WITH only six games of the season remaining in the Premier Division of the Thomas, Carroll South Wales Cricket League, reigning champions Newport cannot afford to lose another match if they are to hold on to their title. They currently trail leaders Pentyrch
WELSH National Opera has announced its programme for the autumn and beyond. WNO general director Anthony Freud said: "One of the most exciting parts of Welsh National Opera's job is to introduce our audiences to masterpieces for the first time." All the
IF you're feeling sleepy and are in need of shelter from the rain make tracks for Caerphilly Castle for an evening with Murry the Hump, Lear, JT Mouse and Roostar. The castle's yearly musical festival closes this evening with the four local bands playing
WORKERS from the 'heavy end' of Llanwern steelworks will say their farewells to colleagues tonight. They are the latest group of redundant workers to hold a party at the Llanwern Sports and Social Club, close to the place where steel has been made for
DEFENDER Gary Thorne (pictured) has left Newport County to join Bath City on a two-year contract, but County boss Tim Harris is chasing the signature of one of his new team mates. After 18-months at County, Thorne was not guaranteed first team football
ANDY Falkous managed to break a £900 Gibson guitar recording with Steve Albani in Chicago but returned with a stunning album, launched next week. The Cardiff-based terror three piece spent weeks recording with the acclaimed producer (Pixies, Nirvana)
IN the current storm of retro bands (Strokes, Alfie et al) some fashionable blues has started to fall in the form of The Joel Plaskett Emergency playing Barfly, Cardiff on Monday July 23. The three piece from Halifax, Nova Scotia, echo early Neil Young
THE King of the one-liner, Barry Cryer, is to appear in what he describes as his "first farewell tour" in Cardiff. He is well-known to Radio 4 listeners, thanks to the 30-year success of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. But inside showbusiness he is highly
GRIEVING relatives of a Gwent lorry driver who died after a horrific crash slammed as "pathetic" the two-year jail sentence given to the man responsible for his death. Richard Sterry, another lorry driver, was travelling too fast and collided head on
FOOT and mouth is back in Gwent, with a new case confirmed last night. After almost two months since the last confirmed outbreak in the county, the disease has struck at a farm near Abergavenny. Vets from Defra (Department for the Environment, Food and
DONNING his leather helmet and goggles, Charles Edwards slips behind the wheel of his MG sports car and zooms off into a different decade. "I can help it - it's the romantic in me," says the man who believes that about the only worthwhile development
MATTHEW Griffiths was "a bit angry" with himself despite giving a heroic performance in the first round of the Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St Anne's yesterday. The 23-year-old former Welsh amateur champion (pictured) from Woodlake Park in Pontypool
IT has now been six months since Metro Cinema opened its doors in Bridge Street, Newport. During this time it's proved to be a Mecca to cinemagoers from across South Wales. Ian Mitchell, manager, pictured, said: "It's been hard work, but we have a brilliant
SPEEDWAY fans will get 25 races for the price of 15 on Sunday as side car racing makes an appearence at Hayley Stadium. Following Newport Wasps clash with the Sheffield Tigers qualifing for the Side Car Welsh Open will take place with 10 heats to decide
A BOY aged four has caught hand-foot-and-mouth disease. Corey Smith (pictured)was sent home from Cefn Forest Infants School on Wednesday after developing blisters on his hands, legs, feet and tongue. His parents, Ian Smith and Tammy Hopkins, took the
SHREWSBURY flower show, which attracts up to 100,000 visitors to the two-day event each August, has a long and glorious history. In the words of a team of judges, it is renowned as "one of the finest summer shows in the British Isles". For more than a
THE roofs have been raised on the show bungalows at Newport's Bishpool estate - giving residents an idea of where they will live once their prefabs are demolished. Builders were yesterday putting the finishing touches to the three show homes which are
A POLICE officer says a Gwent pensioner who carried out a reign of terror in her town is "pure evil". Elaine Maude Meredith, (pictured) aged 62, of St Margaret's Road, Caldicot, was convicted yesterday of six counts of gouging obscenities on cars. But
PRIME MINISTER Tony Blair says the announcement that up to 500 new jobs are on their way to Gwent is "great news." Mr Blair exclusively told the Argus: "The announcement yesterday that CDC Systems has won the government contract for our Armed Forces;
OLYMPIC silver medalist Darren Campbell has thanked Christian Malcolm for offering him his World Championships100 metres place - but said he is only interested in 200 metres glory (writes Ryland James.) Campbell faces make-or-break time at Crystal Palace's
THE Millennium Stadium might be the grandest auditorium in the land but it wasn't the Stereophonics' first choice when it came to organising their greatest show to date. "We didn't want to do the stadium in Cardiff because of its limitations and we did
HEARTBROKEN brides-to-be look set to be left hundreds of pounds out of pocket by the sudden closure of a Newport bridal wear firm. One mother of a bride has already been left fuming after discovering by chance that The Wedding Collection, formerly in
A DATE for your diaries - this week the Furries announce the details of their autumn tour, once again finishing off in the CIA in October 12. Contact CIA for more details. With the Super Furries new album out on Monday, it seems an opportune time to welcome
A FACTORY worker whose skull was fractured when a man smashed a pint glass in his face was left with scars needing plastic surgery. Benjamin Harris, 18, is also due to have counselling because of the trauma he has suffered since the attack. Mr Harris,
HIGH level talks are being held between the BBC and S4C, to find a way of improving soccer coverage in Wales. The Argus understands that this is unlikely to lead to a reversal of the decision to axe the LoW highlights programme Gol, but it could lead
A YEAR after tasting victory in a battle against a new housing estate, devastated residents of Tranch, Pontypool, have lost their fight in a planning appeal. Torfaen council, which rejected the building plans, have to pay undisclosed costs to the developers
FREE entertainment for families in the summer holidays? It may sound too good to be true but that's what Tredegar Town Council is staging in Bedwellty Park each Sunday from August 5 to 26. The fun kicks off with Celtic roots musicians, the FOS Brothers
