WALES captain Colin Charvis said he wants to continue playing for Wales, which would appear to rule out a move to Japan, as had been suggested before the World Cup, because he cannot obtain a place with one of the Welsh regions. There has been more recent
RESIDENTS of a quiet Gwent village say their lives are being made hell by car gangs who congregate in their community. Youths from across Gwent are gathering in the quiet village of Clydach, near Abergavenny, locals say, and are taking drugs, racing cars
GWENT councillor and peace activist Ray Davies has been shot during clashes between Palestinian refugees and the Israeli army in Nablus. Caerphilly councillor Mr Davies, 73, pictured, who is the vice-chairman of CND Cymru and has made regular visits to
AUSTRALIAN rugby legend David Campese has paid tribute to Wales after their stirring efforts against New Zealand and England in successive weeks, writes Robin Davey. Wales lost both games, but scored seven tries in the two matches to shock the two top
KIND-hearted Argus readers are rallying round an elderly Abergavenny couple whose Christmas savings were stolen by bogus officials. Many people were shocked by our report of how Walter, also known as William, and Lilian Moore were left terrified after
NATHAN Blake last night opened-up on his desperation to prove his fitness for the biggest two games of his football life, writes Peter Shuttleworth. The Newport-raised Wolverhampton Wanderers striker has been having extensive treatment on a hamstring
Wales 17 England 28 T0 Wales the glory, to England the victory on a night of World Cup quarter-final drama in Brisbane. For the second week in a row, Wales went desperately close to knocking out one of the leading two nations in world rugby only to fall
TWENTY untaxed Torfaen cars are on their way to the crusher after an operation by the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency. And a further 11 drivers have been forced to pay on-the-spot fines of £200. The DVLA brought their mobile car-crusher to Cwmbran
WELSH rugby chiefs came flooding to Australia prior to the England game. The other night it was Swansea benefactors Robert Davies and Mike James, complaining about the regional system. Then it was Ray Gravell, who I couldn't resist taunting again with
FOR Wales fans watching yesterday's crucial rugby World Cup match in Gwent, the old clich rang true - it was a game of two halves. The first half was all about pride, passion, heart and a seeming endless supply of red-shirted heroes running at an England
AN ASYLUM-seeker who married and settled in Newport has been told he must return to Croatia - despite facing persecution if he goes back. Mihajlo Graorac, 31, fled his homeland three years ago in fear for his life after his father, Mirko, was jailed for
COACH Steve Hansen has appealed to the public to help Wales become one nation in the drive to restore its position as one of the world's leading rugby powers again. Hansen's stock has risen sharply over the past three weeks as he guided Wales to qualification
The Gwent landscape that inspired the novelist Alexander Cordell is to be the subject for a major writing competition sponsored by the South Wales Argus. It was in 1957 that Cordell, still working for the War Office and struggling to find his way as a
A CWMBRAN man who suffered a serious head injury in an alleged assault outside a Newport city centre pub has died. Police confirmed today that John Morris, who was aged 45, died on Friday night at Swansea's Morriston Hospital. Detectives say Mr Morris
TWO teenage girls were sold a 14-inch knife by a market stallholder in Blaenau Gwent, trading standards officers have revealed. The 14-year-olds were working undercover as part of a Blaenau Gwent council trading standards' test purchase scheme on age-restricted
WITH a military snap and precision that would have made their forefathers proud, a thousand veterans, servicemen and women and reserve and cadet forces honoured those who fell in two world wars, and in smaller campaigns since. Under a sky which almost
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will go into administration this week, possibly later today, confident they will come out of it with the region not only surviving, but in a much stronger position to move forward. Meetings with the players, the coaching and administrative
COACH Steve Hansen has appealed to the public to help Wales become one nation in the drive to restore its position as one of the world's leading rugby powers again. Hansen's stock has risen sharply over the past three weeks as he guided Wales to qualification
