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UPDATE: Police confirm body found in Bargoed river is missing 70-year-old
GWENT Police have confirmed the identity of a man found in a Caerphilly river as 70 year-old Robert Evans. Identification took place earlier today after the body was recovered from the Rhymney River near Bargoed on Saturday. Mr Evans was reported
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BACKING NEWPORT: Figures show Newport Food Festival 'best one yet'
MORE THAN 14,000 people flocked to the centre of Newport on Saturday to sample the delights available at the city’s annual food festival. Attendance to the festival was slightly down from last year, when 15,000 people filled the streets. But
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Farmer hits out over sheep attacks
A FARMER has called for dog owners to keep their pets under control after his sheep were attacked twice in the last two weeks, leading to one sheep’s death.Jon Terry, 56, whose keeps sheep are in fields between the M4 and the canal near the Allt Yr Yn
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Boost for Newport County's hopes of landing Graham Westley
NEWPORT County AFC have received a boost to their hopes of luring Graham Westley to Rodney Parade after Leyton Orient appointed Italian Alberto Cavasin as their new boss. Westley is believed to have watched the O’s draw 0-0 at Barnet on Saturday
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Joe Calzaghe film wins three awards at BAFTA Cymru
A FILM on the life story of former Welsh professional boxer Joe Calzaghe scooped three awards from BAFTA Cymru this weekend. Feature documentary, Mr Calzaghe, chronicles the rise of the super-middleweight / light heavyweight from his Newbridge
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Travellers leave Newport Stadium car park
A GROUP of travellers who set up camp in the Newport Stadium car park last week left the site over the weekend. Newport Live, the charitable trust running the city’s sports and leisure centres, confirmed last week that the group gained access to the stadium
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New man must help Newport County build for the future
CHAIRMAN of operations Gavin Foxall says the next Newport County AFC manager must help the club build for the future. Foxall and his fellow directors expect to appoint Warren Feeney’s successor on Thursday and whoever gets the job will be the club
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How will the new business rates affect you?
From April 1, 2017, commercial occupiers will start to feel the affects of the new business rates re-valuations, says Haydn Thomas of Hutchings and Thomas Chartered Surveyors, Gold Tops, Newport. It has been seven years since the last re-valuation and
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Newport manufacturer buys former Mabey Group site in Chepstow as base for its HQ
A Gwent manufacturer has promised new jobs and investment in Chepstow after announcing plans to relocate its UK headquarters from Newport to a site in the area. AluK (GB), which designs and engineers aluminium building systems, is currently based
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Lifesaving equipment unveiled at Cwmbran park
A PIECE of potentially lifesaving medical equipment has been unveiled at a Cwmbran park and social club.Last month, the Woodland Road Sports and Social Club in Croesyceiliog held a special presentation following the purchase of a defibrillator, to help
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City accountant boosts charity target tenfold to £50,000
NEWPORT city accountancy firm Phil Bessant Ltd is hosting an awards dinner in aid of St David’s Hospice Care to recognise unsung charity heroes in the community. The accountancy firm of Caerau Road, Newport, adopted St David’s Hospice Care as its charity
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M4 relief road inquiry delayed until March 2017
A PUBLIC inquiry into the proposed M4 relief road which was due to be held next month has been delayed until March 2017, it has been announced this afternoon. But the Welsh Government’s economy and infrastructure secretary Ken Skates has claimed
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MP claims The Pony Express would be quicker to communicate than using the internet or texting
A MONMOUTHSHIRE MP has claimed that The Pony Express would be a quicker and more reliable form of communication than using the internet or texting in a remote Monmouthshire valley.David Davies has said a lack of both mobile phone coverage and high-speed
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The big question: Are you a fan of The Apprentice?
