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SOMERTON SHOOTING: Police step up probe on Somerton Road
GWENT Police were carrying out inquiries tonighton Somerton Road in relation to the shooting which happened earlier this month. Between 10pm and 11.30pm, officers stopped vehicles and spoke to drivers who may regularly drive that route as they
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Gwent Wildlife Trust gets funding boost
THE GWENT Wildlife Trust has received a boost with a £7700 donation this month. The donation of £7700 from Tata Steel’s landfill community fund and Cogent Power Ltd. Tata Steel ltd, has been used to improve the accessibility of the Magor Marsh
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Newport volunteers appeal for Syrian aid
A GROUP of Newport volunteers are appealing for support in their attempts to raise money for the people affected by the Syrian civil war.Alison Stewart is leading a campaign to raise money for the victims, with UN figures showing that over 1 million Syrians
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Historic buildings get £45k for restoration
A LISTED church and barn are among nine historic buildings in Wales to benefit from a share of more than £240,000 funding. Croft Farm Barn in Monmouthshire and Saron Church in Blaenau Gwent have been awarded a total of £45,000 in Welsh Government
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Trader ‘gutted’ after £5k horse gear theft from Usk Show
A HORSE equipment seller was left devastated after £5,000 of tack was stolen from his stall the night before a show that attracted more than 20,000 visitors. Caldicot Saddlery boss Steve Taylor, 58, said he was "gutted " as he discovered the pricey
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Not much day-one action for Lord's-bound Glamorgan
LORD'S-BOUND Glamorgan made the decision to rest Graham Wagg and Jim Allenby in Essex and the all-rounders weren't the only ones to spend yesterday with their feet up, writes Chris Kirwan.The first day of the County Championship, Division Two
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Sir Terry Matthews opens organic farming business
NEWPORT billionaire Sir Terry Mathews is to open an organic farming business in the heart of Gwent. Though Sir Terry made his money through an electronics empire, he is turning 100 acres of Usk Valley land into an organic farm producing a mixture
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YOUR AM WRITES: Gwyn Price, Islwyn AM
It has been another busy summer in Islwyn. With some fantastic community events taking place highlights for me were the Blackwood carnival and the celebrations of 100 years of Markham village. These occasions as always owe a huge amount to the
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Newport nurse sentenced after expenses fraud
A MIDWIFE found guilty of fraud by cheating her expenses forms was sentenced on Friday to 150 hours unpaid work, a 12 month community order and was ordered to pay £2,000 compensation. Gaynor Samantha Thomas, 49, of Sir Charles Crescent, Newport
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'Reliance on supply teachers' hitting pupil progress in Wales
PUPIL progress in Wales is being hindered by teacher absence and a reliance on supply teachers, according to two reports published today by the Wales Audit Office (WAO) and Estyn. The bodies found that arrangements for covering teachers’ absence
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Risca Comprehensive closes as water cut off
UPDATE 3.27pm This morning's closure was due to a "failure of the pumping system" it was confirmed this afternoon. In a statement, the school said this will be repaired "as soon as possible". The school added they will give a further update
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Teaching at Chepstow's Dell School praised as "good" by Estyn
TEACHING at a Chepstow primary school was described as "good" by inspectors this week but its prospects for improvement were described as "adequate" because of a lack of coherence in planning, co-ordination and evaluation at whole-school level.
