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Gwent youngsters get firefighting chance
GWENT youngsters are wanted to join a young firefighter scheme. The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service project is a uniformed cadet scheme for males and females aged between 14 and 18. Youngsters are now wanted to join the schemes in Abergavenny
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New dog event at Monmouth show
THERE will be a new attraction at this year’s Monmouth Show, in which dogs will take centre stage. The Fun Dog Show will take place in the main ring at 12.30pm during the event, which is on Thursday, August 25. Entries will be taken from 12.15pm
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Child jabs plea over measles rise
PARENTS are being urged to have their children vaccinated immediately following an increase in measles cases in Wales. An outbreak has been reported in Ceredigion, health officials have said. There are said to be 10 cases in the west Wales local
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£157,000 repair bill for Senedd
MORE than £157,000 has been spent on repairing the Senedd since it opened, new figures show. The home of the Welsh Assembly cost £67 million and was officially opened by the Queen on St David's Day 2006. Over the past five years, figures
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Name a hero to carry Olympic torch
GWENT residents are being called on to nominate inspirational members of the community to be part of the Olympic Torch Relay. Around 8,000 torchbearers will take part in the UK-wide relay and organisers are looking for those who have gone
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BREAKING NEWS: Fourth man arrested in Newport murder probe
A FOURTH man is in custody after being arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man found fatally injured on Newport's Chepstow Road. Police arrested a man they wanted to speak to in connection with the murder investigation into the death of
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Time to make the switch and avoid big price rises
EVERYBODY needs to urgently assess their energy bills. The clock is ticking and if you don’t act soon, you’ll have missed the window to insure against price hikes. It gives me no pleasure to say that my last column, predicting a big
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Teachers' anger at minister's schools plea
MEMBERS of a headteaching union have responded in anger to a letter from the UK government putting pressure on schools to remain open despite planned industrial action on June 30. Secretary of state for education Michael Gove has written to
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Tributes paid to popular Pontypool landlord
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Pontypool landlord who was known as an "honorary Welshman". Dick Tremain died on June 27, aged 90, after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia. Mr Tremain was a popular landlord in Pontypool, havingmoved
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Wye Valley Music, St Briavel's Church
The standard of performance currently being presented by our progressive music societies is little short of astounding. In the absence of public subvention, 'progressive' means relying on financial support from elsewhere. It also indicates a body of
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BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
French music from different eras in the last 150 years occupies more common ground than any of its dissimilarities might suggest. That’s so obviously true of the line from Fauré to Henri Dutilleux via Debussy and Ravel that it needs only a concert
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Lower Machen Festival, The Riverfront
Newport's investment in this long-running music festival on its borders means that the city centre now hosts one of the concerts each year. And there are none better to fill the Riverfront theatre with swelling sounds than the world-renowned chorus
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Lower Machen Festival, St Michael's and All Angels Church
Welsh music is not absolutely guaranteed in the programme of a small Welsh music festival, despite its ever-pressing claims. Lower Machen has often been one of the exceptions, this year including two works at its opening concert performed by the Welsh
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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, St David's Hall
Choosing a winner from among the finalists of a week-long, international music competition is like picking one item almost at random from a bowl of mixed fruit. With few exceptions, the final stages of the biennial BBC Cardiff Singer of the World has
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Wye Valley Music, St Mary's Priory Church, Monmouth
Violinist Rachel Podger couldn’t be bettered as an embodiment of the joy of making music. She's a bottle of pop, seeming almost to fall over with enthusiasm towards the end of this appearance with her Brecon Baroque ensemble. The heel of a shoe had
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BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Themed concert programmes don't take much planning but they are not as frequent as they should be. How effective a programme with a common thread can be was demonstrated at this concert, broadcast live from the WMC's Hoddinott Hall for Radio 3.
