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Ringland ex-boxer returns to Wales to star in musical
A CHAMPION boxer from Ringland hung up his gloves to star in West End musicals – and has now returned to Wales to play Mr Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors. Jimmy Johnston was spotted playing the Artful Dodger in a Hartridge High School production
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Residents clash with councillors over planned gipsy sites
RESIDENTS of Coedkernew and Duffryn clashed with councillors and council officers again last night in another heated meeting over Gipsy sites. Newport council planning officers held a public meeting in the council chamber to discuss the revised
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Cwmbran football fan to trek to Macedonia for children’s homes
THE holiday of Cwmbran community council clerk will help children in care. Football fan David Collins, 54, will join a group of Welsh football supporters to drive across Europe, donating money and goods to children’s homes along the way. Mr
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Councils will stay part of school system, says chief
COUNCIL education services will not disappear altogether, even if departments across Wales are forced to merge, the head of a leading schools body said yesterday. The man responsible for bringing up standards in education in South East Wales, the
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MP slams Prime Minister over snub to blind Blackwood couple
A VALLEYS MP has criticised the Prime Minister for not responding to a letter from a blind couple - despite his promise - regarding the bedroom tax. In today’s Prime Minister’s Question Time, Wayne David, MP for Caerphilly, reminded David Cameron
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Abergavenny honours deaths in Brecon Beacons soldiers' death
TWO soldiers killed on the Brecon Beacons over the weekend will be remembered at the annual Armed Forces Day service in Abergavenny on Sunday. The service will be held at St Mary’s Priory Church following a march of veterans and cadets through the
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LIVE: Newport council gipsy site debate
FOLLOW live coverage of the latest Newport council debate on siting a Gipsy site for the city. Argus reporter David Deans is at the meeting. Tweets by @ArgusDDeans
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English clubs head to Parade
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will host Northampton and Wasps at Rodney Parade in the coming season’s LV= Cup, writes Chris Kirwan. Lyn Jones’ side start their campaign at Welsh rivals Scarlets and end the group stages at Newcastle, who are back in the Aviva
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Heineken Cup will live on, says Lewis
WELSH Rugby Union chief Roger Lewis is confident the Heineken Cup will survive in its current guise amid grave fears the coming season could be its last. Lewis believes Europe’s premier rugby tournament is simply “too good to lose” and that “common
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Dewstow pupils celebrate opening of their school
CHILDREN at Dewstow Primary School celebrated its official opening yesterday morning by letting off 250 balloons and performing songs. The school, in Caldicot, has been open to pupils since last year, but has now been officially declared open.
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Tots 'graduate' from Cwmbran nursery
NURSERY leavers in Cwmbran received a scroll to mark their achievements as they progress to primary school. Donning a cap and gown, the 17 four-year-olds from Henllys Village Nursery lined up to receive their scrolls. Taking advantage of the
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Wales could get borrowing powers for Newport's M4 Relief Road - UK minister
A UK Government minister has assured the Welsh Government it will look at giving it borrowing powers to fund the M4 Relief Road. However a deal between ministers in London and Cardiff over the project has been put off until at least the autumn.
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CWMBRAN BLAZE: Jury out in triple murder trial
THE jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering three generations of the same family has retired to consider its verdicts. Carl Mills, 28, of no fixed abode, has been standing trial at Newport Crown Court charged with the murder of his girlfriend
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Chepstow man tells TV's This Morning why he gave £22k to help Mathern boy walk
A SELFLESS act of generosity by a Chepstow man was played out to millions on TV earlier today. Dan Black, 25, paralysed by a cycling accident in 2009, gave more than £22,000 to Mathern youngster Brecon Vaughan to help him walk. The pair, with
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Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury honoured by university
THE former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams spoke of his hopes for the future of the University of South Wales yesterday as he collected his honourary doctorate. Baron Williams of Oystermouth, former bishop of Monmouth and life member of
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Reports of Crumlin blaze, near Railway Terrace
REPORTS are coming in of a fire in Crumlin with smoke seen rising from Croespenmaen near Railway Terrace. Are you at the scene? Send us pictures to newsdesk@southwalesargus.co.uk
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Appeal over Blackwood Poundstretcher arson
GWENT Police are appealing for help in finding a man they would like to speak to about a fire on Blackwood High Street. The blaze destroyed the Poundstretcher store in the town on 1st May and is being treated as arson. Stephen John Powell,
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Cwm road in Ebbw Vale blocked after two-car crash
THE main road through Cwm, Ebbw Vale is blocked as emergency services attend a two-car crash. Police were called to the A4046 just past the Festival Garage at around 10.40am after reports of the crash. Police as well as fire crews from Abertillery
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Gaer pupils' Lion King show a roaring success
CHILDREN at Gaer Infant School staged the Lion King musical yesterday, complete with mechanical costumes and props, 35- piece orchestra and shadow puppetry. The show began with a procession of all the animals, before parents were treated to the
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Fire crews at crane fire in Abergavenny
UPDATE: 11.01pm THE slip road of the A465 Heads Of The Valleys Road is closed westbound due to smoke blowing across the road from a crane fire at Llanfoist. Drivers are warned visibility is reduced at the A4143 Llanfoist interchange because
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Dragons start LV= campaign at Scarlets
