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• Tax rebate email a scam

  I WAS hoping to warn your readers of an e-mail scam. I was sent an e-mail informing me that I was entitled to a tax refund of £84.75, a believable sum. read more

• Give Remploy staff a chance

  I WAS hugely disappointed with the Westminster coalition government’s decision to confirm the closure of five Remploy factories inWales, including those at Abertillery, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil. read more

• Pensioners’ needs in focus

  ONCE again the unthinking mob of great oratory, Parliament, do not consider the consequences of their actions. read more

• This evil a sign of the times

  So, the leader, ‘Parents Must Help’. Are we not living through the most unsettling moments in our history as a civilised community? read more

• We take pride in our buses - Newport Transport

  AT NEWPORT Transport we very much value feedback and suggestions from our customers and aim to use their comments to improve the way we operate our buses and services. read more

• Thanks to all at Royal Gwent

  HAVING recently spent a week in the Royal Gwent Hospital I would like to say how wonderful all the members of staff were who I came into contact with, from the surgeons down to the porters. read more

• M4 inadequate as a gateway

  SO CLIVE Shakesheff (Letters, July 11) thinks that the main beneficiaries of the M4/ M48 are the companies across the West Country side of the bridges and theWAG should be spending money on creating jobs and not on the sorely-needed relief of the M4 around Newport. read more

• Elderly should not pay cost

  OUR governance becomes more ludicrous and punitive for the British people by the day. To say our fiscal position is parlous, is an understatement. read more

• Royal Gwent Hospital staff were fantastic

   I HAVE recently spent two weeks in the following major surgery, and after reading several very negative reports on our hospital I was quite anxious before being admitted. read more

• Make effort in police commissioner vote

   I WAS very pleased to see that my recent letter (Argus, July 6) regarding the forthcoming election of Gwent’s first Police and Crime Commissioner attracted a response fromIan Johnston, an independent candidate for the newpost. Firstly, let me say that I have the greatest respect for Mr Johnston and know of his distinguished Police career. read more

• Newport museum isn’t big enough

  I AGREE with Steve Palmer (Letters, July 11); the museum is to be congratulated on its presentation. But the sad fact remains that Newport needs a larger museum than it has and much of its collection remains unseen. read more

• Maindee police were my rescue heroes

  I’D LIKE to thank two wonderful policemen who came to help on July 4 in Maindee, Newport. I skidded on a wet mess of pasty that had been dropped. I went flying and landed on the pavement. A gentleman tried to help me up but I couldn’tmove. I was shocked and stunned.Two policemen came rushing up (talk about chariots of fire). read more

• Recruitment of Newport's head of fairness - not fair!

   IN SETTING up a Newport Council fairness commission, you would expect Labour at least to follow the principle of equal opportunities. Despite not yet receiving approval from both the council cabinet and the full council, it appears a chairman has already been appointed. read more

• Newport garden vandalism is despicable

   HOW lowand despicable can anyone get to vandalise someone’s garden when they have taken so much time and trouble to put on such a beautiful display for the pleasure of their neighbours and passers by and also to enter it in the best garden in bloom in Newport? read more

• Newport poppies are such a delight

  CAN I just say how beautiful the areas of natural flowers are on the road into Newport, past the old Sainsbury’s. The poppies are gorgeous and I almost wish I was stuck in more traffic on my way to work just to have a good look at the flowers! read more

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