FRANK Warren has come out fighting after concerns from Joe Calzaghe's camp that he is holding the Newbridge man back from boxing's big boys. In a no-holds barred interview, Warren, WBO Super-middleweight champ Calzaghe's promoter, said he is furious with
JUDGES for this year's Gwent Best Kept Village competition are now starting their busy schedule of judging entrants. A total of 38 villages - one up on last year - are competing in this year's Calor-sponsored event, organised by Gwent Association of Voluntary
THE row over regional rugby will not go away even if Wales did perform encouragingly against world champions Austra-lia - though that was put in perspective by England's monumental victory over the All Blacks in their own back yard. It might be mid-summer
A SWITCHED-ON Chepstow man has built a successful business over the last three years out of the public's increasing demand for sound and light shows at public events. Justin Kneath's company, Protech, provides audio visual systems for clubs and pubs,
LITTLE Maia Pavord contracted meningitis shortly after her birth leaaving her with chronic hearing loss. Now aged four, she has had a cochlea implant and is beginning to learn to speak, but she still needs help with language development. When staff at
THE bid for £1million to rejuvenate Bailey Park, Abergavenny, has been put on hold - because the council has already applied for cash to renovate the Shire Hall in Monmouth. Monmouthshire county council was not aware that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF
TEENAGER Riley Smith drove the wrong way round a roundabout and jump-ed a red light, then crashed into a car, killing a Mon-mouth couple, a court heard. The 19-year-old disqualified driver jeered and gestured at other road users as he sped through a red
GLAMORGAN'S former England opener Steve James' cricket career may be over. The 35-year-old stepped down as club skipper before last night's Twenty20 defeat by Northamptonshire and handed the reins to Robert Croft. James will miss the rest of the season
THE hi-tech talent of Newport's children was on show again at the city's fifth schools technology awards. Newport's schools are enthusiastic about the Rotary Club event that has become firmly established in the educational calendar. The 2003 finals were
THE FOUNDERS of Newport-registered wedding website The Hitching Post almost choked on their champagne and wedding cake when they realised they had won runner-up spot for best technology start-up at the Technology Wales 2003 Awards. The Hitching Post launched
The first of five legal roadshows organised by the South Wales Argus and Harding Evans Solicitors took place at the Gaer last week and a large number of people turned up to get free legal advice. Solicitors from Harding Evans were on hand to offer advice
LANGSTONE residents say Sunday's fatal car crash was "an accident waiting to happen". A 24-year-old Newport man died and six people were seriously injured when a Proton car and Ford Granada were in collision on Magor Road just after 6pm. Twenty-four firefighters
JENNA Brookfield's mother begged Michael Baldwin to reveal where her daughter was buried - and threatened to stop him seeing his son unless he helped detectives, jurors heard. Giving evidence at her husband's murder trial, Desiree said she pleaded with
WHEN Victoria Barnes put on a white coat and started packing daily orders at Mark's Meats of Cwmbran last month, she became the fourth generation of her family to enter the butchery business. The 23-year-old's great grandfather was a Newport tripe cutter
A DRUNKEN man assaulted a pregnant woman holding his baby, then hit her partner and two police constables who tried to arrest him on Christmas Eve, a court heard. But Paul Davey, aged 29, from Sandybrook Close, Cwmbran, avoided a prison sentence yesterday
A GWENT man once given just weeks to live unless he had a heart transplant is celebrating the tenth anniversary of his life-saving operation. Martin Brett, aged 56, from Ebenezer Drive, Rogerstone, marked the occasion with his wife Josephine, 57, and
