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New clues tell of where timber for Newport’s medieval ship was felled
MARITIME historians are a step closer to solving the mystery of the Newport Ship after learning the ports where she may have been built. Charles Ferris, of the Friends of the Newport Ship, reached a new breakthrough during his pilgrimage to Spain
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County roar back into the Football League
Newport County 4 Accrington Stanley 1 NEWPORT County AFC marked their return to the Football League with a thumping with over Accrington Stanley. The Exiles were in control from the first whistle until the last as their debutants caught
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Waste project gets multi-million pound backing
THE Welsh Government has agreed to fund a project that will save three of Gwent’s councils hundreds of millions of pounds over the next 25 years. It will pump £4.2 million a year into Prosiect Gwyrdd- an incinerator at Trident Park, Cardiff, that
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Man rescued from drainage
A MAN was rescued by fire and rescue crews after falling down an embankment and getting trapped in drainage. South Wales Fire and Rescue crews from, Ebbw Vale, Malpas and Barry were called to Park Road, Ebbw Vale at 3.24am on Saturday morning.
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Youngsters train to be fairies and elves at Usk Castle
CHILDREN took part in a fairy and elf training camp at Usk Castle yesterday when they learned how to dress and act like magical creatures. The Fairy Queen, Nadine Fletcher, who runs the craft workshop company Craftastic, made headdresses and pretend
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‘Glum faces’ vote through £10m Blaenau Gwent cuts
A SEA of "glum faces" voted through further budget cuts including the closure of Nantyglo Sports Centre and all council-run public toilets at a special meeting of Blaenau Gwent Council yesterday. Faced with cuts from Westminster passed on to the
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MIKE FLYNN SAYS: Today I'm a fan just like you
THIS is it – the day some fans have been waiting 25 years for. I’m gutted that I won’t be on the pitch today but I’ll be a fan today and I’m just as excited about seeing Newport County in the Football League as anyone else. My hamstring injury has ruled
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Fracking could come to us all – north, south, east and west
IT has been easy but justifiable to get angry at the insensitivity of Lord Howell of Guildford this week over his calling the north east of England - and then the north west - desolate. And it has been easy and very satisfying to snigger at the
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COUNTY ARE BACK: Economic impact to city will be ‘positive’
NEWPORT County’s promotion to the Football League may not have as great an economic impact as in other parts of South Wales, an economic expert said. Jonathan Deacon, a reader into entrepreneurship at the University of South Wales, has been studying
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COUNTY ARE BACK: Police step up for return to Football League
SAFETY and fan's enjoyment are the priority for officers policing Newport County’s first game in the football league for 25 years. Inspector Ian Wikinson will be at today’s historic match more than two decades on from when he first policed meetings
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Police board up Newport drug house
A HOUSE used for dealing drugs in Newport was boarded up by police yesterday. Maindee Neighbourhood Policing Team obtained an anti-social behaviour closure order for the house in Feering Street from Cwmbran Magistrates Court on Monday (July 29)
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Overturned car blocks lanes on M4 in Newport
TWO lanes are blocked on the M4 in Newport this morning after a car overturned between J24 at the Coldra and J23A at Magor. Queueing traffic is reported resulting from incident which happened on the eastbound side a mile before Junction 23a.
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Newbridge family describe ‘hell’ of missing son’s birthday
A missing Valleys man should be celebrating his 25th birthday today, but Kyle Vaughan won’t be unwrapping any presents this year. Seven months on from his disappearance on December 30, his parents are no closer to finding answers about what happened
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ARGUS COMMENT: New dawn for the club that refused to die
IT’S BEEN a long time coming. At 3pm today Newport will have a Football League club after 25 long years in non-league exile. All the signs are there will be a bumper crowd at Rodney Parade this afternoon as Newport County take on Accrington Stanley
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Five Newport men locked up for street robbery
FIVE NEWPORT men were locked up following a gang robbery which led to the victim walking into a police station "battered, bruised and shoeless". Cardiff Crown Court heard how student James Gould, 20, was lured into an alleyway in the city centre
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Follow County's return to the Football League
FOLLOW Newport County's return to the Football League with the Argus today. We will bring you all the build-up, atmosphere and match commentary here on southwalesargus.co.uk and on Twitter @argusoncounty Use the hashtag #countyareback to join in
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COUNTY ARE BACK: County-mad family make emotional return to league
NEWPORT County fan Bryan Collins watched as his club’s dream of staying in the Football League ended in tatters 25 years ago. Since then, his sons Louis and Kieran have been born and brought up into the County family. A quarter of a century
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PIPE: This is just the start
NEWPORT County AFC captain David insists that today’s historic return to the Football League is not the end of the journey – it is the beginning of an even bigger adventure. The skipper is fully aware of the club’s painful 25-year League exile and he
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MELISSA JONES SAYS: Gwent man's Goodwood dream
CHEPSTOW handler Ron Harris launches a four pronged attack on today's big prize money pot at Goodwood. Noverre To Go, Secret Witness, Prodigality, Vincentti and the man himself will be aboard the horsebox by 7am for the three hour journey to West Sussex
