CROSS Keys assistant coach Steve Hill is hoping his side get the rub of the green away at Bedwas tomorrow night. Keys are locked in the midst of a relegation battle and with just six games left Hill says his team need at least two wins to secure their
NEWPORT'S injury jinx struck again in Norfolk last night as they went down to a 20-point defeat against King's Lynn's youthful side. The Mavericks went into the match without both Carl Wilkinson and Rob Finlow, each sidelined following crashes over the
A HEARTBROKEN family's trial-biking holiday is ruined because thieves have stolen their motorcycles. The Weekes family (pictured) were intending to head for a caravan park near Falmouth, Cornwall, on Saturday for a four-day break for trials-bike enthusiasts
NEWPORT number eight Andrew Powell has been ruled out of any of the Welsh teams for the final Six Nations clash of the season against Scotland at the weekend. Powell aggravated his hand injury playing against Cardiff last Friday and asked not to be considered
FORGET your local health centre - one Gwent doctor is setting up surgery in supermarkets. Abersychan GP Dr Stephanie Balboa will be taking questions from the public in a new series of HTV's Supermarket Surgeries. Previously a part of The Ferret on Health
MARK Hughes (pictured) is set to continue playing next season - according to Wales legend Dean Saunders. Wales' part-time chief Hughes, who arrived at Blackburn Rovers in October 2000 on a free transfer from Everton, will hold talks with Ewood Park boss
HOUSE prices in Newport have continued their upward trend with the average house now costing £72, 628. But while the Principality Building Society places a £72,000 plus figure on the cost of a home in Newport, local estate agent Richard Crooke says it
WBO world middleweight title challenger Harry Simon is aiming to prove that he is one of the modern day greats by going up through the weight divisions and eventually challenging Newbridge's super-middleweight king Joe Calzaghe. The first stage of Simon's
WALES' forgotten star Colin Charvis is back with an almighty bang. In a sensational return from the international wilderness, Swansea's dynamite flanker dons the Welsh jersey not only for his 43rd cap but as the country's 117th captain. And it's a dazzling
THE £7 million national velodrome project for Newport was yesterday backed by planning chiefs. The plans now just need to go before the full council for approval. Ten letters of objection plus another letter signed by 30 opposed residents were received
ROB Howley will bring his international career for Wales to an end in the Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship match against Scotland in Cardiff. The 31-year-old, who has had his ups and downs in the Welsh jersey, wants more time to spend with his family
GWENT grandfather Raymond Reese (pictured( may be partially sighted, but he has overcome his disability to help the children of Chernobyl. The glaucoma sufferer, whose sight is now impaired with double vision, undertook the painstaking task of building
PEOPLE must be honest with themselves and vote for the future of Welsh rugby not themselves - if Wales are to climb back up the international ladder, says national caretaker coach Steve Hansen (pictured). He pleads for club delegates to do the right thing
A GWENT schoolgirl who shot to fame on a TV talent show plans to release her first single this summer. As revealed in the Argus, Katie Williams, 16, from Cwmavon Road, Blaenavon, looks set for stardom after signing a lucrative five-album record deal with
NEWPORT'S old Odeon cinema, one of Wales' most historic entertainment venues, could become a live music theatre in a £1 million project. The plans for the 1930s art deco style Grade II listed building, in Clarence Place, have been submitted by the P2
A MAJOR fundraising effort is under way in Newport to help a brave tot battling a brain tumour. Britany Dalberti is undergoing aggressive chemotherapy as she battles the tumour. Her dad, Robert, who used to live in Newport, and mum Linda Evans, were devastated
GWENT pupils on the borderline of getting top-grade GCSEs are getting their exam chances boosted by a Newport scheme. The Easter revision classes are being held at Allt-yr-yn campus of UWCN and have attracted a number of top rugby internationals to encourage
TWO men who carried out a "vicious attack" outside a Caldicot pub which left their victim needing reconstructive surgery on his face avoided a prison sentence yesterday. Simon Finney, aged 22, from Longcroft Road, Caldicot, and Anthony Ryder, aged 22,
