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Work experience scheme launched in Newport
A SCHEME offering paid and unpaid work experience to Newport residents dubbed pioneering by the city’s council was launched at Malpas Court yesterday.The Work Based Learning Academy (WBLA) will support opportunities for young people, graduates,
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Kingsley Jones: I know nothing about Lee Byrne link
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Kingsley Jones says the region are always interested in signing quality players like Lee Byrne but admitted he knows nothing about a move to bring the 2008 Wales Grand Slam star to Rodney Parade. The 33-year-old Clermont
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Brilliant Cross Keys stun mighty Ponty – Pontypridd 17 Cross Keys 38
CROSS Keys topped Friday’s sensational bonus point win away at Cardiff with an even more remarkable victory which saw them thrash league and cup champions Pontypridd on their own patch. This wonderful triumph saw them take Ponty’s 30-match unbeaten
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Cwmbran Peter Andre fundraiser hopes to double target
A CWMBRAN woman who received a personal invite from Peter Andre to be one of his champion fundraiser for Cancer Research UK is holding a final event to complete her charity drive.Samantha Williams is hosting a Christmas Fair at The Crows Nest on Wednesday
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Millions to help boost language in school
MORE than £5 million will be spent on improving teachers’ Welsh language skills after the minister for education approved the decision.Over £5.3 million has been allocated over three years to continue the Welsh language sabbatical scheme
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Gwent Music Support Service still standing
DESPITE some setbacks in the past, Gwent Music Support Service is continuing to produce talent as Nathan Briant finds out.LAST year there was a lot of uncertainty about the future of Gwent Music Support Service. More than 4,000 people signed an online
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Housing plan 'not right' for Cwmbran - councillor
A CWMBRAN community councillor has called for the Torfaen Local Development Plan (LDP) to be revised because it is “not right” for the area.Llantarnam ward councillor Paul Williams is holding a public meeting next week to discuss the impact
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Newport activist joins Russian Greenpeace group shot
NEWPORT Greenpeace activist Anthony Perrett joined the other Greenpeace activists bailed from a Russian prison for this picture. The ex-Caldicot councillor was jailed for two months while facing charges of piracy and hooliganism for his part in
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Toby Faletau aims to bounce back with Dragons victory
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons star Toby Faletau aims to put last week’s bitter disappointment of losing to Australia with Wales firmly behind him by helping his region beat Bordeaux-Bègles on Friday night. The Dragons must beat the Top 14 French side at
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Ex-Dragon James Harris set for another Oxford Blue
FORMER Newport Gwent Dragons forward James Harris will play for Oxford University in their big showdown with Cambridge University at Twickenham next week. The 26-year-old is set to feature in the back row having won a Blue in last year’s Varsity
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Halfpenny pipped to top award by inspirational Read
WALES full-back Leigh Halfpenny has been beaten to the title of IRB player of the year by New Zealand number eight Kieran Read, writes Chris Kirwan.Halfpenny was nominated for the prestigious award after being named Six Nations player of the tournament
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YOUR AM WRITES: Mohammad Asghar, Conservative AM for South East Wales
It’s not often that I’m lost for words in my role as an Assembly Member; however this month would prove to be an exception to that rule.Many people in Wales believe that devolution has placed power into the hands of elected representatives
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Mark Williams: I was simply shocking
MARK Williams was disgusted with one of the worst displays of his professional career as he exited the UK Snooker Championship in the third round.The Cwm potter, who won the UK Championship title 11 years ago, lost 6-5 to Ricky Walden at the Barbican
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Watchdog to probe Blaenau Gwent councillor
A VETERAN Blaenau Gwent councillor suspended by his party is to be the subject of an investigation by a public service watchdog, it has been confirmed. Veteran Cllr Brian Scully was suspended by the Labour party and referred to the Public Service
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Gwent hospitals tracking linen with tagging
ALMOST 300,000 pieces of Gwent hospitals’ linen have been tagged as part of an ongoing project designed to help slash a six-figure annual bill for lost items. Electronic identification tags have been fitted to items such as sheets, towels and pillowcases
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Public meeting to discuss Pontnewynydd school closure plan
A PUBLIC meeting is being held at a Pontypool primary school today, which faces closure.Pontnewynydd Primary is under threat from proposals as part of the 21st Century Schools programme, which aims to tackle issues of ageing buildings and surplus school
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Cross Keys Silver Band Christmas concert
THE Cross Keys Silver Band’s Christmas Concert will take place at Cross Keys Methodist Church on Wednesday December 11 from 7.30pm, and NOT December 12, as reported in the Argus Grassroots column last Monday. Details are available on 01633 619733.
