NEWPORT Gwent Dragons scrum half Gareth Cooper says Friday night's international against rugby minnows Japan is important both to him and the team. Because of Japan's 100 points mauling by Scotland, many people believe Friday's last game of the Autumn
WALES' flagship performance arts venue gets its grand launch this weekend, and Gwent pupils will be there to take part. A group of 15 pupils aged 15-18 from Llantarnam School will be performing at an opening-night awards ceremony at the Wales Millennium
THE elderly are being warned to beware when answering the door to strangers after a spate of distraction burglaries in Gwent. Hazel James, 81, of Rhiwderin, Newport, told the Argus she "could have cried" when she realised her home had been ransacked in
SIX Ebbw Vale men were told by a judge they caused "outrageous violence" in which victims were kicked on the floor, punched, hit with bottles and whipped with a belt. One witness said they behaved "like animals" after trouble erupted during an engagement
A NEWPORT grandmother's dream holiday to South Africa turned into a nightmare when she was tied up and held at gunpoint by four armed robbers. Janice Pritchard, of Malpas, feared for her life as the gunmen ransacked the home where she was staying near
WALES defence coach Clive Griffiths says the International Rugby Board should follow Rugby League's example and allow more use of video playbacks to determine the legitimacy of tries. And he says there are still grey areas regarding crossing which need
THE best back division in Wales, and maybe beyond - that is now the official verdict on the star-studded Newport Gwent Dragons line-up. Five of the seven first choice backs are members of international squads, with Hal Luscombe, Ceri Sweeney and Gareth
UNDER-FIRE Newport County manager John Cornforth received a threatening telephone call after Saturday's Nationwide South defeat at home to Redbridge. It is the latest example of fans' fury at recent results which have prompted coins being thrown on the
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy who took part in three Newport street robberies has been detained. Jamie Garwood, who committed the offences while he was homeless, appeared before Newport crown court. Judge Roderick Denyer sentenced Garwood to an 18-month detention
A YOUNG Newport technology teacher is making circuit breakers cool and inspiring the next generation of top engineers. Mark Avaient's casual manner and boundless enthusiasm has transformed Bassaleg Comprehensive School's Design and Technology department
MINISTERS are set to discuss the possibility of an M4 relief road next month, it was revealed today. The road, which would link junctions 23 and 29 at a cost of half a billion pounds, will form a major part of the National Assembly's Transport Review
INVESTIGATIONS into a harrowing road accident that saw four men plunge to their deaths are being concluded by police. Results of toxicology tests on the victims have been passed on to their families and the Gwent coroner. Jack McGee, 47, from Aberbeeg
The owner of Cardiff, Luton and Belfast International airports has agreed to a takeover. Abertis, one of Europe's leading infrastructure groups, which is the main party behind the 551.3m approach, manages more than 1,500 kilometres (937 miles) of toll
THE chief of prisons in Wales believes campaigners fighting the housing of sex offenders in Prescoed open prison have little chance of overturning the controversial policy, the Argus can reveal. John May, the operational manager for prisons in Wales,
