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County will make the play-offs in League Two, according to our predictions
NEWPORT County are in a five-way battle for a League Two play-off spot with just one point separating Stevenage, Luton, Exeter, Plymouth and the Exiles with five fixtures remaining. Only two sides are likely to make the top seven out of that group
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Ebbw Vale salon joins campaign to give children festive treat
A PROJECT to send school pupils with learning difficulties to Lapland UK has received a boost after an Ebbw Vale hairdressers joined the fundraising campaign.A group of parents are hoping to raise £10,000 to send 102 pupils from Pen-y-Cwm special school
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Undy fundraisers reach £4,000
CHARITY fundraising at an Undy sports club has so far collected more than £4,000 – and members want to raise more. Tracy Stafford, who works at Undy Athletic Football Club on The Causeway, asked the club to raise cash for the Newport-based Sparkle charity
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Pontypool couple to take on London marathon together
A MARRIED couple from Pontypool will complete their first marathons later this month to raise money for two charities close to their hearts. Kelly and Mark Hayes, who are 33 and 35 respectively and have two daughters, will be running in the London Marathon
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FIRST PERSON: Cwmbran GP Dr Ramesh Sharma
Cwmbran GP Dr Ramesh Sharma is retiring after more than 30 years in practice in the town. He talks to CIARAN KELLY.“I WAS born in Ranchi in India in 1949.I was the second youngest of six, with three brothers, Mithileshk, Akhilesh and Mahesh, and two sisters
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LIVE: Newport West election hustings
JOIN Argus reporter Jen Mills for live coverage of Newport West election hustings. VIDEO: Tweets by @ArgusJenMills
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Lyn Jones: I won't rest Dragons ahead of Edinburgh semi-final despite swift turnaround
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will be going full steam at Leinster on Sunday despite their looming European semi-final.The region have a rapid turnaround from their encounter with the Guinness Pro12 champions at Rodney Parade (kick-off 4.15pm) with their last-four
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We need three more wins, says County boss
NEWPORT County AFC manager Jimmy Dack is targeting three wins from the final five games of the season to clinch a League Two play-off place, writes Andrew Penman.The race to finish in the top seven is set to go down to the wire with County one of five
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Aldi eclipses Waitrose at checkout
DISCOUNT supermarket Aldi has overtaken upmarket rival Waitrose to become the sixth largest grocer in the country, industry figures showed today. Aldi achieved a 5.3% market share in the 12 weeks to March 29 in the latest till roll figures from
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CWMBRAN BABY MURDER TRIAL: Fatal injury from accidental injury 'extremely rare' - court hears
A PATHOLOGIST said if a fatal head injury sustained by a Cwmbran baby was accidental, the extent of her injuries will make it the first ever case of its kind, a court heard. Dr Colin Smith, a neuropathologist, said in the trial of Mark Jones, accused
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WWI ARGUS ARCHIVE: Setbacks for Germans in Africa
Pushing ahead More French successes Great move on the right More prisoners Some interesting telegrams were published in our eighth edition last night. Once again our attention was drawn to the operations of General Botha’s army
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You helped us do it for Oakdale teen Jack Thomas - thank you! Every secondary school in Gwent can now have a defibrillator
EVERY secondary school in Gwent can now be fitted with a heart defibrillator thanks to an Argus-led appeal that has raised more than £32,500 in just over a year. It comes as part of a campaign to get the machine into every secondary school in Gwent
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CCTV: Appeal after thefts from Co-op store
GWENT Police are appealing for help following a shoplifting incident where a number of items were taken in Chepstow. It happened in the Co-op in Thomas Street between about 5.30pm and 5.40pm on Tuesday 7th April. Officers would like to speak
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Newport woman celebrates 100th birthday
A NEWPORT care home celebrated the birthday of its second centenarian yesterday (Tuesday).Iris Gatehouse, 100, was joined by friends and family at Wellwood House Extra Care scheme, in Ringland, for a party to celebrate her landmark birthday.Mrs Gatehouse
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Jeremy Clarkson go-ahead for BBC quiz show
BBC bosses have given Jeremy Clarkson permission to present satirical quiz show Have I Got News For You despite not renewing his Top Gear contract. The star was the subject of an internal BBC investigation after he attacked Top Gear producer Oisin
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Unlike BOD, Gordon D'Arcy needs to shine at Rodney Parade for Leinster
LEINSTER may have a Champions Cup semi-final against Toulon looming but Ireland international Gordon D'Arcy isn't looking beyond Rodney Parade.The Guinness Pro12 champions travel to Newport Gwent Dragons on Sunday afternoon (kick-off 4.15pm) in desperate
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Newport Golf Club appoint first woman captain
NEWPORT Golf Club have unveiled their first ever woman Club Captain. Sian Martin, 60, who is also Ladies Captain, fills the void left by Mike Sage who quit midway through the 2014 season having succeeded Nigel Castle. Sian has been a club member
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Users try out Cwmbran Stadium kit after £2m revamp
MORE than 150 people took the chance to try out the new facilities at Cwmbran Stadium as part of its £2million revamp yesterday.Torfaen Leisure Trust invited the public to view the first phase of its new development on the site.The new activities on offer
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British values?
