ROGER Gibbins has pleaded with his Cwmbran Town players to dig-deep into their reserves for a concerted Welsh Premier League push. The Crows are historically strong early on, but fade away with the finishing line in sight. However, Gibbins is hoping to
A GWENT company executive who won an unfair dismissal claim says he is now putting his life back on track after a "nightmare" 12 months. Bob Clarke, 43, was sacked by Ipswich-based power firm TXU Engeri for sending what an employment tribunal described
TWO car salesmen brothers got lucky to foil a thief driving about in one of their top vehicles. Thieves stole a £24,000 used Mitsubishi Shogun from the forecourt of Racecourse Garage, St Lawrence Road, Chepstow, on Sunday night. The next morning, as garage
PETER Nicholas has declared his Newport County squad fully fit for the first time in his two-month reign ahead of this Saturday's league clash with Bath City. Ten-goal striker Neil Davis has been given a clean bill of health after seven weeks on the sidelines
A MONMOUTHSHIRE bridge could cost more than £500,000 to repair if urgent action is not taken, council chiefs were warned. The listed Pontnewydd Bridge, at Fforest Coalpit, near Abergavenny, suffered a part-collapse due to bad weather last year. Monmouthshire
TODAY is D-day for Welsh rugby as the professional game is melted down to four provincial teams or five super clubs. All the debating is due to end with yet another meeting of the premier clubs to try and come up with their five teams. And then tonight
A TORY Assembly candidate who admitted drink-driving will stand in the May election, it was revealed yesterday. Laura Anne Jones, 23, the party's candidate for Caerphilly, was stopped by police on Caerleon Road near Usk on December 22, 2002, at 1.30am
CWM'S Mark Williams is the only Welshman left in the Regal Welsh at Cardiff International Arena after his two countrymen - Matthew Stevens and Dominic Dale - fell by the wayside in the first round. Williams is set to face a massive test of his new-found
SOUTH African star Percy Montgomery is ready to play a leading role for Newport on a regular basis at last. Starting with Saturday's Welsh League clash against Pontypridd at Rodney Parade Montgomery will be able to play in every one of Newport's remaining
TODAY is D-day for Welsh rugby as the professional game is melted down to four provincial teams or five super clubs. All the debating is due to end with yet another meeting of the premier clubs to try and come up with their five teams. And then tonight
A FORMER police marksman is claiming £250,000 in damages from Gwent's chief constable for his treatment following the Newbridge robbery shooting. Retired police constable Andrew David Hurley, aged 34, from Newport, a former armed response unit officer
SOUTH African star Percy Montgomery is ready to play a leading role for Newport on a regular basis at last. Starting with Saturday's Welsh League clash against Pontypridd at Rodney Parade Montgomery will be able to play in every one of Newport's remaining
A NEWPORT firm was fined £250,000 yesterday after an employee's death was branded "a criminal waste of a young life" by a judge. Park Environmental Services was fined for health and safety breaches which led to the death of 28-year-old chemist Dr John
A MAN is "lucky to be alive" after his car careered down this steep 30ft embankment. The 23-year-old from the Brynmawr area escaped unharmed when his red Vauxhall Nova plummeted through railings in High Street, Llanhilleth near the Llanhilleth, Hotel
THE compensation scheme for ex-miners suffering respiratory diseases is likely to be capped next year, the Argus can reveal. The Department of Trade and Industry, which is handling the scheme, is planning to close it in March 2004. The proposal still
DIRTY, with poor facilities and too much crime - these are some of the views on Wales' newest city, by people who live there. A survey asked 1,000 residents and 100 organisations, including community councils, for their views on Newport and the quality
THE wife of tragic Blaenavon man Richard Davies has thanked the public for their support on the eve of his funeral tomorrow. Mr Davies, 39, of Avon Road, disappeared on his works Christmas night out in Cardiff on December 20. His body was found in the
WALES' Mr Reliable Mark Delaney is "amazed" that an army of 10,000 Welsh fans are already preparing for a trip to Italy when Mark Hughes' men face a showdown with the mighty Azzurri - in seven months time. The previous record away-day Wales support was
