'I will be doing everything I can to help them,' says Jeff Cuthbert Caerphilly RFC can be the best CAERPHILLY AM Jeff Cuthbert has backed the town's Premier League rugby team to triumph in the face of adversity. The Cheesemen were left out of the new
PENSIONER Reginald Boyland thought his dream of independence was shattered. As reported in Tuesday's Argus, the former miner's £3,400 savings - set aside for a motorised scooter - were stolen by thieves who walked into his flat last Thursday afternoon
PUPILS as young as four were left stranded on their first day of term because the school bus failed to arrive - AGAIN. Children from Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd were left at the roadside on Tuesday - and parents then had to rush the youngsters to school.
A NEWPORT dad says rats are thriving on rubbish and anglers' bait left at a popular pond in the city. Kevin Evans claims Lliswerry Pond has 'gone to the rats' after years of neglect. Mr Evans, 46, a lorry driver, of Lliswerry Road, whose back garden borders
NEIGHBOURS of a Gwent man who torched his home because he thought it was evil and endangered their lives say they are relieved he is now behind bars. But they are calling for Graham Purchase, 38, to get treatment in prison for the depression and paranoia
YOU should have taken me to the World Cup, not Sonny Parker - that's Newport Gwent Dragons captain Andy Marinos' message to Wales coach Steve Hansen. Marinos, a Newport regular for four years, played for Wales throughout the Six Nations Championship the
PARENTS whose children were due back at two Abergavenny schools were warned neither was ready to open - just days before term started. Llwynu Infants and St David's Junior schools - which are currently sharing the same site - will remain closed until
SIMON Davies insists Mark Hughes' pace-setting Welsh troops will don their hard-hats and armour and await the Italian bombardment in the Euro 2004 qualifier in Milan on Saturday. "The Italians will be hunting for revenge," feared the Tottenham Hotspur
Welsh triathlete Anneliese Heard is competing at the Lausanne International in Switzerland on Saturday, which doubles as selection for the World Under-23 Triathlon Champion-ships in New Zealand. Three women will be selected for the Great Britain team
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons is the name of the county's new regional rugby set-up - and that's official. The region's directors met with the Welsh Rugby Union yesterday and confirmed the change of name, exclusively revealed in the Argus last week. There was
THE family of murdered Jenna Brookfield were marking the anniversary of the last sighting of the Abersychan teenager by laying flowers at her grave today. Jenna's grandmother, Olive Brookfield, 80, said members of the family were making a pilgrimage to
LAST Friday I was privileged to be able to attend the annual Cricket Writers' dinner in London. It was a convivial affair with a great number of current cricketing luminaries present but, for me, the most illuminating part of the evening was the opportunity
WELSH hotshot Craig Bellamy is on collision course with Newcastle United as the club versus country row hit new depths today. Newcastle are apparently in discussions with their solicitors about the possibility of a legal move in an effort to stop Bellamy
NEIGHBOURS of a Gwent man who torched his home because he thought it was evil and endangered their lives say they are relieved he is now behind bars. But they are calling for Graham Purchase, 38, to get treatment in prison for the depression and paranoia
A FISHERMAN is scarred for life after being smashed in the face with a plank then punched by a gang of teenagers while he lay writhing in agony. Duct fitter Roy Harper, 30, was left needing 30 stitches for a gaping wound across one side of his face after
RECEIVERS at the Brandons turkey factory in Abergavenny believe a deal is in sight for the company, but it is still "two to three weeks off". Brandons slipped into receivership last April amid claims that cheap imports were flooding the UK market and
A NEWPORT office worker was slapped with a London traffic congestion charge fine, despite, he says, never having driven his car through the capital. Tony Lawrence, 33, was fined £40 for allegedly driving in the restricted zone in his Nissan Micra without
NEIGHBOURS of a Gwent man who torched his home because he thought it was evil and endangered their lives say they are relieved he is now behind bars. But they are calling for Graham Purchase, 38, to get treatment in prison for the depression and paranoia
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to prevent 40 new houses being built in their Torfaen village are gearing up for their next battle. Llantarnam residents have already defeated a plan to build the homes on a site which includes part of Llantarnam Comprehensive's playing-field
WORLD-famous environmentalist David Bellamy is lending his voice to a campaign to protect one of Gwent's most historic landscape. Professor Bellamy was highlighting concerns about increasing development around the Gwent Levels when he opened a new educational