Thursday sees the return to our screens of The Apprentice.The BBC reality TV show features 12 people competing for the prize of an investment in their business idea from Lord Alan Sugar.Business Argus asked local business people what they thought of the
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Police appeal after girl horse-rider, 16, approached by two men
POLICE have appealing for information after a 16-year-old girl riding a horse was followed by two men. At around 2.30pm yesterday (Sunday October 2) the girl was riding along the lane when two men appeared and were reported to follow her. They
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Cwmcarn Forest scoops ‘excellence’ award from TripAdvisor
A CAERPHILLY county borough attraction has been recognised for its popularity after receiving an award from a travel website.Cwmcarn Forest was one of four venues in the Caerphilly county borough that was an awarded a ‘Certificate of Excellence’ by TripAdvisor.The
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Fun and treats galore as foodies flock to Newport food festival
SHOPPERS flocked to Newport to sample the delights available at the city’s annual food festival.Into its sixth year, the event – which has become one of the city’s highlights – has previously had good luck with the early autumn weather.But though the
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ARGUS COMMENT: Newport Food Festival is a real bonus
THE rain came down with some force several times on Saturday morning but failed to dampen spirits of those at Newport’s food festival. What happened instead was that a high street sports store did an obviously roaring trade in sales of large umbrellas
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Coach Jones: Dragons could go all-Welsh for Scarlets derby
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are set to tell their Welsh core to lead the charge in their bid for a first derby win in a year and a half this weekend. The Dragons travel to the Scarlets in the Guinness Pro12 on Saturday (kick-off 7.35pm) hunting only
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Gavin Foxall: Firing Feeney much harder than giving Butcher the chop
GAVIN Foxall says sacking Warren Feeney was much tougher than the decision to dismiss Terry Butcher 12 months ago. The County board of directors opted to part company with Feeney after last week’s 1-0 defeat at Grimsby Town sent the club to the
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Crash on Maesglas Industrial Estate, Newport
UPDATE: 3.40pm The road into the industrial estate re-opened at around 3pm, it is understood. UPDATE: 1.49pm The roof is off. Very quick work by the firefighters. pic.twitter.com/7KhUD9B61I — Ian Craig (@ArgusICraig) October 3,
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Seven ways for business to protect themselves against cyber-attacks
News of a Yahoo! data breach which occurred in 2014 hit global headlines, with the tech giant claiming almost half a billion users worldwide - of which eight million were from the UK – had fallen victim to hackers by having their personal information
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Timpson boss to take part in book signing at Chepstow Racecourse's Jumps Festival
JOHN Timpson, the chairman of the high street cobblers chain is to attend Chepstow Racecourse's Jumps Festival to talk about his new book.A public interview and signing session for his new book ‘Under Orders, The Diary of a Racehorse Owner’s Husband
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Newport-based Bisley hosts annual golf day in aid of charity
Newport-based Bisley, which provides workplace furniture and storage, hosted its annual charity golf day at Newport Golf Club. The day was open to suppliers and friends of Bisley and was raising money for Welsh Disabled Golf Association and St David’s
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Market Hall Cinema and Torfaen Leisure Trust scoop national social business awards
The Market Hall Cinema in Brynmawr, Wales’s oldest cinema and the only cinema in Blaenau Gwent, has been named as the winner of the Consumer Facing Social Enterprise Award at the Social Business Wales Awards.The cinema became a community-owned venue in
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Derek the Weatherman set to speak at Newport business event
Derek Brockway, weatherman and TV personality will be the speaker at the next meeting of the City of Newport Business Club on Thursday, October 6.The club meets at the Celtic Manor and hosts a series of events each year, with the aim of bringing local
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How Welsh businesses could get caught out by ‘working time’ and the minimum wage
Care companies are being taken to court accused of failing to pay even half the national minimum pay rates, according to Caryl Thomas, director of Caerphilly-based firm The HR Dept.Seventeen care workers from Haringey, backed by Unison, are behind the
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Newport businessman pushes himself to the limit for Asthma UK
As the sport of triathlon has been pushed firmly into the spotlight with the epic Brownlee brothers’ recent Rio and World Series performances, a partner at one of south Wales’ largest regional accountancy firms has pushed himself to the limit, completing
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Newport man in court over Cardiff Queen Street deaths
A NEWPORT man charged with the murder of a couple outside the shop they worked in appeared at Cardiff Crown Court today. Andrew Patrick Saunders, 21, is accused of killing Zoe Morgan, 21 and Lee Simmons, 33 as they left their Matalan store on Cardiff's
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More volunteers needed for this year's Gwent Poppy Appeal
MORE volunteers from across Gwent are needed to join Royal British Legion (RBL) fundraisers for this year's Poppy Appeal.Each year more than 350,000 poppy volunteers are needed across the country to raise much-needed funds to support current and former
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Monmouth Day Nursery open for business
Childcare is in the blood for Kane Gore after growing up in the family business at Mathern Day Nursery, where his mum used to take him to work with her as a tiny baby, in a blanket and keep him safe in a toy box. After working at the family nursery for
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Newport's Tiny Rebel brewery raises glass to new site
One of Wales’ leading independent micro-breweries will be creating 20 new jobs, after buying a 65,000 sq ft site with the support of a £360,000 funding package from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.Tiny Rebel Brewery was founded in 2012 by Bradley Cummings
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Drive launched to recruit more Gwent volunteers for Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal
TODAY we are launching a drive to recruit more volunteers for the Royal British Legion in this part of Wales to help with the annual Poppy Appeal. Last year volunteers in Gwent raised an incredible £300,000. But as Lynne Woodyatt, the Royal
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YOUR MP WRITES: Islwyn MP Chris Evans
OUR children and young people are growing up in a world where they will one day have to make difficult financial decisions. With more financial products and ways to spend money than ever before, these decisions have become increasingly complex.
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Parc Pantry to open new venue in Newport city centre
PARC Pantry have announced they are opening a third venue in Newport. Currently, the business has a cafe called Parc Pantry in Malpas and the Tea Rooms at Bellevue Park. The new venture - called Parc Central - will be based on High Street,
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Breaking news in Newport and Gwent, Monday October 3, 2016
8:49pm Man's body found in Caerphilly river has been identified
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VIDEO: Homes evacuated in Pontypool after car fire spreads to gas main
UPDATE: 11.02pm A SPOKESMAN for Wales & West Utilities said: "We were alerted to reports of two vehicles on fire near to a gas supply pipe outside a property on Wainfelin Avenue in Pontypool this evening (Sunday 2 Oct) and immediately sent
