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  • Man who was drunk banned from town centre

    A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Abergavenny has been given a Criminal Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Crasbo) and has been banned from entering the town centre.Jamie Smith was handed the two year order on January 13, 2015, after his drunk and harassing behaviour

  • Council backs affordable housing plan

    MONMOUTHSHIRE council has agreed to go out to public consultation on how to provide more affordable houses across the county - as it emerged hundreds of people are waiting for one.Last week, councillors backed a plan to introduce different proportions

  • Picture recalls man's Home Guard service

    FLICKING through the pages of the Pontypool Free Press brought memories flooding back for one Talywain pensioner recently, when he saw a photograph of the Home Guard in Pontypool Park - with him in attendance as a late teenager.Every week, The Free Press

  • Nearly 100 jobs saved in Pontypool

    A PONTYPOOL print works has been rescued after going into liquidation last year - with nearly 100 jobs being saved in the process.Irish entrepreneur John Mooney has bought the assets of Mid Wales Litho (MWL) and is taking on most of the 113 workers who

  • Line-up for Chepstow's Castell Roc festival announced

    CHART-TOPPERS Blue will play at Chepstow Castle as part of the star-studded Castell Roc Festival in August.The group, whose albums All Rise, One Love and Guilty all reached number one in the UK charts, will play the festival on August 29. Also playing

  • Cost of Torfaen fraud investigation remains unknown

    THE cost of a high-profile fraud investigation branded a “highly unfortunate waste of public funds” remains unknown despite numerous attempts to bring the information to light.The Argus has been told Gwent Police does not hold the information it requested