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Voice star to headline World Heritage Day

BLAENAVON singer Cai Williams - fresh from his appearance on TV show The Voice - will headline the 2015 World Heritage Day in Blaenavon.Mr Williams, who grew up in Blaenavon, impressed Sir Tom Jones with a powerful rendition of License to Kill, and was

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Maindee pupils interview three little pigs as part of journalism project

PUPILS at Maindee Primary School interviewed the three little pigs as part of a journalism project last week.Year 3 pupils at the school re-enacted the story of the three little pigs as part of a project for their English lesson. The class of 18 pupils

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New businesses open at Pontypool Indoor Market

PONTYPOOL’S historical indoor market is nearing full occupancy with the addition of eight new stalls since the beginning of the year. Visitors can now add items such as newspapers and magazines, vintage records, American sweets and candies, jewellery,

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Social worker ‘used council video camera’ to film wedding

A SOCIAL worker used a video camera purchased with public money to record his daughter’s wedding, a Care Council for Wales committee heard today. Alan Ralph Kalawsky, who did not attend the hearing, was formerly employed as a disability service

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Jury considering verdict in baby murder trial

THE jury in the trial of Mark Jones - charged with the murder of his granddaughter Amelia Jones in Cwmbran in 2012 - will resume its deliberations on a verdict at Newport Crown Court tomorrow morning.The 12-person panel retired to consider a verdict today

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CWMBRAN BABY MURDER TRIAL: Jury sent home

THE jury has been sent home in the trial of a man accused of murdering his granddaughter. Mark Jones, 45, of Cwmbran, denies murdering five-week-old Amelia Jones while babysitting in 2012.

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A465 route through Clydach Gorge is showcase for civil engineering

IF you are travelling between Brynmawr and Gilwern today (MON/TUES), look out for a banner reading ‘This is Civil Engineering.’The eye-catching sign aims to draw attention to the highly skilled design work carried out to widen the road into a dual carriageway

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Newport women urged to apply for 20th anniversary bursary

WOMEN from across Newport are being encouraged to apply for a bursary from the Newport Women’s Forum.Celebrating its twentieth year, the Newport Women’s Forum aims to empower and support women by providing personal development funding.Women aged 18 and

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Blaenavon Library grant to attract new users to its new home

BLAENAVON Library will relocate to the World Heritage Centre, with a Welsh Government grant of £100,000 to do so. The move’s aim is to attract more people to use the library.At the new site, library users will be able to sip a coffee in the café while

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Brilliant Brandon claims silver in Abu Dhabi

NEWPORT ex-pat Brandon Tutton is celebrating after claiming a silver medal as he represented Great Britain in the World Jiu-Jitsu Children’s Cup in Abu Dhabi.More than 900 competitors aged between ten and 15 took to the mat on a day where 54 weight divisions

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Gwent to get £3.6m to help older people remain at home

GWENT will receive a £3.6 million share of £20 million of Welsh Government money that is aimed at easing pressure on hospitals by helping older and vulnerable people to remain at home. Last year, £35 million was invested in the first year of an

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UPDATE: Battle between Butcher and Yates as Exiles confirm Dack departure

NEWPORT County AFC are still expected to make an announcement on a new manager this week after intensifying efforts to recruit their new man. The Argus can reveal that the board of directors met on Tuesday to discuss plans with Jimmy Dack’s departure

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YOUR AM WRITES: South Wales East AM William Grahame

GENERAL ELECTION: The leaders of the political parties in Wales and throughout the UK are currently engaged in presenting manifestos and policies to secure your vote.I would encourage everyone who is entitled to vote, to exercise this right. A high turnout

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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Grass fires in Gwent

THE number of deliberate grass fires in Gwent in the first week of April saw a shocking 860 per cent increase on those put out during the same period last year. Indeed, in the past three weeks, up until April 22, the fire services have dealt with 332

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WWI ARGUS ARCHIVE: Combined operations in Dardanelles begin

Combined action begins The battle in the west The German advance has been checked but has it been stopped? For an answer to this question it is vain to seek the official reports. The more hopeful view is that the enemy has done his

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Buckland returning to the ring on Newport Centre show in June

ST JOES boxer Gary Buckland will return to action in June with Sanigar Events returning to Newport Leisure Centre.The evening of boxing titled ‘Unleash the Dragon’ will be on Friday, June 19 with several championship titles set to be defended.'The Kid

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5 reasons why County missed out on the League Two play-offs

BARRING a miraculous 18-goal swing during Saturday’s season finale, we now know that Newport County AFC will not make the League Two play-offs. An eighth or ninth-place finish represents good progress for the Exiles but it has been a disappointing

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8,000 homes hit by burst water main in Cwmbran

EIGHT THOUSAND homes were hit by a burst water main at the weekend. Households in parts of Cwmbran, New Inn and Griffithstown were left without water or low water pressure until Welsh Water restored supplies on Sunday following emergency works.

