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  • Welsh residents could save £75 a year on energy bills

    WELSH residents could save £27.4 million a year if they “take control” of their heating according to a joint campaign between Energy Saving Trust, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Citizens Advice.The campaign, part

  • Ex-gangster inspires Newport pupils

    AN EX East End Gangster has inspired Newport pupils by speaking of how he turned his life around to become devoted to his faith.John Pridmore visited Year 11 pupils at St Joseph’s RC High School last Thursday as part of their ‘Mission Week

  • Cwmbran woman put £50k cash into bank accounts, court hears

    A CWMBRAN woman accused of laundering money raised by selling counterfeit cigarettes deposited more than £50,000 in cash into her two bank accounts over a four-year period, a court heard. Sara Skinner, 44, of Oakleigh Court, has denied eight counts

  • Retired nurse launches thriller series

    A RETIRED nurse has released her first book.Elizabeth Thomas, 63, of Cwmcarn, recently retired as an auxiliary nurse at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff but has now turned her hand to writing books.The book, The Jam, is a fictional thriller

  • Welsh film industry gets Los Angeles showcase

    THE drive to attract more high-end international film and TV drama production to Wales gets a boost this week with a major promotion in Los Angeles during UK Film and TV Week. This is a new event organised by the British Film Commission in Los

  • Four in ten children in poverty in some Gwent areas - charity

    AS MANY as four in ten children are living in poverty in four wards across Gwent, a charity has claimed. The Campaign to End Child Poverty campaign said over 40 per cent of children in Pill and Bettws in Newport, in Cefn Fforest in Caerphilly and Castle

  • Dragons and Newport MP open show homes

    TWO Gwent Dragons were joined by former Llanwern steelworker and Newport West MP Paul Flynn on Saturday to unveil show homes at a £2 billion housing development in Newport.The 47 St Modwen Homes properties at Glan Llyn, in Llanwern, include two,

  • Comparison sites hit back over claims they 'hide best deals'

    PRICE comparison websites, including Gocompare.com, founded by Cwmbran woman Hayley Parsons have bit back over claims they filter out tariffs from their energy searches from firms which do not pay commission. The Big Deal website, which was set

  • YOUR MP WRITES: Torfaen MP Paul Murphy

    IT WAS a great relief that the people of Scotland voted to remain part of the United Kingdom. During the last few weeks of the campaign, Scottish friends and colleagues genuinely feared that our Union may break up, as resentment against austerity and

  • Gwent firefighters attacked 129 times

    FIREFIGHTERS in south Wales have been subjected to 129 incidents of physical and verbal attacks over the past five years, it has been revealed.A Freedom of Information request by Plaid Cymru published today shows crews from the three Welsh fire and rescue

  • Keys' rivals Cornish Pirates hit by points penalty in BIC

    CROSS Keys could end Cornish Pirates' hopes of making the British and Irish Cup quarter-finals on Sunday after the men from the Mennaye Field had their opening weekend win chalked off.The Pirates had stunned Bedford with a late try to steal the spoils

  • Trio in court after police op

    THREE men from Torfaen appeared at Newport Magistrates Court today following a police operation. The three, charged with conspiracy to commit non-dwelling burglaries, are Aaron Morris, 22, from George Street, Pontnewynydd, Daniel Stephens, 19,

  • Massive Newport letting will be rail nerve centre

    One of the largest lettings in a decade will see more than 100 new, highly-skilled jobs brought to a prominent office block right in the centre of Newport’s professional district. The former Newport Unlimited headquarters, Norwich House, in the

  • Richie Rees: Dragons rewarded for taking risks in Paris

    RICHIE Rees has hailed Newport Gwent Dragons' expansive approach for giving their season a shot in the arm in Paris.The Rodney Parade region have endured a poor start to the Guinness Pro12 but stunned Stade Francais on their own patch in the European

  • Call for Wales NHS inquiry dismissed

    A CALL for an inquiry into the Welsh NHS was dismissed by the First Minister today. The Welsh Conservatives said 71 per cent of people they surveyed supported a call for an investigation into the standards of care at hospitals. But Carwyn Jones

