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  • Beadle's final game

    County 1 Fisher 2 COUNTY once again suffered a heartbreaking final-day defeat to end their play-off dreams at Spytty Park on Saturday. Just as they did a year ago against Cambridge City, the Exiles fell at the final hurdle, losing 2-1 and missing out

  • Dazzling display for World Dance Day

    DOZENS of young dancers from across Torfaen brought their best moves to Cwmbran as part of a colourful display to mark World Dance Day. The fourth such annual celebration of dance, movement and music in the town centre was organised by Torfaen Dance

  • Sir Terry Matthews loses billionaire status

    WALES' richest man, Gwent born Sir Terry Matthews has lost his billionaire status, according to the annual Sunday Times Rich List. Sir Terry, 64, owner of the Celtic Manor, is ranked 79 in the 2008 poll with an estimated £950 million fortune, down

  • Tributes to Cwmbran crash victim

    FLORAL tributes have been laid for 21 year-old Benjamin Simmonds who died after a collision in Cwmbran on Sunday April 20. Benjamin David Simmonds, from Cwmbran, was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital after a Fiat Bravo was involved in a collision

  • New Valleys station open for business

    LLANHILLETH train station was officially up and running today, after months of delays. The single platform was originally supposed to be open at the same time as the other stations on the railway line. But as the Argus reported last year, building

  • Newport remembers Burma heroes

    VETERANS of some of the bitterest fighting of the Second World War today yielded to the only enemy to defeat them which is time. With a sadness that even the offices of the Church could not fully dispel the standard of the Burma Star Association was

  • BREAKING NEWS...County sack Beadle

    NEWPORT County chairman Chris Blight confirmed this afternoon that the club has parted company with manager Peter Beadle. The Exiles missed out on the Blue Square South play-offs after yesterday's 2-1 defeat at home to Fisher Athletic and Beadle has

  • Blackwood best mates school reunion

    THEIR journeys took them to all corners of the UK but after 47 years a group of former best friends from Blackwood held their first reunion since leaving school. Carolyn Parsons, 62, Olwyn Bilson, 61, Janice Fourset, 62, and Vicky Shires, 62, left

  • Tributes to leading councillor

    TRIBUTES to a leading Newport councillor have come from both sides of the political divide. Cllr Lloyd Delahaye, cabinet member for public affairs, died just a week before he was hoping to win the election for his Bettws seat. Cllr Delahaye, 64, died

  • Modus deny Friars Walk speculation

    DEVELOPER Modus has given reassurances about its commitment to the £200 million Friars Walk for Newport city centre. In an upbeat statement given to the Argus, the company also confirmed its commitment to the long-term ownership of Friars Walk.

  • Lung cancer drug decision slammed

    A DECISION by treatment regulators to deny lung cancer patients a drug that could improve their quality of life is unfair and illogical says a Gwent sufferer's daughter. Carole Davies, 61, of Caerleon, died of lung cancer last June, daughter Rebecca

  • Highest number of patients for hospice

    ST DAVID'S Foundation Hospice Care may have announced they've cared for their highest number of patients and raised their most ever amount of money, but as HARRY HAWKINS finds out, a lot of work is done for free. MORE THAN 2,600 Gwent people have

  • Police launch crackdown on vehicle crime

    GWENT Police launched an operation this week aimed at tackling crimes such as theft of metal. The crackdown, named operation Kinetic, was launched across Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly and also aims to target theft of fuel and vehicle crimes. Hotspots