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VIDEO: Orville the duck's ventriloquist pal Keith Harris dies at 67

VENTRILOQUIST Keith Harris, famous for his act with his puppet duck Orville, has died today aged 67, his agent said. Robert C Kelly said Harris, whom he described as a “thoroughly decent man”, was first diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and became

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ARGUS ARCHIVE: 25 years ago - Children playing on M4 central reservation in Newport branded ‘suicidal lunatics’

100 years ago IT SAID something for the resources of the country that even while engaged in war furnishers Messrs P E Gane of Newport managed to distribute a monetary bonus to staff as result of a successful years trading. AT Newport County

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Not their job

ED MILIBAND should stop sneering at wealth creators, a trade minister in the the last Labour government has said. In a highly critical open letter to the Labour leader, Lord Jones of Birmingham, who was a minister from 2007 to 2008 in Gordon Brown’

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Too willing

PLAID CYMRU leader Leanne Wood has stated that in the event of a hung parliament she may not support a Labour government after May 7; this will come as no surprise to many. Nationalism and Conservatism both suffer from a narrow, insular, inward-looking

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ELECTION 2015: Islwyn election candidates

Plaid Cymru – Lyn AckermanLyn was brought up in Crumlin and has lived in Newbridge since 1989, so she knows her constituency very well. She was educated in Crumlin High Level and Newbridge Comprehensive.She has represented Caerphilly on the country borough

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Viaduct a loss

I WAS delighted to read in the Argus on April 23 that there is a possibility that cruise ships would include The Guardian in future destinations. However. I am also aware that our valley has been denied this prospect for many years because of the wanton

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ELECTION 2015: Islwyn constituency profile

SINCE the constituency’s creation in 1983, Labour has held firmly onto Islwyn with just three MPs representing the area over the past 22 years.The former coal mining district was first represented by former Labour leader Neil Kinnock and was then taken

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Anzac Day

I WRITE this letter on a rather poignant day known in Australia and New Zealand as Anzac Day. Hopefully, many young people will have watched the news on television and seen the memorial services in Whitehall and in Gallipoli. Many of them will never

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Newport hi-tech plant to see production boost while buyer is sought

Production at the Newport Infineon plant is set to be increased over the next couple of years while its international owners start the process of looking for a buyer for the site. The 540 staff at the Newport factory, which is close to Tredegar

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LIVE: First Minister's Questions

2:21pm That's it for First Minister's Questions this week. We'lll be back next week for a no-doubt election heavy session. 2:20pm Now a question on opencast mining. Carwyn

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Goalkeepers in safe hands for new training course

THERE is no rest for the goalkeepers of Gwent – nine of them will be back in training almost as soon as the Nathaniel Cars Welsh League season ends next month, writes Andrew Penman.John Burrows and Nicky Church, goalkeeping coaches at Caldicot Town and

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Friars Walk starts planning for its November opening

Work on Friars Walk is entering the last few months before the doors open to the public on November 12, 2015 at 10am. With the physical building work now well under way and some retailers set to start fitting out in the near future, thoughts of

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Newport connection at all four clubs bidding for play-off glory in the Conference

THE Vanarama Conference play-offs get under way tomorrow night with Newport County AFC waiting to see which of four sides will join them in League Two next term. And while the clubs in question are geographically split across Britain, there is

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Mountain bike stolen from garage in Newport

GWENT Police have appealed for information after a mountain bike was stolen from a garage in Newport.The theft happened on Melbourne Way sometime between 18 and 21 April.Anyone who can help is asked to call 101 quoting log number 77 21/04/15 or Crimestoppers

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Dragons lose out to Scarlets over Cross Keys ace Jack Condy

NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have lost out in the race to sign rising Cross Keys star Jack Condy after he penned a deal with the Scarlets. The up-and-coming number eight was being chased by both regions after some stellar performances for the Pandy Park

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Bruce Forsyth Entertains New Theatre, Cardiff

 There’s still a huge demand for one-off performances as Sir Bruce Forsyth proved on Monday evening as he played his one-man show for one night only at Cardiff’s New Theatre. From the moment Sir Bruce stepped onto the stage with musical accompaniment

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Van Morrison, St David's Hall

You can never be sure quite what to expect from a Van Morrison performance. His quest for perfection occasionally results in a reluctance to acknowledge the audience . This was not the case in Cardiff. Opening with a freeform version of Moondance

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NOW AND THEN: The opening of the Newport Transporter Bridge

THIS picture shows the opening of the Newport Transporter Bridge on 12th September 1906 by Godfrey Morgan, Viscount Tredegar. Despite the heavy rain the crowds were not deterred and Hundreds went over on the gondola and walked over the top of the bridge

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ELECTION 2015: Newport West online hustings

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Die Walkure, Wales Millennium Centre

Is it really ten years since the opening of the Wales Millennium Centre? As part of the celebrations we were presented with a coruscating account of the final act of the second part of Wagner’s Ring Cycle – regarded by many as the pivotal section of

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ARGUS COMMENT: Could England legend Terry Butcher be County boss?

