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Alway residents left without electricity for the third time this week
HUNDREDS of Alway residents were left without electricity on Thursday evening for more than an hour for the third time this week due to a temporary generator failure. The temporary generator, which was being used while new equipment was being installed
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Tributes to a local hairdresser who was 'the heart of the community'
TRIBUTES have been paid to a Cwmbran barber who was said to be "at the heart of his local community".Natalino Rosato, who was mostly known as Tino, owned and ran Tino's barbershop in Llanyrafon Square, Cwmbran, for more than 40 years.Mr
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Gwent artist 'star struck' after presenting celebrities with portraits
A GWENT artist had the chance to present a drawing to one of his favourite singers this week. 26-year-old Nathan Wyburn, of Ebbw Vale, met Spice Girl Mel C in Cardiff on Thursday where she was recording an interview and acoustic session of her new single
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Ex-rugby captain to tackle Ironman Wales later this month
A NEWPORT man will be among the 2,300 athletes taking part in one of UK’s toughest races this year.Ryan Jones, 35, of Newport, will be taking part in the Ironman Wales event in Pembrokeshire on Sunday, September 25. The former Wales rugby captain has
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Police have sacked a control room operator for forging her estranged husband's signature in a £120,000 fraud
A POLICE force has sacked a control room operator for forging her estranged husband's signature in a £120,000 fraud over their dream country cottage.Anna Colcombe faked the signature of husband Geoffrey Jones to get a mortgage pay-out after their
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Butler knows clean sheets like gold dust for County
DAN Butler is a defender who likes to make his presence felt going forward but he knows that clean sheets are just as valuable as goals for Newport County AFC at the moment.The Exiles, who go to Doncaster Rovers in Sky Bet League Two today (3pm), have
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DOG OF THE WEEK: Can you give Sassy a home?
NEWPORT City Dogs Home cares for more than 500 dogs a year, and if they are not claimed by their owners, the dogs are offered for adoption. The Argus has teamed up with the dogs home and will be regularly featuring a ‘Dog of the Week’ to help them
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Chance for football fans to relive Wales' momentous Euros
GWENT football fans have been given the chance to celebrate Wales’ momentous Euro 2016 campaign later this year alongside national team boss Chris Coleman. The Events Room is staging a celebration dinner at the Parkway Hotel & Spa in Cwmbran
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Talking training: Hiring school leavers to develop your business
In her monthly South Wales Argus column, Acorn’s Commercial Director and Interim Chairperson for the National Training Federation for Wales (NTfW), Sarah John looks at how businesses can recruit and develop talented individuals following results season
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Radio security scheme to target Christmas criminals and anti social behaviour in the city centre
A crack down on anti social behaviour and shop lifting in the city centre this Christmas has been launched in Newport.Newport Business Against Crime is partnering with Newport Now in a renewed bid to stamp out shop lifting and anti-social behaviour to
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UPDATE: Man stable in hospital after stabbing
UPDATE: 1.29pm Fri 16 Sep The man who was seriously injured in yesterday's incident remains in University Hospital of Wales and is now in a stable condition. The 43-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder remains in
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Newport High Street blocked after woman collapses on road
UPDATE: 3pm Traffic is now clear on High Street and Stow Hill UPDATE: 1.04pm Traffic is now backed up along Stow Hill. UPDATE: 12.55pm TRAFFIC on High Street in Newport has been brought to a standstill after a woman collapsed, leaving
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Everything you need to know about Abergavenny Food Festival 2016
AS the biggest food festival in Wales comes to Abergavenny this weekend we have all you need to know to plan your visit to make your weekend run smoothly and stress free, from how to get there and where to stay to bag drops and whether you can take your
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TEAM NEWS: Amos back out wide for Dragons' date with Munster
WALES international Hallam Amos moves back to the wing for Newport Gwent Dragons’ Guinness Pro12 encounter with Munster at Rodney Parade. Head coach Kingsley Jones has made five personnel changes to the side that beat Zebre 11-6 last weekend for
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Bye to Cameron
DAVID Cameron is quitting as a MP, certainly taking his football home. He will start a lecture tour like Tony Blair. I can’t wait to read his kiss and tell book on his time as prime minister and the infighting in the Tory cabinet. Maybe he
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New school
CONGRATULATIONS to headteacher Tim Williams, staff and pupils on the successful launch of our new school at the old Pontllanfraith and Oakdale sites (“New dawn as new Islwyn High finally opens its doors”, Argus, September 13). It’s great news that
