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  • Law to shield tenants from domestic abuse threat

    THE Welsh Government plans to do more to protect people living in social housing from domestic violence and anti-social behaviour with new legislation.Lesley Griffiths AM, minister for communities and tackling poverty, said yesterday that the Gender-based

  • Celtic Manor defends pay rates after MP's speech

    NEWPORT'S Celtic Manor Resort became embroiled in the reignited debate over the national minimum wage today, after Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Owen Smith said a £5 an hour rate for casual staff "should not be acceptable." Referencing

  • Deliberately-set grass fire at Nantyglo

    A GRASS fire was deliberately set at Nantyglo tonight, South Wales Fire Service says. The fire was set at the Winches on Golf Rd at around 6.15pm. A crew from Brynmawr attended and fought the fire using beaters

  • Campaign launched to back high streets

    A NATIONAL campaign encouraging people to visit the shops and businesses on their local high street launches this weekend.High Street Week is the focus of the Welsh Government’s ‘Support Your High Street’ campaign.The aim is to raise

  • Premier League trophy comes to Maindee pub

    CROWDS of football fans turned out at a Newport pub on Friday for a chance to pose with the Premier League trophy.The George pub in Maindee welcomed the prestigious piece of silverware, along with the Capital One Cup, on Friday evening.Billy McKeen, licensee

  • Residents find out more on Cwmcarn Forest Drive closure

    PLAY equipment is being removed from Gwent’s biggest tourist attraction to make way for a storage area while thousands of diseased trees are felled, says a report from a meeting held last week.The seven-mile Cwmcarn Forest Drive in Caerphilly county

  • First minister calls for Labour to ‘rebuild UK’

    THE first minister of Wales has called for the Labour Party to help rebuild the UK after it “suffered a serious injury” in the Scottish independence referendum last week.Carwyn Jones AM toldok to the stage at Labour’s annual conference

  • MP warns of referendum power risks

    MONMOUTHSHIRE MP David Davies has voiced concern that the Scottish referendum could hand more power to the Welsh Assembly.Mr Davies, chairman of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, said: “It would’ve been a tragedy had [Scotland] left.&rdquo

  • Caldicot crash - seriously injured 'stable' in hospital

    PEOPLE seriously injured in a crash near Caldicot are in a stable condition in hospital today Gwent Police said. They are appealing for information after yesterday's crash crash, between a Blue Peugeot 208 and a black Ford Focus, which happened

  • YOUR MP WRITES: MP for Monmouth, David Davies

    WHEN the assembly was set up I predicted that we would see continuous calls for further powers which would eventually lead to the break up of United Kingdom.On regular occasions since, the assembly and Scottish Parliament have been handed further powers

  • 'Earthquake' hits Caerwent for training exercise

    A MOCK earthquake hit Caerwent last week as a disaster relief charity team undertook an intense week-long search and rescue training exercise.Fourteen volunteers from all walks of life including a lorry driver, firefighter and circus rigger, took part

  • ARGUS COMMENT: Put patient needs first

    WE all to often report on stories that certain services are being cut back, usually due to cost considerations.And sometimes we hear of concerns that key staff are overworked or that there are insufficient of them to do a job properly.But today we report

  • Ex-nurse marks 100th birthday

    CHEPSTOW resident Nancy Phillips celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday with a party at Castle Court Care Home.Former nurse Mrs Phillips, originally from Llanelli, was joined by about 20 of her family and friends at the party.The centenarian, who moved

  • Police appeal after man leaves prison

    POLICE are appealing for help in finding a man with links to the Newport area who failed to return to prison. Wayne Maggs, 31, did not return to HMP Leyhill on Saturday September 20th. He was convicted of wounding/ inflicting grevious bodily

  • A great idea

    What a wonderful suggestion put forward about the closure of Caerleon campus! The site is such a perfect setting for Caerleon Comprehensive School and not far from their current site, one which pupils would be proud to attend. Cliff James, Roath

  • A great idea

    What a wonderful suggestion put forward about the closure of Caerleon campus! The site is such a perfect setting for Caerleon Comprehensive School and not far from their current site, one which pupils would be proud to attend. Cliff James, Roath

  • Don't rush it

    In response to the editor’s article: Could education still survive at campus? I would repeat my suggestion given in my letter of Tuesday September 16, that it would be better to gradually modernise Caerleon campus over, say, a 10-year period. The

  • Delight at success of Cwm patrol plea

    PARENTS have spoken of their delight that a campaign to reinstate their school lollipop patrollady has been successful.The lollipop crossing position at Cwm Primary School was left vacant after the summer holidays, and parents spoke to the Argus as well

  • Gwent star Christian Malcolm to help judge Wales Sport Awards

    WELSH athletics legend Christian Malcolm will help select the very best of elite and grassroots sport for 2014 as part of the Wales Sport Awards judging panel.The double World Championships and Commonwealth Games medal winner from Newport will help pick

  • Train death man is from Newport - police

    POLICE have confirmed the person who died after being hit by a train at the weekend was a 29-year-old Newport man. The spokesman for British Transport Police said a file is being prepared for the coroner. The coroner said there were no results

  • LIVE: Blaina fire station to close

    ARGUS reporter Caio Iwan is at the South Wales Fire and Rescue HQ in Llantrisant where a decision expected on future of Blaina fire station. Tweets by @ArgusCIwan

  • 'Record breaking' vintage car rally at Tredegar House

    THE last annual vintage car rally at Tredegar House has bid Newport goodbye in style, raising a record-breaking £70,000 for blood cancer research. More than 1,500 steam engines, military vehicles, classic cars and other vehicles parked up by the

  • International performance STORE coming to Newport

    A new shop is opening up on 147 Commercial Street, Newport, offering a completely different shopping experience. STORE is unlike a normal high street shop selling pre-packaged goods in tins, bags or boxes. It sells live performances and you can buy them

  • PICTURES: Woman charged after Talywain crash

    UPDATE: 4.23pm Police say a 45-year-old local woman has been charged with: aggravated vehicle taking, driving without a licence, driving without insurance, theft, possession of a class c drug and has been bailed to appear at court October 8th.

  • Record Saturday crowds at Abergavenny Food Festival

    RECORD crowds of food lovers gathered in Abergavenny this weekend to celebrate the annual Food Festival, with organisers describing it as their busiest Saturday ever. The festival took place across five venues including the market, castle and Brewery

  • Police e-fit appeal after Bettws 'armed robbery'

    GWENT Police have issued a fresh appeal for information after what is believed to be an armed robbery at a shop in Newport. They have released an e-fit image of a man they are trying to trace following the incident at the Spar shop in Bettws.

  • Firefighters tackle industrial site blaze near Caldicot

    UPDATE: 9.48am Fire crews are still damping down fire debris and waiting for fire investigators to arrive. The single-storey building has been totally destroyed by fire. There were concerns about a fuel tank inside the building. Fire crews

  • Dragons hit by injury blow as Jack Dixon faces three months out

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons centre Jack Dixon faces three months on the sidelines because of a wrist injury.The 19-year-old suffered the blow against the Ospreys a fortnight ago and, after he played on and finished the game, scans revealed he needed surgery.Dixon

  • Anarchist squatters take over empty Newport office

    ANARCHIST squatters have taken over an empty Newport office where they intend to live and run a weekly free vegan cafe.The South Wales Anarchists announced on their website that they were inspired by this month's week of action during Newport'

  • Willows work agreed

    PLANNING permission has been granted for Solutia UK Limited to carry out pollarding and coppicing work on 26 willow trees subject to preservation orders on five parts of its Traston Road site.