BEAUFORT Theatre springs into action with a season full of variety, offering something for everyone over the coming months. As always there is a quality music programme to choose from and the theatre is pleased to welcome back Dennis Locorriere in March
NEW Welsh music sensation Loguey plays Cardiff Barfly next week. Loguey is many things to many people; from singer/songwriter to sonic groove merchant. A good singer, composer and musician, Loguey released Look At You on DepCult recordings last month
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons and Newcastle have both got severe injury problems leading up to their vital Heineken Cup-tie at Kingston Park on Sunday. Newcastle are hardest hit, claiming they are without 16 of their 34-man Heineken Cup squad, they don't have
TONY Robinson first sprang to prominence in the 1980s as Rowan Atkinson's loyal servant and sidekick Baldrick in the BBC's cult Blackadder series where his catchphrase, "I have a cunning plan" entered the national consciousness. Now after being subjected
IT'S not often I find S4C worthwhile, but they took over my Saturday lunchtime with Karate Kid. Fifteen years after I last loved it and every scene was still superb, perfectly nudging this irrepressible teenage drama on to its gloriously sentimental showdown
LET me make one thing clear right from the start this week. Joe Calzaghe's heart for boxing is as big as ever and his ambition burns just as brightly, if not more so. Apparently my continuing love for the game was questioned in some quarters this week
MORE tickets to the Tsunami Relief Concert in the Millennium Stadium maybe released next week. The initial batch of 60,000 tickets sold out in three days apart from a small number of disabled seats. However, the concert is billed as having a maximum capacity
CWMBRAN Town's players are straining at the leash to return to action after yet another call-off last week, according to manager Brian Coyne. The Crows are in Welsh Premier action tomorrow against Caersws at Cwmbran Stadium and they will be praying that
THE Ashbridge, Cwmbran, is an ideal place to take the whole family for an enjoyable meal. Part of the Brewsters chain of restaurants, this converted farmhouse has an extensive menu offering something for everyone as well a separate bar area and Fun Factory
ALTHOUGH famous for its associations with poet Dylan Thomas, the town of Laugharne, in West Wales, has much more to offer. It was granted a township under a charter by King Edward I in the 13th century, and the area is rich in history. This year will
ANYONE who thinks the Dolman Theatre has had its day should think again, according to the theatre's owners. Newport Playgoers Society has been running the Dolman in Kingsway, Newport, since it opened, and the amateur dramatic group is looking forward
DETECTIVES are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a badly burnt-out car at a beauty spot just a few miles over Monmouthshire's border with Powys. The body was found by firefighters after members of the public alerted emergency services
LONG waiting times are worst in South-East Wales, a fact known prior to the NAO's report. Within this region, Gwent has shouldered a heavy burden, particularly in orthopaedics, where problems were highlighted during the Edwards Review two years ago. Waits
A CONMAN who pocketed money while supposedly collecting for the tsunami appeal called on at least 80 households, police say. Following an exclusive story in the Argus last Thursday, Ebbw Vale police station was flooded with calls about the despicable
TEENAGERS are being treated for heroin addiction in Gwent - after being given the drug by their own parents. And some children with disturbed backgrounds, as young as 13, have been turning to the drug. The grim details were revealed by Gwent Healthcare
A TEENAGE girl today reveals how a mother-of-four terrorised her and drove her to the brink of suicide. The girl who cannot be identified, was threatened with death by Deborah Eyre who was yesterday found guilty at Cardiff crown court of breaching an
THERE will be no repeat of Perpignan, promises New-port Gwent Dragons prop Adam Black going into Sunday's crunch Heineken Cup-tie against Newcastle at Kingston Park. The Dragons achieved a superb bonus point victory over then French Championship leaders
TWO jazz giants - Keith Smith and Georgie Fame - are playing Abergavenny Borough Theatre on Saturday, January 29, for their From Basin Street to Broadway show. Featuring the Jazz Hefty All Stars the performance combines the jazz and blues geniuses like
THE row between Newcastle director of rugby Rob Andrew and Newport Gwent Dragons continues to overshadow Sunday's big Heineken Cup-tie. Andrew called on Dragons coach Chris Anderson to apologise for calling him arrogant after Andrew basically called the
THEY have performed before one of the world's most revered statesmen as well as the kings of European football. Soon the London Community Gospel Choir will be able to add Abergavenny's Borough Theatre to their impressive list after entertaining former
SOUTHERN Californian psychobilly band Tiger Army play TJ's, Newport, next Thursday, with November Coming Fire in support. Being a psychobilly group, Tiger Army is one part Nashville band, one part Elvis, and a lot of punk spirit. The punksters are over
Mark Williams looks to be hitting top form again in time for next week's Welsh Open in Newport after last night's blistering 5-1 victory over world number four Paul Hunter in snooker's Premier League. The two-time world champion racked up three century
THIS brutal all-girl combo give the little boys something to be afraid of in TJ's, Newport next week. The Wage Of Sin sound like a souped-up version of a late 80s doom band but with torn lace and mascara. They have thumping percussion and droning bass
OVERWHELMING noise merchants Planes Mistaken For Stars make another welcome trip to South Wales this weekend. The grimy post-hardcore types can be found in Le Pub, Newport, tomorrow. They're as melodic as they are noisy but emo drips they ain't with real
A NEWPORT war veteran who was sent to Auschwitz as slave labour is calling on Prince Harry to make a public apology over his wearing of a Nazi Swastika. And Ron Jones, 87, of Highfield Road, Bassaleg, described Prince Harry's choice of costume as "irresponsible
THEY'RE in the Army now - or at least for the day. Pupils were given a taste of military life in a bid to develop their team-leading skills. For the past week pupils at Risca Comprehensive School have left the textbooks behind and have been learning life
A TOP Gwent tourist attraction is shortlisted for Britain's biggest art prize. Big Pit, Blaenavon, joins nine other UK museums and galleries competing for the prestigious Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year. The winner of the award wins 100,000, and
LONG on criticism, the National Audit Office report is also long on suggestions for improvement. It contains 25 recommendations for sharpening up the system, covering issues like inpatient and day case treatments, outpatient waiting times, diagnostics
INEFFICIENT, poor value for money, weak in performance, a system that rewards failure - these are the damning descriptions of the NHS in Wales' approach to waiting times, delivered today by the National Audit Office for Wales (NAO). Speculation is rife
A DEPRESSED Falklands war veteran took his life by inhaling the fumes from several disposable barbecues at his Valleys home, an inquest heard yesterday. David Welch, 40, of Abertillery, sealed up the bathroom door of his Earl Street home to stop poisonous