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Such a waste
OVER the last three years my partner has had two major operations. After each operation, he was issued one zimmer frame, two elbow crutches, two walking sticks as he recovered his mobility. We were not allowed to re-use the first aids, for the second
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Tunnel speed
SINCE 2011 speed restrictions have been placed in and around the Brynglas Tunnel on East and Westbound carriageways of M4 causing misery. It is proposed to remove all speed restrictions in this area and revert back to the National Speed limit in
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Fete thanks
PLEASE will you allow me to thank every one that supported the Ysbyty Anuerin Bevan League of Friends ‘Summer Fete’ held recently at the hospital in Ebbw Vale especially the mayor of Blaenau Gwent councillor Barrie Sutton for opening the fete, The
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Unfinished work
RECENT reports in the Argus have stated that Friar’s Walk developer Queensbury Real Estate will pay back with interest the £90 million loan from Newport Council by December and that Council Leader Debbie Wilcox will make the regeneration of Newport
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Macbeth, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
THE Welsh National Opera presented its own take on Macbeth in a flurry of flames, lightning and otherworldly magic. Modern military costumes helped bring Giuseppe Verdi's 19th-century interpretation of “the Scottish play” bang up to date. The
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Ebbw and Newport eager to break their duck
IT may still be very early in the new Principality Premiership season but there is a lot riding on the Gwent derby between Ebbw Vale and Newport at Eugene Cross Park tomorrow (2.30pm).Reigning champions Ebbw, without a game last weekend, lost their opening
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LEWIS EVANS: Patience will be a virtue in attack for Dragons against Munster
AFTER last Friday’s game against Zebre I was as upset, frustrated, depressed and annoyed as anyone; we got our season up and running with a win but it wasn’t the performance that we wanted. There were a vast array of emotions that we had as a squad
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Keys call on seasoned players to lead the way in crunch Neath clash
HEAD coach Greg Woods has called on Cross Keys' senior players to up their game when they host Neath to help the club stay in the fight for the top half of the Principality Premiership.It may only be mid-September but the Pandy Park side have left
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Bedwas out to upset on-song Merthyr
BEDWAS will attempt to become the first side to throw a spanner in the works of Merthyr's Principality Premiership charge at the Wern tomorrow, writes Chris Kirwan.The big-spending Ironmen have made an impressive start to life in the top flight and
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Dragons must not fall into Munster's kicking trap - coach Connor
COACH Shaun Connor has warned Newport Gwent Dragons that Munster will attempt to put them in a headlock inside their own half with a kick-heavy approach, writes Chris Kirwan.The Dragons are looking to win back-to-back Guinness Pro12 games for the first
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Soaring temperatures and sunshine set to turn into torrential downpours
GWENT basked in unseasonably hot weather yesterday, with residents making the most of some late summer sun. Temperatures have soared over the past few days, hitting highs of 25 degrees Celsius in Abergavenny yesterday morning Forecasters have
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Salvation Army football team win Newport final
A FOOTBALL team for people experiencing homelessness won the East Wales League final at the Play Football Centre in Newport. The team from Ty Gobaith, a Salvation Army’s residential centre for people experiencing homelessness, won the game organised by
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COUCH POTATO: Celebs Go Dating shows us some glorious disasters
HIS parents are famous porn stars and he has no problem persuading women into bed. So, having seen Outnumbered actor Tyger Drew-Honey in action these last three weeks, I’ve just one question. How the hell? He has the chat-up skills of a
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Breaking news in Newport and Gwent, Friday September 16, 2016
8:18pm Missing man's mum appeals for help to find her son
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THE LONG VIEW: The Newport by-election which brought down Lloyd-George's government
WHEN Newport's MP died in 1922, the resulting contest became the focus of the nation as the result could topple Lloyd-George’s coalition government. MARTIN WADE recalls the Newport by-election of 1922. At a time when the political boundaries of
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Councillors refuse plans for gun shop in Pontnewydd, Torfaen
PLANS for a proposed gun shop in Torfaen were shot down by councillors at a planning committee this week.Following an enforcement complaint in March 2016, Torfaen County Borough Council were made aware that a gun shop had opened in the Pontnewydd area
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Long waiting times for treatment on rise again
WAITS of longer than 36 weeks for treatment in Gwent hospitals rose in July for the first time in seven months. The increase was small - up 75 to 2,267 - but comes after such waits had been almost halved during the first six months of 2016.
