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  • Wallabies’ woes worsen as Digby Ioane joins injury list

    WALLABIES winger Digby Ioane is on Australia’s growing casualty list as they continue to struggle with injuries ahead of the forthcoming three-match Test series with the British and Irish Lions. According to the Australian Rugby Union, the Reds

  • Warning over ‘phishers’ scam on tax credit claimants

    TAX credit claimants in Gwent are being warned to watch out for scam or ‘phishing’ emails sent out by fraudsters. The warning comes as HMRC launches an advertising campaign to remind claimants to renew their tax credits or their payments might

  • Glamorgan dominating a limp Leicestershire

    JIM Allenby hit an unbeaten 138 against his old county as Glamorgan totally do-minated the second day of their LV= County Championship Division Two game against Leicestershire at Grace Road. Glamorgan declared at 442 for nine and by the close their

  • Pulis sad to leave Potters

    FORMER Stoke manager Tony Pulis is disappointed by his exit but accepts chairman Peter Coates' decision to want to take the club in a different direction. The 55-year-old from Newport parted company with the Potters by mutual consent yesterday

  • 'Soldier' killed in Woolwich 'terrorist' attack

    A MAN has been killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds following a "serious incident" understood to involve a serving soldier. Several witnesses described seeing a "beheading" while another described seeing a man wearing

  • LIVE: Gaer schools protest

    FOLLOW the demonstration against the merger of two Newport schools - Gaer Juniors and Infants this afternoon with our reporter Emma Mackintosh.

  • Police appeal after fishing gear stolen in Malpas

    GWENT Police are appealing for information following a burglary and attempted burglary in the Malpas area reported this morning. A shed on Malpas Road was broken into between the hours of 10pm last night and 6am this morning. A large quantity of

  • Together we can save MIU

    COULD I take this opportunity to thank the Argus for joining forces with Blaenau Gwent’s ‘Use it or Lose it’ Campaign to save the Minor Injuries Unit at Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan, Ebbw Vale. As your article points out, this is a vital service for local

  • Police appeal after falcon found shot in Abergavenny

    GWENT police are appealing for information after a peregrine falcon was found shot in the Pandy, Abergavenny area. Due to the nature of its injuries, the bird, which is an endangered species, had to be put down. The incident was reported to

  • Too many flats are left empty

    I AGREE with the paragraph that says young people should be encouraged to live in the city centre. I have written on this subject before, about all the empty premises over shops, some of which have been empty for years. A good example is the mansion-type

  • FIRST PERSON: County-mad butcher’s recipe for success

    He has been a butcher since he left school at 16. More than 30 years on, he remains as passionate about his profession as ever and people from all over Gwent flock to him for their meat. Mike Edwards did not start out in life dreaming of butchery

  • Stay at home war aologists

    THOSE sit-at-home war apologists and cheerleaders like Christopher Hitchins and David Aaronovitch, among others, clearly have never been in a combat zone. All of them are ready to fight to the last drop of somebody else’s blood, all of them are

  • Why leaving EU would cost jobs

    LEAVING the EU would be a disaster for Wales and the UK in general. Non EU companies, who see Wales and the UK as a gateway into Europe, will feel differently in the future. They might even pull out of Wales and the UK, with the loss of thousands

  • Rage against this injustice

    DAVID Garner’s exhibition SHIFT at the Newport Art gallery examines the working class struggle by asking us, the observers, to consider the human cost of coal in the Welsh Valleys. Evocatively, he exults the rights of ‘everyman’ to equality, fairness

  • A fan's praise on Parade

    FURTHER to my recent letter, may I point out that my comment concerning a “stadium befitting a football league team”, was in no way meant as a reflection on our present home at Rodney Parade, but more a comment on the city council basking in the “glow

  • Elite wants bill no matter what

    THE Government is in disarray over the Same Sex Marriage Bill, as they’ve announced another U-turn on the Bill. They will hold a review to decide whether heterosexual couples should be allowed to opt for a civil partnership rather than marriage. That

  • Gwent Police warn drug gangs as heroin five get jail

    A GANG who brought at least £50,000-worth of heroin to Newport from Bristol were jailed for a total of 34 years. Andrew Carl Williams, Shahid Hussein, Fraseth Ali, Aleem Ali and Veejay Singh were arrested as part of Operation Bextor, set up to

