The European Tour has confirmed that the 2004 Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open will be held in the same prime slot on its international schedule as it was this year. The new schedule published by the Tour yesterday morning announces the tournament date
THE controversial selection process to appoint outgoing Blaenau Gwent MP Llew Smith's successor ends tonight - but the row looks set to rumble on. The Welsh Labour Party will choose the area's next parliamentary candidate from all-women shortlist after
A COURT hearing to impose anti-social behaviour orders on three youths ended in fiasco yesterday. The three - who sparked fear across Newport estates - had interim anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) imposed by magistrates last October. And yesterday
IT was a bad day for our Gwent sides in the Lloyds TSB Welsh National League Division One. Only Blackwood managed a positive result, albeit a draw against Glamorgan Wanderers. In a classic encounter Blackwood fought back from a 23-9 deficit to take a
POLICE and trading standards officers raided a house in Newport as part of an anti-piracy operation. The raid took place on Monday, when a man was arrested and questioned on suspicion of running a counterfeiting music operation following an investigation
GWENT Assembly Members from all parties yesterday rejected the idea of charging tolls for a M4 relief road. We reported that Welsh secretary Peter Hain had floated the idea of a toll road to relieve congestion around Newport. But the proposal is splitting
BUILDING work has started on a £2 million hi-tech of-fice project which is to create 250 jobs and speed the regeneration of Abertillery town centre. The modern two-storey development is being constructed on the refurbished Abertillery car park in Church
SERVING naval personnel were among the mourners who packed the Mission to Seamen, in Newport, for the funeral of George Earnshaw, BEM, who has died at the age of 83. Mr Earnshaw was central to the development of Sea Scouting in Newport, having become
FAMILIES were last night forced to flee their homes after fire broke out in a church clock tower in Ebbw Vale. Fears for the stability of the 175ft tower at Christchurch meant people living nearby were told to leave their homes and go to the town's leisure
A GWENT music teacher wept yesterday as he was convicted of indecently assaulting a boy by putting his hand down the child's trousers. Monmouth School for Boys teacher Christian Nicholas Dominic Morris told the eight-year-old jokes and gave him sweets
CONFRONTATION and emotion - that's what Newport hooker James Richards is expecting when he faces many of his former teammates at Leicester on Sunday. He doesn't know whether he will be in the starting line-up yet, but he's sure to get some game time having
CONFIDENT Welsh soccer bosses predict a 2,000 per cent increase in Millennium Stadium season ticket sales for Wales' World Cup 2006 qualifying campaign - thanks to the England factor. Just 2,500 die-hard fans bought season tickets for Wales' Euro 2004
A CHEPSTOW shop owner claims political correctness is forcing Christianity out of Christmas. Susie Corker, who owns Furniture Smart in The Back, Chepstow, took out a full-page advert in the Argus' sister paper, the Free Press, proclaiming "Happy Birthday
CONCERN is mounting over plans for sex offenders to be sent to an Usk prison to help their rehabilitation before their release. The plans for Prescoed open prison were revealed in the Argus last month, and resident Alison Starling says she was "utterly
