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  • Appeal for Usk Jubilee arch begins

    AN Appeal to fund a permanent memorial to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in Usk is underway. Usk Town Council want to commemorate the occasion in the same way local people funded the clock in Twyn Square for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee

  • It’s a Brew rendezvous for Dragons in Biarritz

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will face a swift reunion with Aled Brew in a pre-season friendly against Biarritz, writes Chris Kirwan. The region will take on the Amlin Challenge Cup holders in France on Friday, August 10 (kick-off 7pm, local time). The encounter

  • Man admits £600 Chepstow beer theft

    A MAN who admitted stealing more than £600 worth of beer from a supermarket was given a community order and made to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work. Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court heard Cosmin Aldea, 23, tried to divert a security guard’s

  • Don't throw paint down the drain - campaign

    SCHOOLS and community groups in Gwent are being urged to get involved in a campaign to help improve water quality in their area. The Yellow Fish campaign aims to stop people pouring oil, paints, solvents or chemicals into surface water drains

  • Older folk ‘poor and lonely’ in Wales

    MORE than 100,000 older people in Wales are living in poverty, according to a new report published today. Wales: A Good Place to Grow Old? has been published by Age Alliance Wales. It found that more than three-quarters of women and a third of

  • ‘Neglect of children doubles’ - figures

    THE National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children warned that neglect has doubled over the last two years to reach record levels. New figures show that between April 2011 and March 2012, counsellors on its 24-hour freephone service

  • Pupils’ design Devauden Hall's sign

    LOCAL schoolchildren have designed a new sign for their village hall. Year 8 pupils from Chepstow Comprehensive School have designed a new sign for the Hood Memorial Hall, in Devauden. The ten schoolgirls gave up nearly three months of their

  • Newport driver was three times drink-drive limit

    A NEWPORT man yesterday pleaded guilty to being nearly three times the drink-drive limit. Villiam Tatar, 35, of Church Street, was stopped by police in the city’s Bolt Street on May 23 when they saw that his brake lights were permanently on

  • Monmouth graduate lands dream job designing lingerie in US

    HAVING learned to sew before she could talk Hannah Thomas always knew she wanted a career in fashion. Fast forward two decades and the 22-year-old is in the final weeks of her degree in fashion, having already secured a job with one of the world’s

  • Too much ignorance about the effects of diabetes

    CHRISTINE Verrinder lived with diabetes and its complications for almost 60 years – and her son, Mark, believes there is still too much ignorance about the potentially devastating long-term effects. Newport-born Mrs Verrinder, who lived in Rogerstone

  • ‘Extrovert’ Usk woman’s ashes fired out of a cannon

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Argus worker whose ashes were recently scattered with a firing of a cannon. Penny Howe, 60, from Usk, died at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport on May 21 following a short illness. Mrs Howe, who

  • Flood alert for Wales and England as more rain forecast

    PARTS of England and Wales faced the risk of flooding once again today after warnings of more heavy rain. The Environment Agency urged people in Devon, Cornwall, west Somerset, North Wales and parts of the Midlands to remain prepared for the possibility

  • Complaints to Newport social services up again

    THE number of complaints to Newport council’s social services department rose for the third year running, a report shows. But a report said that although the number of complaints had increased, it was pleasing to note that the majority were

  • Woman grabbed in Cwmbran street

    POLICE have released this efit and are appealing for information following an assault in Cwmbran. A man approached a 21- year-old woman as she walked from Station Road towards Penyparc in the early hours of Sunday and attempted to speak to her

  • Caldicot woman is Wales’ top volunteer

    A MONMOUTHSHIRE woman has been named Wales’ adult volunteer of the year following her work with the Meningitis Trust after her son suffered from the disease. Nicola Price, of Caldicot, was presented with her award at yesterday’s Wales Volunteer