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Abergavenny Festival of the Arts, St Mary's Priory Church
Many church organs are under-used in the sense that they are played for Sunday service but rarely exercised by recitalists. What can happen if they are was perfectly demonstrated at this lunchtime concert by Sean Montgomery, who for nine years was
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Owner’s warning after cat is shot
A NEWPORT woman is warning other local pet owners after her cat was shot in the back leg. Jenna Lloyd, 25, of Collier Street, discovered her two-year-old black cat Coco had been shot last Sunday when the cat returned home with its leg covered
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Lang Lang, St David's Hall
When the New York Times described Chinese pianist Lang Lang as 'the hottest artist on the classical music planet' it was assumed that a once-great newspaper has given up on the English language. However, there can be no 'hype' without substance. The
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Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
Not many WNO revivals have taken to the Wales Millennium Centre stage as spectacularly as the current season's production of Puccini's Turandot. It explodes into the auditorium, urged on by side-stage amplification, a scimitar-sharp chorus and music
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Coleg Gwent Chorale, Crosskeys Campus
This concert of mainly devotional English music was called Hope & Glory but it was more significantly a hymn to continuity. Coleg Gwent Chorale is the re-incarnation of Cross Keys College Choral Society, which renounced its name when founder-conductor
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Talon, The Riverfront
Eagles tribute act Talon proved they clearly have as big a following as the band they emulate when playing to a packed house at Newport Riverfront on Saturday evening. It was clear that Chris Lloyd, Peter Anderson, Jonny Miller and Tony Vegas
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First Wednesday Recital, The Riverfront
West End impresarios should be beating a path to the door of baritone Craig Yates, if they have not already done so. Trained singers of his stature are badly needed in musical theatre, and on the basis of this lunchtime concert he'd be a credit to
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The Sixteen, St David's Hall
The Sixteen is one of those musical institutions able to juggle popularity and integrity with the ease it displays in performing. British to the core, the choir was founded by conductor Harry Christophers in the 1970s and is famed for singing works
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: People have right to see crime stats
WE see no problem in Home Office plans to add photographs of offenders to its online crime maps website. The government said the plan was to increase transparency and accountability. The online crime maps for England and Wales were launched in
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Newport traders welcome AM's rail link call
NEWPORT traders welcomed the call from a Gwent Assembly Member to reopen a Newport rail station as part of the Ebbw Valley railway line. The Argus reported on Wednesday that South Wales East AM Jocelyn Davies had pressed Assembly Minister
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Fisher reigns supreme
AMERICAN speedway tourists began a second session of early July 4 celebrations yesterday, when Californian Ryan Fisher landed the Welsh Open Championship at a sun-baked Queensway Meadows Stadium. Countryman Greg Hancock had the night before sparked
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Newport elderly to face rise in support charges
CHARGES for a service for older people in Newport have risen after a Welsh Government grant ended. Users of domestic support services have been told that the cost of the service will rise from £9 to £12, according to Newport City Council. It
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Dozens abseil from Newport's Transporter Bridge
MORE than 60 people braved a 177ft abseil off the Newport Transporter Bridge yesterday in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Each abseiler was asked to raise a minimum of £100 ahead of the challenge to mark the charity’s centenary year.
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June Bullion draw
Head coach of Newport RFC Sven Cronk made the latest draw at the recent end of season function. It was Sven's first go at this monthly task and he pulled out the following winners: 1st - Mrs. Angela White £300 2nd - Mr. Rob Saffin £75 3rd - Mr
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Young guns finish on a high
Wales Under-20s beat Ireland 38-24 to clinch seventh place at the IRB Junior World Championship in Italy. Richard Webster’s young guns scored five tries and put together a polished performance to end the tournament on a high. Despite disappointing losses
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Crowds cheer on Monmouth dragon boat racers
CROWDS lined the banks of the River Wye to watch more than 200 people take part in the St David’s Foundation annual dragon boat race yesterday. Fourteen teams launched their boats onto the water to negotiate the 500 yard course at Monmouth Rowing
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£750K plan to revamp Blackwood Miners' Institute
VITAL work to save Blackwood’s iconic grade II listed miners institute is set to get the green light this week, as Caerphilly council’s cabinet is expected to rubber-stamp a £750,000 repair programme. The work will see the building made
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Cleverly's pledge
NATHAN Cleverly has vowed his world title reign won’t be a Mickey Mouse one, even if he has spent his down time with Goofy and co at the Magic Kingdom. The Cefn Fforest fighter, the brightest young prospect in British boxing, is now dining at boxing
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Birthday anguish over missing Caldicot man
TODAY the family of missing Caldicot man Joel Andrews should be celebrating his birthday, but instead they are anxiously waiting for news. Mr Andrews, who turns 25 today, went missing on May 22 while at a rave on Dartmoor, Devon. He was last
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Man rescued after M4 collision at Malpas
A MAN was rescued from his vehicle after it collided into a concrete barrier in Newport this morning. Fire crews were called out to the incident in Malpas Road at 5.34am where the man was rescued using hydraulic rescue equipment. He was treated
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Thousands join Cwmbran Race for Life
ALMOST 2,000 runners braved the heatwave yesterday to do their bit to beat the big C. Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life returned to Northfields Recreation Ground in Cwmbran, with organisers hoping to raise £120,000 to tackle the disease.
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Traders welcome AMs call to reopen station
NEWPORT traders welcomed the call from a Gwent Assembly Member to reopen a Newport rail station as part of the Ebbw Valley railway line. The Argus reported on Wednesday that South Wales East AM Jocelyn Davies had pressed Assembly Minister Carl Sargeant
