NEWPORT County AFC shocked promotion hopefuls Mansfield Town in a seven-goal thriller on the opening day of the season at Field Mill. The Exiles, who lost 5-0 in the corresponding fixture last season, got their Blue Square Bet Premier season off
TORFAEN council has announced plans to carry out a number of road repair works costing £500,000. The work will include resurfacing projects that involve road closures and surface redressing that will be carried out between now and October.
CHILDREN are helping to create a work of art - on the side of a house in Newport. Youngsters involved in the Barnabas Arts House' Fringe Festival are working with urban painter Alex Arnell to re-create the famous image by Japanese artist Hokusai
A NEW way of catching the bus will be unveiled in Newport next week. Newport Bus launches Freedom, it new pay-as-you-go smartcard. Freedom is a free, plastic smartcard that people can use instead of paper tickets on Newport Bus' services. Card
A MAN who racially abused two staff and performed a Nazi salute in a Chepstow supermarket was ordered to pay compensation to his victims by the courts. Richard Allan Swift, 32, of Middle Way, Chepstow, shouted 'Sieg heil' and raised his arm after
THE number of calls made to Wales' specialist smoking cessation service by smokers wishing to quit, almost doubled in three years. Stop Smoking Wales received close to 28,000 calls during August 2011-March 2012, after a new telephone system was
NEWPORT'S Team GB sprinter Christian Malcolm leapt to the defence of team mate Adam Gemili after last night's baton error in the 4x100 metres relay. Great Britain's team were gearing up for further heavy criticism today after another baton blunder
MORE than 200 Gwent Police officers have been working at the Olympics in recent weeks. As with forces across England and Wales, officers from Gwent have contributed officers to carry out a range of police work, both on and off Olympic sites.
FOLLOW Newport County 's game against Mansfield this afternoon with Michael Pearlman.
IF USAIN Colt had half the horsepower of his namesake, there would have been only one winner of the Adnams Ghost Ship Handicap last Saturday. The three-year-old was the main morning market mover, in anticipation of a lightning performance. It doesn
SPECIALIST police negotiators spent nearly an hour and a half talking a man down from a Newport bridge earlier this morning. A member of the public called Gwent Police to say the 24-year-old local man was on the wrong side of the bridge at 4.43am
A VALLEYS man has been keeping British Olympic athletes on two wheels this week. Martyn Ashfield, a mechanic with British Cycling who also travelled with Team GB to Beijing 2008, has been helping 2012's BMX hopefuls, road racers and time trialists
A CHEPSTOW catering business's owner claims its future is under threat after the Cwrt Bleddyn Hotel’s owner went into administration. One Call Caterer has provided hog roasts at the popular Usk wedding venue for five years. Owner Simon Williams
THE ICONIC Usain Bolt did it again on Thursday night – and the streets of Stratford joined forces with those in Kingston, Jamaica, as the Caribbean people on both sides of the Atlantic had one heck of a party. Bolt’s 200m victory, an historic
GWENT service families say they are disgusted at the revelation that tissue samples from service men and women have been kept without their relatives' permission. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has apologised after the discovery was made in July
ARGUS football writers MICHAEL PEARLMAN and ANDREW PENMAN gaze into their crystal ball and make their predictions on the new Conference campaign. Who will be County’s key player? AP: Judging from pre-season, Jefferson Louis looks like
MANSFIELD V COUNTY (Today, KO 3pm) NEWPORT County AFC defender Tony James believes the playoffs are a realistic aim for the Exiles as their Blue Square Bet Conference campaign gets under way today. It’s an extremely tough start for Newport