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Ebbw Vale artist creates image of David Suchet out of human hair
EBBW VALE’S Nathan Wyburn who appeared on Britain’s Got Talent has created a giant artwork of David Suchet out of human hair. Inspired by Movember which sees men across the country to grow a moustache or Mo to raise awareness of men’s health
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NOW AND THEN: High Street, Blackwood
The photograph is of High Street, Blackwood, and the properties shown are the old London Hosiery building which I bought in the late 1960s-early 1970s. There was one large shop and I converted it for a client into three units. One was occupied
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Newport businesses hoping for bright future
TWO Newport traders who recently opened new premises have spoken of their optimism for the future of the city, following the announcement of a £90 million loan to the developers of Friars Walk.Lisa Langley, a former teacher who opened Sweet William
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Work at Abergavenny school on hold until New Year
ESSENTIAL health and safety work at a former Abergavenny primary school has been delayed until the New Year.Monmouthshire council’s cabinet agreed last month to spend £56,000 on work to be carried out at the former Park Street primary school
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Newport parents ‘happy’ in mealtimes debate
PARENTS of children with autism at a Welsh-language school are happy for their children to eat separately at lunchtimes, despite reports that pupils are being segregated due to language issues.Last week it was reported that children at the Brynglas autism
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First Women in Business event in Torfaen
More than 80 women gathered at the Parkway Hotel in Cwmbran for a business networking event to showcase their enterprise and businesses. Attendees also enjoyed a fashion show by new business, Emily Rose Vintage, based in Griffithstown.The event was opened
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Newport Auctions opening celebrations
Newport Auctions recently held a day-long event to celebrate the refurbishment of the business after a fire in 2011.
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New quality assurance award will ensure standard of leadership and management training in Wales
A new quality award is being introduced across Wales to ensure the highest standards of leadership and management development.The Leadership & Management Wales quality award will be available to training providers offering leadership and management
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Newport’s business people are taught to influence by Europe’s best
One of Europe’s most influential business coaches flew into Newport from Germany to offer business people from Newport and the surrounding areas the opportunity to learn how to influence.Chris Gibbons from Action Coach has trained more than 2,000
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Newport based Cintec help 12th Century castle win prestigious award
Astley Castle in Warwickshire has been awarded the prestigious Riba Stirling Prize for Architecture, after being restored using technology of Newport-based engineering firm, Cintec International.Cintec teamed up architects and engineers, Mann Williams
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Smart Solutions Mad Hatters ball
Newport-based Smart Solutions held a Mad Hatters ball at the Mecure Holland House, Cardiff, in aid of Bobath Children’s Therapy Centre Wales.
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Champions first up for Panteg
SOUTH Wales Premier Cricket League new boys Panteg will start life in the top flight against champions Mumbles, writes Chris Kirwan.Newport’s campaign gets up and running with a home encounter with Sully on May 3 while the first Gwent derby is at
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New store to open in Chepstow on Thursday
Local businessman and Budgens retailer Marcus Ostler is opening a new Budgens store on St Lawrence Road, Chepstow, on Thursday (December 5), bringing a range of fresh produce and groceries to the local area.The store will stock local products, fresh fruit
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Wales’ largest conveyancing company welcomes news of Welsh Help To Buy
Newport-based conveyancing specialists Convey Law back Welsh Assembly decision to launch Help to Buy in Wales.The scheme, which mirrors its English counterpart will offer the shared mortgage equity scheme, and will only be available on new build properties
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New data hall will meet forecast demand for several hundred further racks
Next Generation Data has completed a further data hall at its NGD Europe tier 3+ carrier-neutral mega-data centre in Newport.This is NGD’s 11th data hall to be built within the giant 750,000 sq ft facility since its opening in 2010. Capable of supporting
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NGD expands with hall 11 at Newport megadata centre
Next Generation Data has completed a further data hall at its NGD Europe tier 3+ carrier-neutral mega-data centre in Newport.This is NGD’s 11th data hall to be built within the giant 750,000 sq ft facility since its opening in 2010. Capable of
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ARGUS ARCHIVE: Pontypool blame the Argus for exit from Schweppes Cup
100 years ago The caretaker of the Seaman’s Mission in Ruperra Street, Pill, a former Captain, was found with his throat cut, in an attempt to take his own life. Tradesmen in Newport were endeavouring to extend their Christmas holidays over
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Lights, camera, action for industry link-up
A successful collaboration between Newport-based Dischro Creative, video production specialists, and Sony UK TEC has been created through the ESTnet, the electronics and software technology network. The new partnership has now been captured on film, as
