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Newport theatre looks for budding bards
A NEWPORT amateur theatre society is on the hunt for 21stcentury Shakespeares after being invited to take part in a project with a prestigious reward on offer. Newport Playgoers Society is looking for original works based on a Shakespeare-related
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Traders team up in bid to promote Blackwood
BUSINESSES in Blackwood have established a new retail partnership to promote the town centre and protect traders from things like thefts and vandalism. The town council and Gwent Police will also be involved in the new group which includes representatives
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Warning follows mobile calls scam
RESIDENTS in Monmouthshire are being warned to be alert to a scam after an 18-year-old was approached by a man asking him to sign mobile phone contracts. The man told the youngster that he would receive cash for each contract signed but not
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Severn lifeboat centre opens doors
A £250,000 state-of-the art lifeboat centre was unveiled in Chepstow at the weekend. The new building at Severn Area Rescue Association’s (SARA) Lifeboat and Rescue Station at Beachley will house three lifeboats, as well as a state-of-the-art
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Ex-Argus man remembered
FORMER South Wales Argus financial director Malcolm Beardall has died at the age of 82. Mr Beardall, who worked for the Argus from 1974 until his retirement in 1991, previously lived in Belmont Hill, Caerleon. During his time at the
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Bettws hosts leafy festival parade
A FOREST-themed parade involving more than 100 people and watched by several hundreds was the highlight of the annual Bettws community festival in Newport. The parade, including two model trees as its centrepiece, a forest banner, participants
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Humanity plea for the victims
WE have said before howout of touch the legal establishment has become with the rights of victims and with the costs to society of their expensive deliberations. Judges, barristers and solicitors are an élite closed shop. Many have got
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Tredegar abuse refuge set to open
A NEW £1 million domestic abuse refuge centre will open in Tredegar in August. Blaenau Gwent is currently the only Welsh local authority not to have a facility for women who need help to escape domestic violence. The centre was given the go-ahead
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Thieves raid Bedwellty House two days after opening
BEDWELLTY House and Park had barely been open two days before the historic venue suffered its first criminal attack. The Grade II-listed building and adjoining gardens in Tredegar opened to the public last Monday following delays in the £5.5
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Newport Admiral workers celebrate shares bonus
HUNDREDS of members of staff at the Newport offices of car insurance specialist Admiral Group are celebrating after earning a slice of a group-wide shares bonus of £1.6 million. In all, 2,500 employees of the group will share the windfall,
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Gwent pupils take dance festival to Cwmbran
CHILDREN from schools across Gwent joined together and danced in traditional costume in Gwent Square, Cwmbran, as part of the Gwyl Plant Gwent Children’s Festival of Dance on Saturday. Organisation Gwerinwyr Gwent started the festival of Welsh
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Pirates and Santa entertain Chepstow carnival-goers
SANTA Claus and a bunch of young pirates were among the entertainment at Saturday’s Chepstow Carnival. Hundreds of people lined the streets to watch the parade, which included a Polar Express float complete with Father Christmas, make its way
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Two injured in Abergavenny street attack
TWO men were left with facial injuries after they were assaulted in an Abergavenny street. Gwent Police’s serious and violent crime team is investigating the assault in Frogmore Street, Abergavenny, which happened at around 2.45am on Sunday
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DAVEY SAYS: Rugby chiefs need to go back to school
NEVER mind Wales Under 20s getting the better of Ireland in their final Junior World Cup match against Ireland at the weekend by a margin of 38-24. The scoreline that really counts and must reverberate throughout Welsh rugby is 92-0, the thrashing
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Miracle Newbridge youngster is fighting fit
RHYS Harris loves sport in general and football in particular, as our picture of the ten-year-old at a school soccer festival shows – and it is a scene parents Kevin and Dawn feared they would never see. The Newbridge youngster played for
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Gwent parents face chaos as teachers set to strike
PARENTS across Gwent face having to organise last-minute childcare as more than 1,000 teachers and lecturers in the area are expected to go on strike as part of mass industrial action. The strike action will see more than 4,000 public service
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Newport teen stars in Tinie Tempah video
A NEWPORT teenager is starting her acting dreams early with an appearance in not one, but two pop videos. Chelsea Toms, 16, of Ringland, appears as an extra in the latest Example music video, entitled Changed The Way You Kiss Me. But to
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Newport Wasps owner in plea to fans
NEWPORT Speedway boss Steve Mallett has hailed a bumper crowd at Sunday’s Welsh Open Championship but has pleaded with fans to back the Wasps. Just over 1,000 fans headed to Queensway Meadows to watch American ace Ryan Fisher lift the trophy
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A&E wait times improve after harsh winter
ACCIDENT and emergency waiting-times in Gwent hospitals stabilised in April and May after a testing winter – but more improvements must be made to reach targets. The situation at the Royal Gwent and Nevill Hall Hospitals mirrors that across
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Title defence for Gwent's Rees
NEW European lightweight champion Gavin Rees will defend his crown against Derry Matthews in Cardiff on July 23 after stepping up to save the day. The former WBA world champion, now training with former Team Calzaghe stablemate Gary Lockett, has just
