NEWPORT Gwent Dragons may be struggling for numbers in the backs but their forwards appear to be in good shape ahead of tomorrow's Guinness Pro12 clash with Glasgow (kick-off 2.40pm), writes Chris Kirwan.The region's pack have made a bright start
NEWPORT are boosted by the return of influential prop Dai Pattison for tonight’s game against champions Pontypridd in the Principality Premiership. The 34-year-old missed the first three games of the season after suffering a leg injury in the August
KIND-HEARTED staff at a Newport bank have come together to help their community this month, as part of a new initiative.Six staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland Newport branch have been working at St Patrick’s Junior School, in Newport, on September
A NEWPORT-BASED financial institution has recently achieved a major financial milestone after revealing it has £1 billion in assets.Monmouthshire Building Society, which has been in existence for 145 years, will be giving back to the wider local
A GWENT grandmother has just graduated with an Masters degree in early years education from the University of South Wales' Caerleon campus, and plans to set up a consultancy business.Beth Orriss, 69, worked as a teacher for many years but never got
IT was a lovely trip down memory lane on Wednesday when it also felt like being back in the thick of the Ryder Cup action.Covering the Ryder Cup in Newport for the Argus in 2010 remains a massive career highlight and having skipper Paul McGinley and a
GWENT duo Phillip Price and Bradley Dredge believe they are heading towards the silver lining to some pretty huge clouds that have given them a fraught couple of years, writes Michael Pearlman.The duo both shot level par rounds of 70 yesterday, Price&
THE Quartet of Ryder Cup stars strutting their stuff at the ISPS Handa Celtic Manor Wales Open endured a mixed opening round as a former Team Europe member stole the show.On a day where the first ever Belgium to play in the Ryder Cup, Nicolas Colsaerts
THE Monmouthshire Eisteddfod has moved a step closer with the formation of subject committees. Around 50 people attended a meeting at Caldicot School on Wednesday evening to form the committees which will create the competition syllabus for the eisteddfod
TORFAEN MP Paul Murphy has called for more action on pancreatic cancer after a constituent helped to trigger a Commons debate to bring the issue to the top of the UK health agenda.The former Welsh secretary spoke out after figures showed pancreatic cancer
NEWPORT County AFC striker Joe Parker has returned to his previous club Gloucester City on a one-month loan deal. The 19-year-old teams up once again with Gloucester manager Tim Harris, formerly director of football at Rodney Parade. Parker
PEOPLE have suffered a dramatic fall in their living standards since the recession with power, food and fuel bills rising while wages have been held down.It is those who are at the bottom of the income table that have suffered the most while people at
NICOLAS Colsaerts outshone the Ryder Cup players competing in the ISPS Handa Wales Open, but admitted to pangs of jealousy at missing out on a second appearance in the event at Gleneagles. Colsaerts carded a five-under-par 66 to set the clubhouse
Heartbroken relatives of a grandmother who died while waiting in a queue of ambulances outside a hospital have demanded an apology from health bosses. Sonia Powell, was taken to Morriston Hospital's Accident & Emergency Unit in Swansea on Wednesday
A band of "greedy" middle-aged women masterminded a £21 million get-rich-quick scheme - fleecing at least 10,000 victims, including some from Gwent. The group used mass emails and "champagne celebration nights" to encourage women to "beg, borrow
The musical Jesus Christ Superstar, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, traces the last seven days of Jesus Christ as seen through the eyes of Judas Iscariot. This weeks presentation by MY UK at The Dolman Theatre is the Arena version as originally
CWMBRAN’S Danny Gabbidon and former Newport County assistant manager Scott Young have been placed in interim charge of Championship Cardiff City following the departure of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Solskjaer’s expected departure was confirmed at lunchtime
ALMOST £7 million has been raised in Britain through the Ice Bucket charity challenge. The Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) said they were grateful for all the money raised. Brian Dickie, the charity's Director of Research, who did
NIGEL Short has stepped down as chairman of Regional Rugby Wales with Scarlets colleague Robin Cammish taking over at the helm while Mark Davies has been confirmed as chief executive. Short was a key figure in the discussions between RRW, the body
PROMOTER Eddie Hearn has confirmed Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew are set for a world title eliminator in Liverpool at the end of November.Writing his column for the Daily Mail, Hearn underlined his plans for a rematch between the two hated rivals. &
CAN someone please explain to the people loading children into their car that doing it whilst standing in the road is stupid and dangerous. They obviously care about the child’s safety or they wouldn’t be strapping them in to a child’s seat, but
SO, THE banks have threatened to withdraw from Scotland if a Yes vote wins. The same banks that are part owned by the people of Scotland and were the major contributors to today’s financial crisis. Then, Asda have come out and said prices north
I WAS born in Pill in 1933 and have seen a lot of changes during the years, some good and some not so good. I call on the people of Newport, local traders, councillors and AMs to stop one last historic building, namely The Kings Hotel, from being
WHAT a muddle our society is in! On the one hand, we trumpet our commitment to human rights and have no hesitation in rebuking regimes that trample on them (provided this is not bad for trade). On the other hand, here at home, we deny the most
I WISH to make an observation regarding the extremely biased television programme shown on our screens by Channel Four, aka Benefit Street. This programme suits this poor excuse of a government with their attitude towards sick and disabled people
