THE woman who lost one of Labour's safest UK seats to Peter Law is in line for a peerage, a leaked Downing Street document says. But the news has provoked outrage among supporters of rebel MP and AM Mr Law and even from one Gwent Labour MP. Maggie Jones
WE have got to get back on track, says Wales back row forward Dafydd Jones, now returning to the scene after the most frustrating period of his career. The Llanelli Scarlets blindside flanker, who can also play number eight, won 27 caps from 2002 until
YOUNGSTERS from a Gwent martial arts club were dealt a knockout blow by the Sports Council for Wales and their local council. Coaches at Cwmbran Thai Boxing Club didn't know what to say to their young members when a £740 Community Chest grant they were
GREAT Green Goddesses! It's the latest thing in retro chic. Just the thing for pottering down to the shops when the family runabout's in for repair. "I saw an advert in the Argus for five Green Goddesses to be sold at auction. I knew I was fated to have
A FATHER "is lucky to be alive" after being dragged along the road by a car after confronting a teenage driver who crashed into the back of him. Mechanic Timothy Murray, 35, thought he was going to die as a "ruthless" driver tried to flee the scene of
A FILE was sent by the police to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who will decide if anyone is to be charged over the death of Newport man Constandinos Jones. Mr Jones, 23, of Maindee, was out drinking in Newport city centre shortly before he was discovered
MORE than 500 mourners gathered yesterday for the funerals of five-year-old McCauley Thomas and his great-grandparents Gloria, 68, and Patrick Chidgey, 71, who died in a triple carbon monoxide tragedy. At St Augustine's Church in Pontllanfraith mourners
Fury, injustice and disbelief. County experienced all three in abundance last night at Hayes as they found a new way of losing a game they really should have won. It is fair to say that Weston-super-Mare referee Ron Ganfield will probably not receive
ALMOST a month ago Dave Warrender was bandaged and shocked after miraculously walking away from a gas explosion which blew him off his feet. His clothes were melted to his body and he suffered burns to his face and hands as well as a head injury when
CRITICS of Newport's Riverfront theatre and arts centre always said it was a bit space age, but yesterday, some of the most famous time-travellers on TV used its futuristic look to their advantage. Dr Who star Billie Piper also brought along the Tardis
GARETH Cooper has been given a chance to stake a claim for a place in the big two remaining November internationals against South Africa and Australia, and for the Six Nations Championship in the new year. The Newport Gwent Dragons scrum half has been
Newport speedway rider Karl Mason is all set to try his hand at racing a grass-track machine at the Cheshire Grass-Track Club's meeting to be staged at Newport's Hayley Stadium later this month. Mason lines-up in a field which so far includes three former
CABINET members in Newport gave their seal of approval to a massive investment plan which will change the face of the city. Newport city council's cabinet members approved the £100 million proposals at a meeting yesterday, calling them "ambitious" and
NEWPORT West MP Paul Flynn yesterday agreed to pay libel damages over comments he made on endowment mortgages. Mr Flynn was facing a writ for more than £300,000 in damages over comments on his website and in a magazine. He settled the case by paying £1,000
