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  • Brilliant Bale ensures Wales end campaign in style

    Wales ended their Euro 2012 campaign on a high as Gareth Bale's goal gave them their first back-to-back victories in competitive fixtures for six years in front of a sparse crowd in Sofia. The Tottenham winger struck the decisive blow in the dying embers

  • Oil and gas may last just 17 years

    The UK could exhaust its oil and gas reserves in just 17 years if production continues at its current rate, according to new figures.Oil & Gas UK's 2011 economic report revealed there could be as little as 14 billion barrels of oil and gas left

  • Dentists to run Cardiff half marathon for Dentaid

    DENTISTS, dental nurses and hygienists will swap their uniforms for sportswear as they tackle a half marathon to help improve the oral health of the developing world. The group of 14 workers from Beaufort Park Dental Surgery, Chepstow will

  • Brilliant County back to winning ways

    A HAT-trick from Sam Foley helped Newport County to a stunning 4-1 win at promotion favourites Fleetwood Town last night. The Exiles had gone a dozen league games without winning and trailed when the third-placed hosts scored after 52 seconds

  • Wales U21s see hopes dented: WEB SPECIAL

    Wales' hopes of qualifying for the 2013 UEFA Under-21 Championship suffered a blow with a narrow 1-0 home defeat to a slick Czech Republic side tonight. Impressive Sparta Prague forward Vaclav Kadlec grabbed the only goal after just five minutes at

  • Newport swimmers complete 'English Channel' trek

    CHARITY swimmers covered more than 50 miles at an event held in memory of the man who thought it up. A total of 61 people took to the water at Newport’s International Sports Village on Sunday to help raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis (

  • Blaenau Gwent needs ‘period of stability’

    POLITICAL groups must unite to form a stable administration at Blaenau Gwent council, that’s the message from AM Alun Davies following Des Hillman’s resignation. The Blaina ward councillor quit the top job on Friday amid allegations of “skulduggery

  • Caerphilly’s change of heart could defer homes transfer

    THE Welsh Government is being urged to defer a vote on the transfer of Caerphilly’s 10,980 council houses until next year, after an “unprecedented” retention scenario was proposed by the local authority. Tenants were set to vote on a transfer

  • Ebbw Vale project ‘sets bar for future projects’

    A £350 MILLION project in Ebbw Vale has achieved the highest ever score for a tool designed to assess sustainable developments. The Works has reached the best ever rating for BRE’s master planning tool for creating sustainable communities which

  • Gwent best in Wales on cancer targets

    KEY waiting times targets for Wales on the beginning of treatment for cancer were met only in Gwent during the first six months of 2011. And the area’s health board is leading the way in developing a new‘key worker’ system to co-ordinate patients

  • WORLD CUP: We want to see your big match pics

    THOUSANDS of people across Gwent will be watching Saturday's World Cup semi final against France, and we want to see your pictures and videos as you soak up the big match atmosphere. So send pictures and videos of you and your mates cheering

  • Torfaen pair will run in brother's memory

    A TRAINEE teacher from New Inn is putting her best foot forward to raise money in memory of her brother. Janine Johnson, 26, is running the Cardiff Half Marathon on October 16 with her cousin Kate Evans, 28, from Sebastopol. The cousins

  • DAVEY SAYS: Wales are on a mission

    WALES are on a crusade which could take them all the way to the World Cup final after an almost unbelievable turnaround in fortunes. And that crusade is a rugby and a moral one which has parachuted them into only their second World Cup semi-final, their

  • Calls for leadership change at University of Wales

    WALES’ education minister has said the University of Wales cannot continue under its current leadership. Leighton Andrews yesterday called for the chairman of the university’s council, D Hugh Thomas, to consider his position. It follows a torrid

  • Cwmbran toddler was kept in a dog cage

    A CWMBRAN couple who locked their toddler in a dog cage covered in faeces will be sentenced today. Police found the cage in the child’s bedroom with children’s toys, a blanket and a baby’s bottle – also covered in faeces –- in it. Doctors who

  • Police crackdown on Blackwood car cruisers

    A POLICE crackdown has seen more than 80 cars banned from a supermarket in Blackwood that has been plagued by car cruisers. Police controlled the entrance and exit of the town’s Asda store on Thursday night to give cruisers a wake cup call

  • County aim to tear up form book

    NEWPORT County manager Justin Edinburgh will drill a simple message into his players ahead of tonight’s daunting trip, “you have absolutely nothing to lose”. The Exiles horror run continued at home to Southport on Saturday when they were 3-0 down at

  • Newport's giant vegetable man goes backstage with Snoop Dogg

    NEWPORT’S giant vegetable grower Ian Neale spent Saturday night giving gardening tips to one of the biggest rap stars in the world. Ian Neale, who grew an 85.5lb swede, went backstage at Snoop Dogg’s Cardiff gig after the star sent an open invitation

  • County fan faces banning order over Mansfield fight

    A NEWPORT County fan is one of seven men facing a football banning order after admitting their parts in violence that broke out before a Newport County game against Mansfield last year. John Smithson, 45, of Malpas Road, Newport, appeared in

  • WORLD CUP: Gwent rugby fans prepare for semi-final showdown

    IT IS little more than 72 hours since Wales sensationally beat Ireland to make it through to a Rugby World Cup semi-final against France. But Gwent’s pubs, clubs and major sporting venues are already planning how they will cheer on Gatland’

  • Alway could avoid by-election after councillor's death

    TWO major parties in Newport will not call for a by-election in a city ward seat left vacant following the death of a councillor last month, the Argus has learned. Newport council has given notice of a vacancy for a councillor in the Alway ward, which

  • Luke's set to face France

    LUKE Charteris expects to be fit to take his place in the Welsh team to face France in Saturday’s World Cup semi-final in Auckland. The 28-year-old Newport Gwent Dragons lock damaged his shoulder near the end of the first half of the quarter-final against