BLAENAU Gwent AM Alun Davies has pleaded with members of the fire authority not to close Blaina fire station ahead of its crunch meeting next week. Plans to shut Blaina fire station as part of a fire cover review by the South Wales Fire and Rescue
PAUL McGinley's decision to set up Celtic Manor like Gleneagles ahead of next week's Ryder Cup looked to be paying dividends today, but not quite how the European captain might have expected. With four of his team - Stephen Gallacher, Lee Westwood
THE RSPCA’s Newport Animal Centre is looking for an owner to adopt a two-year-old Mastiff cross.Bea arrived at the centre after not having the best start in life. She came into the RSPCA’s care after her owner was struggling to cope and couldn
NEWPORT County AFC have confirmed that their home clash with Accrington Stanley, originally scheduled for Saturday, October 25, will now take place at 3pm on Sunday, October 26. The change is due to Newport Gwent Dragons' European Rugby Challenge
FOR Mount Pleasant Primary School in Newport, 2014 may be a school year that’s difficult to top.The school found itself under the national spotlight this month when world leaders prime minister David Cameron and US president Barack Obama dropped
A PLAN to boost businesses’ success in Abergavenny is gathering pace and further proposals are likely to be moved forward next year. Last month the town received a share of £203,000 from the Welsh Government to support its plan for a Business
THE LV= Cup has had a fixture reshuffle to avoid a clash with Newport Gwent Dragons’ Guinness Pro12 encounter with Ulster. The Dragons were initially pencilled in to host Exeter on the weekend of October 31 but that clashed with their league trip
A DESIGN concept has been released for a new Celtic Manor conference centre to be built in Newport, by the contractor appointed to do the work. International design company Scott Brownrigg will carry out detailed design work for the Wales International
NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh has branded the League Two fixture list ‘ludicrous’ as his side face a second tough away trip of the week. County extended their unbeaten run in League Two to five games with a point at relegated Tranmere
WHEN a side features Lee Byrne, Ian Gough, Andy Powell and Boris Stankovich it becomes hard to use youth as a reason for coming up short.Newport Gwent Dragons lauded a better blend of experience in the squad this summer yet have endured a frustrating
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RUGBY referees appear to be having their decisions challenged more vociferously by players.Sergio Parisse is a persistent offender and was banned last year for insulting an official but it hasn’t put him off; the Italian great conceded a penalty
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TEN Newport County AFC fans were arrested during the last football season, according to Home Office figures released this week. Nine of the arrests were at away matches during County’s return to the Football League after a 25-year absence.
A KIND-HEARTED cafe boss raised hundreds of pounds to buy a stroke survivor a monitoring machine that could save her life.Pontypool mum Lorraine Jones was unable to speak and left paralysed in one arm after suffering the debilitating stroke in June this
ASHLEY Smith has only just returned to full training after six months on the sidelines but will answer Newport Gwent Dragons’ SOS against Glasgow on Saturday.The 27-year-old has not played since suffering a foot injury in the act of scoring against
PONTYPRIDD have reigned supreme in the Principality Premiership for the last three seasons yet Newport will attempt to extend the champions' miserable streak at Rodney Parade tomorrow evening (kick-off 7.15pm), writes Chris Kirwan.The Black and Ambers
A PONTYPOOL rapist covered his victim’s head with a blanket to prevent her identifying him and was later arrested when he went back to the scene, a court was told. Cardiff Crown Court heard how the victim of Luke Lewis, 27, of Woodfield Road, New
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons head coach Kingsley Jones believes Andrew Coombs has learnt a harsh lesson after being slapped with a three-week ban for carelessly catching Alun Wyn Jones on the head with his boot.The 29-year-old Wales lock/flanker will miss Saturday
THE decision by the University of South Wales to close the historic Caerleon campus has provoked a mixed reaction since the Argus website first broke the news last Friday.An anti-closure campaign run by Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Paul Halliday
THE A472 Usk interchange with the A449 is partially blocked this morning due to a crash. The incident, involving two cars, is on the northbound stretch of the Usk interchange.
Aberthaw Road in Newport is partially closed this morning due to an accident. The incident is between the Aberthaw Circle junction and the Aberthaw Avenue junction.
NEWPORT City Homes is consulting with residents about plans to change the design of a Pill estate to make the area safer, cleaner and more attractive.The major regeneration project, which was agreed by NCH's board of management in October 2010, aims
THE NHS in Wales faces “imminent meltdown” and requires an independent inquiry to start putting things right, doctors’ leaders have warned. The plea comes from the British Medical Association (BMA) Wales, representing around 7,000 doctors, amid
NEWPORT residents have formed an action group to oppose a proposal for 92 new houses due to fears of the extra traffic it could bring.The planning application put forward by developers Hannaby Planning Solutions could see a 92-home development built close
THERE is no restriction on what the land currently housing Caerleon’s university campus could be used for in the future, the Argus understands. For some years it had been supposed there was an educational covenant on the land, which includes the
THE people of Scotland go to the polls today to decide whether they should become an independent nation. At the same time, of course, they are deciding the future of the United Kingdom. It is their decision but the referendum result will affect
BLAENAU Gwent Council’s plan to collect rubbish every three weeks rather than every two weeks as now could move a step closer later this month. If it goes ahead, the change will cost between £3.8 and £4.3 million but the council would
