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City's credit union toasts growth
NEWPORT NorthWest Credit Union - a savings and loans society - is celebrating its expansion from Bettws across the whole of Newport city. The group can now offer its financial products across the city in a move that has been welcomed by MPs and AMs. Credit
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All awash with pride
IT was the perfect way for a group of would-be salts to be initiated into life on the ocean wave. Four new members of the 29th Newport Sea Scouts were sworn in to the group actually over the waves of the River Usk. They took part in a ceremony inside
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Prince to follow in mother's footsteps
PRINCE William will follow his late mother's footsteps next week when he visits a charity for the homeless in Newport, Palace officials have revealed. The prince, who is marking his 21st birthday with a visit to Wales on Thursday, June 19, chose the charity
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Legal worries? Help is at hand
YOUR Argus has again teamed up with Harding Evans, one of South Wales' leading firms of solicitors, to deliver a series of free weekly legal clinics during June and July. Solicitors from Harding Evans will be visiting various parts of Newport over the
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Jenna trial starts today
MICHAEL BALDWIN, the stepfather of Jenna Brookfield (pictured), was due to stand trial today, accused of the teenager's murder. The long-awaited trial of 37-year-old Pontypool man Baldwin, who denies murdering 15-year-old Jenna, is expected to last six
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My Miss Mercedes
THIS little girl may be called Ellie Rose - but for some, she will be forever known as Mercedes. Because the baby came into the world in the back of a Mercedes car outside Cwmbran police station, after her mum got caught in a traffic snarl-up in the town
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Malcolm shakes off injury
NEWPORT sprinter Christian Malcolm (pictured) has recovered from a knee injury and is set to compete in his first outdoor race of the season tomorrow. Malcolm was due to open his outdoor season at Bedford last weekend, but a knee injury suffered two days
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Gwent MPs back bus safety drive
THREE Gwent MPs are backing a campaign group's bid to improve safety on school buses. Monmouth MP Huw Edwards has sponsored an Early Day Motion at the House of Commons to support a petition by Newport-based BUSK, Belt Up School Kids, demanding an end
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Smart to quit Wasps
Frank Smart, one of the most liked riders to have appeared in Newport Wasps' colours - old team or new - is quitting at the end of the season. The 33-year-old Australian, from Perth, pictured, is going home with his Welsh wife Charlotte - probably better
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Man, 73, injured in gas blast 'critical'
A GWENT pensioner, badly burned in a gas explosion on Friday, was in a "critical condition" today. Trevor Ridout, 73, was rescued from his home in Bryn Dolwen Road, Bedwas, following the explosion. Mr Ridout was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport
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Golden girls raise £25,000
GWENT'S Race for Life was deemed a "massive success" by organisers yesterday, as 500 women raised around £25,000 for charity. The Argus joined forces with fellow sponsors Tesco, and the Sports Council for Wales to promote the event that supports the work
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Pooler backer Jude in bid to get £300,000 from WRU
PONTYPOOL backer Bob Jude is bidding for £300,000 he claims he is due from the Welsh Rugby Union. And the flooring company businessman, pictured, has hit out at the way the WRU have moved the goalposts when he had ploughed his own money into the club
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Raid nets record £9m cocaine haul
COCAINE with a street value of £9 million was netted after a raid in Newport - the biggest drugs haul in Gwent's history. The massive 120 kilo haul found was the result of months of painstaking work by Gwent police, Customs and Excise and the National
