LOCAL politicians reacted with dismay to news that 156 jobs are to be lost at a Gwent factory. The Argus reported yesterday how stunned workers at TRW Automotive's Pontypool plant, which employs 800, were told they could all lose their jobs by 2007 if
JOHN Cornforth reckons the Nationwide South is still about as predictable as the weather. Last season was the first in the new Conference set-up and it threw up random results all over the place, if you take Grays running away with the title after Hornchurch's
A MAN is fighting for his life in hospital after being discovered with serious head injuries. And today, a 39-year-old man is being quizzed at Blackwood police station after being arrested in connection with the incident. Police say the injured 34-year-old
A NEWPORT man yesterday pleaded guilty to the murder of popular Pill character Lemy Bullock. Father of three Mr Bullock was 36 when he died after suffering knife wounds in March this year. Yesterday Aaron Kent, aged 24, of Livale Court, Bettws, admitted
THE darling of Welsh athletics may have retired but man of the moment Tim Benjamin reckons he can carry on where Jamie Baulch left off. The Gwent 400m runner retired earlier this week, but his young pretender Tim Benjamin is currently the man on everyone's
SIX Gwent hospital workmates are celebrating after a £113,929 win on the National Lottery. The syndicate of maintenance men and their office secretary each won £18,988 on last Saturday's Lotto draw. The Super Six syndicate are employed in the works unit
THE investigation started when police followed up an anonymous tip-off claiming the man owned child pornography. After obtaining a warrant to search his house, detectives found a hoard of degrading child abuse images, including videos of him attacking
A GWENT teenager could follow in the footsteps of some of Wales' most successful bands by working with a top producer. Cwmbran singer and songwriter Becky Nash, 15, has been recording self-penned single Temporary Heartache at Stir Studios in Cardiff.
Q. How satisfied are you with Blaenau Gwent as a place to live? A. Satisfied (77 per cent) Dissatisfied (14 per cent). The rest: don't know. Q. Why do you think Blaenau Gwent is a good place to live? A. Near to family and friends (49 per cent) Friendly
NEWPORT'S Ian Thomas was delighted with his career best and record-breaking knock of 255 not out in the Thomas, Carroll League on Saturday, not least because it reminds people that he can still be a run-scoring machine. Thomas, who blasted seven sixes
A NEW survey reveals most Blaenau Gwent residents are satisfied with the area as a place to live. That is despite the county borough being rated Britain's seventh worst place to live on TV programme The Best and Worst Places to Live in the UK, earlier
The natives are restless. To be at Sophia Gardens on Tuesday evening was to realise that there is growing unrest amongst members about the manner in which the club is being run. Some 200 of those members signed a petition to call for a special general
A FATHER who sexually abused his own young daughter, made videos of himself attacking her, and made another young girl pregnant is facing life in jail. One detective described the investigation into the Torfaen man as the worst case of child abuse she
A UNION rep hit out after a court spared the life of a dog that bit a postman. In Blackwood magistrates court on Tuesday dog owner Barry Waite was ordered to pay £1,000 compensation to a postman after pleading guilty to having a dog dangerously out of
DON'T blame British Lions coach Sir Clive Woodward for this summer's 3-0 Test series disaster against the All Blacks in New Zealand, says Wales captain Michael Owen. The Newport Gwent Dragons number eight says despite the size of the tour party, 70-strong
