DESIGNED to put Newport and their fans in the soup - this Newcastle Rugby poster, in some cases eight-foot high, has been posted all around the North-East city and on the metro. It features a broken can of leek soup with the name of Newport and its crest
A CRIMEWATCH appeal will be made tomorrow for information about a Gwent man who has been on the run since 1999. A photograph of 32-year-old Peter Wilson (pictured) will feature on Crimewatch UK on BBC1 tomorrow. Born Peter John Timms, in County Durham
NEW travel jobs are coming to Gwent. David Powell, founder of Holiday Express (UK) has sold his 51 per cent interest in the company to his joint venture partner, First Choice Holidays. The company had 20 retail travel outlets in the South East Wales and
BIDDiNG for the chance to have a wee dram of a rare whisky was poised to cost someone £2,000 today. A bottle produced in 1890 at the Welsh Whisky Distillery was due to come under the hammer at an auction in Tredegar House, Newport. One of only three bottles
CELTIC Manor officials and members of the Wales Ryder Cup bid committee were left in limbo yesterday when it was announced that a decision concerning the 2009 Ryder Cup is not to be made until Friday at the earliest. A spokesman for the Newport resort
A LABOUR AM is calling on health minister Jane Hutt to speed up action to protect NHS staff in Wales, as the Assembly prepares to debate the issue. Torfaen AM Lynne Neagle (pictured) is backing the Argus campaign to establish a red and yellow card system
CELTIC Manor's Lauren Diggle (pictured) went within an whisker of clinching the Golf Foundation Brooches at the South Wales Girls Association meeting at Whitchurch. Diggle, a three handicapper, returned a gross 75 to finish just one stroke adrift of former
A CONFERENCE aiming to combat depression will be held in memory of Newport-born journalist and broadcaster Huw Weekes. Mr Weekes, 43, (pictured) was found dead in January on Boverton Beach near his home in Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan. An inquest
A LEARNING progra-mme pioneered at a Gwent firm is set to spread. It was developed by Remploy at Abertillery to help people acquire new skills and is now to be extended to all the company's UK operations. Remploy is the UK's largest employer of disabled
A CRUSADING church minister, who wants all drugs to be legalised, has called off plans to form her own reform group after an apathetic response from residents. As revealed in the Argus last month, Reverend Linda Price, a Gwent Presbyterian and Unitarian
SAMANTHA Peachey, (pictured) business development and human resources manager, at Peacheys Chartered Accountants and Adding Value Business Advisers, looks at how it could be you. You can't live with them, you can't live without them...and it's not what
NEWPORT pair John Dinsdale and Gareth Isaac (pictured) will help to make history next week when they take the field for Wales in the first four-cornered seniors international series at Portmarnock in Ireland. Newport club secretary Dinsdale and former
DASHING doctors Mike Penney and David Hampton completed a fund-raising road trip to Prague for an Argus appeal - thanks to a pair of self-grip wrenches. Their journey in Dr Penney's 1932 three-wheeler Morgan car to a conference in the Czech republic meant
THE lengthy and painstaking repair work of an historic bank building in a Gwent border town is complete. For almost two years the NatWest bank in Chepstow's Beaufort Square has been under wraps - plastic sheeting and scaffolding poles - as its exterior
A PONTYPOOL scientist claims a decision that all new mobile phones should carry warnings about how much radiation they give out fails to explain their true danger. New models on sale after Monday will be forced by law to display radiation levels (known
CWMBRAN light middle-weight Gary Lockett (pictured) continued his march towards title contention with a first round demolition job on Guyana's Denny Dalton in Liverpool last night. It was his 14th straight win as a pro, eleven of them by stoppage, and
THE £50m Spires project which would have brought 45 shops to the centre of Newport has been shelved after vital financial backing was withdrawn. And prospective developers AWG ( the former Morrisons Developments) have revealed the prestige project in
EDUCATION chiefs in Wales are considering a radical shake-up of the school year which could signal the end of the six-week summer break. The new system - which could be in place as soon as August 2004 - would see shorter terms, earlier summer exams to
THE potential for 1,400 jobs has been created with the sale of land in Newport. Property group Rombourne plans a £20m development on four acres at Langstone it has bought from Wilson Bowden Developments. The Cardiff- based property business has an option
A TEAM of police vehicle examiners exposed 20 insurance write-offs which had been repaired and sold on to unsuspecting buyers. Officers from Gwent Police's organised vehicle crime unit held a 'car clinic' at the force headquarters, where they inspected
EBBW Vale begin their European Shield challenge against Agen in France on Saturday with skipper Chay Billen (pictured) believing it can be a springboard to better things. Two years ago a superb 21-19 win in Toulon formed the third rung of an impressive
A NEW chapter has begun in the history of UK Steel Enterprise as the organisation continues its role of encouraging enterprise to take root and flourish in Newport and the Gwent valleys. UKSE has added an important new dimension to its services with the
A GWENT taxi firm is bringing a touch of London to the Wye Valley. First Call has acquired its first London-style cab for its business in Chepstow. Terry Adams, who established First Call Taxis last year, has bought a TX1 vehicle from dealer Mann &
UK Steel Enterprise's track record in Gwent is already most impressive. In the last two years £700,000 has been invested in local companies creating hundreds of jobs in a range of companies. An example in recent months was the speed with which UKSE was
FOR the first time since its inception a Welshman has won the title Floorfitting Fitter of the Year. The 2001 title was won by Blackwood man Tim Nicholas who owns Ystrad Mynach-based Tim Nicholas Carpets. Mr Nicholas, 37, (pictured) who supplies and fits
NEWPORT have sprung a surprise by leaving out both hugely experienced props Rod Snow and Adrian Garvey for their opening Heineken Cup clash at Newcastle on Saturday night. Instead coach Ian McIntosh hands the job to Ceri Jones and Chris Anthony, Snow
