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  • More drama in the Welsh Cup

    LLANELLI progressed to the last four of the Welsh Cup where they will face Rhyl after slamming home four goals in extra time to overcome NEWI Cefn Druids. The Reds, who face Newport County in the final of the FAW Premier Cup, profited from superior fitness

  • BREAKING NEWS...Elderly targeted in distraction burglaries

    ELDERLY and vulnerable Gwent residents were struck by a spate of distraction burglaries and attempted burglaries over the weekend. Bogus callers working alone, in pairs or groups of three, targeted properties across the regio. Gwent Police received

  • Fortune favours the County brave

    THIS one won't live long in the memory. While Newport RFC were thrilling spectators at Rodney Parade and Newport YM were doing the unimaginable in the quarter-finals of the Welsh Cup, Newport County marked St David's Day by shading an almost entirely

  • Lessons must be learned from our "nightmare"

    RELATIVES of a Gwent pensioner say lessons must be learned from shortcomings in the handling of her care and death, to minimise distress for other families. Sybil Monahan, 77, from Blackwood, died at Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital last November after

  • BREAKING NEWS...Robber escapes Prescoed

    GWENT POLICE is appealing for information after a 40-year-old robber failed to return to HMP Prescoed yesterday. Police say Andrew Clifford Phillips may be a potential risk and advise members of the public not to approach him. Mr Phillips was convicted

  • Graffiti-busters clean up!

    WHEN the scribblers have struck and the place is a mess, who are you going to call - graffiti-busters! A new squad in Newport is tackling this "enviro-crime" which blights many public spaces. Yesterday they were in action cleaning the Heidenheim

  • Dumped letters left for a year

    HUNDREDS of letters found dumped at the side of a Gwent road were left there by a sacked postman almost a year ago, the Argus can reveal. On Friday we reported how friends Nicola Reynolds and Arlene Tucker made the discovery while walking along the A4048