  • Wales could issue own financial bonds

    WALES could soon be able to issue its own bonds as another step was taken towards economic devolution today. The UK Treasury and Secretary of State for Wales met the Welsh Government’s Finance Minister in Cardiff today in a landmark step towards

  • New curriculum will focus on maths and english

    WELSH Government attempts to drive up education standards have continued as a revised curriculum was unveiled yesterday. An increased focus on literacy and numeracy will affect children in the Foundation Phase (early years of primary school) right up

  • MP calls to strip Welsh Government of NHS powers

    CONTROL of the NHS in Wales should be taken away from the Welsh Government, Monmouth MP David Davies has said.He made the call during a debate in the House of Commons on access to NHS services.Comparing the NHS in England and Wales, Mr Davies condemned

  • Dog found trapped in fox snare

    THE RSPCA is looking for the owner of a dog after he was found trapped in a fox snare. A walker spotted the dog on Saturday in forest area near a golf club in Maesycwmmer. The walker cut the dog free took him home and then called the RSPCA.

  • WWI ARGUS ARCHIVE: Belgian army repulses several attacks

    Events moving fast Germans driven back Allies gain thirty miles Belgians fighting well GERMAN losses are already approaching the figure it was declared they could afford to lose if their plans did not work out but those plans have miscarried

  • Newport Centre to host Katherine Jenkins Christmas TV show

    KATHERINE Jenkins OBE will star in a TV Christmas show at the Newport Centre, BBC Wales have revealed, with the venue also hosting the BBC's Wales leg of Children in Need. The singing star will host The Really Welsh Christmas Show in November with

  • Regenerated Newport space to feature goddess statue

    PEOPLE often have pride in their gardens, but now Newportonians in the east of the city are taking ownership of their parks as well with regeneration plans for both Beechwood Park and Woodland Park gathering pace.Volunteers have earned recognition for

  • Bridge blocked

    I SEE that our wonderful police went out of their way to help protesters bring the second Severn crossing to a standstill (Argus, October 13). A police spokesman is quoted as saying it was an appropriate place for protesters to gather while ensuring

  • Thanks for help

    THE MAESGLAS Amazon Girls Football Team would like to thank everyone who supported our bag-packing in Tesco, Cardiff Road on Saturday, October 4.th We raised more thanover £235 and it was due to the hard work of the youngsters as well as goodwill from

  • Picture perfect

    I ATTENDED the launch of the Newport Monopoly Board at the Celtic Manor as my photograph of the Kingsway Centre is on the board. It was an exciting morning to see my photograph on the specially constructed large board. Rosalind Lee, Hollybush Avenue

  • No more wars

    ARMCHAIR warrior Nick Webb should be honest. He should know from recent history that the only success from another war will be the military industrial complex. Barbaric Isis has fed off the despair generated by previous ill-fated interventions

  • Time to go

    TORY MP and the bedroom tax architect, Lord Freud was clinging to his job as Welfare Reform Minister on Wednesday night after he suggested that some disabled workers are “not worth” the national minimum wage and should be paid just £2 an hour. Does

  • Gareth Bale injury a worry for Wales boss

    WALES star Gareth Bale has been ruled out of Real Madrid’s Champions League clash with Liverpool on Wednesday with an injury picked up on international duty.The world’s most expensive player is also a doubt for Saturday’s El Clasico

  • Confident

    NATIONALIST Mr Andrew Nutt says: “Thanks to a useless Labour Party in Wales, the people of our country have lost their aspirations to succeed.” Could Mr Nutt tell us if he thinks there’s any problem at all confronting Wales that isn’t the fault of

  • Positive move

    MANY Thanks to Wayne David MP, who along with 274 other Members of Parliament from all parties won an important victory for the beleaguered Palestinian people. The vote to recognise Palestine as a state is not binding on the UK Government, but it is

  • Three Welsh medals at European Championships

    THREE Welsh cyclists came home with medals after representing Great Britain in the UEC Elite Track European Championships in Guadeloupe last week.Cardiff’s world champion Elinor Barker and Ciara Horne, who trains in Newport, won the women’

