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Blaenau Gwent student scoops photographic award
A STUDENT from Blaenau Gwent has picked up an award at the Welsh Photographic Federation Welsh Salon competition. Samuel Warr, 17, who is studying A-Level photography at Coleg Gwent’s Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone campus, impressed judges with his
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Newport County to get freedom of city at next home game
NEWPORT's football heroes are to be awarded the freedom of the city on the day of their next home game. Newport County AFC will receive an official scroll from city mayor Cliff Suller just before the team kicks-off their match against Bristol Rovers
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MP's right to criticise PCC
MR Johnson condemns the MPs for Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly and Newport West for criticising Gwent’s police & crime commissioner (PCC) Ian Johnston. He refers to issues with Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly councils as justification for attacking the
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Let parliament investigate
CONCERN is prevalent about attacks and threats to women in public office or eye, who express views contra to the Mucha Macho. This attitude has a wide spectrum, encompassing the action of police commissioner Ian Johnston, in forcing Gwent Chief
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Flight of fancy or plane truth?
WHEN I started at Newport High School in 1947, I remember seeing on waste ground at the side of the school, a pair of wire-spoke aircraft wheels sticking through the ground. I was told by an older pupil, that these were attached to an aircraft
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Humanism is irrational
“I WONDER what Darwin would have thought”, writes Walt Jackson (Letters Aug 7). I’m sure he would still be wondering, as he did in his time, “Why, if species have descended from other species by fine gradation, do we not everywhere see innumerable
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FIVE MINUTES WITH: Yvonne Folan, owner of Vegetopia Cafe in Abergavenny
If you had to be stuck in a lift with someone, who would it be and why? It would have to be somebody who could make me laugh – Paul Merton perhaps, or Vic Reeves. Time would pass quickly. What is your biggest fear? Finding myself stuck
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Listen to words of a scientist
MR BANFIELD is justified in rejecting a God who burns people eternally. But that is not Christian teaching. I pointed out in a previous letter that figurative language is being taken literally. Death is a cessation of life (Ecclesiastes 9:5,6
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Bark is worse than his bite
REGARDING the latest outburst by Terry Banfield, and the shocked response by Stuart Taylor (Aug 6), anyone should realise Terry’s bark is worse than his bite. My own dialogue with him over many years took me over long voyages of thinking, and
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Chepstow man with a drugs farm at home is spared jail
A CHEPSTOW man escaped being sent to prison after a cannabis farm containing £22,000 worth of the drug was found at his rented accommodation. In what a Recorder called an odd case,damage amounting to £26,000 was caused to the property on Alpha
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NEWPORT DOUBLE SHOOTING: Dead Newport woman named
GWENT Police have confirmed the woman who died in yesterday's shooting as Caroline Parry from Newport. The 46-year-old woman died following the incident in Seabreeze Avenue, Newport yesterday A 49-year-old man seriously injured at the scene remains
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You can buy pics of Gwent events
WERE you among the thousands of people at the Blackwood Carnival, Blaenfest or Caldicot Castle last weekend? Your Argus was there taking photographs of all the fun – and you can buy a slice of it. To buy these and other photographs go to our
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Chepstow Show set to draw crowds
CHEPSTOW Show is back tomorrow with a new venue and, organisers hope, a change of fortune with the weather. Last year’s event, like so many during one of the wettest summers on record, had to be called off, depriving Chepstow Agricultural Society
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Four arrested over Pontnewynydd cyclist death to be held for 36 hours more
THE four people arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a cyclist in Pontnewynydd on Wednesday can be held for a further 36 hours. A warrant for further detention was granted this morning at Cwmbran Magistrates Court for the four
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NEWPORT DOUBLE SHOOTING: Police watchdog to probe contact with gun attack couple
THE POLICE watchdog confirmed it will investigate Gwent Police's contact with the estranged couple in yesterday's Newport shooting. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it has "assessed the referral from Gwent Police of the shooting
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'Dump Varteg mining plan' - Torfaen AM
