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Festive food and culture event hits the valleys this weekend
BLAENAU Gwent's first Christmas-themed food and culture festival, Festive FaCE, is taking place this weekend.The team behind Blaenau Gwent's first ever food and culture festival, Valleys FaCE, announced in October they were launching a Christmas
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Be Winter Wise about your health, urges new Gwent campaign
PEOPLE across Gwent are being urged to get ‘winter wise’ to help themselves keep healthy during the coming months, and to help the NHS focus on treating the sickest patients.Already busy hospitals traditionally get even busier during the winter
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Fireworks display led to thick smog on night of M5 crash where Newport couple died, court hears
SEVEN people including a Newport couple died in a massive motorway pile-up when they were engulfed by a thick smog caused by the smoke from a firework display, a court heard today. The smog was so thick and dense that motorists likened it to having
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Cwmbran schoolgirl wins national photography competition
MOST Year 10 students have enough to think about with starting GCSEs and getting homework in on time, but one Cwmbran schoolgirl has found time to start a business and scoop first prize in a national photography competition.Tiegan Neary, who attends Llantarnam
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Machete wielding Ebbw Vale man spared jail by judge
A MAN who wielded two machetes outside a couple's home was spared jail.Mark Hope, 31, held the two blades in front of Anthony Williams in Moorland Road, Ebbw Vale, Cardiff Crown Court heard. Judge Paul Hopkins told Hope it must have been a "terrifying
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Torfaen pupils hand in mining protest letters
PUPILS from Ysgol Bryn Onnen delivered letters to Torfaen Council objecting to them forming a legal agreement with Glamorgan Power over the proposed opencast mine just 120 metres from their classrooms. Greeting them in the council chamber was Cllr
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YOUR MP WRITES: Torfaen MP Paul Murphy
Debates in Parliament can sometimes be very technical, arguing the finer points of a sub-clause of an obscure piece of legislation that seems a little removed from the realities of life for our constituents. Not so on Tuesday, as MPs debated a motion
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Lest We Forget
THIS is in memorial to two sons of Newport who lost their life in WWII. Captain William John Croome, Master of the MV Beignon torpedoed in the North Atlantic – 1941. Sapper Harry Croome, Royal Engineers – 1942. Peter Croome Pinedale Avenue
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Time to act
HOW MANY shots over the bow do we need, before we realise that global warming is costing many lives? The recent 200mph typhoon which hit the Philippines cost 10,000 to 20,000 lives. In recent years we have had tsunamis, earthquakes, rising tides
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Free meals call
IN ENGLAND the Liberal Democrats have recently announced that all five-to-seven year-old pupils in schools will receive free school meals. This should also be happening in Wales. That is why the Welsh Liberal Democrats have recently launched a petition
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Weeds hogwash
DOES the council really expect us (the public) to swallow the garbage that it’s more environmentally sound for its road-sweepers to handpick weeds from out the gutter! Hogwash. Newport’s Streetscene, street cleansing section is woefully understaffed
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A Fine Mess
NEWPORT councillors have created a wonderful opportunity for retail businesses to sell hiking boots, walking shoes, umbrellas and compasses. I suggest our councillors leave their cars at home and travel by public transport from Ringland and Bettws
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Bus nightmare
AT the new Caerleon and Cwmbran bus stand (no shelter!), totally exposed to the elements, on a wet and windy Wednesday at 3.30pm, an all-ages crowd including myself, were complaining in unison about the nightmare of Newport bus service changes by Newport
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Newport round the world cyclists get fundraising
TWO Newport cyclists who will cycle around the world for Cancer Research took part in a static cycle fundraising event this weekend to raise funds for the trip of a lifetime. Robert Shipley, 24, a dairy farm worker and Ryan Farley, 24, an engineer
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MP critical of fire service's spending
BLAENAU Gwent’s MP says he is concerned about the fire service’s financial control after discovering they spend nearly £350,000 on 152 light vehicles.South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) are facing a loss of revenue of up to 12
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Burglars target cannabis plants
TWO men admitted breaking into a house and stealing six cannabis plants.Carl Hone, 26, of Newport Road, Cwmcarn, entered a house on Quantock Drive, Risca, with his friend Kevin Butcher, 38, of Llanfach Road, Abercarn on October 31, Caerphilly magistrates
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Wales youngsters shock Holland
WALES under-19s have qualified for the Elite Round in 2014 after completing a resuscitation of their qualifying campaign, writes Michael Pearlman.The youngsters had a good day yesterday, beating Moldova 6-0 in Tbilisi, Georgia in their final Group 11
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Food hygiene ratings to be displayed
BUSINESSES across Gwent that serve or sell food will be required from Thursday November 28 to display their food hygiene rating on their premises, as part of a Wales-wide scheme.Following National Assembly for Wales approval of the Food Hygiene Rating
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Burton's Biscuits in Cwmbran will soon have new owners
BURTON’S Biscuits in Cwmbran is soon to be under new ownership – as part of “ambitious plans for growth” across the company. Burton’s Biscuit Company has announced an agreement has been reached between its majority owners Canadian Imperial Bank
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Business rates to be devolved to Wales
BUSINESS rates paid by firms in Wales are set to be fully devolved to the Assembly under new powers announced this morning. Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander today laid out more detail on Prime Minister David Cameron
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Teenage Cancer Trust fundraising clay shoot raises more than £6000
