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Inmates 'will be allowed to vote'
JUSTICE Secretary Ken Clarke has said the Government cannot "defy the law" and will have to allow at least some prisoners to vote in future. It comes as the Commons' Political and Constitutional Reform Committee found the current blanket ban was "illegal
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Women make up half workforce - study
WOMEN now make up half the total number of those in work, although they outnumber men in a growing number of regions, according to a new study today. Research for the GMB union found there were almost 12 million women in public and private
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Newport wetlands ‘could dry up’ - warning
WETLANDS such as the one in Newport need "intensive care" to prevent them from the threat of climate change, according to a leading environmental organisation. The Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), which owns and manages Newport Wetlands, has warned
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Appeal goes out for Blackwood ex-airman
THIS is the former RAF aircrew member, believed to be living in Blackwood, whom a Flintshire man is trying to track down. Paul Faircloth of Mold, is trying to trace Sergeant Hugh David Davies, aged 19 in this picture, who was a member of his father
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Cyclone forces Newport woman to flee Australian home
A NEWPORT woman who emigrated to Australia was forced to flea her Cairns home after a cyclone hit the town where she lives. Caren Tyer, 29, and her husband Matthew, 31, packed their belongings into the bus they use for their business Captain Matty’
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Nicky Wire stands up for libraries
MANIC Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire spoke out against budget cuts putting public libraries at risk of closure. The bassist with the Blackwood band told reporters that the possible closures of more than 450 libraries across the UK felt
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Abergavenny man’s home is one of Wales’ greenest
AN ABERGAVENNY man who transformed his home with green features will show the public how they can do the same. John Cranna, a self-employed structural engineer, will invite people into the Lower Monk Street property, which he bought in 2004. Since
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NEWPORT MURDER: Police find knife
GWENT Police investigating the Nikitta Grender murder today found a knife and gloves near her home in Lliswerry.
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NEWPORT MURDER: Prayers planned for tragic family
PRAYERS for Ms Grender and her family will be said at churches in Lliswerry this weekend. Reverend Helen Hall, vicar of St Andrews Church in Wales, Camperdown Road, said: "Everyone in the church on Sunday was aware of what had happened and were in
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Thomas Trotter, St David's Hall
Great British concert organists are among the best in the world and they don't fly higher in this country than Thomas Trotter. It would be interesting to know what he now thinks of the St David's Hall organ, a three-manual structure built in 1982 for
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‘No ambulance’ for Cefn Fforest attack victim
A 60-year-old attack victim with facial injuries was taken to hospital by police because, officers say, no ambulances were available. The man was found by officers on Bedwellty Road, Cefn Fforest, at 12.20am on Saturday. He had suffered cuts to
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We Will Rock You, King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny
King Henry V111 Comprehensive School, Abergavenny. WITH Queen classics such as We Are The Champions and Bohemian Rhapsody, this show certainly rocked the first night audience. They loved the cloned world of Planet Mall where the only music is computer
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Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular, The Riverfront
Anyone who attended Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin’s and Sammy Davis Jr’s concerts at The Sands Hotel, Vegas in the early1960s obviously took away the memories of a lifetime afterwards, and its probably fair to say that anyone who attended the sell
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First Wednesday Recital, The Riverfront
Classical music in Newport is a lot about connections at the moment. Sinfonia Cymru, the Principality's orchestra of smart young professionals, has an arrangement to perform regularly at the Riverfront. Its hived-off members are also contracted to
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Rogerstone aluminium factory demolished
A FACTORY which provided work for thousands of Gwent people for more than six decades was demolished yesterday. The Novelis factory in Rogerstone has stood empty since the axe fell on 440 jobs at the plant in April 2009. The company announced it
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Very public tweets
A RULING by the Press Complaints Commission that messages sent on Twitter cannot be regarded as private is a vitally important one for all who use this social media tool. The ruling follows a case in which a government civil servant complained that
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Man arrested over Nikitta Grender murder
A MAN was today arrested for the murder of pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender, found stabbed to death at her Newport home. Police said they have arrested a 26-year-old man from the Newport area on suspicion of murdering the 19-year-old mum-to-be
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NEWPORT MURDER: Boyfriend’s emotional tribute to mum and baby
THE BOYFRIEND of murdered teenage mum-to-be, Nikitta Grender, left a heartbreaking message about seeing his child yesterday on a social networking site. Ms Grender's childhood sweetheart, Ryan Mayes, 17, posted a message on Facebook yesterday about
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Garnlydan death crash dads ‘assaulted couple’
THE fathers of two of the teenage girls who died in the horrific Garnlydan crash yesterday admitted assaulting the mother and step-father of the driver of the car in which their daughters died. They also admitted threatening to kill driver
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Bearman gives Dragons a welcome headache
THE return to fitness – and form – of Joe Bearman promises to give the Newport Gwent Dragons coaches a massive selection issue for the all-important run-in to the end of the season. It’s not the fault of the Cornish and now Welsh qualified back row forward
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NEWPORT MURDER: Nikitta family lay flowers at scene
THE parents and brother of murdered teenager Nikitta Grender yesterday solemnly laid flowers and a teddy bear outside the house in which she was stabbed to death. Marcia and Paul Grender, along with Miss Grender's younger brother Luke, made
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NEWPORT MURDER: Painstaking search for clues to killing
OFFICERS investigating the murder of the teenage mum-to-be are focussing on finding the murder weapon. CCTV footage from across the city is being examined in a bid to find Ms Grender's killer and police are appealing for residents with private
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Gwent man patched things up with video message
A RISCA woman has entered her fiancé in to the Argus Gwent’s Most Romantic Man competition. Laura Salter, 26, met Dafydd Cowell, 25, nine years ago when they were both studying at Cross Keys College. “My best friend was going out with his best friend
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Abertillery teacher’s behaviour was ‘unacceptable’
A VALLEYS teacher was reprimanded yesterday after he harassed his estranged wife by spitting on her home and workplace. John Fox, deputy headmaster at Deighton Primary School, Tredegar, was given the reprimand following a General Teaching Council
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Blaenau Gwent council £2.3m over budget
BLAENAU Gwent council is more than £2.3 million over budget for this financial year, according to reports due to be delivered to the authority's executive today. By December 31 last year, the Valleys council had overspent by £1.1 million on its capital
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Hook at 10 is a gamble – Gatland
WALES coach Warren Gatland admits he has taken a risk in switching James Hook to outside half for Saturday’s Six Nations clash against Scotland at Murrayfield. Hook has not played there for two years at this level and even for the Ospreys he has only
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Lliswerry footballers pull together for disabled mate
FRIENDS of a Newport man who suffered serious head injuries after falling from a taxi will hold a fundraiser to buy his family a specially adapted car. Team mates of Alex Chant, 21, who played for Lliswerry Football Club from the age of seven, will
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Speed era starts with a thumping
REP OF IRELAND 3 WALES 0 THE Carling Nations Cup opener was a flat affair for Wales as new boss Gary Speed began his reign with a comprehensive defeat to the Republic of Ireland in Dublin. The game lacked any kind of fizz until Darron
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Lydiate – I'm taking nothing for granted
SCOTLAND V WALES (Saturday KO 5pm) THE competition has never been greater and Dragons flanker Dan Lydiate stresses he will never take his place in the Wales team for granted. Lydiate has been retained in the starting XV to face Scotland at Murrayfield