CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save a closure-threatened Cwmbran post office will this month learn if they have succeeded. The Post Office last year announced a huge restructuring and modernisation programme involving more than 9,000 of its urban branches -
GWENT Commonwealth Games gold medalist Jamie Arthur's next professional fight could be his first on the continent, writes Andrew Whittle. A bout on the undercard of cruiserweight Johnny Nelson's world title defence in Bayreuth, Germany, is looking likely
GWENT'S dwindling band of Second World War veterans marched to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Royal British Legion County branch, the military swagger in their step mocking the passing years. There was solemn remembrance for the
STUDENT nurse Sue Davies endured a "nightmare" three months with a fear that she might have contracted HIV, following an incident with a patient on a hospital ward. Blood from an orthopaedic patient - an intravenous drug user - came into contact with
PETER Nicholas insists tomorrow's FAW Premier Cup showdown at Afan Lido is a pivotal point in Newport County's season. The Exiles boss (pictured above) is still coming to terms with his side's embarrassing FA Cup exit to lower-league Mangotsfield United
THOUSANDS of ex-miners and their families are rushing to apply for industrial disease compensation before next year's deadline. But Wales Office minister Don Touhig told the Argus that the system was coping well despite a big increase in claims. Mr Touhig
THE WORLD Cup is my time, says Iestyn Harris after his eye-catching performance in Wales' record equalling 41-10 victory over Canada in Melbourne on Sunday. And Harris insisted again that his future lies in rugby union after rejecting a bid for him to
WALES captain Gary Speed is banking on a packed Millennium Stadium making a crucial difference in the Euro 2004 play-off tie with Russia. Newcastle United midfielder Speed (pictured) knows that if Mark Hughes' men can avoid a damaging defeat in the away
Wales 41 Canada 10 Wales achieved a triple bonus to kick off their World cup campaign at the Telstra Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday - a comfortable victory, an extra point for scoring more than tries and the blossoming of Iestyn Harris into a genuine
MORE power to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour is being given to community champions across Blaenau Gwent. The Safer Blaenau Gwent partnership has awarded more than £30,000 to help people fight crime and combat disorder in their neighbourhoods. The
A COUPLE who lost both their young children to heart disease hope to give other youngsters a better chance - with a charity gun pull from Newport to Cardiff. Cwmbran couple Mark and Dawn Adams lost their daughter Zoe, aged just five months, in March 2000
PONTYPOOL inventor and entrepreneur Graham Taylor will launch the UK's first commercial diesel operation based on recycled cooking oils later today. Apart from saving drivers and operators money, the fuel will offer significant environmental benefits.
THE discovery of Annette Poulsom and her former partner Julian Maggs in a burning car is a chilling echo of another tragedy to hit the dead woman's family, it was revealed today. Police revealed that suspected murder victim Ms Poulsom's brother also died
WHAT should be a glorious page in Welsh rugby history has somehow become lost in the translation. The seventies were, of course, one of the finest decades in Welsh rugby history and as such is a period we should all glory in. I can understand those who
BUILDING group George Wimpey has applied for planning permission from Newport council to errect 16 detached dwellings on the site of the Jarvis Hotel at Wentloog. In the application, dated October 2, the site is referred to by its former name of the Wentloog
TWO Newport peace activists, who acted as human shields in Iraq in a bid to prevent the war, are appealing for donations to help the country's children left orphaned and homeless. Kevin and Helen Williams, both aged 35, are making an emotional return
A TEAM of 12 police community safety officers will ride Newport buses to tackle antisocial behaviour, driving offences and drunk youths. The new officers are set to start late next month and will use public transport to travel to the city's troublespots
A WOMAN from Wotton-under-Edge woman who had been making persistent false 999 phone calls was given a stark warning about the dangers of such a practice when she appeared before South Gloucestershire magistrates in Stroud on Friday. Kimberley Coleman,
THE WORLD Cup is my time, says Iestyn Harris after his eye-catching performance in Wales' record equalling 41-10 victory over Canada in Melbourne on Sunday. And Harris insisted again that his future lies in rugby union after rejecting a bid for him to
GOD loves a tryer and they don't try much harder than Roy Mackpenfield Grant. He's a walking, talking example of how enterprise and determination can overcome prejudice, economic adversity and failing health. While Britain celebrates black history month
WHEN Doris Stone was reunited with the son she gave up six decades ago, she was like any other proud mum. And she had more to be proud of than most as her son Syd Rapson is the MP for Portsmouth North. Mrs Stone, 81, of Riverside Court near Pontypool,
