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Sudbrook history centre opens doors
VISITORS to a Monmouthshire village will be able to get to grips with its past thanks to the opening of a new history centre. Members of the public will be able to find out more about Sudbrook, a village on the edge of the River Severn between
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City dance teacher in beauty final
A NEWPORT dance teacher is set to strut her stuff in a bid to become Miss Community Wales 2011. Nadine Tilley, 20, from Coedkernew, is one of the finalists in the beauty pageant, which aims to promote community spirit, grace, beauty and creative
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£110,000 cash for county projects
A NEW fund is set to give Portskewett and Sudbrook a £110,000 boost. Monmouthshire County Council has set up the fund to be spent on local projects – adult and youth recreational schemes and children’s play projects in the two villages and
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Cross Keys 25 Newport 18
CROSS Keys earned a place in next season's British and Irish Cup after beating Newport 25-18 at Pandy Park this evening. Nathan Williams, who was with the Black and Ambers last season, scored the all-important try in a scrappy game that was dominated
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Teams get ready for three-peak challenge
STAFF from Newport’s Gocompare.com are the latest to take on three of the highest peaks in Wales in aid of St David’s Foundation. A total of 25 from the price comparison website business, based at Imperial Park, will aim to scale three of Wales
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Monmouthshire Ladies excel
The Monmouthshire Ladies County Championships were held over three days at Newport Golf Club with the Bronze Division Qualifying round being held at Greenmeadow Golf Club. The Qualifying rounds produced some fine golf at both courses.
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Warning over tax rebate e-mails
PEOPLE in Monmouthshire are being warned about a hitech scam claiming they are entitled to a tax rebate. Monmouthshire County Council yesterday said residents have informed trading standards officers they have received suspicious ‘phishing’
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Jobs boost as Newport plant gets green light
THE UK’s first agricultural biomass feedstock plant will be built in Newport, councillors decided yesterday. Vogen Energy Limited won permission from the city council’s planning committee to build the bulk drying and pelleting facility, which
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Chepstow woman is disability dog’s perfect trainer
A CHEPSTOW woman, who was determined to give something back to the charity that provided her late partner with a disability dog, is preparing a puppy to become an assistance dog for them. Nicole Cross, 40, first became involved with the national
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Newport biker facing anxious wait
A NEWPORT man is undergoing an agonising wait to see if he will need his thumb amputated after slashing his hand during a motorbike fall. Jordan Reynolds, 19, of Old Barn Estate, sliced his left hand open after falling off his motorbike two
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Dead soldier’s mum hails post-trauma charity
THE mother of an Abergavenny soldier who died two years ago after fighting for his country in Afghanistan says she could not have coped with his loss without a charity’s aid. Hazel Hunt, whose 21-yearold son, Private Richard Hunt, died in
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Tredegar homes evacuated after 50 feet deep hole opens
TWO Tredegar homes were evacuated after a 50ft deep hole opened up in their front gardens. Yazmine Price was woken on Monday night after her neighbours heard a loud bang and found a deep hole in their front gardens. Torrential rain on
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Blaenau Gwent households face fines over bins
BLAENAU Gwent householders who repeatedly fail to use their wheelie bins correctly or recycle their rubbish could be hit with a £100 fine under new plans. Blaenau Gwent council’s executive committee yesterday agreed to implement a new “traffic
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Join the locals on the terraces
ONE way of doing something memorable on holiday is to do what locals do. What is mundane to them could be a novel experience for you. So why not join them on the terraces? Watching a football match is the perfect way to get under the skin of
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Abergavenny Castle packs in entertainment
ABERGAVENNY Castle has come up with an innovative idea to keep children interested in learning the history of the castle. It is offering special free backpacks for families containing replica artefacts such as a leather tankard, items to try
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Loudon Wainwright III, St David's Hall
The Wainwrights are a modern musical dynasty. Loudon began plying his trade in the late 60s, and married the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle. Their children Rufus and Martha Wainwright have become successful artists in their own right.. A third
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Sky-divers’ leap to aid sick Pontypool baby