  • ARGUS COMMENT: Offering the ultimate gift of life

    ORGAN donation is increasingly a hot topic in Wales as the country becomes the first in the UK to move towards the introduction of presumed consent legislation next year. After December 2015 people in Wales will be presumed to have agreed for their organs

  • Victims to have more say on punishment

    NEW powers which will let victims of low-level crime have more of a say in the punishment of the offender will be effective in Gwent from today. The new Community Remedy, announced by Gwent’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Ian Johnston, will provide

  • Royal Gwent radiographers walk out in pay row

    RADIOGRAPHERS at the Royal Gwent Hospital joined a nationwide strike when around ten staff walked out today. Members of the Society of Radiographers across the UK walked out for four hours at 9am over its refusal to accept a recommended 1% pay

  • Pupils boost eel population

    MONMOUTH pupils have helped to release 30,000 small eels into the wild as part of a restocking programme.Boys from The Grange Monmouth Preparatory School, along with 50 other schools have been involved in Severn and Wye Smokery's Tanks in School Scheme

  • Abergavenny triumphs again at Welsh Cycling Awards

    ABERGAVENNY confirmed its status as the capital of Welsh cycling with three prizes at the 2014 USN Welsh Cycling Awards. Event Organiser of the Year was awarded to Bill Owen for the British National Road and Time Trial Championships, which saw

  • Jason Tovey suffers another passport mishap

    NEWPORT Gwent Dragons enjoyed a night to remember in Paris on Saturday night but Jason Tovey wasn’t a part of it after another passport mishap – and this time he couldn’t blame his dog. The 25-year-old was initially named on the bench for the region

  • Monmouthshire council farm could be sold to tenant

    AN 85-acre council-run farm in Monmouthshire should be sold to the existing tenant, according to a report going before the council's cabinet member for finance Phil Murphy on Wednesday.The report by management surveyor Gareth King seeks cabinet member

  • WATCH: 5 reasons we'll remember Lynda Bellingham

    Lynda Bellingham found fame as the Oxo mum in the 1980s: And here's the last one: Here she is on Loose Women - discuss whether they are good at complaining: Second Thoughts where Lynda starred with James Bolam, Julia Sawalha

  • Chartist commemorations kick off

    IT IS almost 175 years since 22 protesters were shot dead in Newport for demanding the right to vote, and events to mark the anniversary are taking place across the city.The 22 were part of the Chartist movement, calling for suffrage to be extended.But

  • Actress Lynda Bellingham dies at 66

    ACTRESS and presenter Lynda Bellingham died yesterday in her husband Michael's arms, her agent has said. The 66-year-old star, best known for her long-running role as a mother in the Oxo TV adverts, had been battling colon cancer, which later spread

  • County boss ready to get busy in the transfer market again

    NEWPORT County AFC manager Justin Edinburgh may be forced back into the emergency loan market to replace Robbie Willmott and he’s determined to make Joe Day a permanent fixture at Rodney Parade. The Exiles boss celebrated a second away win of the

  • Gales and heavy rain to hit UK as Hurricane Gonzalo strikes

    The remains of Hurricane Gonzalo will arrive in Britain today bringing with it gale force winds and heavy rain that will sweep across much of the country, the Met Office has warned. A low level "yellow" weather warning has been issued by the forecaster

  • Report recommends Baneswell Community Centre closure

    A REPORT recommending the closure of Baneswell Community Centre will go before a Newport council cabinet member on Wednesday. The report recommends the cabinet member for human resources and assets, Councillor Gail Giles, should officially declare the

  • Newbridge regeneration plans shown to public

    THE latest regeneration proposals for Newbridge town centre will be on display to the public this week.The next phase regeneration programme is due to get underway later this year and an exhibition of the plans will be held at Tabernacle Baptist Church

  • Blackwood bomb hoaxer is sentenced

    A MAN from Blackwood who made a series of bomb hoaxes has been spared jail. William Smith, 29, made false bomb reports about the Blisters nightclub, a location outside a Tenovus charity shop and the bus station, all in Bargoed. Smith had an

  • Organ donation families to be recognised

    RELATIVES of people who have saved lives through organ donation are to be honoured at an awards ceremony today. St John Cymru Wales has worked with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) since 2012 to recognise the incredible gift that donors and families make