RURAL business owners have appealed to the National Assembly for help to raise £25,000 for the rescue of a travelling show devoted to promoting Welsh culture and excellence in England. The Country Land and Business Association says the success of the
Cwmbran Celtic and Llanhilleth meet in the semi-final of the Gwent County League County Motors Cup, at Undy on Saturday. In the other semi, Aberbargoed Buds meet Pill FC at Goytre. The final is on May 10 at Newport Stadium (7pm). Cwmbran Celtic and Llanhilleth
CWMBRAN Town boss Tony Willcox is ever the optimist. Not deterred by the Gwent side's nose-dive over the past two months, he says if his side can win their three remaining League of Wales games they can qualify for the Intertoto Cup which could then lead
AN Ebbw Vale woman is today facing prison and being separated from her three-year-old son after admitting stabbing her boyfriend to death in a drink-fuelled row. Last night, neighbours described the couple's stormy relationship. Amanda Edwards, 28, (pictured
THE camp of Joe Calzaghe (pictured) has been hit by a sucker punch - just 48-hours after the boxer defended his WBO super-middleweight crown. The Newbridge southpaw's mandatory No.1 challenger, Freeman Barr, has threatened to sue boxing chiefs if he's
It might be six days after the Budget but the small print takes a while to sink in. NIGEL JARRETT summarises business reaction, with a little help from musical tax consultant Steve Theaker, pictured. YOU had to smile. Steve Theaker was the man with a
A MAN was rescued from a third floor flat last night when a fire broke out. The fire took hold on the ground floor of a block of flats, Ross House, in Victoria Street, Old Cwmbran. A South Wales Fire Service crew arrived at the scene at around 6.15pm
NEWPORT have suffered another blow with the loss of scrum-half Ofisa Tonu'u for the rest of the season, writes Robin Davey. He is having an operation on Friday for damaged knee ligaments suffered in the Neath game last Wednesday. That means he is out
HEALTH chiefs agree investment is crucial for the NHS to thrive. In a special report yesterday the Argus revealed the issues crippling Gwent's health service. Today two GPs tell health reporter ANDY RUTHERFORD why family doctors also desperately need
A Gwent industrial estate is reaping the benefit of strong demand for small units. This is the view of Rosie Gaunt, local property manager for Saville Gordon Estates, which owns a large chunk of the Springvale Industrial estate in Cwmbran. In contrast
NEWPORT has attracted what is believed to be the first company drawn by its new city status. Begbies Traynor, which helps firms promote growth and survive the vagaries of the economy, has opened a branch at the Centre for Business in Devon Place. Andy
A FORMER truant given the chance of a new life helped to bring another new life into the world by delivering a trapped lamb. Stephanie Wheatstone, 16, from Charston, Greenmeadow, Cwmbran, became an unexpected heroine while she was volunteering at Greenmeadow
FIRE swept through a derelict former school last night, gutting a building and prompting fresh safety fears. Four fire crews were needed to control the blaze, the latest in a string of fires at the disused Queen's Comprehensive School building (pictured
TWO-goal hero Lee Phillips, whose brace against third-placed Havant and Waterlooville last night fired the Exiles into fifth in the Dr Martens League table, is happy at Newport County. But the 21-year-old, on loan for the rest of the season from cash-strapped
NEWPORT have suffered another blow with the loss of scrum-half Ofisa Tonu'u for the rest of the season. He is having an operation on Friday for damaged knee ligaments suffered in the Neath game last Wednesday. That means he is out of Newport's final four
MARINOS IS BLOCKED BY EMYR LEWIS ANDY POWELL IAN GOUGH WINS LINEOUT BALL FOR NEWPORT
BUXTON STORMS THROUGH THE CROWD. MATT MOSTYN SCORES NEWPORT'S TRY IN THE DYING MINUTES. MATT PINI GET CAUGHT ON THE ADVANCE GARVEY BEING HELD UP BY THE NEATH FORWARDS
NEWPORT County's long-term ambition to become a Football League club is likely to take a step forward tonight as four local businessmen join the board of directors. The four men, who are well known in Newport's business community, are set to join the
BOXING gloves owned by World Super-middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe (pictured) packed the biggest punch at a Newport charity auction which raised almost £3,000. The Newbridge boxer donated a pair of his gloves to the auction - and they fetched a cool
Rejoicing over city status for Newport may have died down but the work to capitalise on it continues. And could it also mean more for areas outside the city boundaries? JACQUI CARROLL reports PROMOTERS of Cardiff's bid to become a European city of culture
CANDLEMAKING businesswoman Jacqui Trump, pictured, has seen the light of using e-commerce to make a success of her firm. The owner of CeltMyth Candles, based at Tredegar House, Newport, is now hoping to see her foresight rewarded by lifting a prize at
COUNTRY houses in Monmouthshire could become backdrops for a new film being produced by a Cardiff company. Filming of the £7 million American psychological thriller The 1 Inside is expected to begin next month and will be entirely shot in Wales by company
GLAMORGAN wicketkeeper Mark Wallace's father Ryland celebrated his birthday yesterday with the best present he would have wished for - a maiden first class and county championship century from his son (pictured). The 174-minute, 147-ball ton (17 boundaries
HOPES of creating hundreds of jobs in the former LG Semiconductor factory at Newport have been boosted by news the plant is getting new owners. The city was waiting this morning for information on what is now planned for the factory at Imperial Park,
TEENAGER Melanie Velline, who faces the bleak prospect of becoming ever more disabled by an incurable disease, is set to fulfil her biggest wish this summer. Melanie, from Howe Circle, Ringland, New-0port, has a burning ambition to swim with dolphins,
An £8 million Welsh e-Science centre has opened at Cardiff University's computer science department. First minister Rhodri Morgan called it "a landmark event for Wales and a major step forward towards achieving a truly knowledge-based Welsh economy".
WALES boss Mark Hughes has been linked to the vacant managerial post at Division One side Preston North End. Hughes is still considering his playing future with his contract at Blackburn Rovers due to expire this summer but the Football Association of
ENTERPRISING brothers Martin, pictured left, and Jason Williams, right, are hoping to continue their winning ways in the next stage of the UK's most important competition for young business people. Their Chepstow audio-visual promotion company Evolution
PAUL Williams becomes the seventh player to perform at outside half for Ebbw Vale this season when he lines up against Edinburgh in Scotland tonight. Since No 1 Scott Mitchell damaged his groin (he has recently had a successful operation), Vale have chiefly
NEWPORT are in free-fall and so dramatic is their sudden decline that far from winning the Welsh/Scottish League title they could even struggle to qualify for next seasons Heineken Cup. Only a few weeks ago they were being tipped for the title, but the
NEWPORT have suffered another blow with the loss of scrum-half Ofisa Tonu'u for the rest of the season, writes Robin Davey. He is having an operation on Friday for damaged knee ligaments suffered in the Neath game last Wednesday. That means he is out
LET'S be positive for a change and eagerly anticipate Welsh involvement in two European semi-finals this weekend. Llanelli and Pontypridd will take centre stage on Saturday and Sunday after Newport's battle to re-float a drowning season against Cardiff
