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Caldicot mum's lifesaving business going from strength to strength
EVERY day Caldicot mum Kathleen Millard takes a cocktail of 23 tablets to deal with crippling pain.A few years ago it nearly became too much, as her previously mild symptoms became much worse and started to impact on everything she did.The 50-year-old
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Exciting times ahead for Usk Museum
USK Museum will be handed over to its Trustees after Monmouthshire council decided to sell the historic site last month.The Trustees have already made substantial improvements such as restoration of the inside of the barn, building two more barns and
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Trustees take over Usk Museum
USK Museum will be handed over to its Trustees after Monmouthshire council decided to sell the historic site last month. The Trustees have already made substantial improvements such as restoration of the inside of the barn, building two more barns
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Gwent local authorities share £3.3 million
COMMUNITIES in Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly county have made short films showing how they have shared £3.3 million of lottery cash. The two authorities were selected by the Big Lottery Fund as part of its fair share scheme along with three other
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Aussie son appeals for information on missing Newport dad
THE son of a Newport man missing for more than half a century has pleaded on people in the city to help find his long-lost father.John Charles Jones, who would now be 91, moved to Australia with his family in May 1962. Mr Jones had grown up in Newport
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A CWMBRAN entrepreneur is launching his rugby-themed children’s play programme
AN ENTREPENEUR from Cwmbran is launching his rugby-themed children’s play programme to the rest of the UK. Anthony Dunne, 40, created LittleStars Rugby back in 2011 after spotting a gap in the market for a service to bring parents and children together
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Shirenewton residents campaign for village shop
VILLAGERS in Shirenewton who lost their village shop six years ago are opposing a bid by the owner of the building to turn it into a home. Campaigners believe the shop failed to sell as a business because it was marketed at too high a price and
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Tributes paid to dead Markham cyclist
THE wife of the cyclist who died after a crash in Hafodyrynys on Monday says she “cannot imagine how I will face my life without him”, that her family “is lost without him”. Paul Jones, 60, was in an accident involving two cars on the A472 Hafodyrynys
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YOUR AM WRITES: South Wales East AM, Jocelyn Davies
Zero-hours contracts have become a hot political issue over recent weeks and with little surprise. These are contracts where an employee will commit to work, but the employer has total control over how many – or even, if any – hours a week that an
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Tintern Tomb Renovation almost complete
A PROJECT to restore a listed tomb to its former glory is due to be finished this week.Tintern Community Council was carrying out research on the graveyard at St Mary's on The Hill when it was discovered that two of the monuments were listed but
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Duffryn teen volunteer up for award
A GENEROUS teenager has been nominated as volunteer of the year as part of the annual Newport Night Of Honour Awards . Chelsea Richards, of Duffryn, has been volunteering in the community for the past four years with the aim to get children involved
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Pockets of poverty in Monmouthshire
UP to a third of children in some wards of Monmouthshire are living in poverty, new figures reveal. Right across the county pockets of deprivation can be seen, with Lansdown, Abergavenny, having the highest percentage of children in poverty at
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THE EDITOR'S CHAIR: App is part of new era at Argus
IT'S been the start of a brave new world in the Argus newsroom this week. There has been a bonfire of the Apple Macs as our journalists have moved on to an new PC-based editorial computer system. The process of going live on a new IT system
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UPDATE: Missing Newport man found
UPDATE: 3.20pm GWENT Police have confirmed that the missing Newport man Paul Cooper has been found. UPDATE: 9.21pm GWENT Police are appealing for help in finding a Newport man who was reported missing from his home on Wednesday. Paul
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Newport brewery set to open first bar
NEWPORT’S Tiny Rebel brewery is set to open their own bar. The Maesglas based-brewers have taken over the lease of what was Fire Island bar on Westgate Street in Cardiff, opposite the Millennium Stadium. The new bar, which is currently nameless,
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'Designs are not good enough' say councillors
MONMOUTHSHIRE councillors described designs and lack of open space for a residential development near Abergavenny as 'not good enough'.The council’s planning committee criticised the designs for 44 new homes on the Westgate site, off Merthyr
