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Pontypool RFC teams up with Guide Dogs charity
PONTYPOOL RFC has teamed up with its official charity for the 2013/14 season to launch its ‘name a puppy’ programme.Working with Guide Dogs Cymru, the objective of ‘name a puppy’ programme is to raise £5,000 before the conclusion
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Collins and Coleman finally clear the air
NEWPORT’S James Collins will return to the international fold after patching up his differences with Chris Coleman.As reported in yesterday’s Argus, Coleman was unwilling to contact the West Ham defender, despite being without SIX recognised
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Trophies galore for Newport club
NEWPORT Tang Soo Do's team of 14 won 20 trophies, including 11 first and one grand champion, when they took part in Bristol's open competition.Instructor Kyle Thomas achieved his first grand champion trophy and also trained two of his students
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No takers for six Chepstow mannequins at auction
SIX lifesize mannequins that include a policeman, werewolf and a zombie failed to attract a buyer at an auction in Chepstow.The mannequins, complete with costumes, were one of the most unusual collections to go under the hammer at Severnside Auctions
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FIVE MINUTES WITH: Kerry Gwillym - Cwmbran rabbit breeder
If you had to be stuck in a lift with someone, who would it be and why? David Attenborough. He knows so much.What is your biggest fear? Dying before my kids.Do you have any superstitions?No.If you could have one song on your iPod, what would it be and
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We must follow in Crawley's footsteps, says Justin Edinburgh
NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh says the club must aim to emulate what Crawley Town have done and target successive promotions. Edinburgh saw his side dump Crawley out of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy on Tuesday night but he is full
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EDUCATION FILE: Three-year-olds in Wales could learn computing
In a world where people are constantly using apps on computers, tablets and mobile phones at work and during their spare time, the younger generation could soon be learning how to code and the science of computing from the age of three. EMMA MACKINTOSH
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Gwent Special Constables awarded
GWENT Police Special Constables volunteered more than 22,000 hours of service last year, with those having clocked up the most hours being recognised with an award by their peers.Constables who had worked over 300 hours were recognised at last week&rsquo
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FIRST PERSON: Passion for fashion becomes big business
She's the creative force behind a successful business that has won acclaim from the likes of celebrities such as Dannii Minogue. Marianne Sparrenius-Waters,55, talks to Kath Skellon about growing up in Sweden, travelling the world and settling down
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Campaigners still await Varteg decision
CAMPAIGNERS hoping to have planning guidance made law in time to stop opencast mining in the Varteg have had their hopes dashed.Those who have campaigned against opencast mining at the Varteg have been calling for the guidelines of a 500-metre buffer
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James Collins returns to Wales squad
NEWPORT'S James Collins has been added to the Wales squad to face Macedonia and Belgium after clear the air talks with manager Chris Coleman. The FAW confirmed the move this afternoon despite a spokesman stating yesterday that Collins would not
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Newport school is Wales' best for sport
A NEWPORT primary school was celebrating its sporting success as it topped the Wales average in one of the biggest surveys of sport played in school to be carried out.Maesglas Primary School in Newport emerged as the best school in Wales for measures
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Influential Welsh business figure David Russ to step down from key role
The head of the largest business support organisation in Wales is stepping down after 16 years at its helm.David Russ, the managing director of the parent company behind the Centre for Business and South Wales Chamber of Commerce, is to leave the post
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Car badly damaged in Blaina crash
UPDATE: 5.05pm SHOCKED residents of a Valleys street described how a car careered off the main road last night and crashed through a fence into parked cars below. The driver of the black Vauxhall Astra escaped before the emergency services
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Expansion could bring 130 new jobs to Newport
WELSH business minister Edwina Hart visited an organisation in Newport today that is planning to create 130 new jobs in the city. UK Shared Business Services is planning to expand its operations with demand growing. The limited company, which
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Wales must be as clinical as NZ to beat Boks – Rob Howley
WALES have to be as clinical as New Zealand if they are to topple the mighty Springboks at the Millennium Stadium next month, according to Rob Howley. The Boks are one of the world’s fastest improving international teams and they gave the All Blacks
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Hole appears in Newport street over rail tunnel
UPDATE: 15.45am A spokesperson from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water confirmed that the damage to the road was caused by a collapsed sewer. The said they temporarily closed the road in order to safely carry out a repair, adding: “We will be completing this
