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The other day a reader wrote in saying our reporters should get off their backside and talk to local people. I can assure you that they do.
Today our #Newport newsroom has been covering the reopening of shops.
Today our #Newport newsroom has been covering the reopening of shops.
We've had @Josh_Searle99 and @Jonathon_Hill96 in #Newport. Josh's Facebook Live has had almost 60,000 views so far and more than 1,100 comments. https://fb.watch/4QjHCWfGSO/
It was a busy shift for @TomMoodyArgus who visited #Pontypool and #Cwmbran to talk to shoppers and traders. You can read his report here. https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19227686.businesses-welcome-back-shoppers-cwmbran-pontypool/
Keen as mustard @cobaines went to #Chepstow, where things were steady rather than the queues in Newport. https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19227846.chepstow-traders-welcome-customers-back-covid-lockdown/
Meanwhile @ArgusLPowell was in #Barry for the @barrydistrict https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/19227853.local-traders-share-thoughts-re-opening-lockdown/
And @BrookeBJourno spent the afternoon in #Penarth for the @PenarthTimes, where traders were 'blown away' by the support of shoppers. Great to see. https://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/19227944.penarth-traders-blown-away-support-shops-reopen-wales/
Of course, shops opened across Wales to @NThomasArgus pulled together the threads from our other newsrooms in a wrap up for @nationalwales. https://www.thenational.wales/news/19227246.retail-sector-opens-wales-shoppers-back-high-streets/
If you really want to indulge in the experience as if you were there, the @southwalesargus live blog is the place to go, which has been our most read story today. https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19225863.covid-shoppers-force-newport-cwmbran-wales/
And I mentioned those 1,100 Facebook comments. Before you ask, yes we pulled out a few in story too (by evening reporter @BrookeBJourno after returning from Penarth). https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19227990.i-can-wait-bit-longer-reaction-newport-shops-reopen/
Of course, we've wrapped the best of it up in tomorrow's printed @southwalesargus too. And if you're not someone who feels ready to go out yet, we've got you covered too with an eight page puzzles pullout. #buyapaper #localnewsmatters #Unlocking