IF A man who once captained England to within a penalty kick of the World Cup Final wants to manage Newport County AFC, then what more proof does anyone need of the huge strides the club has taken in recent years? With due respect to the club’s

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NOW AND THEN: Newport Woolworths on Charles Street

This is Woolworths situated at the corner of Charles Street. This store had a food hall there. In my college holidays I used to work on the checkout. We had to know all the prices. We were not allowed to sit down so we finished our shifts with aching

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Newport students learn life-saving skills

HUNDREDS of Newport students took part in a mass one-day CPR training session after the school received a heart defibrillator from an Argus-led campaign.Welsh Hearts, the main charity of Jack’s Appeal, held the training day at Lliswerry High School on

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THEFT WARNING: Thieves target vehicles in Beechwood, Lliswerry and Alway take power tools, spare wheels and car parts

THIEVES have been on a spree in Beechwood, Lliswerry and Alway breaking into vehicles to take power tools, spare wheels and car parts. In the last month, people reported 46 thefts from cars, with items such as power tools, spare wheels and car

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TRAFFIC UPDATE: Delays on M4 in Newport

UPDATE: 9.10am  There is very slow traffic on the A48 Eastern Avenue westbound in St Mellons between the A48(M) junction 29a and the exit for Pontprennau.  UPDATE: 8.39am Delays are possible on the M4 westbound from junction 24 at the Coldra

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Newport man raises £1,665 by cycling 180 miles to London and then running London Marathon

A NEWPORT man has completed his goal of cycling to London before taking part in the city’s marathon. Keen cyclist and runner Mark Birchall, 46, decided to combine both of his hobbies into the one mammoth challenge. He chose to cycle the 180

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Vulnerable adults 'made to clean toilets' - social worker's hearing is told

A VULNERABLE adult was ‘terrified’ of Monmouthshire care workers, a Care Council for Wales hearing was told. Alan Ralph Kalawsky, a qualified social worker formerly employed by Monmouthshire County Council faces four allegations of misconduct.

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CWMBRAN BABY MURDER TRIAL: 'Jury must decide on medical opinion' - judge

THE jury in the trial of Mark Jones, the Cwmbran man charged with the murder of his granddaughter in 2012, has been told that it must decide the level of importance it attaches to medical opinions on when the baby’s injuries were caused. Summing

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Firefighters tackle Valleys grass fire

FIREFIGHTERS from Risca tackled a grass fire in Ochrwyth yesterday evening. They were relieved at 5.19pm.

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Firefighters called after car crashes into three parked cars

UPDATE: 10.49am A blue Peugeot 307 collided with three parked cars (Nissan Almera, Peugeot 207 and a Toyota Yaris) this morning. Enquiries are currently ongoing to locate the driver who left the scene before police arrived. Anyone with

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ELECTION 2015: Chance to quiz Newport candidates

NEWPORT Trades Union Council and Newport Equality Group are hosting a hustings meeting for General Election candidates at the Castle Room of the Newport Centre tomorrow at 7.30pm. Members of the public will have an opportunity to quiz prospective

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Newport group hope to bring community together with trees

A LOCAL group is hoping to bring the community of Newport together with the plantation of 400 trees.The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, which has been present in the city for more than two years, has already planted 250 trees on the site of the Serennu

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MICHAEL PEARLMAN SAYS: We must give new man a chance, whoever takes County hotseat

IT acted as a pretty perfect metaphor for both doing the job I do and for being a football fan in general, when I looked on our website to see how the fans had reacted to the news Terry Butcher is the front runner for County.You can check online yourselves

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MICHAEL PEARLMAN SAYS: My retained and released list for Newport County AFC

WITH OUR understanding being that Jimmy Dack will not be Newport County manager next season, the new boss is going to have to decide quickly on which players in the Exiles first team squad to retain and release next term.My thoughts on the potential new

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Breaking news in Newport and Gwent, Tuesday April 28, 2015

7:59pm 8,000 homes hit by burst water main in Cwmbran 7:12pm Social worker used publicly-funded video camera for personal use, hearing is told

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£2.5m Llandegfedd Reservoir water sports centre opens doors

A MAJOR £2.5 million project at Llandegfedd Reservoir to create brand new water sports and visitor centre has been complete.The project to create the centre at the reservoir near Pontypool has been complete by D?r Cymru Welsh Water who own the site.The