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Man charged with drink driving after Chepstow crash
A MAN was charged with driving while over the drink driving limit following a collision in Chepstow on Sunday. The crash involved a Jeep Cherokee, which collided with streets signs and barriers in Nelson Street at 12.20pm. Gwent Police confirmed
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Dragons linchpin Pat Leach ruled out of Scarlets clash
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will be without midfield linchpin Pat Leach against the Scarlets on Friday (kick-off 7.15pm) while captain Andrew Coombs and flanker Nic Cudd are rated as 50/50 for the RaboDirect Pro12 encounter. Outside centre Leach has
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Pontypool pupils visit South African township
A GROUP of pupils from a school in Pontypool visited South Africa to work with a local charity and play sports.Thirty-four pupils from Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw went to the township of Khayelitsha in South Africa during a two week rugby and netball tour. While
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Regional bodies to copy Gwent in improving education
COUNCILS across Wales could see drastic changes to their education budgets as money used to improve education is handed to regional bodies instead, the Argus can reveal. Gwent’s model to improve education, after three out of five education departments
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Old Severn Bridge at Chepstow to close for maintenance work
THE M48 Severn Bridge will be closed next weekend to allow essential maintenance work to take place between the Beachley Viaduct and the Wye Bridge sections. During the closure, from 6am on Saturday, September 21 to 6pm on Sunday September 22,
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Newport Tesco stores hit by ramraiders
TWO Tesco Express shops in Newport were targeted by ram raiders in the early hours of this morning, but nothing was stolen from either of them. CCTV footage from the store in Rogerstone, shows a small white car reversing into the front window three
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Let trains take strain as Gwent valleys marooned
IT will be a depressingly familiar picture for many across Gwent. The station is open, but where are the trains? For years many people, particularly in the Gwent Valleys, have lamented about the lack of stations near their homes, and then when
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Newport artist hunts for missing bear
A NEWPORT artist is travelling from London to Newport in search of his long lost teddy.Dino Rovaretti, 22, of Falmouth Univeristy, is on a quest to find the teddy he lost as a child as part of a performing arts project.Mr Rovaretti, of Bettws, has started
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New insurance firm sets up in Newport
Rigsby Insurance is a new company based in Newport specialising in unoccupied and let property insurance.Ben Coleman, of the family run company, said: "We believe in Welsh business and the huge potential in the property market in Wales. As such we
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Newport-based Umbrella Project gives home to nine enthusiastic ventures
A Newport woman has teamed up with eight others to open The Umbrella Project, in Church Road in the city. Janet Parsons started the project, which is aimed at giving small local businesses the opportunity to rent some retail space, giving themselves
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M&S BRINGS YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY SCHEME TO NEWPORT
Marks & Spencer has announced that it is joining forces with youth charity The Prince’s Trust to offer 13 places in Newport and Cwmbran for its new youth employability scheme - Make Your Mark.The scheme is an on-the-job training and mentoring
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No restrictions on Newport baby death doc despite further errors
A DOCTOR still making 'serious errors' seven years after she failed to spot a Newport baby girl's fatal condition can now work free of any restriction, a tribunal ruled. Dr Salawati Abdul-Salam allowed nine-month-old Aleesha Evans to be discharged
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Cwmbran solicitor firm expands with appointments
Cwmbran-based law firm QualitySolicitors Rubin Lewis O’Brien has expanded their business with the appointment of two new partners. Helen Barry and Gregor Tay-Lodge have been appointed as part of a wider recruiting process the company is currently
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I'll beat Woodruff again, says Mitchell Buckland
UNBEATEN lightweight Mitchell Buckland is aiming to take a big step towards the British title by claiming the Celtic belt at the Newport Centre on Saturday night, writes Andrew Penman. The St Joseph’s fighter, younger brother of former British
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Government launches fresh consultation on Legal Aid contracts
The Ministry of Justice has announced that they have abandoned controversial plans to impose price competitive tendering for Criminal Legal Aid work but has launched a new set of proposals, writes James Campbell, partner and head of criminal law at South
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Flower show
I VISIT my son and family often and always drive the same way in from Hereford. To see all those beautiful wild flowers displayed on the verges beneath the hotel was a pleasure. Natural beats formal any day. I’ve watched Newport expand and grow during
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Office politics
I WRITE in response to Terry Banfield’s appalling and self- righteous letter, flaying Councillor Kirby for, in his words, “prostrating himself before the law of the land”. To the best of my knowledge, Terry Banfield has never held public office in
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Safety for all
OBVIOUSLY, cyclists’ safety on our rural and urban roads is essential, with the excellent Argus article (September 10) emphasizing the importance of protective helmets, visible jackets, lights (and a bell?) and so on. This should apply to scooters
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Walkers' rights
MIGHT I suggest that following the review of the factors regarding the safe practices involving cyclists and traffic (Argus, September 10), may I also suggest one regarding the safety of pedestrians and cyclists? I am sure people who regularly use
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Labour pains
THE National Health Service in Wales is in a worse situation than in England, MP Ann Clwyd has said. Ms Clwyd has been tasked with conducting a review of the NHS in England since she took a public stand about the health service following her husband
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Stop gravy train
ON A recent TV programme it was reported by a headmistress and a lady from a children’s charity that there are a half million primary school children underfed due to this Government’s policies. It was stated that teachers are taking food in to school
