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British Heart Foundation launches bag-athon appeal
BRITISH Heart Foundation have launched the Great British Bag-athon this month after studies show that the average person form Wales owns seven items of unworn clothing.According to a British Heart Foundation survey almost half of people from Wales (45
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Fans can help us back on Parade, says Andrew Hughes
NEWPORT County AFC defender Andrew Hughes says the club’s “amazing” fans can help keep their 100 per cent home record going. Hughes scored his first goal for two and a half years to earn County a point at Scunthorpe United on Saturday and now
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Newport youngsters to walk out with Wales team
TWO NEWPORT youngsters have won the chance to walk out at Cardiff City Stadium with the Wales international team before their FIFA World Cup Qualifying match versus Serbia. Jake Williams-Long, nine, and Ethan West, eight, will walk out with the
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Newport Children sing in national choir
SEVEN Newport rising stars have been chosen to perform in the Only Kids Aloud Choir at the Wales Millennium Centre.In 2012 Wales Millennium Centre teamed up with Only Men Aloud’s Musical Director Tim Rhys Evans to form a joint choir of youngsters
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Cash for Blaenau Gwent roads
A £1.4 million programme of road improvements has continued in Blaenau Gwent over the summer. It started in March with every single ward in the local authority set to benefit from the work. Included in the improvements are drainage, footway and
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Pontypool council hold co-op debate
PONTYPOOL Community Council’s policy and finance committee will discuss if they are to continue using the Co-operative Bank for its investment business.At the meeting on September 4, committee members will consider a report that outlines that for
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YOUR MP WRITES: Newport East MP Jessica Morden
WHEN David Cameron entered Downing Street in 2010. he said that he wanted to create an economy where people's standard of living "rose steadily", and promised action to help working families with the rising cost of living. Putting Party politics
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Multi-million pound funding set to benefit Caerphilly kids
OVER 1,000 more children from some of Caerphilly county’s most deprived areas are set to benefit from the expansion of the Flying Start programme. The local authority will receive over £1 million of extra funding, which will see 54 new jobs
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Fuel spillage on A4042 near Pontypool
A FUEL spillage at the Rechem Roundabout on the A4042 near Pontypool this afternoon is causing a driving hazard.
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Support grows for Ebbw Vale race track
OVER 1,330 people have now joined a Facebook group, describing how vital it is that the proposed Circuit of Wales goes ahead. Media stories have been dominated by organisations such as Natural Resources Wales and the Gwent Wildlife Trust, who have
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Volunteers helping to restore Cwmbran canal
A GROUP of volunteers worked on awaterworks project in Cwmbran on the Monmouthshire to Brecon canal. The group are made up from community volunteers and the national volunteer group Waterway Recovery Group, with some members coming from as far
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Newport man challenged to alphabet bike ride
A NEWPORT man has been challenged to cycle to towns across the UK beginning with a different letter of the alphabet to raise money for charity. Hywel Jenkins, 43, who was brought up in Caerleon but now lives in Cheltenham, is taking part after
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Monmouth Raft Race winners announced
THE results of the annual Monmouth Raft Race are in – with team Light it up from C.U.Phosco Lighting coming in at first place. The 48th edition of the St David’s Hospice Care fundraiser started in usual madcap fashion on Sunday with competitors
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Blackwood puppy safely back home
THIS delightful puppy is safely back in the arms of her owners as police continue to probe her disappearance from a family's garden in the Valleys.Luna's disappearance on August 16 had baffled those closest to her.An anonymous tip-off revealed
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Rob Appleyard: Lyn Jones will give Dragons true direction
FORMER Newport Gwent Dragons coach Rob Appleyard believes the region will reap the benefits of Lyn Jones' leadership qualities over the coming campaign. The RaboDirect Pro12 season gets under way when Ulster head to Rodney Parade on Friday
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Why worry?
I WONDER why N Plaisted wishes to keep children in ignorance about sex education. Does he find the empowering of children a threat? Does he believe in abstinence only sex education? Terry Banfield Cardigan Crescent Cwmbran
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Faith restored
THE FALLOUT of Parliament’s decision not to vote for military intervention in Syria was predictable. Accusations of point scoring, betrayal of the relationship with our allies, the abandonment of the Syrian people were just a few reactions of some
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Bowling Plan
JUST AN idea for Newport City Centre, why don’t the council open up a ten pin bowling alley plus cafeteria in the High Street not on the outskirts of the city, where the whole family could come into the High Street shopping. The wife could do her shopping
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Change the site
CONGRATULATIONS to the staff and pupils of Llanwern High in achieving probably the greatest improvement in GCSE results in Wales. This follows Newport City Council’s decision to invest £29 million to replace the run down Hartridge building withnew
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Over 10,000 expected at Newport vintage car rally
OVER 10,000 car enthusiasts are expected in Newport later this month for the annual vintage and specialist car rally. It is now over 30 years since the event- which raises money for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research- was launched and it has grown
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Reform Voting
THE South Wales Argus is dedicated to matters appertaining to South Wales and appears to have little interest in more northerly regions. Occasionally one of its journalists might write an article featuring North Wales, but rarely does one ever see
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Anger at bank
REGARDING your article about HSBC closing the branch in Tredegar, having previously closed its branch in Blaenavon, you should also note the branch in Newbridge is closing on October 11. HSBC says customers’ business will be managed by the Blackwood
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ARGUS COMMENT: High streets need help
IT IS not as if we needed another report into the state of Britain’s high street to reveal how bad it really is. The clues are there in almost every town and city across the country. But this week retail expert Bill Grimsey will publish a review
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Slash your debts
The credit crunch is finally losing its bite. A price war has sparked a host of new credit card offers far in excess of anything pre-recession. So it’s the perfect time for you to take advantage and slash the costs of your existing debts. This
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Smaller-scale Abergavenny solar farm proposed
CAMPAIGNERS opposing a proposed solar farm on the outskirts of Llanvapley, near Abergavenny could see their hopes dashed –if planners back a smaller-scale scheme.The original application by Camborne Energy Investments Limited for 45,000 panels on
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Caerleon hosts modern take on Roman fashion
Paperclips and bubble wrap aren’t usually seen in the Roman era or on the catwalk, but a fashion show yesterday at the National Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon defied expectations. Six students from Newport aged from 13 to 16 spent four days at
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What you think of Newport budget cuts plan
AS NEWPORT council looks at possible budget cuts of £34 million by 2017, residents have been turning to the web to share their thoughts. Last week, Will Godfrey told the Argus how Newport council may look in four years time, with fewer staff, buildings
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People want concerns over Newport budget cuts heard
THE news that Newport council is bracing itself for another several years of swingeing budget cuts – revealed exclusively in Saturday’s Argus – has not come as a surprise to traders and shoppers in the city. Amid the general sense of resignation
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Crowds enjoy madcap Monmouth raft race
THE sight of Snow White and the seven dwarfs, Thunderbirds and a church all floating down the River Wye can only mean one thing - the annual Monmouth Raft Race. The 48th edition of the St David’s Hospice Care fundraiser started in usual madcap
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£100k Pontypool benefit cheat jailed
A WOMAN has been sentenced to a year in prison for fraudulently claiming more than £100,000 in benefits. Tiffany Squires, 52, of Wentsland Crescent, Pontypool was found guilty of two counts of failing to notify a change of circumstances by a jury
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No deadline day drama for Justin Edinburgh
NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh is anticipating a quiet transfer deadline day today, insisting he will not be adding anyone else to his squad. Edinburgh snapped up free agent Ryan Burge on Friday and he is in contention to make