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Richard Parks’ South Pole bid put on hold
THREE days into his latest record-breaking challenge, former Welsh rugby international Richard Parks has had to postpone the attempt due to severe weather.Parks wrote on his blog that he was “gutted” to have to stop his first attempt to break
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Family appeal
I AM writing to see if any of your readers can help my mother June Carmichael, nee Powell, who is searching for any relatives of her father Edward Powell born in Newport 1917. He moved here to Carrickfergus and married Sarah Powell in 1914, his
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Sole objector
I AM heartened by the level of support I have received after my decision to be the sole councillor to vote against the Council’s decision to borrow £90,000,000 to build the Friars Walk development. The allegation that the Labour Group were subject
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Botched offer
WHAT a shambles the ASDA Black Friday deal was. We waited in the queue, to be told they only had six of each item on offer and that was in every store. Instead of making people queue up they should have been honest – not even the staff knew what
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New mural
AS LAST Wednesday’s Editorial says, now that a belated apology has been issued, it is time to move on. Consultation on a replacement for the much lamented mural has now ended and many thoughtful suggestions have been forthcoming. It should be remembered
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Stock failings
WELL another year and t THE expected WRU e-mails to sell kit and raise money are arriving every couple of days, but as last year and the year before it is a waste of time as most items are out of stock again! With Wales struggling for money to
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Energy cartel
IT’S NOT suppliers we should “switch”, it’s but the system if we want to lower energy bills, as 98 per cent of electricity supply is controlled by the big six companies. so s Swapping suppliers asks a lot of the remaining two per cent of generators
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Voces8, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
The octet Voces8 is a young a cappella group who are gaining an increasing worldwide reputation in performances of a wide range of music. The choice of two Bach motets (Der Geist Hilft and Lobet den Herren) ,accompanied by continuo, to open was
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Blackwood beauty blog looks at body image
A BLACKWOOD make-up artist has started an online project where women reveal the depths of their make-up bag and their relationship to it.Bethan James, 37, started the project to create debate about body image and the battle for perfection. Two years ago
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Shoppers in Gwent urged to support independent traders on Small Business Saturday
Economy Minister Edwina Hart is encouraging people throughout Gwent to back the nationwide campaign to support local independent traders on Saturday December 7 - designated the UK’s first Small Business Saturday.The Minister said: ” This first
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Newport Auctions enjoys opening night success
Newport Auctions has successfully reopened its main auction house following a substantial £500,000 refurbishment. The auction house, which suffered significant fire damage in December 2011, welcomed more than 500 people to its opening night where
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New move for brothers
Just two years after the collapse of their multi-million pound Cardiff Print Company, the Hartley Brothers are back at the top. Dominic Hartley and Chris Hartley have been elected to join the board of PCP (Pugh’s Colourprint UK Limited), a professional
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MICHAEL PEARLMAN SAYS: Ramsey cheering was embarrassing
“WE’LL keep a welcome in the hillside; We'll keep a welcome in the glen. This land you knew will still be singing, when you come home, sweet home again.”Attention Cardiff City fans. It’s just a song, not a mantra for how to
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Goal hero Andy Sandell happy to play anywhere for County
DEFENDER turned emergency goalkeeper turned match-winning striker Andy Sandell says he’s happy to play anywhere for Newport County AFC on his return from injury, writes Andrew Penman.The 30-year-old came off the bench to score the crucial third
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Wales still worst in UK in global school tests
WALES is still the worst performing UK nation for maths, science and reading, according to an international league table released today. Every three years the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) surveys around half a million students
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MICHAEL PEARLMAN SAYS: Sky is the limit for County
GENUINE promotion contenders and now the hard work truly begins in earnest.That’s the situation for Newport County following arguably their most eye-catching week yet in the Football League.A draw at a team who reached the play-offs last term, a
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Spirafix starts new life – in Newport
Spirafix Ground Anchors, currently based in rural Suffolk, is relocating to Newport this month. Spirafix has been established for some time but now has new and active investors which are based in Newport. The design, manufacture, sales and distribution
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The Garway Moon Inn under new ownership
The Garway Moon Inn near Monmouth is back in the hands of a local after a £400,000 investment supported by Barclays business. The village pub, which was bought by husband and wife Neil and Joanna Termets, fulfills a lifelong ambition for local
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The big question...