THE Assembly Member for Torfaen is urging the Minister for Housing and Regeneration to reject plans for open-cast mining close to a Blaenavon school. AM Lynne Neagle has written to Carl Sargeant outlining the case against opencasting on Varteg
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NEWPORT DOUBLE SHOOTING: Neighbour describes 'surreal' day
A RESIDENT close to the site of yesterday's Newport shooting told of how she saw the partner of the dead woman appear at the scene. another said the day was "quite surreal". The Seabreeze Avenue resident said: "About quarter past, half past nine
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Man found in Undy reen died from heart attack
A MAN aged 66 from Magor found dead in a reen in Undy in March had suffered “a significant heart attack”, a coroner’s court was told. The body of Terence Austin Morgan was found face up in the steep-sided reen by an Undy resident on March 30 this
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THE COUCH POTATO: Dire show puts Britishness and patience to the test
AH, LONDON 2012. Such memories, Super Saturday, the magical Opening Ceremony, the legacy... (Scratched record needle sound effect...) Ah, the legacy. Sorry to darken the mood. Television-wise, what did the Olympics leave us? Pro-celebrity
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Caldicot mayor’s meeting on closed team pitch
THE mayor of Caldicot has called a special meeting to discuss the closure of a town football club’s ground. Cllr Alan Davies hopes bringing town council members together will help to solve issues of anti-social behaviour at the King George V playing
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Monmouth girl back on her feet after operations
A SEVEN-year-old Monmouth girl has taken her first steps after undergoing a second operation to prevent her from relying on a wheelchair in the future. Surgeons successfully carried out a radical procedure on Chase, from Monmouth, who suffers from
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NEWPORT DOUBLE SHOOTING: Man critical but stable
THE man shot yesterday on a Newport street is in a "critical but stable" condition in hospital today. A woman died after the shooting on the corner of Seabreeze Avenue and Willenhall Street yesterday morning. The police investigation continues
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Plan for £5bn Gwent airport revealed
PLANS for a £5 billion new Severnside airport, which could replace Cardiff and Bristol airports, have been submitted to the Airports Commission. Proposals by MSP Solutions for a Severn Estuary airport between Chepstow and Newport are among a series
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NEWPORT DOUBLE SHOOTING: Two years since city gun attack
YESTERDAY’S events were another shock to a city left reeling by the Malpas Road shooting two years ago this month in which mum-of-two Rachel Williams survived a gun attack by her husband. Darren Williams shot the hairdresser in her left leg at
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Sprint ace Mica Moore on track for Glasgow
NEWPORT sprint star Mica Moore boosted her chances of representing Wales at next year’s Commonwealth Games by beating her main rival at the recent Welsh International meet. The 20-year-old finished first in the 100m at the Cardiff International
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Businesses could be moving to troubled Blackwood retail park
THE beleaguered Blackwood Gate Retail Park could be set for some good news, with its owner saying it now has businesses interested in taking up 40 per cent of the floor space. Linnell Investments said retailers including Home Bargains, Lidl and
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Volunteers determined to re-open Stow Hill library in Newport
A BAND of volunteers are determined to push ahead with their plan to resurrect the closed Stow Hill library in Newport. Around 30 people went to a meeting on Wednesday night to discuss plans for the future after Newport council closed the library
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Lions tour the highlight of my career, says Toby Faletau
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons star Toby Faletau says the British and Irish Lions’ sensational series-winning success over Australia last month is the pinnacle of his already eventful career. Hailed as one of the best number eights in world rugby, the 22
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NEWPORT SHOOTING: Dead woman's family 'still in shock'
THE Argus understands the woman who died after today's shooting to be Caroline, sister to five brothers including Newport business Paul Dare who runs a metals business on Felnex Industrial Estate, Newport, and Brian Dare, 55. Brian Dare said the
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First class Conor Washington's happy to have made his mark
ONE year ago Conor Washington was working as a postman and watching the League Cup on TV but 12 months on the striker is revelling in his status as a Capital One Cup goal hero. The 21-year-old would have had to head to bed rather than watch extra-time
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Ryan Doble blow as striker opts out
NEWPORT County AFC are chasing another defensive signing following Byron Anthony’s horror leg break, but the Exiles have fallen short in persuading Ryan Doble to stay on. The Argus can reveal that manager Justin Edinburgh will sign a replacement
