MARK Hughes has laid down the law to his Welsh stars ahead of their Millennium Stadium friendly with Bosnia-Herzegovina, insisting "They should not underestimate the importance of this game." The Welsh boss is desperate not to let their 100 percent start
DAVID MORGAN will be taking into account the views of England's cricketers before he has a tele-conference with International Cricket Coun-cil bosses on Thursday. The Newport-based England and Wales Cricket Board chairman has been thrown into the heat
TOP GWENT bathroom designer Nicola Rogers will be up against the best of British when she flies the flag for Wales in London next month. Nicola, 26, of Beechwood, Newport, is a finalist in Bathroom + Kitchens magazine's annual design awards. On February
A CWMBRAN family are hoping that revolutionary new drugs in America will offer hope of survival for their 11-month-old daughter. Amber Hartland was diagnosed with an extremely rare genetic disorder three weeks ago. Nick Hartland, her dad, said that Amber
MORE than 20 youngsters are at the first stage of antisocial behaviour orders after a series of problems at Risca Rugby Club. The news comes after our special report yesterday on how ASBOs are being used to clamp down on problem youths all over Gwent
GWENT experienced a 15% increase in fires during one period last year - the vast majority started deliberately, new figures show. And South Wales's fire chief Brian Fraser is blaming "disaffected youths" for what he sees as a growing arson problem. Mr
F SWANSEA City had their way, Newport County goalkeeper Pat Mountain would be lining-up between the sticks at the other end of the pitch tonight. The Vetch Field club made a bid to the former Welsh under-21 keeper in the summer and the Football League
FASHION students at University of Wales College, Newport (UWCN) covered themselves in glory at the NEC's Clothes Show Live. They showed their designs to an audience of over 170,000 people, including a number of industry experts and top pop stars such
FOUR people have lost their lives on Gwent's roads already in 2003, as police and politicians pledge to reduce numbers of road deaths. As the Argus reported yesterday, Paul Osborne, 27, (pictured) a father-of-two of Old Barn Way, Abergavenny, died in
WELSH rock groups the Manic Street Preachers and Feeder are hoping to raise hundreds of pounds to help a terminally-ill Newport mum live longer. The generous Gwent-born stars pledged their support to raise cash for Louise Canning, 31, to make sure she
A PILE-UP on the M4 was responsible for Wales' first minister, Rhodri Morgan, arriving an hour late to address Newport Business Club at Celtic Manor Golf Club last Thursday evening. It added poignancy to a question from the floor, asking how Rhodri felt
CALLING all Gwent businesspeople under 35, your newspaper needs you! Last Friday the organising committee of the Gwent Young Entrepreneur competition got together to review last year's competition and put a timetable together for this year's contest.
NEWPORT County goalkeeper Pat Mountain admits the Exiles are feeling the pressure ahead of tonight's FAW Premier Cup quarter-final rendezvous with Swansea City. However, Swans manager Brian Flynn insists his Third Division strugglers - four points adrift
GARNDIFFAITH have become the latest Gwent rugby club to be forced out of the Welsh League because of the payment-to-players crisis. Oakdale were the first to go from Division Two followed by Blaenau Gwent from Division Seven East. Now Third Division East
ACORN RECRUITMENT, the largest company of its type in Wales, has just become a bit bigger with the acquisition of Treforest-based Pegge Thomas Executive Recruitment. Pegge Thomas was founded in 1993 following a takeover of the Welsh regional office of