I HAVE been hearing recently about the so called “British values”. What are they? From what I have been hearing, they are certainly not the Christian values which this nation was built on. In these British values everyone has a say, except “born again
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Visitors flock to Gwent attractions over Easter
VISITOR attractions across Gwent say they attracted thousands of visitors during the Easter bank holiday, numbers boosted by the fine weather. With the sun shining and with temperatures soaring to 18°C degrees Celsius, the footfall at castles,
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Disappointing
READ on social media that the Easter Egg Hunt that had been arranged at the Transporter Bridge had to be cancelled because of mess that was left. The rubbish apparently included soiled toilet tissue. What a disappointment for not only the children
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Ask yourself why
WELL, pantomime season is nearly upon us and already the familiar red boards can be seen throughout Newport proclaiming “Vote Labour”. The only question that pops into my mind is why? Usually the political class blame the last government that was in
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Dragons youngsters are in sevens heaven
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons Under-18s were victorious in the inaugural WRU Women's Regional 7s competition held at Caerphilly Centre of Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach on Sunday. Cardiff Blues won the senior competition, beating the Ospreys 33-17
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Nuclear issue
THE 2015 General Election has provided an opportunity for us in the peace movement to highlight the issues of nuclear war and the scars it has left on humanity since the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This debate is made more urgent with the upcoming
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ARGUS COMMENT: Meningitis vaccine funding is great news
NEWS that funding is now in place for all babies in Wales to be vaccinated against meningitis B will be welcomed by every parent whose child has suffered the potentially fatal infection. Less than a fortnight after it was announced a deal had been
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'Calm' Cory Hill backed to keep leading the way for Dragons
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons may be without their first-choice lock combination but former Wales international Rhys Thomas believes the 'calming influence' of Cory Hill will help fill the void.Rynard Landman and Andrew Coombs had formed an impressive partnership
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Newport council spells out concerns over shake-up
NEWPORT City Council has concerns about some of the things included in a White Paper on the re-organisation of local government in Wales, a report to its cabinet says. The White Paper by the Welsh Government is setting out its vision for the future
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Huge medal haul for Newport-based Gassor’s Tournament Team
IT was smiles all round for Gassor’s Tournament Team as they returned home from a very successful day at the recent UK ITF English Taekwon-Do Championships. Forty-one Taekwon-Do and Kickboxing students represented Gassor’s Tournament Team at the
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Gary Neville gives Bury a helping hand ahead of County clash
BURY have enlisted the help of England coach and former Manchester United star Gary Neville ahead of their trip to Newport County AFC this weekend, writes Andrew Penman.Neville, who is also now a top TV pundit, visited Bury’s Carrington training ground
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County won't appeal against Ismail Yakubu red card
NEWPORT County AFC manager Jimmy Dack has decided not to appeal against the red card given to Ismail Yakubu at Exeter City on Monday. Dack still insists that Yakubu should not have been sent off for the foul that led to the Grecians' second goal
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Appeal to fix medieval church roof reaches £8,500
A CAMPAIGN to raise £100,000 to pay for repairs to the roof of a medieval church has reached £8,500.Parishioners launched the Keep St Cybi’s Open appeal for St Cybi’s Church, in Llangibby, near Usk, in October of last year after a crack appeared in the
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Notorious eBay fraudster is at it again - this time he's used his five-year-old son’s details to dupe victims
A FRAUDSTER from Pontypool used his five-year-old son’s details to dupe victims on eBay into buying bogus mobile phones. Notorious conman Phillip Shortman, of Hillrise in Abersychan, also convinced people to buy fake car parts while he was on bail
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Anger as bid fails to turn on street lights, despite being backed by 1,400-name petition
A CAMPAIGNER blasted Torfaen council chiefs yesterday after they rejected a plea to turn street lights back on, signed by nearly 1,400 residents. Ray Watkins called on Torfaen council to turn on about 6,700 lights – nearly half of the total – to
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Lord of the Dance, Dangerous Games: St David’s Hall, Cardiff
The Lord of the Dance extravaganza took Cardiff by storm, and Dangerous Games, the latest instalment in the series certainly took the dance genre to another level with special effects lighting and holographs adding yet further dimensions to the winning
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300 back petition to save primary school
A PARENT-LED campaign to secure a Monmouthshire primary school’s future has the backing of over 300 people – 10 times the number of children educated there.Angry parents who were told their children would be moved from Llanfair Kilgeddin Church in Wales
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Bus firm says driver was ‘a safe distance’ from rider who fell from horse