On Thursday this week the Chancellor George Osborne is delivering his Autumn Statement to the country. Business Argus has been asking local business people what they would like to see him aqnnouncing when he gets to his feet in the House of Commons
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Fast Parts restructures team for next phase of growth
Fast Parts Wales Ltd, one of Wales’ largest motor factors, has grown its team with a number of new appointments and promotions designed to ensure the motor factor is in the best position possible for its next phase of growth.Steve Jones, currently
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Newport man in court charged with wife's murder
A NEWPORT man appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of his estranged wife. Christopher Colin Parry, 49, currently of St Cadoc’s Hospital, Caerleon, appeared in Cardiff Crown Court charged with the murder of Caroline Parry and possession
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Young Enterprise fund-raising event
THE Newport & Monmouthshire board of Young Enterprise UK in association with Island Opera put on a black tie charity event in the Severn Suite of the Hilton Hotel, Newport. Staged by Viaggio UK the event raised in excess of £4,700 to help support
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Commercially speaking
IT’S all systems go for Newport’s Friar’s Walk shopping centre after Newport City Council agreed to borrow the £90m needed fund the scheme.Already one other new occupier has been revealed as coming to Queensbury’s 390,000
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Two firms combine to win contracts in the water industry
Two companies, one based in Monmouth and one in Caerphilly, are celebrating after snapping up contracts worth £1.6m for work in the water industry.The water treatment contracts in Anglesey, North Wales and at Llwyn Onn, near Merthyr Tydfil, have
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Fire crews tackle blaze near Abertillery Park grandstand
FIRECREWS were called to put out a fire in a shed in Abertillery Park close to the park's grandstand at 6.50pm. Two fire engines, from Abertillery and Blaina, left once it had been extinguished at 7.55pm. A South Wales Fire and Rescue spokesman
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Ebbw Vale girl saves sister's life with first aid
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl saved her sister’s life with her knowledge of first aid. Katelyn Lloyd, of Ebbw Vale, was with sister Sky, three, in the back of their mum’s car whenshe started to fit. Katelyn had been volunteering for two weeks with the
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Fire crews put out Malpas loft fire
SOUTH Wales Fire and Rescue Service crews put out a fire in a loft in Newport last night. Three engines from Malpas, Maindee and Cwmbran extinguished the fire at the semi-detached house on Curie Close in Malpas. They were called out at 8.54pm and
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Welsh legal firm to launch UK wide eCommerce service
A Gwent legal firm is to launch 'Gateway2Law' - a UK-wide eCommerce service with an extensive range of legal services available online.The investment by Watkins and Gunn, which is headquartered in Pontypool and also has a base in Newport, is supported
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Wing Matthew Pewtner in full flight thanks to run of Dragons games
AFTER FIVE seasons with Newport Gwent Dragons, wing Matthew Pewtner is finally in his stride.It has been a stop-start career for the 22-year-old from Blackwood since he made his regional debut against Sale Sharks in November 2009.At 6ft 3ins and with
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Night time vigil for Gilwern crash victim
LANTERNS lit up the night sky as people gathered together in Gilwern to remember a 21-year-old who died in a car crash. Tom Baynton, of Gilwern, near Abergavenny, died in a two-car crash in Waun-y-Pound Road, near the former Coleg Gwent site, in
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Dragon Hilary Devey is in to mark Newport commercial vehicle dealer’s expansion to a new base in the city
A leading South Wales commercial vehicle dealer has underlined its solid confidence in Newport with its expansion to a new site in the city.Expanding Commercial Motors (Wales) Limited has moved from its previous centre at Frederick Street in the city
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Certus CEO among world’s leading 250 managers
The CEO of one of Wales’ leading IT consultancies, Certus TG, has been recognised in a global list of the top 250 executives in the managed service sector for the third year running.Paul Brown, who co-founded the Newport-based company in 2000, has
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Cory Hill: Dragons are primed for bruising Bordeaux battle
A BRUISING encounter with Paul O'Connell and Munster has prepared Newport Gwent Dragons perfectly for a crunch European encounter, according to lock Cory HillThe region have no margin for error when they welcome Bordeaux-Begles to Rodney Parade in
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Suicidal Blackwood son ‘let down’ by GPs
A YOUNG man died from drug misuse just two weeks after a mental health professional assessed he was of no risk to himself, an inquest heard on Thursday. Ross Richard Lewis, 21, of Gordon Road, Blackwood, was discovered dead on a friend’s sofa in
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St Julian's pupils trial new e-books scheme
NEWPORT school pupils are the first in Wales to pilot a new e-book system which allows them to borrow library books online and on electronic tablets.Students at St Julian's School are testing the new e-book system, called RM Books, which will allow
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Oakdale couple hope to raise £100,000 for baby girl's treatment
AN OAKDALE couple are hoping to raise £100,000 to help their disabled baby girl to one day walk and communicate with them. Little Ayla-Mae Hemms, aged 15 months, suffers spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, and is also profoundly deaf. She needs
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Disgust as swan found beheaded in Marshfield
RESIDENTS told of their disgust after a cygnet was found beheaded in Marshfield on Sunday afternoon. A woman who lives nearby said: “The person who did this is either insane or sick and if they are capable of doing that they are capable of anything
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Keys hope to repeat Cardiff form at Sardis Road
CROSS Keys are eager to put the scenes which marred their superb bonus point win over Cardiff on Friday night behind them when they travel to face Principality Premiership champions Pontypridd tonight, writes Iwan Gabe Davies.The Pandy Park side's
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Newport bus slashes prices to support shops
NEWPORT Bus have backed Shop Local Saturday in the city by reducing all fares in zone one and Cwmbran to a flat rate of 50p on Saturday. Anyone travelling into the city on the day via bus can also enter themselves in a prize draw to win an annual
