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  • Wow! Pupils get exceptional results

    GWENT pupils were celebrating some impressive GCSE results yesterday despite the Welsh overall pass rate for grades A* to G dropping 0.3 per cent from 97.9% in 2002. Goff Davies, head teacher at Newport's Hartridge High School, said he was "proud and

  • Dragons ticket rush

    THERE has been a big demand for Newport and Gwent Dragons season tickets plus the joint season ticket since the Argus story yesterday revealing the name change and the return of Tony Brown. And that increases the chances of the Dragons signing an outside

  • A growing delight

    THE people of Grosmont are celebrating winning the title of Gwent's Best Kept Village. The Monmouthshire villagers won the under 1,000 population category for the first time and are now preparing to enter the all-Wales final. Grosmont villager and Monmouthshire

  • Your chance to win a slap-up meal

    RESTAURANT and nightclub entrepreneur Iftekar Harris has relaunched his high street bar La Bamba. Mr Harris has redesigned La Bamba's first floor restaurant with the help of Newport artists Tim Hobbis and Mark Lewis. An elegant terracotta and yellow colour

  • Studious teenager is the cat's whiskers!

    TEENAGER James Pritchard suffers from a form of autism - but overcame the condition to gain the best GCSE results in his school. James, who has Asperger's Syndrome, gained three A*s, 7 As and a C from Risca Community Comprehensive school. The 16-year-old

  • Dragons to step it up

    NEWPORT and Gwent Dragons coach Mike Ruddock has admitted that tonight's game against Leeds Tykes at Pontypool Park will be a big step up for his newly assembled side. Especially as the Tykes have included two England internationals in an impressive starting

  • Sequel is a damp squib

    Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (12A) Angelia Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciaran Hinds, Chris Barrie and Noah Taylor LEGENDARY video game creation Lara Croft returns to the big screen in this sequel to the dire Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. And for those

  • Cruelty father's jail term cut on appeal

    A NEWPORT father jailed for failing to get medical help for his sick baby son, who later died, and cruelty to two other children, has won a cut in his sentence. The 37-year-old, who cannot be named, was jailed for five years at Cardiff crown court last

  • Rogues will steal hearts

    Confidence (15) - Ed Burns, Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia and Paul Giamatti. UNDENIABLY cool and slick, Confidence is one of the most enjoyable films of the year. The film cleverly cons the audience along to an ending that even I could figure

  • Arts round-up

    Chapter, Canton, Cardiff - Mono's Iwan Davies looks at what's on in the independent cinema Film listings until August 28: Dragonflies Friday, August 22 to Thursday, August 28. Dragonflies is an intense psychological thriller from Norway and an intricate

  • Monk is oasis of karma

    A MAN who is probably Newport's most exotic commuter gets off the train clad in saffron and scarlet robes before getting down to a hard day's meditation. Rising at six and meditating for an hour or an hour-and-a-half, partaking of a vegetarian breakfast

  • Horror movie 'made to put wind up population'

    THE latest film by Newport director Julian Richards will be shown at a prestigious horror film festival this weekend. The Last Horror Movie is on the bill of the Frightfest which is the UK's largest slasher, suspense, and gore-fest. It tells the tale

  • Bolt from blue for 300 workers

    WORKERS at Gwent's Carpets Internation-al factory yesterday told of their shock, after learning the company was in receivership. As the Argus revealed yesterday, 300 jobs are threatened at Crumlin, and a further 900 across six UK sites. Official receivers

  • It's all hot air but a brilliant day out!

    THE skies above Blackwood will be filled with the spectacular sight of giant hot-air balloons on Saturday and Sunday, when the Big Balloon Festival comes to town. The exciting event - the first of its kind staged by Caerphilly county borough council -

  • Couple planned baby abduction

    POLICE believe that convicted paedophile Gerald Baker, who fled to France with his wife and abducted their baby son, carefully planned their escape. Detective Inspector Andrew Bertie, who is leading the investigation, told the Argus the abduction was

  • County beware of backlash

    PAT Mountain, Newport County goalkeeper, is determined to line-up against Stafford Rangers tomorrow. He took a nasty last-minute knock in the Dr Martens League defeat at Weymouth in midweek - and was really upset by the challenge and so too was manager

  • Studious teenager is the cat's whiskers!

    TEENAGER James Pritchard suffers from a form of autism - but overcame the condition to gain the best GCSE results in his school. James, who has Asperger's Syndrome, gained three A*s, 7 As and a C from Risca Community Comprehensive school. The 16-year-old

  • Wales can still do it - Bellamy

    CRAIG Bellamy has sent out a rallying cry to his Welsh peers following their disappointing 1-0 defeat against Serbia and Montenegro here in Belgrade on Wednesday night. The Newcastle United hot shot insisted Mark Hughes' men were unlucky as they were

  • Wales can beat England, predicts Jones

    WALES are targeting the England game at the Millennium Stadium tomorrow for the elusive victory they need, says winger Mark Jones. Wales have lost an unprecedented 10 games in a row and have beaten England just once since 1993. But with England fielding