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Dragons to stay on Parade for LV= Cup
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will not be taking their LV= Cup games away from Rodney Parade in the coming season. The region had investigated the possibility of playing one of their home fixtures against London Wasps in November or Northampton in January
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Ebbw Vale man accused of putting air gun to ex's head
AN EBBW Vale man dragged his ex-girlfriend by her hair and put an air rifle to her head during an argument, a court heard Matthew Bond, 21, of Clos Trehelyg, Ebbw Vale, denies three charges, but has pleaded guilty to a fourth charge of putting
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Newport’s Transporter Bridge to go back in time
NEWPORT'S Transporter Bridge will be transported back in time this Sunday, when staff will dress in full Edwardian style as they would have when the bridge was built in 1906. Taking their inspiration from old photographs of the Transporter bridge
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Electric re-sale
Electric re-sale WITH reference to the item: Electrical car points not used (Argus 9th Aug). The president of the AA, Edmund King, in his support of hybrid and all electric vehicles is quoted as saying that attitudes of the motoring public need to
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UK organ donations falling
LATEST figures on organ donation rates in the UK show donations are falling. Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the figures will feed into the work over the next two years as Wales prepares to become the first UK nation to introduce a soft opt-out
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Ban welcome
THIS LETTER is in response to the usual rant from Mr Terry Banfield in the South Wales Argus dated August 12 regarding the no cycling signs at the entrance to Pontypool Park. I use the park every single morning to walk my dogs, and yes, I do pick up
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Labour action
A COUNCIL “Bedroom Tax” motion which was proposed by Plaid Cymru councillors have been watered down by the Labour group. The motion was to introduce a series of measures to protect tenant, which include a promise not to evict people because of Bedroom
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Chris cacophony
IS IT just me? Am I the only person that listens to Radio 2 that misses Terry Wogan’s dulcet tones gradually waking you up and a few hours of Irish Blarney? And now we have Chris Evans waking you up like an irate spouse with a high powered Dyson
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Buses no show
YET AGAIN I am writing about the buses not coming down Evans Street. This morning (Monday), four elderly people were waiting for the 9.55am bus in Evans Street, I was one of them, but it didn’t turn up, there wouldn’t be another one for another two
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Political views don't differ
IT IS true as you say in your editorial (August 12) that the main parties have entrenched positions on the economy, but actually these positions don’t differ greatly from one another. Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem all define economic improvement
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Jim Allenby signs new Glamorgan deal
GLAMORGAN all-rounder Jim Allenby has penned a new four-year deal at the Swalec Stadium. The 30-year-old is the club's leading scorer in the County Championship and Yorkshire Bank 40 and his performances attracted the interest of other counties
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£4m needed for Abergavenny regeneration
A BID for more than £4 million has been submitted to fund Abergavenny's regeneration.Monmouthshire council has asked for the large sum over three years and if successful, much of it will be ploughed into the town centre.Housing and business
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Guy Fawkes fireworks 'won't return to Newport without support'
A FIREWORKS spectacular that drew thousands of Newport revellers each year is unlikely to return to the city this autumn without council support, the Argus has learned. Newport Round Table put on the Guy Fawkes display at major venues including
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More of a menace than even Dennis
IT sounds like something from a Beano comic strip, with a phantom catapulter targeting locals, pub and shop windows as well as parked cars. But, people in Risca believe the offender is potentially even more dangerous than Dennis the Menace, with marbles
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Police probe after Pontypool death suspects named
POLICE are hunting for the creators of a web page which named and put pictures up of four people allegedly arrested in connection with the murder of John Reeder in Pontypool. The site referred to the people who “killed” Mr Reeder as “heroes” and
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Hopes for revival of Chepstow's farmers' market
INCENTIVES for traders hope to spark a revival of Chepstow's farmers' market.Around 50 people who sell everything from jam to cakes have been sent a letter asking if they would like a stall at the official relaunch on August 31.Everyone who signs
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Chepstow man jailed for sex abuse of boy
