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Claimants urged not to forget about tax credits
TENS of thousands of tax credits claimants across Gwent are being urged renew their claims before the deadline on July 31. Rather than leaving a claim until the last minute, claimants are being asked to act as soon as they receive a renewal pack
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Get fit and help Sparkle cause
GET fit and help raise money for a good cause at the same time, by supporting the Argus-backed Sparkle Appeal. Thanks to your support the appeal saw the new Serennu Centre open in April to begin providing therapy and treatment for children
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Newport musician Jon Langford tells why he's coming home
NEWPORT-born musician Jon Langford will be back in his home city next month to revisit an album he wrote about the area in 1998. He will officially launch a book of artwork, stories and recollections about the city along with a newly-recorded
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Garnteg pupils jump to it and boost charity
YOUNGSTERS at Garnteg Primary School, Garndiffaith, took part in a special Olympics, raising £600 for a special cause. In total, 210 three to 11- year-olds took part in Skipathons, dodge ball, dancing movement classes and practised running
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Sense over sentencing
THANK goodness that David Cameron has had the good sense to scrap proposals by his justice secretary Kenneth Clarke that sentences for even the worst criminals be halved as a ‘reward’ for early guilty pleas. The government is now having to live
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Newport drug suspect in Thai jail limbo
THAI police have until next month to charge or release a Newport man in prison on suspicion of conspiring to supply drugs. Marcus Parker, 45, was arrested in Phuket, along with German national Miki Maksim Klasnovic, 31, on suspicion of conspiring
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Delight as city-based firm gets ready for expansion
A NEWPORT-based data company is expanding thanks to a £12 million investment. Next Generation Data, based at the Celtic Springs Industrial Estate, is to build seven more data halls at its three-storey facility, which is the largest of its kind
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Fewer Gwent pupils now have special needs
THERE were 2,949 children with documented special education needs in Gwent during 2010/11, new statistics show. New figures from the Welsh Assembly Government reveal that the number of pupils with statements of special educational needs in
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Blaenavon pupils get ready for World Heritage carnival
YOUNGSTERS at Hillside Primary School, Blaenavon, are gearing up to play a central role in this year’s World Heritage Weekend celebrations. They made costumes yesterday for the carnival, which is linked to the closure of their school and moving
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Dragons get nod for play-off
TWO Dragons have made the Wales U20 team to play Fiji in the fifth place play-off semi-finals today where a win would guarantee them fifth or sixth place in the IRB Junior World Championship. In the team are Lewis Robling (centre) and Jamie Sollis (hooker
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Royal Gwent unit set for phase two of improvement
THE Royal Gwent Hospital’s busy medical assessment unit (MAU) is set to undergo a second phase of improvement work to make it better able to deal with increased numbers of patients. During an exceptionally busy winter, and a surge in attendances
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Hugh gunning for eighth win
Newport’s Justyn Hugh aims to keep his perfect record intact since turning professional three years ago as he bids for his eighth successive win against Robert Studzinski in Plymouth next month. The 27 year-old light heavyweight has been keen to get
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Valleys paedophile ‘bribed children into silence’
A PAEDOPHILE who won the trust of families in the Valleys before sexually abusing their children is beginning a five and- a-half year jail sentence today. Jason France, 39, of no fixed address, targeted girls in and around Blackwood in the
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Chepstow school fire caused by 'playhouse tealight'
A FIRE which destroyed a Gwent infants school was caused by a tealight candle being left alight, investigators revealed yesterday. Police are now probing who lit the candle and what they were doing in the infants and nursery section of Chepstow
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Runaway car turns over in city street
A RUNAWAY car flipped on to its roof in Newport yesterday. The red Kia Picanto was parked on Stow Park Circle yesterday morning, when it rolled down the hill and turned over on to its roof. Nobody was inside at the time and there were no injuries
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£172,000 paid in M4 speed fines around Newport
MORE than £172,000 of fines were paid during the 21 months that 50 mph average speed cameras were installed on the M4 around Newport. Between September 2009 and June 2011, a total of 6,541 fixed penalty speeding notices were issued to people
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Brown will lead from the front - Cronk
NEWPORT have named influential hooker Andrew Brown as their captain for the coming season. The 31-year-old, who has made 199 appearances for the Black and Ambers, takes over from lock Alex Jones. “Andrew captained the side at the end of last season
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Reopen Maesglas rail halt says AM
A GWENT Assembly Member called for a Newport rail station to be reopened as part of the Ebbw Valley railway line. South Wales East AM Jocelyn Davies pressed Assembly Minister Carl Sargeant to reopen the Maesglas halt to help provide a much-needed
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Newport fundraisers set for Grand Prix challenge
FUNDRAISERS are gearing up to take part in a Grand Prix fitness challenge to raise money for the Argus-backed Sparkle Appeal. Inspired by the world of Formula 1, staff at The Hilton hotel in Newport are organising a challenge where teams
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Wales anger at Olympic 'Team GB'
THE leaders of Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland football have reacted with outrage at an "historic’’ announcement by the British Olympic Association that players from all home nations will be eligible for selection for Team GB at the London
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Abertillery stalwart dies at 104
ONE of Gwent's oldest people has died aged 104. Irene Harris, who ran Irene's Cafe in Abertillery for 24 years, died on Sunday after suffering a stroke on Saturday. She died at the Grosvenor Care Home where she has lived for the last
