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Cash threat to DVT study
THE future of an international study into a lethal condition which killed a Newport woman hangs in the balance due to a lack of funding. The World Health Organisation's study into deep vein thrombosis, the condition which killed Emma Christoffersen, still
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Psychiatric patient attacked nurses
TWO nurses in a Gwent psychiatric hospital were attacked by a patient, a court heard. One of them, Tony Barbe, was knocked unconscious and suffered a fractured left cheekbone and haemorrhaging inside his left eye. Cardiff crown court was told how his
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Screen smash terror
A DRIVER was told he was lucky to be alive after a missile cracked his windscreen in the latest of a spate of attacks. Retired couple John and Margaret Jenkins were driving on the A4042 near Pontypool when their windscreen was hit by an object. The AA
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I'm no Kray, says car rage driver
A PENSIONER drove his car on to a pavement at four young men - flipping one on to the bonnet - in a "totally mad mom-ent", a court heard. Seconds later, Michael Smith (pictured) returned to the scene brandishing a baseball bat and a kitchen carving knife
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Czech ace will soon know who Savage is
CZECH Republic play-maker Pavel Nedved admits he has never heard of tigerish Welsh midfielder Robbie Savage - but by 9pm tonight the Juventus star should have a pretty good idea who Savage is. It is almost guaranteed that the Leicester City midfielder
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Struggling to keep afloat
A GWENT swimming club is appealing for donations to keep its head above water. The qualified teachers and coaches of the voluntary organisation Cwmbran Otters have taught thousands to swim since the group was established in 1974. The group caters to everyone
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New cocaine fears
POLICE say they are seeing a worrying rise in the amount of crack cocaine on Gwent's streets as the supply of heroin continues to dry up. The Argus exclusively revealed on Monday how the twin factors of the war in Afghanistan and tough policing of class
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The future is red, says Delaney
WALES star Mark Delaney knows all about the haves and the have nots. Six seasons ago, the 25-year-old defender was plying his trade on Saturday afternoons marshalling Carmarthen Town's back line in the League of Wales. Now the Haverfordwest-born player
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Cemetery mix-up
PEOPLE visiting loved ones buried at a Newport cemetery may have been tending the wrong graves for more than two decades. The council has admitted that up to 20 per cent of the 735 graves in Block 99 at St Woolos Cemetery may not contain the body of the
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Vandals hit club again
A GWENT football club must pay out more than £200 to repair the latest damage done to its clubhouse by vandals. Players and supporters of Caldicot Castle Football are horrified at the latest incident at their club, which comes despite them spending thousands
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Newport wait on cup pair
NEWPORT are waiting for the result of fitness tests on Wales prop Chris Anthony and centre Jonathan Pritchard before finalising their side to take on Cardiff in the Principality Cup quarter-final at the Arms Park on Friday night. Anthony injured a calf
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Newport close door on Tonu'u inquiry
NEWPORT Rugby Club have decided not to pursue the WRU for an inquiry into the Ofisa Tonu'u racial abuse, writes Paul Tully. Club benefactor Tony Brown and chairman David Watkins said today the matter was now officially closed following an internal inquiry
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Newport wait on cup pair
NEWPORT are waiting for the result of fitness tests on Wales prop Chris Anthony and centre Jonathan Pritchard before finalising their side to take on Cardiff in the Principality Cup quarter-final at the Arms Park on Friday night. Anthony injured a calf
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Dan set to be the man
MARK Hughes has given his strongest hint yet that Panteg-born Daniel Gabbidon (pictured) will be rewarded with his first Welsh cap against the Czech Republic in Cardiff tonight (7.15pm). The Cwmbran-raised 22-year-old Cardiff City defender beamed: "It
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Bellamy is best - Hartson
CRAIG Bellamy (pictured) should be this season's Premiership Young Player of the Year, according to his Welsh striking colleague John Hartson. Even though the 22-year-old Newcastle United striker will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, burly
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It beats dripping, lad!
MORE than 60 years ago youngsters might have tucked into a slice of bread and dripping at dinner time. Yesterday, a group of senior citizens went back to school - and found something more substantial is available to present-day pupils. The Lunch Club,
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Burglars 'trade' OAPs in Gwent
BURGLARS from as far away as Birmingham are "trading" Gwent pensioners in a nationwide bogus caller operation. Organised gangs are co-operating to target their attacks on the easiest victims, police have warned. At a conference held at County Hall, Cwmbran
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Security guards cut school bills
A GWENT school employing security guards to protect against vandalism says the move has slashed its repair bills. Officials at Abersychan Comprehensive School took the step in a bid to stop unruly youngsters getting into the site after hours. And head
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Holocaust survivor relives horrors
A HOLOCAUST survivor told pupils at a Cwmbran school of his harrowing experiences in a concentration camp. Steven Frank, 66, told children at Fairwater High School how he lived through Hitler's Final Solution. Mr Frank, born of Anglo-Dutch Jewish parentage
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Vale coach's plea
EBBW Vale coach Mike Ruddock has told his side not to undo the good work which put Neath out of the Principality Cup as they face Pontypool for a place in this season's semi-finals. Vale produced a confident performance to beat Neath 20-10 at the end
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I pleaded guilty to end my nightmare
PENELOPE Aizlewood, mother, and wife of football pundit Mark, tells LIFE how she ended up before a magistrates court charged with shoplifting. Ceri Hillier reports. Pednelope Aizlewood is slim, attractive and the mother of a beautiful three-year-old girl
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Crows crash in the West
CWMBRAN endured a nightmare second half at Park Avenue last night when they lost 3-nil to Aberystwyth Town, had two players sent off and another stretchered off. And the result, plus that of second-placed Bangor City's 2-1 home win over Connah's Quay
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School planners get 594 protest letters
CAMPAIGNERS against the building of a school on an old waste tip have collected almost 600 letters of objection. They were responding to a legal notice placed in the Argus by Newport council, stating its intent to allocate land at the Glebelands in the
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Newport close door on Tonu'u inquiry
NEWPORT Rugby Club have decided not to pursue the WRU for an inquiry into the Ofisa Tonu'u racial abuse, writes Paul Tully. Club benefactor Tony Brown and chairman David Watkins said today the matter was now officially closed following an internal inquiry