DAREDEVIL fundraisers jumped from a plane to raise money for baby Jaiden Jobbins, who suffers from cystic fibrosis. Matthew Gibbs, his girlfriend, Megan Creighton, and friend, Brian Leah, took part in a sky-dive at Swansea Airfield on May 8
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Newport politician’s golden gift to go under hammer
A MAGNIFICENT George V gold Freedom Casket enamelled with the arms of the County Borough of Newport is going under the hammer on Tuesday. Made by silversmiths S Blanckensee & Son Ltd of Birmingham and dated 1924, the rectangular casket is decorated
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Inquest hears of cell death man’s drug overdoses
A NEWPORT man found dead in police custody took several overdoses before his death and his family were concerned about his mental health, an inquest heard yesterday. Family of Andrew David Sheppard, 22, visited St Cadoc’s Hospital the day before
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Firefighters rescue lambs from Pontypool quarry
FOURTEEN firefighters spent two hours rescuing a lamb that was stuck 80 feet up a quarry face near Pontypool. South Wales Fire and Rescue received a call at 3.07pm yesterday to say the lamb had become stuck on the Tirpentwys Nature Reserve,
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Newport family 'worried sick' over missing man
THE devastated family and friends of a Newport man who went missing almost two weeks ago yesterday launched a campaign calling on the public to help find him. Family and friends of John ‘Baz’ Barrington, 42, of Worcester Crescent, St Julians
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Caerleon woman hit by bicycle 'critical'
A WOMAN is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit by a cyclist yesterday in Caerleon. The pedestrian, a 77-year-old from the area, was hit by the cycle on Ponthir Road, Caerleon just before 2pm. Anyone who witnessed the collision is
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Newport AM will provide a ‘firm hand’ in Senedd role
NEWPORT Assembly Member Rosemary Butler was yesterday selected to carry out one of the most senior roles in the National Assembly for Wales. Mrs Butler, the AM for Newport West, was elected unopposed as the presiding officer by the new Assembly
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MICHAEL PEARLMAN ASKS: Who are you backing – Bluebirds or Swans?
HOW magnanimous are Gwent football fans, be you County or glory orientated, prepared to be about the Championship playoffs then? Whether you’re one of the several billion Manchester United or Liverpool fans dotted round the county, or indeed, fans of
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Welsh Guards play for Risca church appeal
A RISCA church received a special visit this week when the Band of the Welsh Guards gave a special performance to raise money for the church’s miners’ memorial window. For the last four years St Mary’s Parish Church has been raising money
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Disabled passengers slam poor access at Chepstow station
DISABLED passengers travelling from Chepstow to Cardiff are being forced to make a round trip via Gloucester due to the station’s lack of disabled access. Network Rail, the company responsible for access at Chepstow station, is facing criticism
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Lonely Planet snubs Newport
IT MAY have been excluded from the latest guide to the UK, but that does not mean Newport doesn't have something to offer tourists. In the latest Lonely Planet guide to Great Britain, published yesterday, Newport is notable by its absence,
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Foxes target County player of year Bignot
NEWPORT County’s player of the season Paul Bignot could be set to swap the Conference National for life in the Championship under former England boss Sven Goran Eriksson. The ex-Kidderminster Harriers and Crewe Alexandra man has been a revelation
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Walkers to step out at night for tragic Langstone boy
THE FAMILY and friends of a Langstone boy who died from a brain tumour will complete a sponsored Glow Walk in his memory. The Argus previously reported how Daniel Munson died on August 2 last year aged just 12 after being diagnosed with a brain
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All or nothing in huge derby clash
CROSS KEYS V NEWPORT (Tonight KO 7.15) FIFTY-ONE games of hard-fought Premiership action have boiled down to 80 minutes of winner-takes-all rugby for Cross Keys and Newport. The two rivals meet at Pandy Park this evening for the right to represent Gwent
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Vote on Caldicot playing fields set
A REFERENDUM to decide if Caldicot’s school playing fields should be sold off to a supermarket will take place on May 26. It was decided to hold a community poll on the proposal following a public meeting last month. In total, 58 people voted
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Derby clashes were crucial to Dragons' Wales selection – Edwards
DERBY days – that’s what got a record number of Newport Gwent Dragons players into the Wales squad, says coach Darren Edwards. Warren Gatland and his fellow Wales coaches have always said they take most notice of the league derby matches and Heineken