A FUNDRAISING clay shoot in Gwent has raised more than £6000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT). The annual Chocolate Salty Clay Shoot at St Dials Farm was held on Tuesday November 12 – and proved one of the most successful to date. Thirty
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Abergavenny group is voice of older people
THE Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’ team visited a newly-formed group in Abergavenny which has been set up to act as a voice for older people from the area. Engagement co-ordinator Kate Hughes met with 30 members of Abergavenny Action
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Dan Biggar pleased with his form
WALES fly-half Dan Biggar was pleased with his performance in the 40-6 triumph over Argentina as he looked to have moved into pole position in his race with Rhys Priestland. The duo are battling hard for the right to wear the Wales No 10 shirt,
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‘Cash for Welsh-medium schools must be priority’ - campaigners
A GROUP of parents promoting Welsh language education has called for capital investment in schools to be made a Welsh Government priority.The Argus reported in May this year how Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw in Pontypool, Gwent’s only Welsh-medium secondary
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Cwmbran woman's life as five people will be on TV
A WOMAN giving new meaning to the term split-personality is set to feature in a Channel 4 documentary on a rare personality disorder.Jessica Clark looks like any other 22-year-old but the resident of Cwmbran has Dissociative Identity Disorder, and no
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Manager has improved Wales, says Chris Gunter
NEWPORT’S Chris Gunter says Wales have improved under Chris Coleman and insists the manager’s new contract is ‘brilliant’ news. The announcement last week that Coleman had signed a new two-year deal with the Football Association of Wales was
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Wales wary of Tonga threat – Alun Wyn Jones
LOCK Alun Wyn Jones says Wales know better than to take Tonga lightly this Friday night as they look to avoid being the victims of another Pacific Islanders scalping. Last year, Samoa humiliated their hosts yet again at the Millennium Stadium,
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Newport bus campaign launched on tragedy anniversary
A NEWPORT-BASED bus safety group is today launching a national campaign to change minibus driving laws – on the 20th anniversary of the worst minibus crash the UK has ever seen. Pressure group Busk have teamed up with some of the parents of the
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Wales Open moved to prime pre-Ryder Cup slot
THE ISPS HANDA Wales Open is to move to a new autumn date on the European Tour international schedule in 2014, when it takes place at The Celtic Manor Resort from September 18-21. Having kicked off the race for qualification for next year’s Ryder
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Lenny Pidgeley wants to put cup nightmare to bed
GOALKEEPER Lenny Pidgeley is aiming to put to bed the worst moment of his Newport County AFC career in the FA Cup tomorrow night. Braintree Town come to Rodney Parade for a first round replay following the 1-1 draw in Essex and Pidgeley wants
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ARGUS COMMENT: Council hasn't missed recycling target, city residents have
JUDGING by some comments left on our website yesterday, Newport council's plans to increase the amount of rubbish the city recycles every year will not go down well with everyone. The council is bringing in smaller wheelie bins for non-recyclable
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Newport couple want answers after losing triplets
WHEN Claire Derrick miscarried triplets in her 22nd week of pregnancy, she says she was denied the chance to nurse them. All three were taken from the room on the Royal Gwent Hospital’s gynaecology ward immediately they were delivered, on April
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Double injury whammy for Dragons as Prydie and Evans are sidelined
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have been dealt a double injury blow with Tom Prydie and Jonathan Evans facing at least a month on the sidelines, writes Chris Kirwan.The full-back/wing and scrum-half have been ruled out for between four and six weeks with hamstring
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Newport businessman cleared of "pyramid scheme" charges
A BUSINESSMAN who stood accused of having made nearly £75,000 through an illegal pyramid scheme has been cleared of all charges. Gerwyn Duggan, 48, encouraged people to sign up to the Synkronice scheme with presentations at hotels including the
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Leigh Halfpenny happy with Wales' adventure
WALES star Leigh Halfpenny is delighted his side played with more than a little style in their 40-6 defeat of Argentina as they ran the poor Pumas ragged on the weekend. The hosts were far more clinical against the Latin Americans on Saturday than
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"Tidy, proud Valleys woman" wrongly claimed £72,000 in benefits
A JUDGE admitted it will take "forever and a day" for a Gwent woman to pay back £72,000 in benefits she fraudulently claimed. Janet Reynolds, 55, of Monnow Court, Thornhill, Cwmbran, didn't tell Torfaen council she had got married and her husband
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A449 lane closed between Usk and Coldra due to accident
A LANE is closed on the A449 Monmouthshire because of an accident involving a single vehicle. The lane is closed southbound between the Usk Interchange and the Coldra, in Newport. Traffic is queueing.
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Estyn report highlights Caerphilly council’s progress
CAERPHILLY council has made positive progress towards addressing the findings of a report into the quality of its education services, according to the Welsh education inspectorate. Last month, Estyn conducted a monitoring visit to review progress
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Man of the match Toby Faletau hails teammates
MODEST man of the match Toby Faletau paid tribute to his teammates’ efforts after Wales’ morale-boosting 40-6 victory over Argentina at the Millennium Stadium. The Newport Gwent Dragons number eight was superb against the Pumas in the hosts’ record
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Mike Phillips hopes he's back to his best
MIKE Phillips believes he could be back to his best after a fine performance – which included a stunning solo interception try – helped Wales thrash Argentina 40-6. The 31-year-old scrum-half scored his ninth touchdown for Wales on his 79th cap
