A SURGERY in the Valleys has been under siege from a group of "disgraceful vandals" over the past month. In just four weeks Pontllanfraith Health Centre has had: * Guttering and downpipes pulled down on three separate occasions. * A wheelie bin set on
A GWENT man needing urgent surgery to remove a potentially life-threatening tumour has had his operation cancelled four times. Now David Thompson will not have surgery until next year - even though the tumour may be malignant and leave him needing chemotherapy
BLAENAU Gwent MP Llew Smith has hit out at all-women short lists following his sudden announcement that he will stand down at the next general election. Mr Smith, pictured, told the Argus restricted lists would have meant Aneurin Bevan and Michael Foot
TOP American Thomas Tate could be back on the agenda for WBO super-middleweight king Joe Calzaghe after he smashed right through Tocker Pudwill on Saturday. It took the Newbridge hero just 39 seconds of the second round to blow Pudwill away at Newcastle's
AT THE beginning of the 90s four fresh-faced young men stepped out of their bedrooms in Blackwood - and sent shock waves through the British music scene. The Manic Street Preachers had an image of mascara and skin- tight white jeans, and hardly anyone
IN SOME ways, this defeat to a physical Welling United side gives Peter Nicholas a clearer idea of what magic he needs to weave to get Newport County up into the Nationwide Conference. Nicholas will almost, in his own mind, have written off this season
SOPHIE Rogers spent the run-up to last Christmas in hospital, beginning a gruelling fight for her life - this year she's off to Downing Street. Eleven-year-old Sophie, from Bettws, Newport, pictured, is going to London tomorrow to help decorate the Downing
EVERY festive season Gwent Police make strenuous efforts to get the 'don't drink and drive' message to motorists. Now the South Wales Fire Service has a new seasonal message for revellers - don't drink and fry. In a hard-hitting statement they say people
NEWPORT were humiliated as they suffered a five tries to one thrashing from London Irish at the Madejski Stadium, Reading, yesterday. It sent Newport crashing out of the Heineken Cup - for good if provincial rugby comes in - after suffering their third
WELSH rugby's benefactors meet in Cardiff today amid crisis talks after Black Sabbath, with Newport owner Tony Brown pouring cold water on suggestions of a link with Bristol. Three of Wales' top teams were trounced in the flagship Heineken Cup competition
NEWBRIDGE super-middleweight Joe Calzaghe made short work of American Tocker Pudwill at Newcastle's Telewest Arena on Saturday night. He sent the man from North Dakota to the canvas three times before referee David Parris stepped in to call a halt to
FOR Alice Sutton, Friday 13th wasn't unlucky - it was her 100th birthday. Alice, who was born in Raglan, celebrated her birthday with her family in Tregwilym Lodge Residential Home in Rogerstone this weekend. Among the many cards and flowers were telegrams
RELATIVES and friends will today privately remember four young men who died a year ago in a tragedy which shocked Newport. Four families were robbed of men they loved when a car careered off Caerleon Road and plunged into the icy River Usk just before
NEWPORT were humiliated as they suffered a five tries to one thrashing from London Irish at the Madejski Stadium, Reading, yesterday. It sent Newport crashing out of the Heineken Cup - for good if provincial rugby comes in - after suffering their third
A GWENT Fire Brigades Union executive member has rejected the Bain review of firefighters' pay and conditions as "unhelpful and biased". The Government-commissioned report was being published today - and ministers had hoped that the review would help
WELSH rugby's benefactors meet in Cardiff today amid crisis talks after Black Sabbath, with Newport owner Tony Brown pouring cold water on suggestions of a link with Bristol. Three of Wales' top teams were trounced in the flagship Heineken Cup competition
CWM'S Mark Williams moves into a new home in an upmarket Cardiff suburb this week and the PowerHouse UK Championship trophy will certainly have pride of place among the Christmas decorations. The emotional Welshman will enjoy the festive period after
A SMALL community is furious after vandals sawed down its first-ever Christmas tree. The centrepiece 25-foot tree on the approach to Lower Machen was brought down sometime overnight last Friday - after just one week. The vandals responsible left tyre
