THE fight to save a popular Cwmbran primary school from closure has gained momentum. Protesters campaigning to save Brookfield School met Torfaen council education chiefs on Friday to discuss alternative proposals for the school. The council is studying
A TEENAGE girl has become the second victim of a crash in which a car hit a post. She was named by police as 19-year-old Natasha Davies, of Blackwood. The teenager was being treated at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff but died in the early
A TOP detective warned last night that the robbers who terrified shoppers in a Newport city centre street are dangerous men who are likely to strike again. And police say the life of a security guard who was shot may have been saved by a member of the
EIGHT pedigree puppies died in a shed fire at a Pontypool house in the early hours yesterday. Owner Jerry Warman, a sergeant in the firearms unit of Gwent police, said he was devastated after the week-old Labrador pups were killed in the blaze at 3.30am
CAT owners on lower incomes can now have their pets neutered, thanks to a donation by generous shoppers. The Co-op has donated £750 to Gwent South Cats Protection to subsidise the cost of neutering cats for pet owners on low incomes. The volunteer group
GWENT health bosses have drawn up a six-month plan to try to reduce waiting times for patients at Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital's accident and emergency department. Ninety-five per cent of A&E attenders should be dealt with inside four hours - the
OUTRAGEOUS - that's about the best way of describing the make-up of the British Lions tour party to take on New Zealand this summer. No fewer than 20, yes 20, English players are among the 44 going Down Under, which is almost half the party, yet where
A GWENT-BORN man whose daughter vanished almost four years ago is still in the dark about her fate as detectives investigate a possible link to a serial killer. Philip Kerton believes his daughter Louise, who was 24 when she disappeared, may have been
NEWPORT County boss John Cornforth is urging his side to go for the jugular tonight in their Conference South basement battle with Red-bridge, where a win for County will relegate the hosts. Cornforth has seen his side slip to within goal-difference of
A MANHUNT is under way today for masked robbers who brought gun terror to Newport city centre. Three men, two black and one white, who robbed a Securicor van in Commercial Street, shooting a guard in the thigh with a handgun, are still on the run. And
ELECTRICAL engineer Graham Gratton has become something of a celebrity at Blaenavon's Big Pit. But it's not his family history, or even his experiences working through the mining industry's most turbulent period that have brought him to national attention
WALES coach Mike Ruddock (pictured) has admitted that he is disappointed only ten of Wales' Grand Slam winning heroes have been selected by Sir Clive Woodward for the Lions tour to New Zealand. But Ruddock, who may yet be involved on that tour, has reminded
THOUSANDS of Gwent rugby fans are gearing up to relive Wales' Grand Slam victory when an official DVD is launched in just over a week. Cwmbran's Silverscreen DVD store has reported a "deluge" of orders for the commemorative video, called The Year of the
SICKENED people in Gwent want to take action after yobs battered a swan to death by throwing bricks at her. Scores of letters from angry and distressed readers flooded in after the story was reported in the Argus last Wednesday. Stunned residents living
MICHAEL Owen, the Wales captain and Newport Gwent Dragons No 8, says he will be out to put the record straight when he tours New Zealand with the British Lions this summer. Owen, whose first aim will be to make the Test team, has come up against All Black
