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Thousands of Torfaen homes a step closer
PLANS to build thousands of homes in Torfaen on green space in South Sebastopol and the former Pontypool College are a step closer.An examination into Torfaen’s Local Development Plan 2006-2021 (LDP) has been carried out by inspector Barry Juniper
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Newport pupils raise funds for Philippines typhoon victims
STUDENTS of Filipino descent and their school friends are raising hundreds of pounds for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan. The pupils at St Joseph's High School in Pencarn Way, Newport, are collecting funds to help with the relief operation after
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Hallam Amos in contention for Tonga clash after impressing Wales coaches
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons teenager Hallam Amos will stay with the Wales squad for the rest of the autumn series after impressing in training. The 19-year-old wing/full-back has spent the week in the international camp at the Vale of Glamorgan ahead
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First target hit in Gwent plan to cut long waits for treatment
GWENT'S health board hit its first monthly target in its quest to eliminate long waits from referral to treatment for the area's patients.By the end of September, according to the latest figures issued by the Welsh Government, 1,526 patients in
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SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Learning is fun at Blackwood Primary School
Having fun is the key to learning at BLACKWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL as SOPHIE BROWNSON discoversARRIVING at Blackwood Primary School on a beautiful sunny morning I am greeted by the schools care taker Mr Morris, who directs me in to the school.Surrounded by
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Newport Night Shelter needs extra funding
VOLUNTEERS who run emergency accommodation for rough sleepers in Newport are looking for more help and funding. Newport Night Shelter, which has been run every year since it started in 2009, is based at 14 churches in the city and offers a bed for people
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Newport councillors sleep rough to raise cash
TWO NEWPORT councillors gave up their beds last week for ‘Sleep out 2013’ – in a bid to raise money whilst experiencing sleeping rough.Charles Ferris and Miqdad Al-Nuaimi, from Newport, councillors for Allt-yr-yn and Stow Hill wards
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Bradley Dredge struggling to regain European Tour card
BRADLEY Dredge’s hopes of regaining his European Tour card took a big hit as he slipped 20 places down the leaderboard in the Tour School Final Qualifying. The Blackwood golfer is tied for 45th place on five under par after five of the six
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YOUR AM WRITES: Newport West AM Rosemary Butler
Newport’s skyline is changing- and for the better. Walk or drive into town and you will see many cranes helping new buildings to rise, and older buildings being refurbished. The old bus station has been demolished and new bus stands are being installed
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Praise for kids
MY HUSBAND and I watched the enactment of the Chartist Demonstration on Tuesday. We thought the children acted very well and they must have learnt a lot about the event. When the teacher shouted “Bang” they acted very realistically. We were extremely
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Cash elsewhere
PICKED up the Argus this morning to read “up to £50,000” would be donated to a new Chartists memorial. Please stop this nonsense. Donate it to cancer research or the baby care unit at the RGH, not to this! It’s partly my money too. I haven’
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Help live heroes
BACK in 1918 the solders that served through the First World War (some of my relatives amongst them) were promised “Homes fit for heroes”. The last but one Conservative/ Liberal coalition found that honouring promises to live heroes cost too much –
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Not right lights
I SEE the council have taken their Christmas lights out of storage, employed labour to install them around the city having the mandatory switching-on ceremony with fireworks etc. While councillors have had a year of “hard decisions” they obviously
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Time to grow up
IT’S reassuring in life that some certainties remain each year to mark our calendars, like Easter, Christmas and the annual letter from Terry Banfield calling on councils to refuse to set a legal budget. I sympathise with Terry in some ways — preparing
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ARGUS COMMENT: Don’t be a Scrooge
IT IS perfectly understandable for schools to want to concentrate on preparation for even a routine inspection by Estyn. It is natural teachers and the school management team want to make sure everything is up to scratch. The consequences of
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Blackwood book tribute to striking miners
A BLACKWOOD author has published a book based on the 1984 miners' strike which he hopes will preserve some of the town’s proud history.Andrew Richards, 35, felt the time was right to release “Hope Now” – an epic poem &ndash
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Ex-Abergavenny school renovation approved
A DETERIORATING school building will be given a lifeline after £56,000 worth of health and safety works were approved so it can be turned into a community hub.But the county council's cabinet member for education Cllr Liz Hacket Pain asked Debra
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Dragons sweating on Tom Prydie injury
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are waiting for results of scans after full-back/wing Tom Prydie suffered a hamstring injury training with Wales, writes Chris Kirwan. The 21-year-old was called up to train with Warren Gatland’s autumn series squad this week