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Newport landmarks feature in tale of ‘car-free road trip’ by Pontypool author
An elderly Jewish woman, with all her belongings in a supermarket trolley, camps out with a Muslim teenager on the Coldra roundabout, as they walk from Cardiff to London. It’s not the latest Argus splash but part of the plotline of a new book set
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Newport to host Wales' first futsal home international
NEWPORT Velodrome will host the first futsal internationals in Wales when Andorra visit the city at the end of this month.The friendly matches will be played on Saturday, October 26, and Sunday, October 27, with both kicking off at 6.30pm.Futsal is a
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Four Gwent men in Wales Academy squad
FOUR Gwent players are in the Wales Academy 19-man rugby league squad for their first Test against England Academy this Sunday which is staged at Taff’s Well RFC (kick-off 3pm), writes Iwan Gabe Davies. South Wales Scorpions, Monmouth’s Jordan
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Lee Evans and Ellis Harrison set for Wales under-21s action
FORMER Newport County AFC midfielder Lee Evans and Newport-born Bristol City star Ellis Harrison could both feature for Wales under-21s on Friday. The pair are in Geraint Williams’ squad for the European under-21 qualifier against Lithuania
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Plans unveiled for a free school in the Wye Valley
AROUND 30 people attended a public meeting to hear about a bid to open a new free school in the Wye Valley at a public meeting in Monmouth on Monday night.A steering group, led by chairwoman Sarah Mclellan and made up parents and advisors, told the meeting
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Hopes for second Atlantis series for Chepstow
PRODUCERS of a prime time series which is filmed in Chepstow hope it can continue for five years. The TV production company behind the BBC primetime series Atlantis which is filmed in Chepstow now hope a second series will be commissioned.
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Abergavenny Food Festival decorations put up for auction
FANCY owning a one-of-a-kind piece or artwork that hung from the Market Hall at the 2012 Abergavenny Food Festival?The organisers of the annual event, which attracts 35,000 to the town over two days each year, are auctioning off the giant animal decorations
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Mark Ring would 'love' to be Cardiff Blues attack coach
WALES great Mark Ring says he would “love” to be Cardiff Blues’ new attack coach once ex-Newport Gwent Dragons scrum half Gareth Baber leaves the post. The job will be vacant at the end of the year after Baber takes up a new head coach position
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Dyslexic Newport pupil to have book published
A 12-YEAR-OLD Newport schoolgirl with dyslexia is dreaming of stardom after signing a publishing contract for her first book. St Julian’s School pupil Megan Slocombe wrote the short story A Trip to Italy a year ago, a mysterious tale of a teacher
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Mural madness
RE: VANDALISM of the Chartists Mural in town If some ne’er-do-well had vandalised the mural, setting about at it with a pick axe, they’d probably be subject to an ASBO. What punishment is fitting for whoever authorised this? Michele Lowe Lansdown
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Downton anger
AFTER a much waited period for Downton Abbey to return to our television screens, we sat down on a Sunday night to enjoy a bit of escapism. It’s normally inoffensive, easy-going story lines and characters, and we go to bed ready for the week’s
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Little balance
THERE seems to be little balance in the tedious soap opera that is the Chartist mural debate. There is, however, plenty of posturing. The way some people are going on one would think the council had just covered Michelangelo’s Cistene Chapel
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Working hard
CAERPHILLY nationalists leader Cllr Colin Mann yet again bemoans the pay rises awarded to senior council officers and claims the Wales Audit Office (WAO) has endorsed the competence of the last, Plaid Cymru-controlled Caerphilly council (Argus, 2 October
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Blaming Plaid
IN RESPONSE to Cllr Mann letter (3.10.13) where he tries to riddle out of his party’s responsibility for the £218,000 unlawful pay out to officers who lost their essential car user allowances. Cllr Mann claims he and his Plaid colleagues did not know
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Legalise drugs
I WONDER if our acting chief constable along with our police and crime commissioner would inform Argus readers of their views on the chief constable of Durham’s call to legalise hard drugs, allowing addicts to attend special clinics for their needs
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Pay row apology
IN MARCH of this year, I and Plaid Cymru were falsely accused in your columns by Labour councillor Gez Kirby of Pontllanfraith, who wrote “Mr Pritchard strangely neglects to mention that the previous Plaid Cymru-controlled council, under his leadership
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Bali leads Far East's charge in long haul holiday value chart
AFTER three years at the top of the best value rankings, a 45 per cent price rise in Sri Lankan resort costs means that the Indian Ocean destination has lost its crown to Bali and dropped to fifth place in the sixth annual Post Office travel money long
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An insight into Ray Prosser's successful coaching blueprint
DAY two of our series of exclusive extracts from former Wales and Pontypool forward Alun Carter’s intriguing new book chronicling the highs and lows of Pooler’s rich history.ALUN Carter and Nick Bishop’s ‘Seeing Red: Twelve Tumultuous
