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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. read more

• 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. read more

• 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. read more

• 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. read more

• ‘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. read more

• Pupils’ design Devauden Hall's sign

  LOCAL schoolchildren have designed a new sign for their village hall. read more

• Newport driver was three times drink-drive limit

  A NEWPORT man yesterday pleaded guilty to being nearly three times the drink-drive limit. read more

• 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. read more

• 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. read more

• ‘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. read more

• 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. read more

• 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. read more

• Newport MP Paul Flynn wants debate on Afghanistan troops’ pull out

  A GWENT MP is calling for a vote in Parliament on whether Britain should pull out of Afghanistan. read more

• Woman grabbed in Cwmbran street

  POLICE have released this efit and are appealing for information following an assault in Cwmbran. read more

• 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. read more

• Rogerstone council 'deliberately failed to consult on homes' - inquiry hears

  A COMMUNITY council deliberately did not consult residents over a plan to develop a field for housing, a Planning inquiry heard. read more

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

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• 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. read more

• 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. read more

• 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. read more

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