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Jury considers fate of ‘pyramid’ seller
A JURY was yesterday asked to consider whether a man believed he was promoting an illegal get-rich-quick scheme in Newport. Pyramid schemes, relying on members recruiting other members for a return on their investment, are illegal as they inevitably
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Wales boss Chris Coleman agrees new contract
CHRIS Coleman will remain in charge of Wales after signing a contract extension with the Football Association of Wales. The 43-year-old has put pen to paper on a new two-year deal which will take him through to the end of the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign
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Exiles boss forced to look to loan market again
NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh says he may be forced into bringing in more reinforcements on loan as injuries and suspensions mount up. County have decided against appealing captain David Pipe’s red card from Tuesday night’s win over Portsmouth
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Charity's boost for Wye Valley free school
A BID to open a new free school in the Wye Valley has gained the support of an independent education charity.A steering group, led by chairwoman Sarah Mclellan and made up of parents and advisers, is working towards submitting an application to the Department
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Two Gwent people honoured at Palace
TWO Gwent people visited Buckingham Palace this week to receive an OBE and MBE from the Duke of Cambridge.Former chairman of Melin Homes, Doiran Jones was awarded with an OBE for his services to housing in south Wales while Dorothy Penny received a MBE
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WALES v ARGENTINA: Justin Tipuric in for injured Dan Lydiate with Gethin Jenkins poised for ton
WALES have reunited the back row that beat England in the Six Nations for Saturday’s Test with Argentina after blindside flanker Dan Lydiate suffered an ankle injury. The former Newport Gwent Dragons man suffered the blow in last weekend’s 24-15
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Search for Caldicot double killer believed to be in Spain
A CALDICOT double killer who is on the run from police is one of 13 fugitives believed to be hiding out in Spain. The Argus previously reported how Keith Turner, 60, was released on life licence in 1993 after being jailed for life in 1975 for killing
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The Nutcracker On Ice, Wales Millennium Centre
The Nutcracker on IceWales Millennium Centre Christmas may still be well over a month away but after witnessing the opening night of The Imperial Ice Stars production of The Nutcracker on Ice on Friday evening, it was impossible not to walk away feeling
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Newport mums call for raised awareness of diabetes
OLIVIA Allcock and Joshua Daunter were diagnosed with Type One diabetes only after falling gravely ill.Both required a spell in high dependency hospital care before recovering and embarking on a challenging daily treatment regime.Now, to mark World Diabetes
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Caldicot rail passengers put lives in danger to avoid large puddle
COMMUTERS at Caldicot train station are “dicing with death” by crossing the railway line to avoid wading through a pool of water to get to the platform. The concerning issue has been unresolved for around three weeks and affects passengers travelling
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Sunday rugby at Rodney Parade for Dragons
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons' dates for rounds 13 to 19 of the RaboDirect Pro12 have been confirmed with three of their home games given Sunday slots. The region will host Edinburgh, Glasgow and Connacht on Sundays and will not play a league fixture on
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Fleur-de-Lys shop staff tell of mum's £1m stratchcard win
STAFF at the Fleur-de-Lys shop where a mum discovered she had a £1million-winning scratchcard told how the winner "started screaming" when she found out. Sharon Brooker, 44, who works as a shop assistant in Dhaliwa Stores, Fleur-de-Lys, sold the
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Exiles boss Justin Edinburgh relishing Friday night test
NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh is hoping his side can take advantage of the Friday night lights factor at Rodney Parade and move into the League Two play-off places. County put in a superb display as they dumped Portsmouth out
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Police re-appeal after Raglan death crash
The collision happened last Thursday morning, November 7th at around 11am and involved a Volvo articulated lorry which left the road near the old Raglan services. A 59-year-old man, Frank Bremner, died as a result of the collision. Officers are
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Woman dies after Ponthir crash
A WOMAN has died and a woman has been arrested after a crash in Ponthir last night. Joyce Drew and a man, both 86 and from Ponthir were taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital with serious injuries, where she later died. The man is still in hospital
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Pontypool blaze victims ‘in limbo’ after blaze
VICTIMS of a Pontypool fire say their lives are on hold and they have no idea how long they will be out of their homes more than a week after the blaze. Jane Malson and her neighbour Carol Williams were left relying on family for shelter after
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Parents’ fury as Rogerstone school puts Christmas on hold
CHIRSTMAS has been put on hold at a Newport school which is under investigation for how tests were run. Parents at Rogerstone Primary said they were furious at the potential festive season cull of the school disco, Christmas fete, a trip to the
