WALES boss Mark Hughes issued a stern warning to the rest of football last night - 'under-estimated us at your peril'. Hughes was speaking after his side's dramatic 1-0 win over Germany at the Millennium Stadium. German boss Rudi Voller admitted that
EVERY child attending Arael Primary in Abertillery will receive a special mug when the school celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The mugs all carry a picture of the school, which is due to close due to falling rolls in July. The design is by
THE first new buildings planned for the former Dunlop Semtex site in Brynmawr have got the green light from Blaenau Gwent planners. The Argus reported last week that councillors were being recommended to approve plans for 173 new homes on the western
OLIVER Bierhoff reckons Robert Earnshaw, Wales' goal hero against Germany last night, has the potential to be a world class striker. The 21-year-old Cardiff City hitman drilled home the only goal of last night's Millennium Stadium friendly 15 seconds
THE South Wales Argus has again scooped the top prize in the annual newspaper sales awards ceremony held by our parent company Newsquest. The Argus recorded the highest percentage increase in sales of any of Newsquest's 15 daily newspapers around Britain
A MUSICAL society has vowed to continue despite the forthcoming closure of the factory where it formed. Pirelli Cables, which as Standard Telephones and Cables has been in Newport for 50 years, will close by the end of July with the loss of around 200
NEWPORT are in the market for another major overseas signing, The Argus can reveal. Backer Tony Brown has already brought one of the world's biggest stars, Gary Teichmann, to Rodney Parade and he would be prepared to fund another big-name signing. Newport
IT would be nothing less than appropriate to mark the end of the domestic campaign in Wales with controversy. In terms of organisation it has been another shoddy season, and it has ended the same way. What major league in the world has an odd number of
CWMBRAN-born Cardiff scrum-half Ryan Powell (pictured) has always taken his opportunities and now he's been handed the biggest of his career he intends to grasp it with both hands,writes Paul Tully. The former Wales Youth star joined Cardiff as a youngster
A CATERING student was forced to defend himself with a knife after he was attacked in his own home by self-styled "vigilantes", a court heard. And Judge Michael Gibbon told Cardiff crown court that the attack on David Brookes was "deplorable". David Tuck
CAPTAIN Craig Watson (pictured) believes time will heal speedway's current open wounds following the tragedies involving Lawrence Hare and David Nix. Newport Wasps are holding a benefit meeting on Sunday for Exeter's Hare, paralysed after crashing at
WELSH hero Robert Earnshaw (pictured) etched his name in Wales folklore with a glorious goal that sunk the mighty Germans 1-nil at the Millennium Stadium last night. It took just 15 seconds of the second half for the pint-sized striker to make his name
A TERRIFIED hospital porter has told how he was attacked at work by the same man - on TWO separate occasions. His attacker, Paul Jones, (pictured) returned a third time to Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital to confront the porter, who had tried to stop him
A BID to trace his family tree has branched out into a personal pilgrimage to the USA for one Cwmbran man. When he retired, Graham Lawrence embarked on a project to uncover his roots and reveal more about his forefathers' lives as a way of filling his
PARENTS and governors from two Mon-mouthshire schools threatened with closure are fighting back - by suggesting two sites for schools themselves. Monmouthshire county council has proposed closing up to 11 schools under its strategic review of primary
GWENT continued their preparations for the forthcoming Channel Golf League season with a comprehensive 9-3 victory over Worcestershire at Llanwern. They won all four foursomes and then captured five of the eight singles, but the scoreline is a little
YOUNG Aaron Claughan is the best mate you could ever have. Because when one of his friends fell out of a tree and was seriously injured, he ensured she got speedy treatment - and helped save her life. Jordan Harrison fell nearly 25 feet out of a tree,
A £22 MILLION blueprint for mental health services in Gwent signals the end for two outdated psychiatric hospitals. St Cadoc's at Caerleon and Maindiff Court, near Abergavenny, will close as part of a root-and-branch revamp des-igned to remove stigmas
NEWPORT are in the market for another major overseas signing, The Argus can reveal. Backer Tony Brown has already brought one of the world's biggest stars, Gary Teichmann, to Rodney Parade and he would be prepared to fund another big-name signing. Newport