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Olympic hero Fred Evans hits back at Borg
OLYMPIC silver medallist Fred Evans has dismissed suggestions that he doesn’t train hard enough and defended his decision to remain as an amateur. Evans was blasted by former trainer Tony Borg last week for what he perceived as a lack of hard
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Berlin: Where history can be found on every corner
A VISIT to Berlin means facing some of Europe’s most turbulent times. Its history, especially in the last hundred years, has seen it at the centre of three of the continent's catastrophes. The rise of the Nazis, persecution of minorities, invasion
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Great Brampton House – an extraordinary place to have a relaxing time
AS our car crunched up the gravel drive towards the handsome regency country pile, it seemed we were in for a stay at a luxurious country house. The sheep grazing on the lawn added to the peaceful bucolic feel, until we noticed the sheep weren’
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‘Feckless fathers’ should be made to work - Monmouth MP
MONMOUTH MP David Davies has told the Argus he stands by everything he said in a television documentary about the bedroom tax and said “feckless fathers should be grabbed by the scruff of the neck and made to work”. The comments followed the broadcast
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Coleman to have talks with Newport's Collins
CHRIS Coleman has performed a U-turn and will hold talks with Newport defender James Collins today, it has emerged. According to Welsh assistant coach John Hartson, the duo will meet today in an effort to settle a dispute that has been rumbling
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Welsh budget sees boost to NHS but cuts to councils
THERE will be more cash in Wales for the NHS but less for council services under the draft budget announced in the Assembly on Tuesday.Finance minister Jane Hutt announced in the Senedd that the Welsh Government will invest another £570 million
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Ebbw Vale drug dealer dad jailed for ‘meow meow’ stash
A FATHER-of-two caught with £23,000-worth of the party drug “meow meow” at his home, as well as notebooks containing the details of drug deals, was given a 30-month jail sentence. Jamie Williams, 30, formerly of Glyndwr Road in Rassau, Ebbw Vale
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Mural protesters demand open meeting with council leader
AN OPEN letter has been sent to the leader of Newport city council demanding that a public meeting be held in the aftermath of the Chartist mural demolition last Thursday. The open letter, addressed to the leader of the council, Bob Bright, asks
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Newport council chief 'sorry' over mural
NEWPORT council’s chief executive has apologised to councillors for failing to tell them in advance of the demolition of the Chartist mural. A letter to elected members from Will Godfrey reveals he and Labour council leader Bob Bright knew that
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Phil Price aiming for second national title
FORMER Ryder Cup hero and leading European Tour player Phil Price will bid to add a second Welsh National PGA Championship to his name later this month – two decades after last lifting the title.The 46-year-old from Newport is part of an 84-strong
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Broken down van closes one lane of M4 in Newport
ONE lane is closed and slow traffic is reported due to a broken down van on the M4 eastbound between J28 at Tredegar Park and J27 at Highcross. Police are attempting to move the broken down blue van off the motorway.
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Armed response incidents down across Gwent
ARMED police responses are down across Gwent, despite a number of high-profile gun crime incidents this summer. An FOI request has revealed that from September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013, there were 104 armed responses by Gwent police. This is
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Rowecord site bought by firm based in Leeds
THE former site used by collapsed steel structure firm Rowecord has been sold by its owners. Andrew Hoppe of Rowecord Holdings said a firm based in Leeds has bought the property previously used by Rowecord Engineering Ltd, known as the Neptune
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Glamorgan's Mike Reed hoping to reap benefits of England call
GLAMORGAN bowler Mike Reed is hoping that an England call-up will help him push to the next level in 2014, writes Chris Kirwan. The former Usk seamer is one of five prospects named in the Potential England Performance Programme after a promising
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Two Gwent film-makers go head to head at Newport International Film Festival
TWO Gwent film-makers are going head to head for two awards this weekend as the Newport International Film Festival gets under way.The seventh annual festival starts on Friday with short and feature-length pictures from Wales, America, Germany, Belgium
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Chepstow firm could serve up 160 jobs
CATERING industry supplier 3663 could be moving into Chepstow creating up to 160 jobs, if its plan gets the green light.Its new home, subject to planning permission, would be a large unit on the Newhouse Farm Industrial Estate, housing food which would
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Teddy bear 'hospital' visits Monmouth
TEDDIES of all shapes and sizes visited a special teddy bear 'hospital' in Monmouth.Teddy bears were brought to the make-shift hospital, which was visiting The Roundhouse on The Kymin, on Sunday where teddy-repair experts, Janice and Mike Waters