A BUS company insists its driver did not contribute to the fall of a horse rider. Tanya Price, 36, of Varteg, came off her horse shortly after the Stagecoach-run X24 service passed by her on the B4246 near Samsons Avenue, Garndiffaith. The
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CWMBRAN BABY MURDER TRIAL: Live coverage
JOIN Argus reporter Becky Carr for live coverage of the trial of Cwmbran grandfather Mark Jones, accused of murdering baby Amelia Rose. Tweets by @ArgusBCarr
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Ex-Wales star Robbie Savage clashes with Katie Hopkins after she said dementia patients were 'blocking beds'
EX-WALES footballer Robbie Savage has clashed with reality TV star Katie Hopkins over comments she made about dementia patients "blocking beds". The former Wales international, an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society, said he was "mortified"
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Newport council could sell off property and spend cash on frontline services - report
A REPORT to Newport City Council’s cabinet has suggested the council could consider selling some of its assets and spend the money on frontline services instead. The Review of the Commercial Estate report, which is to be considered by the Cabinet
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Dukes Of Hazzard actor who played Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane dies at 88
JAMES Best, the prolific US character actor best known for his role as Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane in The Dukes Of Hazzard, has died at the age of 88. His wife, Dorothy Best, said that Best died on Monday night (April 6) in hospice care in Hickory
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GLC set for Newport’s Record Store Day show
THE line-up of Newport’s Record Store Day music event was announced yesterday with Goldie Lookin’ Chain and three other bands set to play.Newport bands the Vestals and Burning Ferns will be performing at the event on Saturday, April 18, as well as Cardiff-based
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Firefighters called after motorbike set on fire in Ringland Newport
A MOTORBIKE was deliberately set on fire in Newport in the early hours of this morning. Firefighters from Maindee attended Ringland Centre at 12.55am, the fire service said.
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Al Murray, Pub Landlord, hands in election papers as he prepares for Farage election battle
COMEDIAN and budding MP Al Murray will hand in his nomination papers today as he bids to stand against Ukip leader Nigel Farage in the general election. Murray, in his guise as the Pub Landlord, will submit his paperwork at Thanet District Council's
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ON THIS DAY: The family of a Gwent soldier killed in Afghanistan were to be honoured
On this day - April 8 FROM THE ARGUS ARCHIVE: On this day a year ago the Argus reported how villagers had turned a disused red phone box into a tourist information point for visitors. Five years ago today we reported how the family
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Cwmbran mum to shave her hair off for charity
A CWMBRAN mother has planned to have her two foot blonde locks shaved off after being inspired by her teenage daughter doing the same last yearBank liaison officer Sarah Carmock, 39, from Cwmbran, is shaving her hair off to raise funds for two charities
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Have your say on cycling race road closures for Velothon Wales
CONSULTATION is under way ahead of a major one-day cycling event which is expected to bring parts of Gwent to a standstill for up to nine hours. More than 15,000 cyclists are set to pass through Caerphilly county borough on Sunday, June 14, and
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TRAFFIC UPDATE: Delays possible on M4 in Newport between J28 and J26
UPDATE 8.20am Slow traffic on the A48 Newport westbound at the A4072 Forge Road junction is being caused by the early morning congestion. UPDATE: 8am Heavy traffic is being reported on the A467 Forge Road southbound in Newport before Tredegar
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MICHAEL PEARLMAN: My Newport County glass is half full.... and half empty
EVERY football club tends to see supporters attempt to categorise themselves as glass half full or empty types of folk, but I’ve definitely got a foot in both camps at the present time.I don’t consider myself either a happy clapper who thinks any scenario
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Cwmbran boy with autism set to get 'life changing' support dog
A TORFAEN boy with autism looks set to get a "life changing" support dog within the next six months.In January, Thornhill parents Paolo Raimondo and Melanie Wood, launched a fundraising campaign to purchase a specially trained dog for their
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PICTURE UPDATE: Cat found dead after 'being swung by its legs and stamped on' in Newport
THE RSPCA is appealing for information about a dead cat after it was seen being swung by its legs and stamped on in Newport. A concerned member of the public contacted the RSPCA after the cat was heard screaming. A man, who was with two teenagers
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Breaking news in Newport and Gwent, Wednesday April 8, 2015
3:58pm CWMBRAN BABY MURDER TRIAL: Fatal injury from accidental injury 'extremely rare' - court hears 3:50pm Trouble on the buses: Service 12 - 15:20 New Tredegar
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Schools to get Toxic Shock presentations
SCHOOLS are to be given presentations on Toxic Shock Syndrome thanks to funding from a Caerwent family whose daughter died of the condition. Natasha Scott-Falber, 14, died on February 14, 2013, from TSS after using her first tampon. Her family
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Solar farm would power '4,500 homes'
A PROPOSED solar farm at Crick, near Caldicot, would produce enough electricity to power 4,536 homes. Monmouthshire council has lodged an application with its own planning officers to create a 22,660 solar panel farm on land at Oakgrove Farm.
