THE widow of a Gwent man thrown 80ft to his death by a collapsing gantry last night welcomed an unlawful killing verdict at his inquest. Jeffrey Williams, 42, from Newport, was one of four workers who died in September 1999 when the platform under the
THE chances of South African centre Robbie Fleck joining Gwent Dragons have risen considerably. Fleck, capped 31 times by the Springboks, visited Newport at the weekend and talks are taking place between his agent and Gwent officials. Fleck met up with
NO wonder Gwent Drag-ons are not pursuing former Wales captain Colin Charvis. Just how often will the leading Welsh players be available to their regions in the new season? Not very often is the answer. First of all there is the daft situation of four
WHEN homeopath Charlotte Haynes turned 40 last year she saw it as the start of something big. Wishing to signify a new phase in her life, she founded the Usk Wellbeing Centre. She said: "I felt the next 40 years were going to open things up for me and
TRAILBLAZING plans for a centre to help thousands of disabled children in south Gwent will become a reality. That's the pledge from the man who has taken on the task of persuading the people of Newport, Torfaen and south Monmouthshire to back a fundraising
A FLAGSHIP project to regenerate a Valleys village is heading towards a cash crisis, the Argus can reveal. The £10 million scheme to regenerate Llanhilleth, near Abertillery, now needs £731,617 to be completed after extra works had to be carried out.
A WIDOWER arrested on child pornography charges after an FBI investigation was jailed for 18 months. Alun Feather, 40, had been to "hell and back", Cardiff crown court heard, after his wife suffered two stillborn children and died from a heart attack
PAT MOUNTAIN is still Newport County's No 1, insists boss Peter Nicholas. The Welsh semi-pro international goalkeeper has missed County's opening two pre-season friendlies and that has sparked suggestions that Mountain is being frozen out by Nicholas.
RACE crimes in Gwent are going unpunished because witnesses are too scared to give evidence, according to the Crown Prosecution Service. A recent report revealed that 35 per cent of the race crime cases dropped in the year 2001 to 2002 were due to witnesses
EMMA ROSSITER is on the road to Wimbledon with dreams of emulating her heroine Justine Henin by striking success on the famous grass courts. Emma, 13, who lives at Ridgeway, Newport, is used to working hard for what she wants - she spends two hours every
A TEENAGER from Abertillery is spending her 13th week in hospital after another leg-lengthening operation - but is hoping she could be discharged in the next fortnight. Kirsty Roberts, (pictured) who is 17, suffers from a rare genetic disorder that stunts
MICHAEL BALDWIN was found guilty today of murdering his stepdaughter Jenna Brookfield. The jury of eight men and four women in the Cardiff crown court trial returned a unanimous verdict based on the prosecution case. After hearing six weeks of evidence
CWMBRAN Town's influential skipper Sean Wharton has reluctantly admitted he's hanging up his playing boots. But the 34-year-old has vowed he would assist Crows boss Brian Coyne on a bit-part basis in an emergency if the Welsh Cup finalists were hit by
MICHAEL BALDWIN was found guilty today of murdering his stepdaughter Jenna Brookfield. The jury of eight men and four women in the Cardiff crown court trial returned a unanimous verdict based on the prosecution case. After hearing six weeks of evidence
WELSH rugby's surprise package -- that could be Rhys Oakley, the number eight signed by Gwent Dragons. Despite the Welsh christian name he has never lived in Wales and is set to play here for the first time in his career. The 22-year-old was born in Plymouth
HOTEL entrepreneur Raj Kullar is looking to purchase or build a hotel in Newport in the latest wave of expansion of the Five Waters Group which he formed last year with partner Gurdial Singh Sandhar. Mr Kullar is reviewing potential properties and hopes
THE JURY at the murder trial of Michael Baldwin were today continuing their deliberations. The eight men and four women retired just after 2pm yesterday after Judge John Griffith Williams QC, the Record-er of Cardiff, finished summing up. They were expected
GWENT funeral directors got on their bikes for charity and joined a chain of their colleagues across the UK. Wendy Warren, funeral arranger at Robert Howells and Sons in Caldicot, cycled to TJ Davies in Newport, while staff in Newport cycled to Cardiff
NONE of the events taking place at the Royal St George course at Sandwich over the weekend could divert attention from the result of the 2003 Gwent Business Golf Championship. In one of the most open competitions for years, 2001 winners Davlan Construction
ARCHITECTS to carry out a major refurbishment of the multi-storey car park in Ebbw Vale (pictured), dubbed one of the ugliest buildings in Wales, are due to be appointed tomorrow. HMA Architects, of Cardiff, are set to be offered the contract to carry