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County new boy happy with life on Parade
DEFENDER Adedeji Oshilaja made himself an instant hero with the Newport County AFC fans with a goal on his home debut – and the appreciation is mutual. The 20-year-old centre-back, on loan from Cardiff City, headed home County’s second goal
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CHRIS KIRWAN SAYS: Apathy about regional player drain is killing Welsh rugby
SADLY a sizeable chunk of the 66,490 crowd at the Millennium Stadium last weekend won't have cared a jot that Northampton was next to the name of George North in their £5 programme or that Paul James plies his trade at the Rec rather than the
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EDITOR'S CHAIR: The book that lifts the lid on County's season of triumph
A BRIEF sentence in our weekly nostalgia page The Archive caught my eye this week. In the section that reminds readers of stories from the Argus of yesteryear were these words: Newport County were issued with a winding-up order by High Court-appointed
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CHRIS KIRWAN SAYS: Dragons coaches need more selection headaches
AUTUMN provides a chance for fringe players to provide their coaches with a selection headache but sadly paracetamol has not been in demand at Newport Gwent Dragons.The Rodney Parade pecking order is pretty clear after the first few months of the season.After
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Two injured in 'serious' Ponthir crash
TWO people were injured in what police called a 'serious' crash in Ponthir last night. Police, fire and ambulance services were called to the incident, which occurred close to the Village Hall on the B4236 Caerleon Road, at around 7.30pm. The
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Gwent window-smash PC in line for six figure payout
A POLICE officer who was forced to resign after being caught on camera smashing a pensioner’s car could be in line for a six-figure payout. Ex-traffic cop Mike Baillon, 42, quit Gwent Police after footage showing him hit the car window of 74-year-old
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Time magazine says Newport author is one of world’s most influential teens
A NEWPORT author has been named one of the world’s most influential teenagers by a major US news magazine. Time magazine has placed Beth Reeks, author of The Kissing Booth, in a list of 16 influential teens of the year, alongside Pakistani Taliban-survivor
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The Works in Ebbw Vale completed in budget – council
BLAENAU Gwent Council’s £350 million The Works site in Ebbw Vale has been completed with money to spare.The £149,000 surplus funding will now be returned to the Welsh Government.A report presented to a special meeting of the executive
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Competition for places fuelling Dragons LV= Cup challenge
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons need to beat London Wasps at Rodney Parade on Saturday if they are to put the heat on Saracens for a place in the semi-finals of the LV= Cup.The Aviva Premiership leaders were the only side in Pool One of the tournament to get up
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Pryce gets unexpected chance in Bulgaria
NEWBRIDGE boxer Bradley Pryce has been handed an unexpected shot at a return to the big time.The 32-year old has stepped in to face European champion Sergey Rabchenko in Bulgaria on Saturday night in a contest for the Belarusian’s light middleweight
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Newport takes up 'Shop Local Saturday' challenge
CITY centre traders are being urged to bring their wares out into the street next month and tempt Newport shoppers to spend their cash in town rather than in supermarkets. The national Shop Local Saturday initiative, taking place on December 7,
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Newbridge ready for 125th anniversary celebration game
NEWBRIDGE will toast their 125 anniversary with an encounter against a Monmouthshire Select XV on Friday (kick-off 7.15pm), writes Chris Kirwan.‘Bridge make the most of the break for international rugby to celebrate their landmark with a friendly
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Home comforts inspire County goal hero Conor Washington
NEWPORT County AFC will learn their Johnstone’s Paint Trophy southern section semi-final opponents on Saturday morning and striker Conor Washington knows who he wants to face. The Exiles beat Portsmouth 3-0 at Rodney Parade on Saturday thanks
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Super sub Ken Owens looks to push Richard Hibbard
WALES’ second choice hooker Ken Owens is determined to push Richard Hibbard hard but acknowledges the flaxen-haired Ospreys star will take some shifting. Owens won his 16th cap in the 24-15 defeat to South Africa last weekend, coming on as 63rd
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Football League Youth Cup triumph for Glasllwch Primary School
GLASLLWCH Primary School will represent Newport County AFC in the Area Finals of the Football League Youth Cup.The school won a nail-biting final against Marshfield Primary yesterday to keep alive their dream of playing at the world famous Wembley Stadium.Glasllwch
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Mother speaks of terror after Ringland attack
A MOTHER has spoken of her terror after she fought off a man who tried to attack her near a woodland as she walked to work late at night.Emma Lanigan, from Ringland, was walking along Sterndale Bennett Road, towards the junction of Hendre Farm Drive,
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Dredge in the hunt but no Tour cards for Price or Bond
BLACKWOOD’S Bradley Dredge could be set to recapture his European Tour card, but the dream is dead for a pair of Gwent golfers.The 40-year old Dredge, who is a two-time European Tour winner, enjoyed his best day yesterday at the Tour School Final