  • Gwent TA soldiers play part in Cyprus exercise

    AS the government looks at plans to double the size of the Territorial Army, WILL BAIN, right, went on exercise with Gwent reservist troops in Cyprus. In the first of his features, he meets an Ebbw Vale soldier following in his father’s footsteps

  • Dead porpoise found on Newport riverbank

    A FISHERMAN who discovered a dead porpoise washed up on a bank of the River Usk is urging anglers to stop fishing with nets. Gino Cook, 36, of Riverside, was fishing on the river near the lower Caerleon Road, Newport, when he found the porpoise

  • Crash causes delays on M4 in Newport

    ONE lane is blocked and slow traffic reported after an accident on the M4 eastbound in Newport this afternoon. The stretch affected stretch is between J25 at Caerleon and J24 at the Coldra, with congestion to before J26 at Malpas. Emergency services

  • Newport men jailed for railway cable theft

    THREE Newport men who stole more than 200 metres of cable from the railway, resulting in almost 19 hours of delays, have been jailed for a total of eight years. I what police called “a calculated and selfish attack on the rail infrastructure” Robert

  • Man arrested in Raglan drugs probe

    A MAN was arrested on suspicion of importing drugs and money laundering following a raid on a house in Raglan. The 31-year-old was arrested at a house in the village's Ethey Drive on Tuesday. Forensic officers were at the home again today.

  • Torfaen council cabinet sees some changes

    TORFAEN council’s cabinet saw a minor shake-up at the authority’s AGM (Annual General Meeting) on Tuesday (May 21) night, as Bob Wellington was re-elected as leader. The Greenmeadow ward councillor has led the council since 2004, having first been

  • Police appeal after assault on woman in Malpas

    GWENT Police are are appealing for information after an assault that happened at around 11.45am yesterday. The victim, a 42-year-old woman was walking down the "black path" in Malpas which leads from Blackett Avenue to Baird Close when she was

  • Injured Monmouth biker airlifted to hospital

    A BIKER seriously injured in last night's crash in Llangibby was airlifted to Frenchay hospital in Bristol. The 68-year-old man from Monmouth is in a stable condition. The collision involved a red Citroen car and five motorbikes. Three

  • Newport man wanted over prison licence breach arrested

    A NEWPORT man who was wanted on recall to prison has been arrested and will be returned to the prison authorities. Paul Thompson, 40, pictured, was locked up for an attack, a restraining order breach and harassment at Cardiff Crown Court in November

  • Ebbw Vale teen found safe and well

    THE teenage girl who went missing from Ebbw Vale has been found safe and well. Lydia Morgan, 17, was last seen at her home on Monday night but has now been located.

  • Split-level A465 plan will create dual-carriageway

    THE final design for the scheme to dual the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road between Gilwern and Brynmawr includes a split-level carriageway. Work to turn the final stretch of the A465 into a dual carriageway is due to begin in late 2014 and completed

  • Lane closed on M4 after lorry breakdown

    ONE lane is closed on the M4 in Newport due to a broken down lorry. The lane is closed on the eastbound stretch between J25 at Caerleon and J24 at the Coldra. Lane one the dedicated lane for the northbound A449 is closed. Cameras show traffic

  • Risca killer sent back to jail for armed burglary

    A MURDERER faces a prison sentence running into “double figures” after admitting a burglary where he was armed with a knife, hammer and masking tape – and which he committed while on life licence for killing a retired teacher. Jason Soal, 38, committed

  • Firefighter injured in Govilon crash recovering after op

    THE Blaenavon firefighter seriously injured when a fire engine crashed last week is recovering in hospital following an operation, his son said yesterday. Five firefighters were injured after the fire engine they were travelling in overturned on

  • Jolley's joy at O'Connor deal

    NEWPORT County AFC striker Christian Jolley has hailed the new deal for his fellow play-off final hero Aaron O’Connor as “the signing of the summer”. Jolley and O’Connor both scored in the 2-0 victory over Wrexham at Wembley earlier this month

  • Dragon Andrew Coombs just misses out on Wales captaincy

    ANDREW Coombs’ dream season nearly ended with the Newport Gwent Dragons lock leading Wales on their tour to Japan – but now he will be scrapping to add to his tally of caps. The Newport Gwent Dragons forward was in the running for the captaincy

  • More consultation on Newport Gipsy and traveller site

    NEWPORT council is carrying out yet more consultation on the Gipsy and traveller site issue in the city - weeks before councillors are due to vote on them. A spokeswoman for the authority confirmed that further work is to take place on a list of