall machine built into the front of the Sainsbury supermarket in Llywelyn
"TONIGHT Matthew, I'm going to be..." Debbie Meldrum, (pictured) from Blackwood, will utter the famous phrase on Saturday night, before disappearing to be transformed into her dad's favourite pop idol - and her namesake. For Debbie will perform as 70s
NEWPORT'S sports stars were honoured at the 30th borough council-backed sports awards at a special ceremony at the city's main leisure centre. Bassaleg-based golfer Phillip Price, who fought his way into Europe's Ryder Cup squad to face the US this September
A TEENAGER who caused the death of his friend in a car crash was yesterday jailed for 18 months. Morgan Stanford, (pictured) of Gordon Road, Blackwood, lost control of his mother's Ford Fiesta on a bend on the A4048 at Rock Villas, near Argoed, on July
A CHEPSTOW business is rooting for public loos by displaying a comic parsnip which looks like crossed legs. Many locals want public toilets installed at the bus station in the town - and one shopper found an appropriate parsnip to sum up their cause.
NEWPORT number eight Andrew Powell (pictured) reaches another landmark tomorrow night -- his first appearance against Cardiff. Powell has made his debut for Wales A and has continued his under-21 career, as well as establishing himself in the Newport
JASON Koumas could be set to play in the Premiership next season - with Everton. In a sensational twist Welsh international Koumas pulled out of a £2.75m move to West Brom - only 24 hours before Wales friendly game with the Czech Republic last night.
Locked up: 'Estranged' son and drug addict burgled his family's home A DRUG addict who burgled his parents' house in Tredegar on two occasions was jailed for 30 months. Anthony John Brown, aged 31, of The Croft, Steelworks Road, Ebbw Vale had climbed
TODAY the South Wales Argus reveals details of another shocking story about St Woolos Cemetery in Newport. Yesterday we exclusively reported how scores of bodies may be buried in the wrong graves at the cemetery. Today we reveal that: Three stillborn
A WOMAN who ran a Gwent 'safe house' for transvestites was jailed for two years yesterday for her part in a £600,000 sting. Olwen Brock, 43, of Chepstow, and transvestite Kevin Stewart, 35, of Gateshead, were sentenced at Bristol crown court yesterday
A GWENT bus company is calling for an insurance crackdown in a bid to protect pupils travelling to and from school. Phil Anslow, whose Pontnewynydd-based company runs numerous school routes, has res-ponded to requests from safety campaigners and is now
SHANE Howarth has gone back to basics to try to solve his place- kicking problems as he bids to help Newport knock arch enemy Cardiff out of the Principality Cup tomorrow night. After topping the 400-mark and kicking almost everything last season, Howarth
ONE of the best known characters in Usk, the longest serving Welsh member of the Labour Party, has died. Jim Powell, who was 97, was widowed seven years ago when his wife, Dolly, died, and he is survived by three sons Glyndwr, Mervyn and Colin, and six
A RUN-DOWN patch of land in south Monmouthshire is well on the way to becoming a beauty spot to be proud of. Work to redevelop the land around the old railway sidings area of the Severn Tunnel Junction started in November last year. Now hundreds of saplings
A TEENAGER trashed a house in Nantyglo, believing illegal substances were sold from there, a court heard. Afterwards, the 17-year-old flagged down a police car and told PC Alex Webley: "I wanted to kill them. They were not in so I smashed the place up
