BOGUS officials preyed on a vulnerable, elderly couple in Trinant and stole £2,100. The husband and wife both have sight problems, are both in their 80s and the husband also has to use a wheelchair. Police say the couple were called on by a man on Friday
I am coming to Newport to make a difference, insists Percy Montgomery, the South African rugby ace. Montgomery, capped 50 times with 261 points for his country, arrives in Newport next week to take up a two-and-a-half year contract with Newport. He puts
PONTYPOOL will face Fiji for the first time in the club's illustrious history on November 4 at Pontypool Park. The fixture is a massive coup for the club and thanks largely to the negotiations of club benefactor Bob Jude who has strong connections with
FOUR regional teams -- that could now be the future for Welsh rugby at Heineken Cup and Celtic League level. The Welsh Rugby Union and leading clubs are holding urgent meetings to discuss the way ahead and there could be a decision by December. And that
PLANS to ease the workload on teachers in Wales were un-veiled by eucation minister Jane Davidson (pictured). Ms Davidson announced £3 million funding to be handed directly to schools to provide administrative support to teachers. Schools will be allowed
Newcastle midfielder Gary Speed is determined not to let his Champions League dream slip from his grasp as Italian giants Juventus roll into town today. The Welshman has had to wait a decade for a second bite at the cherry after tasting the European big
IAN Austin can no longer read an article like this. Even if he could, he would probably forget it within hours. The brutal, unprovoked stabbing he suffered in April near his front door left him with brain damage and a shattered life. Mr Austin, (pictured
JOHN Hartson is wanted by top Italian Serie A outfit Reggina and they could be ready to swoop in a £3m raid for the Celtic outcast in the new year. Wales star Hartson was watched by the Italian club during Wales 2004 European Championship qualifying win
POLICE are warning they will not have the resources for dedicated patrols at Newport's old art college - a regular target of arsonists - during next week's fire strike. Yesterday, the Argus revealed that three fires had broken out at the empty building
A ROUND-UP of ponies involving a Monmouth-based charity, police, a commoners' association and the RSPCA was postponed - after organisers were threatened with legal action. The aim of the operation on Gelligaer Common in the Rhymney Valley was to round-up
ARMED officers arrested a man and seized a gun after a siege at a Gwent housing estate last night. Police sealed off the Underwood estate at Newport to traffic for an hour after receiving reports that a man inside the house in Waltwood Road had a firearm
YOUR decision to give blood could mean the difference between life and death for a six-month-old Gwent boy. Jack Witchard desperately needs a bone marrow transplant - the only way he will fully recover from a rare, potentially fatal disease which strikes
POLICE must wait another week before finding out how the baby found by a Gwent canal died. The baby boy's body was found in a green holdall beside the Monmouthshire Brecon canal on October 11 - and despite appeals from detectives, the infant's mother
JUDGE John Griffith Williams imposed a £100,000 fine on Monmouthshire council yesterday - 18 months after horrified residents complained about the way sheep were being culled in a Gilwern field. Cardiff crown court heard that the foot-and-mouth crisis
OUTSIDE half Jason Williams helped mastermind Newbridge's impressive victory over Tredegar when the odds seemed stacked heavily against them. The Welfare Ground men incredibly were reduced to 13 men after just 11 minutes of play as full back Huw Lock
I am coming to Newport to make a difference, insists Percy Montgomery, the South African rugby ace. Montgomery, capped 50 times with 261 points for his country, arrives in Newport next week to take up a two-and-a-half year contract with Newport. He puts
