NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will wait for the result of fitness tests and Welsh Premier League games tonight before finalising their side to face Irish aces Leinster in Friday night's Celtic League clash at Rodney Parade. Skipper Jason Forster, Chris Anthony
TEACHERS are uniting with governors and parents in a bid to save a Gwent comprehensive school threatened with closure. Staff at Trevethin Community School came out in support of angry parents who were staging a second protest outside Torfaen council's
NEWPORT'S former art college is to be turned from an arson-plagued eyesore into a block of luxury flats. Plans to restore the derelict listed building were turned down last November because of inadequate car parking. But the council finally agreed to
GWENT MP and Northern Ireland secretary Paul Murphy was stretchered to hospital yesterday after collapsing following Tony Blair's Labour conference speech. Mr Murphy, the Labour MP for Torfaen, fell ill in the conference hall in Brighton, shortly before
JOHN Cornforth was last night installed as the new manager of Newport County. The former Swansea captain and Wales cap came through County's rigorous selection process with "flying colours", according to chairman Chris Blight. "It soon became evident
Cwmbran speedway rider Tom Brown doesn't want the season to end. Brown turned the Conference Trophy finale at Brandon into a personal triumph as Coventry Cougars again met with collective disappointment. Brown amassed a bumper 30-point haul from the two
IT is already illegal in Ireland and New York - and a Gwent council has now banned smoking from the bars in all their leisure centres. From November 1, smoking will not be allowed in any part of Torfaen's leisure centres - bars and cafs included. Now
AN outbreak of tonsillitis in the Newport camp means the undeafeted Welsh Premier Division Champions are not able to finalise their squad to meet Newbridge at Newbridge Welfare Ground tonight until just before kick-off. Originally Rhys Jones was the only
NEWPORT County players will be hoping some of Goldie Lookin Chain's recent high profile success rubs off on the team with this exclusively designed kit with the band's logo and famous "you knows it" catchphrase. This is the first glimpse of the new design
WOMEN staying at a Newport refuge have welcomed a new freephone helpline for people suffering domestic abuse. And the most recent woman to move into the refuge told the Argus how the helpline was her saviour. Kim* said her husband had abused her since
BRIAN O'Driscoll, pictured, and his fellow Ireland stars Shane Horgan, Girvan Dempsey, Reggie Corrigan, Shane Byrne and Malcolm O'Kelly all make their first starts of the season against Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade on Friday night. That opens
A MASSIVE blaze which ripped through a row of Abergavenny shops early today may have been caused by a discarded cigarette. Firefighters battled for more than three hours to control the blaze which destroyed Iceland's store in Cibi Walk. Nearby Partners
A NEWPORT maths teacher neglected to tell his employers about his previous convictions when applying for his job, a court heard yesterday. Yazdan Gholi Kayhanian, 49, worked at Bettws High School for nearly three years before staff found out he had previous
NEWPORT council plans to boost tourism and maximise the pulling power of the Ryder Cup golf tournament. The council is hiring a tourism officer to use major events like the Ryder Cup in 2010 to unlock the city's tourism potential. Yesterday the Argus
TORY Assembly leader Nick Bourne said he had full confidence in education spokesman David Davies. His comments came after Mr Davies criticised Moslem MPs for opposing hunting while supporting the halal method of preparing meat. Tory candidate in the key
