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  • Pay rises for heads of service agreed at Newport council

    THREE heads of service roles within Newport City Council are set for a pay increase in the region of £10,000 after councillors voted in favour of amending the pay grades. On Tuesday evening, members clashed over the possibility of re-aligning the

  • Watch the moment of madness that sealed Warren Feeney's fate

    IT was a moment of madness from defender Dan Butler that ultimately sealed Warren Feeney’s fate. The left-back pulled the shirt of substitute Tom Balarinwa in the box with just two minutes remaining at Grimsby Town last night and Omar Bogle scored

  • We let down the boss, says Newport County skipper

    CAPTAIN Scot Bennett says the Newport County AFC players are just as much to blame for the club’s poor start to the season as Warren Feeney, who was sacked this morning. Feeney paid the price for three successive defeats as County slipped to the

  • Woman dyes hair blue then shaves it off for charity

    AN ABERCARN woman has raised more than £1,000 having her hair shaved off in support of her husband who has cancer. Angela Williams dyed her hair turquoise in honour of the colon cancer ribbon colour a few weeks before having her head shaved in front of

  • Sight charity salutes high-frying fundraisers

    THOUSANDS of pounds have been raised for a Pontypool-based charity thanks to the fundraising efforts of a Newport chip shop.After being approached by charity Sight Cymru, John and Kate Alonzi, of Alonzi, Caerleon Road, took up the invitation to have a

  • Alzheimer's Research UK group raise £200 for Walk Newport

    MEMBERS of the Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) group in Newport raised more than £200 at an event on Monday. The group held a dementia and fundraising event at Duffryn Community Centre, along with members from the Walk Newport group, who hold regular walks

  • Row over zero-hour contracts at Monmouthshire council

    A MOTION on the number of people that Monmouthshire County Council employs on zero-hour contracts led to a lengthy debate between councillors. Cllr Frances Taylor put forward the motion after receiving a report that showed that 318 people are employed

  • M4 speed limit

    CAN someone explain why the variable speed restrictions on the M4 are still active at 9.30pm? Every Wednesday on our return from Magor these speed restrictions of 50mph-60mph are active from the Coldra to the Brynglas Tunnels. There is virtually no

  • Easy recycling

    I MAY be in a minority or even possibly a silent majority, but I am quite happy with the new recycling arrangements. It’s not rocket science - plastics and cans in a red bag, cardboard and glass in a green box, paper, textiles and small electricals

  • Great exhibition

    I WOULD like to recommend to your readers a small but wonderful exhibition in the Newport City Museum. The theme is the home front during the Great War. It is thought-provoking and the attention to detail is incredible. I understand it was created

  • Brexit and trust

    GEORGE Osborne assured us that house prices would tumble by 18 per cent. Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England warn about a technical recession this year after Brexit. Before the referendum OECD tried to claim that a Leave vote would cause

  • Pink for cancer

    OCTOBER sees the return of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Tenovus Cancer Care is asking people to go pink and raise money to help breast cancer patients and their families. Every year, around 2,800 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Wales

  • Trade waste

    I WOULD like to respond to the recent article in which Mr Gough from the Halfway Hotel in Cwmbran criticises Torfaen council for introducing charges to remove recycling from his pub. First of all I would like to make it clear that business rates, which

  • The Mousetrap, New Theatre, Cardiff

    LAST night Agatha Christie’s ‘The Mousetrap’ took to the stage of the New Theatre, and the people of Cardiff drew in to see a play which has been running for more than 60 years. The Mousetrap tells the story of a most unusual assortment of people

  • Newport County sack Warren Feeney

    NEWPORT County have sacked manager Warren Feeney after a start to the season that has left them at the bottom of the League Two table. The Exiles have won just once this season and lost 1-0 at Grimsby on Tuesday evening and the board have decided

  • Protest planned over cancelled hot meal service

    RESIDENTS and relatives at a Torfaen assisted living home are planning a protest outside the office of a Torfaen social landlord over plans to remove their meal service.Last month, it was announced that Torfaen council and Melin Homes would be withdrawing

  • Tributes to former Monmouthshire teen after tragic death

    THE mum of a former Monmouthshire teenager has paid tribute to her "baby boy" after he died in a motorcycle accident in Australia. Jack Maskell, who lived in Undy before emigrating with his family, suffered serious injuries after losing control

  • YOUR MP WRITES: Newport West MP Paul Flynn

    THEY'RE misery-mongers who believe every silver lining has a dark cloud attached. Newport’s lot constantly run down the city. Congratulations to the Argus on the campaign to boost the good news on Newport.Since 1973, I have represented Newport on

  • Travellers set up camp in Newport Stadium car park

    A GROUP of travellers have set up camp in the Newport Stadium car park.  Newport Live, the charitable trust running the city’s sports and leisure centres, has confirmed that the group gained access to the stadium car park late on Sunday evening

  • 'Loan should replace grants' for Wales students

    A GRANT paid towards tuition fees for Welsh students should be scrapped and replaced with a system that supports living costs, a review has concluded. The review of higher education funding and student finance arrangements suggests all students