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Forster's Ospreys warning
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons captain Jason Forster warns his team of a backlash in tonight's Celtic League clash against champions the Ospreys at the New Stadium, Swansea. The Ospreys were thrashed 37-10 by Munster in Cork on Saturday night, a result which Forster
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Calls of anguish echoing through time
BY the time war broke out in 1939 James Upton already had a dozen years' service under his belt, a seasoned regular soldier who had served in some of the hottest, dirtiest places the army could find to send a man. But even he becomes visibly moved when
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Cash quack off the mark
NEWPORT'S mayor, Councillor Ken Critchley helped raise more than £700 for charity by hosting a duck race. Hundreds of yellow plastic ducks were floated down the River Ebbw, Tredegar Park, on Sunday to raise money for the Samaritans - the mayor's chosen
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Panic-buying hits Gwent
GWENT garages are under seige from panic-buying motorists this morning ahead of planned fuel protests. Large queues snaked their way around garage forecourts from 6am, and some garages were forced to close as they ran out of fuel. The Fuel Lobby is threatening
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New season same old story
TALK about starting the season with a bang - it has been more like a whimper with the four Welsh regions going down in four of the seven matches played in the Celtic League so far. And already the excuses are arriving thick and fast, not so much because
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Man found hurt near stairs dies
A PONTLLANFRAITH man who was taken to hospital with serious head injuries last month died on Saturday night, Gwent Police said yesterday. David Dowden, who was 34, was discovered covered in blood at the bottom of a flight of steps outside his flat on
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Mayhem at centre
USERS of a Newport community centre are drawing up an action plan to try to prevent yobs going on another wrecking spree. During a summer playscheme vandals smashed windows, mirrors and doors and flooded toilets at the Mary Dunn Club, Jenkins Street,
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Tidy TV role for Josh
JOSH Phillips is getting ready to baffle television viewers across the UK with a lesson in the art of Wenglish. The nine-year-old from Shirenewton, near Chepstow, is in London today filming with television's cheekiest double-act Ant and Dec for the Paul
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Quiet corner for grieving parents
SARAH Baker knows too well the agony of stillbirth - but she hopes a new room at Abergavenny's Nevill Hall Hospital will help ease the trauma for other women. Medical problems meant that Mrs Baker, from Ebbw Vale, has three times had to give birth to
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King od spin for Glam clash
LEADING Ashes series wicket-taker Shane Warne and his defeated Australia colleague Simon Katich are expected to play for Hampshire in their totesport League relegation battle with Glamorgan in Cardiff later today (start 4.10pm). Warne took forty wickets
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Jury find benefit fraud gran guilty
A NEWPORT grandmother was convicted of benefit fraud by a jury at Newport crown court. Gloria Taylor, aged 67, of Conway Road, denied obtaining property by deception when she made claims for income support to the Department of Work and Pensions (formerly
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Vaughan already planning next step
Michael Vaughan was today set to lead England on an open-top bus parade through London to celebrate his country's first Ashes triumph in a generation - but he is already planning his team's next great challenge too. Vaughan last night enjoyed the moment
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Wentwood Forest success
THE Woodland Trust celebrated today as it reached its £100,000 community fundraising target following an Argus appeal for public support. We launched a joint appeal in June to raise the money in public pledges as part of a campaign to raise £1.5m to acquire
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No payouts for hump speedsters
COUNCILS are refusing to pay compensation to motorists who claim speed humps have damaged their cars because of modifications made to their vehicles. According to records kept by the five councils covering Gwent, 35 people have made claims since 1998
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It's a model hobby!
A SUBMARINE, yachts, pilot cutters and warships were all to be seen on Cwmbran Boating Lake on Sunday. All, of course, were models, lovingly created by their owners and brought to the lake to celebrate Cwmbran Modelling Society's 30th anniversary. Model
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It's a model hobby!
A SUBMARINE, yachts, pilot cutters and warships were all to be seen on Cwmbran Boating Lake on Sunday. All, of course, were models, lovingly created by their owners and brought to the lake to celebrate Cwmbran Modelling Society's 30th anniversary. Model
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Butcher dies after 999 rescue drama
ATTEMPTS by the emergency services to save the life of a Risca butcher, who was taken ill, ended tragically when he died last night. Michael Williams, 58, who was rescued from a first-floor flat in Tredegar Street yesterday, was pronounced dead at about
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Cornforth is sacked
JOHN Cornforth's turbulent reign as Newport County manager finally came to an end last night - after just seven games of the new season. A run of five consecutive defeats has left County third from bottom of Nationwide South and, under severe pressure
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Food to vow the crowds
THIS weekend thousands of people from across the world are to flock to the seventh Abergavenny Food Festival. Organisers are hoping the number of people coming to the town on Saturday, September 17, and Sunday 18 will beat last year's total of 25,000
