HUNDREDS of family and friends packed a small Valleys church yesterday to celebr Up to 400 people attended the Tabernacle chapel in Pontllanfraith to pay a touching and emotional tribute to 18-year-old Ceri-Ann Faulkner, with dozens more who couldn't
THE number of serious fires on a Gwent mountain is at an all-time low thanks to a major crack-down on arsonists say fire chiefs. The announcement comes four months after the launch of a joint operation by South Wales Fire Service, Gwent Police and countryside
THE digital revolution has hit the classrooms as primary teachers in Gwent are being taught new ways to engage our future sporting stars. A conference was run at the University of Wales Institute last week to focus on the use of computers in sports lessons
RYAN JONES admits he's now feeling like part of the Lions furniture after being named in Sir Clive Woodward's Test 22 for the third consecutive game. Newport-born Jones, who was only called up as late injury cover for Scotland's Simon Taylor, has been
RYAN JONES admits he's now feeling like part of the Lions furniture after being named in Sir Clive Woodward's Test 22 for the third consecutive game. Newport-born Jones, who was only called up as late injury cover for Scotland's Simon Taylor, has been
GWENT can expect excellent knock-on effects from London's selection to host the 2012 Olympic Games. Newport's Wales national velodrome is likely to have riders from around the globe preparing for their gold assault as it is one of only two such facilities
WALES outside half Stephen Jones has been recalled for the British Lions for Saturday's third and final Test against New Zealand in Auckland. Jones was left out of the second Test team in favour of Jonny Wilkinson whose shoulder injury now rules him out
I thought that Glamorgan might have turned a corner with their emphatic victory over Gloucestershire on Tuesday night. Sometimes ailing seasons can turn on the smallest of things, and I thought that this ten-wicket win might have been one of them. Sadly
Auckland.....13 Lions.....17 The British and Irish Lions completed their midweek schedule with a 100% record after provincial heavyweights Auckland were swept aside 17-13. In the wake of the Test team's comprehensive rout by the All Blacks, the 'dirt-trackers
RESIDENTS in the Valleys are being warned to be on their guard following a spate of 'creeper burglaries'. In the last month there have been nine house burglaries while the occupants were asleep in the Abercarn, Cwmcarn and Pontywaun area. Police say normally
Home-grown speedway talent Jamie Westacott may have slammed the door shut on his burgeoning career. The 17-year-old from the Duffryn area of the city didn't turn up for the Newport Mavericks Conference League meeting with Boston last Sunday and there
A HEROIC policeman who risked his life by jumping into a raging river to try to save a drowning 12-year-old boy is nominated for a prestigious award. In gale force winds and torrential rain Police Constable Andrew Pullen swam into the swollen River Ebbw
PEOPLE power helped convince councillors in Gwent to refuse planning permission for a telephone mast 50 metres from a school playground. Residents in Thornhill, Cwmbran, had campaigned to stop mobile phone company O2 erecting a 12.5-metre mast near Woodlands
A GWENT charity which offers a lifeline to young drug addicts was helped to get moving again with a special donation from the Argus. Newport-based Teen Challenge was one of three community organisations awarded grants by the charitable arm of the Argus
TWO Newport business students are celebrating after hearing they have attained coveted first-class honours degrees. Sharon Beckett and Vanessa Burke were overjoyed to discover that after three years of hard work at Newport Business School, they had passed
A GWENT woman is doing a sponsored run for the charity which gave her independence - and a best friend. Rayana Adams, 36, from Beechwood Place, Eveswell, Newport, is registered blind and relies on her guide dog, Dusky, to get her from A to B. She is doing
WALES outside half Stephen Jones has been recalled for the British Lions for Saturday's third and final Test against New Zealand in Auckland. Jones was left out of the second Test team in favour of Jonny Wilkinson whose shoulder injury now rules him out
Pat and Henri aim to make big racketWITH just over an hour before their big match, the two tennis greats were relaxed and enjoying a meal at Newport's Celtic Manor Resort. But, although Pat Cash and Henri Leconte have retired from the Grand Slam circuit
