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FIVE MINUTES WITH: Veronika Brannovic, Gwent Wildlife Trust people and wildlife project leader

3:20pm Friday 17th May 2013

If you had to be stuck in a lift with someone, who would it be and why?

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Blaenau Gwent sports clubs back campaign to save the minor injuries unit

2:40pm Friday 17th May 2013

TWO Blaenau Gwent sports clubs are backing our campaign to save the minor injuries unit at Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan in Ebbw Vale.

Probe into Caerphilly council pay rises put on hold

2:22pm Friday 17th May 2013

AN INTERNAL council investigation into huge pay rises for a council chief executive and other senior staff embroiled in a pay row has been put on hold pending the outcome of a police probe.

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Newport car park to reopen after blaze damage

2:10pm Friday 17th May 2013

A NEWPORT city centre car park damaged by a fire a month ago has now partially re-opened.

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ARGUS COMMENT: Lions tour to relish

2:12pm Friday 17th May 2013

A FORTNIGHT tomorrow the British and Irish Lions will kick off their rugby tour of Australia.

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Farewell to Newport woman who was driver for the Queen

1:20pm Friday 17th May 2013

THE Queen Mother’s former driver was remembered for her achievements at her funeral yesterday.

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Blaenau Gwent education 'weaknesses' could force merger - minister

12:20pm Friday 17th May 2013

MERGING with another authority could be the future for a Valleys education department which has “systemic weaknesses,” a minister said.

Blaenavon brass band set for next round of UK contest

10:42am Friday 17th May 2013

BLAENAVON Heritage VC Brass Band is through to the next round of the National Festival of Youth.

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Ex-boss of Gwent drainage board slams report

10:15am Friday 17th May 2013

THE former chief officer of a Gwent public body damned by a scathing audit report yesterday told an Assembly hearing the report was "superficial and unbalanced".

More tributes paid to tragic Blaina teacher

8:56am Friday 17th May 2013

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Gwent teacher who died in a rock-climbing accident in South Korea.

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Gwent walkers to step out for cancer cause

7:36am Friday 17th May 2013

HUNDREDS of Gwent walkers are expected to get in the pink for Breast Cancer Research this weekend.

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LIVE: Seriously injured firefighter airlifted to hospital as fire engine crashes near Abergavenny

3:50pm Thursday 16th May 2013

SERIOUSLY injured firefighter airlifted to hospital after fire engine overturns.

Abergavenny Road closed in both directions between Blaenavon and Govilon.

Man cut free from car in Newport M4 crash

11:13am Thursday 16th May 2013

A CAR is on its side on a stretch of the M4 in Newport this morning.

Controversial Caerleon Sainsbury’s work on ex-pub moving on

9:30am Thursday 16th May 2013

SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury’s is forging ahead with plans to open a store in a village near Newport this autumn.

Two years on - Blaenau Gwent education is still failing

12:10am Thursday 16th May 2013

TWO years on from a damning report which saw its education department placed into special measures, a Valleys council has been told standards are still not good enough.

Crash closes A472 in Pontllanfraith

5:12pm Thursday 16th May 2013

QUEUEING traffic is reported due to an accident on the A472 in Pontllanfraith this afternoon.

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No probe into Caerphilly council’s graves policy

5:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013

THERE will be no investigation over Caerphilly council’s policy on personal decoration of graves in the borough’s cemeteries.

THE EDITOR'S CHAIR: A breath of fresh air in Newport city debate

2:26pm Thursday 16th May 2013

OUR interview earlier this week with Simon Gibson, the businessman heading the Welsh Government’s Newport city centre taskforce, stirred up something of a hornets’ nest.

Teens in court over Newport city centre attack

12:40pm Thursday 16th May 2013

TWO teenagers appeared in youth court charged with an attack on a man in Newport city centre which left him with a serious head injury.

Trial launched for Newport litter police

11:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

NEWPORT council is to launch a 12-month trial to employ enforcement officers to catch litterers and stop dog fouling.

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