  • Playmaker made for Rodney Parade

    BOSS Justin Edinburgh believes the signing of Jake Thomson will show the value of the Rodney Parade groundshare to Newport County fans. The 23-year-old Trinidad and Tobago midfielder penned a deal with the Exiles on Monday night along with powerful striker

  • Newport father of seven could be Gwent’s Best Dad

    A NEWPORT father of seven daughters has been nominated for the Argus’ Gwent’s Best Dad competition. David William Ayres, 56, from Castleton, was nominated by his daughters, Julieanne, 34, Rhianne, 32, Rebecca, 30, Kristen, 29, Samantha, 26, Sophie

  • Return Royals to Germany

    IN REPLY to Mrs Jackie Davies (Argus June 11) take your head out of those romantic clouds. You are right that Diana was, as far as the Royals were concerned, a baby-making machine whilst Charlie boy was having his bit on the side. This reflects

  • Cash spent on moving bin

    EARLIER on in the year, I wrote about the lack of benches at the Glebelands recreational park. I wanted to let you know that money has now been invested by Newport City Council. Not in the provision of benches, not in the removal of the three-foot-high

  • Against a sea of troubles

    THE Conservative Party during the general election campaign, and later in coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, rejected the view that the UK’s problems were mainly due to the geo-political and financial difficulties particular to western

  • Strong police force is vital

    THE public have the right to expect the best possible service from their police force and to have police officers visible and effective on our streets. Perhaps the coalition see no reason to be too concerned in London, but I would hope that isn

  • Plan to replace Newport sex-attacks subway with bridge

    PLANS to build a footbridge at Newport railway station to replace a subway where two sex attacks took place have been resurrected by the city council. Original proposals were shelved in 2008, along with plans to refurbish the station’s Victorian

  • Queen of the Commonwealth

    PLAID Cymru and its members hasn’t got a monopoly on republicanism. Apart for the Conservative Party, there are republic minded people within the ranks of both the Labour Party and Liberal Party. There are thousands of people living in England

  • Civic Centre resident?

    I WAS rather intrigued to discover that the Cardiff-based musician elected to represent St Julians has moved from his home in Rhiwbina to take up residence at the Civic Centre. Is the Civic Centre now being used as temporary accommodation, a type

  • Love doesn’t respect gender

    AND just where exactly did people get the notion that same-sex union is ‘unnatural’ and worthy of intervention and exclusion from society? I think we all know the answer to that one. Our views on premarital and non-procreation sex have nothing

  • Royals are as good as any

    I would imagine like the majority of younger people across the UK the only time we ever care for or take notice of the Royal Family is when they are either on the front pages of the press or when they are taking up television primetime slots. I

  • Blackwood man in court over valleys take away robbery

    A BLACKWOOD man will appear in court this morning to face charges over the robbery of a valleys take away. The 19-year-old man has been charged with robbery and possession of an imitation firearm and will appear at Caerphilly Magistrates Court

  • Driver held as teen injured in Gaer crash

    A 64-YEAR-OLD woman was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after a teenager was injured in a road accident yesterday. The 16-year-old was last night stable at the Royal Gwent Hospital after the incident in Shakespeare Drive, Gaer, Newport

  • Blackwood girl, six is rock-climbing prodigy

    AT THE age of six, you would expect to find Nia Haines, from Blackwood, on the swings or playing with her friends. But the little girl is more likely to be found climbing up to 40-feet-high taking on everything from cliffs to quarries. Nia caught the

  • Newport school will be sporting hub for city

    A SPECTACULAR new Newport school will also become a sporting hub for the city. The £29 million Llanwern High School, in Ringland, Newport, which replaced the old Hartridge High School when it opened at Easter, will cater for a wide range of

  • Robert Howley happy with Brumbies win

    Wales caretaker coach Rob Howley was happy “to take the win and move on” after seeing his side beat a makeshift Brumbies team 25-15 in Canberra. The game came three days after Wales’ first Test defeat to Australia in Brisbane and was four days