A 52-year-old Chepstow man who sexually abused a young boy when he was just a teenager himself was jailed for four years today. David Aston subjected the boy to serious sexual offences in the 1970s when they were both youngsters. Aston went
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Blackwood boosted by Keys link-up
BLACKWOOD hope that the carrot of playing Premiership rugby will lead to a strong campaign in the Championship, writes Chris Kirwan. It’s not promotion that the Glan-yr-Afon outfit are eyeing; they have strengthened their links with Cross Keys
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'Gavin Henson could yet join Dragons'
WALES’ 2005 and 2008 Grand Slam hero Gavin Henson could yet sign for the Newport Gwent Dragons and be reunited with his old friend Lyn Jones. That’s the opinion of Newport’s new captain Lee Beach who worked with the pair at both the Ospreys and
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A pub with a view of a slice of history
IN the shadow of beautiful Tintern Abbey, it's fitting that the historic building's former head custodian now runs the Anchor pub. EMMA MACKINTOSH reports."AFTER many wanderings, many years of absence, these steep woods and lofty cliffs,
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Chris Coleman happy to have 'special' Gareth Bale
WALES and the Republic of Ireland played out a drab goalless draw overshadowed by the Gareth Bale transfer saga, but Chris Coleman is more than happy to cope with the attention that goes with having a world class player in his squad. Last night
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Ismail Yakubu a doubt for Rovers clash
NEWPORT County AFC defneder Ismail Yakubu is doubtful for Saturday's home clash with Bristol Rovers due to a calf strain picked up in last week's defeat at Northampton Town. The injury to the Exiles centre-back is likely to mean new signing Tom
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Anger as catapulter fires marbles at Risca residents
IT sounds like something from a Beano comic strip, with a phantom catapulter targeting locals, pub and shop windows as well as parked cars. But, people in Risca believe the offender is potentially even more dangerous than Dennis the Menace, with
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NEWPORT teenager on course to be a sports star
A NEWPORT teenager on course to be a sports star in his own right is now coaching youngsters in football.Jermaine Taylor, 15, is a keen athlete and, aside from training with the Gwent Dragons as a winger, can run 100 metres in just 12 seconds and recently
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Vehicle fire in A40 tunnels at Monmouth
FIRECREWS are en-route to a vehicle fire in the Gibraltar tunnels on the A40 in Monmouth.
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Australian police renew hunt for missing Newport man
IT’S the 51-year-old mystery that spans the globe, and it all centres around a father from Newport. John Charles Jones set sail for a new life in Australia arriving in Sydney Harbour with his family in May 1962. Mr Jones who would now be 91
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CHRIS KIRWAN SAYS: Boss Jones is faced by half-back quandaries
PERHAPS it is the paucity of August action that will lead to Lyn Jones’ first Newport Gwent Dragons line-up being scrutinised with unusual intensity next week. It is just eight days until Bath provide the sole warm-up opposition ahead of the big
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CHRIS KIRWAN: Bigger is better for the Premiership
SO it’s there in black and white. “Subject to the club finishing top in the Championship Division at the end of the 2013/2014 season meeting the necessary criteria to play in the Premier Division, the team finishing bottom of the Premier Division
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Gwent A-Level results
1:28pm Head of sixth form, Joe Ryan and acting head, Trevor Brown are delighted at their pupils success. Mr Brown said: “We are delighted with our young people. They have been incredibly successful, and that is a testament
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Car set on fire overnight in Pontypool
A further deliberate fire was started overnight, following arson incidents in Gwent on Tuesday night.A car was “deliberately and maliciously” set alight in Pontypool in the early hours of the morning.South Wales Fire and Rescue received a
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Blacklisted Newport estate agent fined
A BLACKLISTED estate agent who was caught working twice after a UK consumer watchdog declared him unfit to practice has been left with a £1,715 court bill. John Shepherd, 68, of Grove Estates in Newport, was banned from working as an estate agent
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Tributes paid to Argoed cycling great
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former professional cyclist who competed against cycling greats Greg LeMond and Stephen Roache before a crash ended his career aged 21. Stuart Coles, of Argoed, Gwent, won a clutch of junior trophies then turned pro
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Tom Naylor happy to join forces with County
FOUR months ago he was cursing Newport County AFC, but now Tom Naylor couldn’t be happier to be back at Rodney Parade. ‘If you can’t beat them, join them’ is the old saying and Naylor is a firm believer in that philosophy. The Derby County
