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The paper was founded as the South Wales Argus and Monmouthshire Daily Leader on 30 May 1892. An early description of the paper reads, "The South Wales Argus, the only evening paper printed and published in Newport and Monmouthshire was established in 1892, and the South Wales Weekly Argus and Star of Gwent the only weekly paper printed and published in Newport, was established in 1829.
In 2011 Blaenau Gwent had the highest level of severe child poverty in Wales, as revealed in statistical data published in a report by Save the Children. [ 10 ] According to the 2011 Census , 5.5% of the county's 67,348 (3,705 residents) resident-population can speak, read, and write Welsh , [ 11 ] with 7.8%, or 5,284 residents, being able to ...
Blaenau Gwent is a seat with a strong Labour heritage. Aneurin Bevan , the post-war Health Minister responsible for creating the National Health Service , and Michael Foot , a former leader of the Labour Party, both held the seat in the second half of the twentieth century.
The communities of Blaenau Gwent in 2024. Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It is one of the 22 principal areas of Wales. Communities are the lowest tier of local government in Wales. Unlike English counties, which often contain unparished areas, all Welsh principal areas are entirely divided into communities.
He continued to serve as a councillor on Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council until 1999 and was appointed mayor for 1988-1989. [1] He was latterly a close ally of Llew Smith, MP for Blaenau Gwent from 1992, and was selected for the constituency in the first elections to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999, winning the seat easily. [4]
The county council was abolished in 1996 and Blaenau Gwent became a principal area with county borough status, with the council taking over the functions previously performed by the county council. [4] Borough status allows Blaenau Gwent to give the chair of the council the title of mayor.
Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. It covers an area of 109 km 2 (42 sq mi) and in 2023 the population was approximately 66,993.
Gwent Archives (Welsh: Archifau Gwent) is the local records office and genealogy centre, based in Ebbw Vale, South Wales for the historic county of Monmouthshire. It covers the modern local authority areas of Blaenau Gwent , Caerphilly County Borough , Monmouthshire , Newport and Torfaen .