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will host Northampton and Wasps at Rodney Parade in the coming season’s LV= Cup. Lyn Jones’ side start their campaign at Welsh rivals Scarlets and end the group stages at Newcastle, who are back in the Aviva Premiership after
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Scottish Opera/D'oyly Carte, Wales Millennium Centre
Those of us who’ve seen more amateur productions of The Pirates of Penzance than you could shake a Jolly Roger at approach one-off professional versions with trepidation. This is because much of the fun of the former derives from their endearing
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Home idea for Brecon funding
IT IS wonderful news that the funding for Brecon’s operation has been raised so quickly. I thought I read recently and saw a picture of a little girl with exactly the same condition as Brecon who had the same operation performed at the children
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Newport lacks tourist centre
THE clowns on Newport Council have proved yet again that they do not want visitors to our city. There used to be a tourist information centre in the entrance to the library and museum in John Frost Square. The council abolished this a few weeks ago
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Recipes couls help the needy
THERE is so much in the newspapers and on TV about people having to depend on food banks to make ends meet. Wouldn’t it be a good idea if the Argus could help this situation by printing a daily recipe which is cheap and nutritious to make? I’m
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Foul stench of show's toilet
ON Friday evening, my husband and I attended A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed by the Festival Players. It was a jolly good production and we enjoyed it immensely. However, during the interval we went to use the facilities. The toilets were
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Leaflets make atheists judged
WHY were Torfaen Borough and Community Councils allowing the distribution of threatening leaflets at Pontypool Carnival? I was handed a “God Save the Queen” tract from a member of the Torfaen Gospel Partnership (published by the Sharon Full Gospel
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Cwmbran man taken to hospital after greyhound turns gas on
A CWMBRAN greyhound sparked a full blown gas scare when she jumped on the cooker inside their home in Cwmbran. The dog's 38-year-old owner was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport yesterday after his dog accidentally turned on the gas cooker
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Labour past is not forgotten
LABOUR councillor Nigel Dix’s letter on union donations rightly slates the Tories’ donations from wealthier people and company owners. We should also look at Labour’s chequered past on donations, just to refresh our memories. Back in 1997
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Keep memory of Jones going
WELL done to all the organisers of the events laid on at World Heritage Day in Blaenavon. There was something for everyone and it took a lot of hard work by those involved. The inclusion of the acknowledgment of the greatest ever sportsman in our heritage
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Let's not forget the role of elderly
THE pathway to death is once more in the national news and how glad to hear that it has been scrapped. Is there such a thing as a pathway to death? Absolutely not! Nobody has the right to determine when or how we shall die. The Liverpool Pathway
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Dragons stars' fury at Rodney Parade thefts
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons rugby stars were victims of a sneak thief while they trained at Rodney Parade. The first team squad had a host of items pinched from the Rodney Parade changing rooms while they began pre-season training. Items taken included
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Pontypool head teacher's warning as Facebook 'trolls' hit staff morale
A PONTYPOOL head teacher has warned parents against using social media to criticise her staff online saying it has had a “devastating” effect on morale. Debbie Ward, head of Griffithstown Primary School, has written to parents expressing her concerns
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CWMBRAN BLAZE: Buckley trial live coverage - DAY 16
FOLLOW our live coverage from Newport Crown Court today for the trial of Carl Mills who is charged with the murder of three generations of the Buckley family in Cwmbran FOLLOW live coverage from our reporter Ruth Mansfield. Tweets by @
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Pontypool paedophile rapist, 79, jailed
A PONTYPOOL pensioner who went missing before being charged with sexual offences against a young girl has been jailed for ten years. Harry Spragg, 79, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, two counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child
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Girl breaks arm after fall from zip wire slide at Tredegar Park
A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl was left needing an operation after breaking her arm and wrist when she fell off a zip wire slide at Newport’s Tredegar Park. Lauren Evans, of Hawksworth Grove, Newport, was playing on the zip slide when her father Gareth said
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Pals’ darts marathon raises £4k in Newport man’s memory
FRIENDS and family of a Newport man who died of Motor Neurone Disease raised more than £4,000 in his memory at a charity darts challenge. Father-of-two Andrew Shorney, 50, of Ringland, Newport, was remembered at a 24-hour darts match at The Friendship
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Young spinner gets Wales call
MONMOUTH Cricket Club’s Ben Davies has been called up by Wales. The left-arm spinner from Wyesham has been selected for two matches next week. He will be playing for Wales Under-11s against Somerset at Newport next Wednesday. Ben will then be playing
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Jack’s the lad to fire up Dragons – ex-Lion Taylor
TEENAGER Jack Dixon has been tipped to come out of his shell and become a leader at Newport Gwent Dragons by former Wales and Lions centre Mark Taylor. It was a tough 2012/13 at Rodney Parade but one of the undoubted bright sparks was the progression
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Trustees want to run Usk museum
AN USK museum could soon be handed over to its trustees. Monmouthshire council’s cabinet is being asked to agree to sell Usk Rural Life Museum and a small area of Maryport Street car park to the Trust which runs it. The museum houses a collection
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Rhiannon figures out how to win
NEWBRIDGE bodybuilder Rhiannon Pontin is celebrating after winning the British Natural Bodybuilding Federation’s Welsh qualifier in the figure class – an event she came third in last year. The event was held at the Dolman Theatre in Newport and Rhiannon
