PLAYERS, management, referees, administrators - they are all to blame in the farce which has reduced Welsh rugby to a complete shambles. It may be June, but in the space of five days last week we had the players threatening not to go on tour to Australia
FAMILIES living in a Blackwood street have launched a campaign to make their road safer - after a youngster was involved in a crash there. People living in Morrison Street say it is only a matter of time before a child is seriously injured or killed if
A HOSPITAL'S neglect contributed to the controversial TB death of a 75-year-old patient, whose wife said she found ants in his bed, a coroner ruled yesterday. Retired publican Joseph Hale, pictured, who ran the Carpenter's Arms, in Brynithel, with his
THE former Enron site, trading as Rassau Power, on the Rassau Industrial Estate has been sold to Cheltenham-based developer Robert Hitchins. The 48-acre site was sold by liquidators Pricewater-houseCoopers. The site had been acquired by Enron in 1996
THE body of a missing Blackwood pensioner was found in a river. Eirwen Jones, who was 69, disappeared from her home in the Grove Park area on May 23. Police carried out an intensive search of the Blackwood, Markham and Argoed areas for Mrs Jones, and
ONE of the poorest estates in Wales is set to be the venue for a multi-million-pound centre aiming to encourage people to become entrepreneurs. Plans have been drawn up for a Celtic Enterprise Village on land at Duffryn High School, Newport - a centre
THE intimidation of rugby referees must stop now, insists Gwent's leading official Paul Adams of Ebbw Vale. The Welsh Society of Referees decided at last night's emergency meeting to call on the WRU disciplinary committee to resign. They also reserve
RUSH-hour chaos descended on Newport again today as a lorry crashed into a railway bridge on a major road. The 30-tonne DAF truck was taking a load of paper to Bridgend when it hit the Ebbw railway bridge on Cardiff Road. Just before 8am the 15ft 3 in
A POLICE station has been refurbished and re-invented as a colourful day nursery for toddlers. Footsteps Day Nursery in Llanbradach has 47 places available and for owners Jackie and Wayne Sebury it represents a dream come true. Jackie said: "It has been
GWENT has achieved the hat-trick with another cycling coup, its third big event in the space of 12 months. And this time it is to be staged at the new multi-million pounds Newport Velodrome later this year. Hot on the heels of Newport landing the Argus-sponsored
THE Abbey Hotel in Tintern has won a regional Marketing Hotel of the Year award in a competition sponsored by brewers Carlsberg Tetley. The hotel was also voted runner-up in the national category. The awards ceremony was held at the Arundel Hilton Hotel
THERAPIST Michael Legge has taken the concept of hands-on business experience to the limit since starting a holistic clinic in Blaenavon exactly a year ago. Mr Legge, who is 41, originally trained as a chef and worked for years in the catering industry
A MAN with a psychiatric condition, previously convicted of five arson attacks, was yesterday locked up for three years. Matthew Haines, aged 25, of Snowden Court, Croesyceiliog, who suffers from a form of autism called Asperger's syndrome, was sentenced
NEWPORT'S top policeman says a spiralling drugs problem in the city has caused a massive increase in street robberies and car crime. Drug users desperate for a fix of heroin, cocaine or crack are threatening violence and stealing handbags and mobile phones
MICHAEL Baldwin was today back in the dock at Cardiff crown court to stand trial for the murder of his teenage stepdaughter, Jenna Brookfield. Jurors were sworn in yesterday afternoon - six men and six women will hear the case against the man accused
