GRASSROOTS Blaenau Gwent Labour Party members will leave because of the imposition of an all-women shortlist to succeed outgoing MP Llew Smith, an official is warning. Des Davies, the secretary of the Blaenau Gwent constituency party, said: "I think it
MARK Jones, the 'outcast' skipper who led Pontypool to the Welsh First Division championship last season, is in demand in Wales, England and Ireland. But as he pursues a post as 'player-coach" he says he would not rule out staying at Pontypool Park should
A FOOTBALL club fears renewed demands for a bypass through Chepstow could lead to its pitch being earmarked for development. A campaign to solve the traffic problems on Chepstow's busy A48 trunk road has gathered pace in the last three weeks following
THE NEXT Wales rugby coach should be a Welshman, says Australian Scott Johnson, current skills coach and second in command to Steve Hansen. Hansen insists he will return to his native New Zealand at the end of the Six Nations Championship next season
A WAGES clerk stole more than £5,000 from her employer to pay for her daughter to go to a nursery, a court heard. Natalie Jenkins, 24, who has no previous convictions, set up a bogus wages account to take the money over an 11-month period, prosecutor
It was good to be able to hobble to a couple of Glamorgan matches this last week but what was not so heartening were the results of the two matches at Cheltenham and Worcester. Two losses have now made it a big uphill task for Glamorgan to retain their
A WOMAN'S body was found in a house in Cwmbran early today after a fire swept through the property. Emergency services were called at 3.12am after witnesses saw flames coming from the downstairs of the house on Porth Mawr Road, Northville. Police are
EBBW Vale coach Gareth Nicholas promises his side will be "very competitive" in the new Welsh Premier Division this season. Vale have been late starters in the squad-building stakes with some outsiders suggesting they might struggle to raise a side. But
A DRIVER is recovering in hospital after lying injured in his smashed up 4x4 vehicle for two days following a 100ft plunge down a rocky cliff. The 50-year-old man from Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, who is not yet being named, suffered minor injuries, suspected
A SECRET place, cool and fringed with moss, St Basil's Spring has refreshed the village of Bassaleg since the earliest times. The Old Celts drank from it, and may well have erected the stone standing over it as both guardian and marker. Roman legionaries
THE NEWPORT hospital ward described as displaying "an appall-ing level of cleanliness" and of being "deeply upsetting" by inspectors has been cleaned up, staff say. As the Argus revealed, a team from independent patients' watchdog Gwent Community Health
NEWPORT County are hoping to attract their next generation of supporters with a family fun day at their only high-profile home pre-season friendly on Saturday. Combined Counties League side AFC Wimbledon, who boast the biggest following outside the Nationwide
WALES under-21 star Scott Williams is delighted at finally landing a contract with Newport. Williams missed out on a regional contract with the Gwent Dragons and had been trying desperately to find a club for next season. Following his superb performances
CHECK your facts,council leader Sir Harry Jones has told an AM who criticised city chiefs' preparation for Newport's new arts centre. His attack came after John Griffiths, Assembly Member for Newport East, said in Saturday's Argus that the council should
SINCE Christmas, things have gone massively wrong at Pontypool RFC. A lot of lives have been badly affected, including mine. All I have ever wanted to do is coach the side. A lot of the trouble has revolved around Bob Jude not being willing to speak to
CAR crime is turning business away from Newport, says wrest-ling promoter Matthew Jones. He is backing the Argus Car Safe campaign - and says the car thieves are destroying the city's reputation. We are fighting back against car thieves who cause distress
COMMUNITY support officers patrol-ling the streets of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent are proving a hit with locals, according to police. The CSOs, as they are known, began working in C Division - which covers Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent - earlier this
