ALL racing is cancelled at Chepstow racecourse until further notice because pests have chewed the track into an unstable condition. Racing was abandoned on Friday and bosses lost more than £50,000 as they were forced to refund tickets after jockey Pat
A MOTHER spoke for the first time today of how her vehicle went out of control and submerged her family in a reen just days after four men died in a similar crash. Dawn Wood said her car swerved off the road after she lost control, leaving her, her seven-year-old
A MOTLEY Armada of 80 makeshift rafts was cheered on by hundreds lining the River Wye in the scorching September sun yesterday. And organisers said they were delighted with the turnout for Monmouth's 41st Raft Race, which this year was launched in aid
NO action will be taken by either Newport Gwent Dragons or Glasgow over an incident in Friday night's Celtic League clash at Hughenden which left Scotland captain Jon Petrie writhing in pain, carried off on a stretcher, taken to hospital and put out of
A FORMER primary school in the Valleys that closed two years ago is set to get a new lease of life. Blaina Infants, established in 1947 and closed in 2003 when the new Ystruth Primary was completed in the town, could now be "upgraded and refurbished"
A WOMAN has not been able to use her car for nine weeks because of a huge hole dug by gas workers in front of her drive. Isabelle Stoneman, 40, claims workers failed to fill the hole properly and hit a water pipe, causing the hole to fill with water and
NEWPORT County slumped to a 1-0 defeat to Histon yesterday, turning the heat up on manager John Cornforth. The result was County's fourth reversal in a row, plunging the side towards the league basement and by the boss' own admission, if the trend continues
MORE people in their thirties are suffering from strokes in Gwent than ever before, and the problem is going to get worse, a leading expert warned. Health specialists say the introduction of 24-hour-drinking will encourage alcohol abuse and could cause
SIXTY years after the hell of Imphal a Gwent soldier still sees the faces of those who fell. IT was a tough breed who went from the Gwent pits of the Depression years to the hell of the war in Burma, and James Whatley was among the toughest of them all
A LIFELINE day care centre for disabled children in Gwent was saved after securing the backing of a national charity. As reported in the Argus in July, Torfaen Opportunity Group in New Inn, Pontypool, looked set to lose out on the £350,000 European funding
WALES skipper Ryan Giggs was full of praise for his side's courageous performance against England on Saturday, as was his counterpart, David Beckham, writes Michael Pearlman. Giggs, who led by example with a superb performance, believes his young side
WALES produced the best performance of their World Cup qualifying campaign to date on Saturday in front of a packed-out Millennium Stadium, and can consider themselves hugely unlucky to have got nothing out of a game where they were more than a match
NEWPORT'S own Goldie Lookin' Chain wowed the crowds at Wales' Millennium Stadium clash with England on Saturday, with a special dedication for a certain lady. The rap group took to the pitch to perform some of their hits, and dedicated their latest single
A COUPLE flew from America to relive their courtship and wedding 50 years after marrying in a Newport church. Roy and Mary Parsons married in St Andrew's Church, Somerton Road, in 1955, but emigrated in 1967 to look for a better quality of life. Last
JOHN Toshack will now forget all about the England game and try to end an international winless streak that stretches back two and a half years and 13 matches. Wales were due to fly out to Poland this afternoon for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier having
