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Thomas, Carroll Conference round-up
PONTYMISTER made a superb start in Division One of the Thomas, Carroll Welsh Club Cricket Conference with a 164-run demolition of Pontnewynydd in a match which included a hat trick with the first three balls of the home side’s innings. Pontymister went
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Have your say on road safety plan
PLANS for a £65,000 scheme to improve safety near a Cwmbran school have been drawn up. Torfaen Council is to boost safety along Greenmeadow Way by introducing a 20mph speed limit along a 420-metre section of the road as well as surrounding streets
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Political heavyweights hit Newport
POLITICAL big-hitters were on the charm offensive in Newport this weekend, campaigning for every last vote in the run up to Thursday's General Election. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman and Transport minister
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Hundreds enjoy counties show
THOUSANDS of people defied the weekend's damp weather to enjoy the Border Counties Steam and Vintage Show. The show, now in its 35th year, attracted almost 6,000 people over its two days ate the weekend despite the elements not being on their side
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Newport Darlows Wasps 44 Newcastle Diamonds 46
THE Wasps went down to their second successive home league defeat in a thriller at Hayley Stadium. Full report and pictures in tomorrow's Argus
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Officers praised over child porn investigation
OFFICERS involved in the investigation of a Gwent detective, jailed for exchanging indecent images of children over the internet, were praised for “an outstanding piece of police work.” Michael Roger Owen Thomas, 40, formerly of Newport, was jailed
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Hundreds pay tribute to Newport man
HUNDREDS of tributes are pouring in for a man who died in his neighbour's arms. A Facebook group was set up in memory of Alan Falvey, 30, who was found with serious chest injuries in Greenwood Road, Abersychan, believed to have been caused by a single
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Hundreds protest over doctor's suspension
ANGER at the perceived lenient punishment of a doctor who failed to diagnose the blood poisoning that killed a nine-month-old Newport baby, spilled onto the city's streets on Friday. Around 250 people marched from John Frost Square to the Royal Gwent
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'Bigot' row woman: I won't vote
THE lifelong Labour supporter branded a "bigot" by Gordon Brown said she was more offended at being called "that woman". In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, Gillian Duffy revealed she will not be voting for any party despite accepting the Prime
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'Danger to children' gets 20-year sentence
A GWENT man described by a judge as a great danger to children is starting a 20 year prison sentence. Roystan Lewis, 58, from Ebbw Vale, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court, after being found guilty of two serious sexual offences, one count of
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UK’s ‘greenest’ school opens in Rogiet
WALES' first minister this week officially opened a Monmouthshire primary school said to be Britain's greenest. Carwyn Jones visited the new Rogiet Primary School on Thursday, which won the prize for the UK's best sustainable school building at the
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North Gwent could get dialysis unit
OPTIONS for providing a kidney dialysis unit in north Gwent will be weighed up during the summer, as part of the development of an ambitious Wales-wide plan to boost facilities. North Gwent was identified last year as an area that would benefit from
