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  • No Gwent buses this Christmas

    BUSES across Gwent will stop running for four days over Christmas, causing misery for traders, shoppers and the elderly. Yesterday we revealed that Newport Transport had decided that running buses was "not commercially viable" on the Monday and Tuesday

  • Pupils ring changes at top class new school

    THE MINISTER for social justice and regeneration Edwina Hart has opened a new primary school and community resource centre in New Tredegar. The complex includes a school, library, resource centre, police station, healthy living centre, children's centre

  • Armed robber strikes at garages

    A CASHIER at a Gwent petrol station was confronted by a raider brandishing a knife and demanding money. It was the second of two robberies in the Torfaen area within an hour last night, and detectives believe the crimes are linked. The first robbery took

  • Cornforth reads the riot act

    GUY Fawkes night is approaching but the only fireworks on show at Spytty Park will be from manager John Cornforth, who says he will be "firing a rocket up the squads backsides". The dust has barely settled on a shambolic display in the 4-1 FA Cup slaughtering

  • Cameron's arrival celebrates new baby unit

    NEWBORN Cameron Gwilt and mum Gemma, from Blackwood, were in the best possible hands as the first mum and baby to benefit from the Royal Gwent Hospital's new midwifery-led care unit. Weighing in at 8lb 4oz, Cameron was born yesterday morning, in time

  • Anthem protest sparks a row

    A COUNCILLOR who sat down when God Save The Queen was played at the opening night of Newport's Riverfront Theatre was an "embarrassment" to the city, a council meeting heard. A packed concert hall stood up while Welsh star Katherine Jenkins sang the national

  • Bold pair win first Gwent Business Brain competition

    TWO young men studying at University of Wales College Newport defied the stereotyping of students as lazy, daytime TV watchers to win the first ever Gwent Business Brain competition. Paul Hewlett, an undergraduate student of product engineering and design

  • Disabled mum's house is attacked

    A DISABLED mother-of-four found her home had been pelted with eggs and covered with gravy and tomato sauce. Claire Walters, from George Lansbury Drive, Royal Oak, Newport, said her home and her mother Margaret Harding's property on the same street were

  • Work stress is on the rise, says TUC

    THE NUMBER of workers suffering from stress has increased this year according to a new survey by the TUC. Three in five workers (58 per cent) now complain of being stressed at work, an increase of two per cent from 2002. The main reasons cited for this

  • 90-year-old in bus collision

    A 90-YEAR-OLD woman suffered head injuries after a collision with a bus in Cwmbran yesterday afternoon. The woman, named locally as Frances Knowles, of Two Locks, was on her way to the Salvation Army centre in Wesley Road, Old Cwmbran, when the accident

  • Jones in line for Boks

    RYAN Jones is set to become Wales' latest cap, for the Newport-born youngster could go straight into the Welsh team to face South Africa at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Jones played for Newport Youth but the intense competition when he was still

  • Education bosses accused of 'blackening' school's name

    EDUCATION bosses have been accused of "blackening" the name of a closure-threatened school. Dozens of angry parents challenged council officials over the future of a Pontypool secondary school at a heated meeting last night. More than 70 parents packed

  • Beauties urged to enter Miss Gwent competition

    HERE is one of the first entrants for the Miss Gwent competition, being held in conjunction with the Argus Sparkle Appeal. Girls from around Gwent are being encouraged to enter the competition - like Lexy Johnson, 19, from Cwmbran. Lexy said: "I just

  • Girl and dad saved in mountain rescue

    A GWENT man and his nine-year-old daughter were rescued from the top of a mountain in a dramatic operation involving a police helicopter - after calling 999 on a mobile phone. The pair became lost when mist and fog descended on the Sugar Loaf in Abergavenny

  • Fast-growing agency earns top 50 place

    NEWPORT & Gwent Enterprise has won a place in the annual index of Wales' 50 fastest growing firms. Put together every year by Professor Dylan Jones-Evans, of the North East Wales Institute, this year's list featured NGE in 19th place. The agency achieved

  • Airline adds three new routes

    Low-cost airline easyJet launched three new routes from Bristol Airport yesterday. The firm is now offering scheduled services to Madrid, Rome and Budapest. Valencia and Geneva will be offered later this year, bringing the number of destinations served

  • A double for snow scooter designer

    THE DRAGON roared at this year's British Invention Show and Welsh inventors triumphed in several categories. Monmouth-based Andrew Hubert von Staufer picked up a platinum award for design and a gold award for leisure on the strength of his skirider. The

  • Arson attack leaves soccer boys homeless

    AN Abergavenny youth football team have been left homeless after arsonists destroyed their clubhouse. The Llanfoist Youth Football Team turned up for play on Sunday to find their changing and shower facilities devastated. The team's goalposts, nets and

  • Owen up for Boks challenge

    DRAGONS and Wales star Michael Owen says Wales aren't daunted by the prospect of playing Tri-Nations champions South Africa on Saturday. The Springboks have been in fine form and are regarded by many as the best team in the world at present, but Owen

  • Absurd situation is not being addressed

    THE Welsh Rugby Union and Newport Gwent Dragons remain at loggerheads - still no resolution to their troubles, still no movement and still no money coming to one of the four main regions. Anyone outside Wales would regard it as a joke to hear that the

  • Boosting membership by being 'permissive'

    A PERMISSIVE database constructed for Rother-ham Chamber of Com-merce has led to a membership increase of 23 per cent. The company who built it, The Third Stage, is now doing the same thing for the Newport and Gwent chamber, ngb2b. Chamber leader Patrick

  • Pub plaque in memory of 'gentle giant'

    A MEMORIAL night for a Newport father who died after he was struck by a car driven by a heroin addict takes place on Thursday. Gareth Evans, 34, died from head injuries three days after he was hit by a car as he crossed the dual carriageway on the Queensway

  • IT on demand in unique way

    THREE GWENT manufacturing firms are set to enjoy the fruits of a unique, £6.5m IT outsourcing project. Wasp-IT is the largest private sector recipient of Objective One funding in Wales. The goal is to transform the efficiency and profitability of Wales

  • BACK TO BOK

    'WE must not let Wales catch us cold on Saturday' says Newport Gwent Dragons star Percy Montgomery, who has returned to the international fold for South Africa. Monty is in the side to face Wales after completing a remarkable return to international rugby