RELATIVES of all ages were on hand to celebrate the 100th birthday of Edna James, at the Parklands Home for the Elderly, at Malpas, Newport. Centenarian Mrs James received birthday wishes from her two children, Trevor James and Patricia Watkins, as well
Newport and Gwent Dragons lock Ian Gough has launched a stinging attack on Wales after his omission from the World Cup squad. The agony for Gough is made even worse by the shock selection of Brett Cockbain, an Australian who only qualified for Wales on
POLICE say a big cat is likely to be responsible for the slaughter of five sheep at a Monmouthshire farm on Saturday. Nine sheep were attacked at Ton Uchaf Farm, Llanfapley, on Saturday evening, and the carnage was discovered by an off-duty policeman,
FREE at last, but for how long? The axe was hanging over the neck of Wales coach Steve Hansen prior to the game against Scotland last Saturday, but victory following success against Romania has enabled him to go to the World Cup in charge. Make no mistake
THE jobs of 300 workers at a Gwent carpet factory have escaped the axe as receivers try to sell the business. Receivers acting for Carpets International are to make 296 people redundant across the UK, but the jobs of all 300 workers at Crumlin are safe
A CALDICOT photographer has snapped up an incredible eighth win in a prestigious photo award. Tracey Clements' striking portrait of a white Samoyed dog took the pets category in the Kodak Portrait and Wedding Awards. Tracey, 41, of Budden Crescent, Caldicot
A KEEN cyclist and his wife have opened a bike shop in Abergavenny town centre. M&D Family Cycle shop is based in Frogmore Street and caters for cyclists ranging from toddlers to grandparents. Miles and Dawn Preece, whose initials form the name of
MARK Hughes today insisted livewire Craig Bellamy has a 'good chance' of lining-up for Wales in their crucial Euro 2004 qualifying clash with Italy on Saturday. Wales chief Hughes revealed at a Press conference this morning that Bellamy's club Newcastle
THIEVES stole a 90-year-old former miner's compensation and life savings as he slept - a sum set aside to buy a motorised scooter to give himself more independence. Reginald Boyland, who is partially deaf and suffers with severe arthritis, said he was
THE forthcoming Abergavenny Food Festival will herald a big marketing push for the Court Cupboard Craft Gallery at Llantilio Pertholey. This co-operative of 34 Black Mountain artists is holding a series of workshop taster sessions throughout the weekend
DEVELOPER Vinci Investments is named today as the great hope to build a new school to replace the cramped Durham Road Schools in Newport. Pupils, teachers and parents were first told the junior and infants schools were "priority rebuilds" over 15 years
WORK has started to protect historic Skenfrith Castle from the threat of erosion by the River Monnow. The river changed its course following damage to the weir by flood water, and this problem was highlighted by the local member for Monmouthshire county
ELEVEN-times capped wing Shane Williams is not going to the World Cup for the ride. After his shock inclusion in Wales' World Cup squad yesterday, the Neath/Swansea Ospreys ace said he had a point to prove. He was only recently recalled to the Wales side
A CWMBRAN store manager has won a trip to New York after her shop finished in the top four of a UK-wide analysis. Val Mainwaring runs The Body Shop on Monmouth Walk and she will fly out to NYC on September 8 for a week-long stay. Ms Mainwaring said: "
A GWENT council which leads the way in Wales in combating anti-social behaviour will be passing on its skills to help others. Torfaen council's Anti-Social Behaviour Unit was visited by Christine Kent, the deputy director of the Home Office's own Anti-Social
THE head teacher of a Pontypool comprehensive has apologised to parents if their children feel his school is an "unwelcome and dangerous building site". Yesterday, the Argus revealed how pupils at West Mon Comprehen-sive School, on Blaendare Road, faced
