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  • Newport pupils could get fund help for bus fares

    A HARDSHIP fund for Newport students affected by a three-fold hike in bus fees has been mooted by the city’s cabinet member for education.Yesterday the Argus reported that students travelling to Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw in Pontypool must pay £

  • Gloucester City 0 Newport County 2

    NEWPORT County enjoyed another pre-season win after edging out Gloucester City 2-0 in Cinderford. The Exiles produced a spluttering performance before upping their game in the final half hour to beat their hosts thanks to a pair of neat finishes

  • £3.5m cash boost for health services unveiled

    THE Welsh health minister announced a funding boost extra funding of £3.5million yesterday [Friday, July 18] to go towards reducing inequalities in local communities.Mark Drakeford AM, said primary healthcare services across Wales are set to get

  • Planning begins for Abergavenny Eisteddfod

    MORE than 200 people gathered in Abergavenny this week for the first public meeting ahead of the National Eisteddfod coming to the county in 2016. Members of the public were invited to Market Hall on Thursday evening to meet the organisers of the festival

  • Newbridge students premiere anti-bullying film

    PUPILS at Newbridge Inclusion Centre have premiered a short film they created to tackle bullying in the classroom. The budding filmmakers showed the film to an invited audience of parents, carers, teachers, friends and family at the centre’s annual

  • Newport infant school bids farewell

    A NEWPORT infant school which closed yesterday after 75 years is also waving farewell to four members of staff who are retiring.Gaer Infant School, on Melfort Road, Newport, lost its fight against the merge with Gaer Junior School last year and shut its

  • IT'S THE WEEKEND: The Weekend Project - Make a family kite

    Follow our step-by-step guide to creating a kite perfect or summer fun courtesy of toolmakers Dremel:Materials required :Dremel 300 Series Dremel Versatip with hot blower head Dremel Glue Gun 930 with 7mm clear glue sticksDremel Multi-Chuck 4486Dremel

  • Pill carnival queen announced

    PILL’S carnival queen has been announced ahead of this year’s nautical-themed carnival which will celebrate the centenary of Newport’s docks.Sixteen-year-old Kirsty O’Brien was chosen as carnival queen at Pillgwenlly Millennium

  • Heroin user caught injecting in Newport street

    A DRUG user caught injecting heroin in the street has been given a community order. Laura Hunt, 23, of York House, Newport, had already been sentenced for 30 offences and served time for shoplifiting in March, a court heard. Hunt threw her

  • Pupils re-create Newport in the time of medieval ship

    NEWPORT’S medieval ship, discovered on the banks of the Usk in 2002 in a construction site, is kept hidden away to keep its fragile timbers safe. But now pedestrians strolling down the Riverside Walk will be able to see how she looked was more than

  • Joe Parker can be a County great, says Tim Harris

    FORMER Newport County AFC director of football Tim Harris has backed young striker Joe Parker to be a big hit at Rodney Parade. Harris left County to take over as Gloucester City manager in February where he blooded 19-year-old Parker in the Tigers

  • County boss Justin Edinburgh wants a selection headache

    NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh has challenged his charges to give him a selection headache by responding to the impressive efforts of their teammates.The Exiles go in search of their fourth pre-season victory when they take on Gloucester City in

  • Tyler Morgan in fitness race for Dragons' season opener

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are set to be without teenage centre/wing Tyler Morgan for the start of their Guinness Pro12 campaign. The 18-year-old from Caerleon burst onto the scene at the end of last season, impressing in midfield on his league debut