MOTORISTS stuck in tailbacks caused by new traffic lights designed to reduce jams in Newport say they are furious at the delays. Yesterday the Argus reported how the lights replacing the roundabout on Cardiff Road by the Royal Gwent Hospital are causing
ANGRY prefab residents have walked out of a partnership with Newport Housing Trust, saying they can no longer work with the "insensitive" organisation. The Prefab Residents' Association (PRA) made the decision at its annual meeting. The split comes after
YOUNG striker James Fox is keen for his rollercoaster career to hit a high at Newport County. The enthusiastic 20-year-old trialist has pleaded with Exiles boss Peter Nicholas to hand him a contract at Newport Stadium in the summer - and vowed: "I can
A MAN and a toddler trapped in a burning house were last night rescued by two police officers. Police Constables Scott Arthur and Philip Mayne smashed a window to get into the house in Bryn Terrace, Six Bells, Abertillery. They brought the man and the
THE number of robberies in Gwent has soared by more than 80 per cent in a year - and police say mobile phones are the reason. In the year starting April 2001 there were 119 robberies in the Gwent Police area. This in-creased to 213 in the year starting
WALES captain and midfielder Gary Speed's season could be over if his hernia problem has not resolved itself when he returns to training. The 33-year-old Wales captain has once again been a tower of strength for the Magpies this campaign to help push
WALES A lock Chay Billen (pictured) has called on Gwent regional rugby chiefs not to forget him and his Ebbw Vale team-mates when they pick their first squads. Vale's players have been largely ignored since their side's proposed merger with big neighbours
THE tourism potential of Blaenau Gwent is getting a huge boost, after a popular Valleys park was allocated £750,000. Bryn Bach Park in Tredegar is to receive the money - much of it towards attracting a private hotel developer - after its importance in
'A DREAM will come true for police officer David Morgan when he treks the highest mountain in Africa for charity. David, from Undy, is already preparing for the 'Challenge of a Lifetime' which will take place early in 2004. He will make an attempt on
TWO-GOAL Jason Welsh (pictured) gave Cwmbran's ailing management team the ideal tonic last night as his lethal striking eased the Crows past basement boys Llanelli at Stebonheath Park. It was a clinical performance against a side which played some attractive
SHOCKED workers are waiting to learn if their jobs will be saved, after receivers were called into a Gwent poultry factory. Some staff whose jobs at the Brandons poultry factory, Abergavenny, are threatened, had only recently found work after being made
SCORES of NHS patients in Gwent are likely to be treated in the private sector and outside the area, to help maintain key waiting times targets. Health bosses are quietly confident that a trio of Assembly-set targets - for orthopaedic and cataract surgery
Confident Newport Wasps skipper Craig Watson believes the flying seven can fill one of the top three places in the Premier League. Watson, who picked up a maximum in the crushing 61-35 win over Somerset Rebels in the Knock-out Cup, first round, first
THE hunt for missing Newport pensioner Marie Veronica Reynolds was continuing today as police dug up fields near her home. Yesterday, the Argus exclusively revealed that specialist search teams had started digging in fields behind Mrs Reynolds' home in
A WOMAN chained herself to a council office's railings yesterday morning in a protest over special-needs education provision for her teenage daughter. Uneta Morrisey, of Forest Hill, Pontllanfraith, secured herself to the Caerphilly council education