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ALWAY DEATH CRASH: Newport man arrested
A MAN has been arrested following a fatal crash on Balfe Road in Alway in Newport on Sunday. The 23-year-old man from the Newport area, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and is currently in custody being questioned
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Newport's Chartist Mural 'not to be listed'
WALES' heritage body Cadw has decided not to list Newport's Chartist Mural, it was confirmed this morning. Newport council said consultants found there was a danger relocation or leaving the John Frost Square mural in place would jeopardise the
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Newport has 'bright future' if passion is harnessed
NEWPORT has a “bright future” if the energy and passion of residents can be harnessed for its regeneration, members of the Welsh Government-backed ReNewport panel said. The taskforce of eight business and government leaders hope to issue their
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Police still unable to question man injured in Newport shooting
POLICE have still not been able to question Christopher Parry in connection with his estranged wife’s death more than a month after the incident. Mr Parry, 49, remains in Newport’s Royal Gwent Hospital, having been found lying on the ground
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Empty shops may fill up with the start of city centre retail scheme
RECENT figures show that the city of Newport has one the highest empty shops rates in the UK.The figure of 29.65 of vacant shops places the city in the top 10 regions in the country for empty shops,Despite these worrying statistics experts believe there
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Lottery funding maps Newport’s past
ALMOST half a million pounds has been granted by the heritage lottery fund to preserve some of Wales’ earliest maps and Newport’s chartist history. The £486,000 grant provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund, has been awarded to the &lsquo
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Enzygo expands by opening a new Wales office
Enzygo, one of the UK’s leading multi-disciplinary environmental consultancies, has opened a new branch office in Monmouth as it expands throughout the UK and to help it grow further within the Welsh region.Enzygo has quickly grown from a three-man
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Fox make big moves with NatWest
Fox Moving & Storage has worked with NatWest to secure funding to purchase and develop a new Southampton warehouse unit, enabling the Cwmbran-head quartered firm to strengthen its foothold in the South West. Originally founded by Roy Fox in 1971
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New drain doctor for Newport
A local businessman has decided to move on from his ground working firm to take on the Newport and East Valleys franchise of Drain Doctor Plumbing Ltd, the UK's largest combined plumbing and drainage business.Former Welsh schoolboy rugby player Robin
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County Industrial Supplies open days
LEADING tools and industrial equipment business County Industrial Supplies staged two consecutive open days at its showroom in Church Road, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran, last week.
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ARGUS COMMENT: Radical change for education
THERE is no doubt that the proposed change to education management we are revealing today, is a radical one. But when it comes to education in Wales it is also true to say that radical solutions are needed. It is too early to say whether or
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SOMERTON SHOOTING: Newport man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
A NEWPORT man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the shooting in the Somerton area of the city earlier this month. The 20-year-old is currently in police custody being questioned. Two men, aged 22 and 24 from the Newport
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Gwent gun cop's sex on duty 'like popping in for a cuppa'
THE behaviour of an armed police officer who had sex on duty with his loaded gun around his ankles was compared to him popping off duty to use the lavatory or into a cafe to buy a cup of tea. PC Shaun Jenkins was dismissed by Gwent Police for gross
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Ex-Rowecord staff help Chepstow firm expand
A Chepstow based manufacturing firm has launched a new business and taken on staff from a Newport steel maufacturer Rowecord which went into administration earlier this year with debts of £24m. Mabey Bridge Ltd of Chepstow has set up Mabey Structures
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Basepoint acquires Riverside Court Business Centre for £1m
Basepoint Business Centres has just completed the freehold purchase of the Riverside Court Business Centre, a 21,800 sq ft business centre in Chepstow, for £1m.The centre is part of a prestigious mixed development in Beaufort Park, Chepstow, and
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£13m Newport road improves link with SDR and M4
A £13m dual carriageway, which provides a new access route to and from eastern Newport is now open. The three-mile dual carriageway, forward funded by the Welsh Government, completes a public highway link between the A48 Newport Southern Distributor
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Exiles new boy Billy Jones eyes permanent deal
DEFENDER Billy Jones has his sights set on a long-term contract with Newport County AFC after an impressive goal-scoring debut. The left wing-back joined the Exiles on an initial one-month deal last week having been released by Cheltenham Town
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Parents shocked by 'ban' on cycling to Risca school
Parents say that children at Risca Primary have been banned from riding their bikes to school. Ceri Jeffries, 32, has three ten-year-olds at the school and says she is shocked the school has taken this decision considering its “eco” status.
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Plenty more to come from Dragons' scrum, declares Kingsley Jones
FORWARDS coach Kingsley Jones has come to the defence of Newport Gwent Dragons struggling scrum, declaring that it’s a matter of time before they click at the set piece.The region suffered a 16-13 defeat to Edinburgh at Murrayfield last Friday after
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Rhys Thomas: Dragons aren't content with hard-earned bonuses
HOOKER Rhys Thomas was in no mood to toast a gutsy display against Edinburgh, evidence of a cultural shift at Newport Gwent Dragons according to the hooker.The 31-year-old former Wales international captained the region for the first time in the 16-13
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Memorial to Blaina man who died in Korea is vandalised
FAMILY and friends of a Gwent man who died in a rock climbing accident in Korea last spring have spoken of their sadness and upset after a memorial to him was vandalised. After Kevin Andresen, 30, from Blaina, died in May, grieving friends raised
