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Long wait for trophy is over
Newport 13 Neath 8 AT last, at last - after 24 long years Newport's name is on the Welsh Cup trophy again. Newport achieved what Welsh/Scottish League winners Swansea failed to do by getting the better of Neath 13-8 in a gripping final at the Millennium
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Newport's Canadian prop tells of delight
NEWPORT prop Rod Snow was probably the happiest player in the Newport dressing-room after Sunday's Principality Cup success. Snow has been with the club through thick and thin, almost going elsewhere three years ago before deciding to stay at Rodney Parade
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Newport's Canadian prop tells of delight
NEWPORT prop Rod Snow was probably the happiest player in the Newport dressing-room after Sunday's Principality Cup success. Snow has been with the club through thick and thin, almost going elsewhere three years ago before deciding to stay at Rodney Parade
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Silverware is perfect ending for Teichmann
SO Newport skipper Gary Teichmann got his perfect send-off after all. The fates had seemed to be suggesting for weeks that his Newport farewell would provide him with a great triumph, and so it proved. And the great man said he would put yesterday's Principality
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Stadium 'simply the best'
WELSH rugby chief Glanmor Griffiths has re-affirmed Cardiff's Millennium Stadium as the best in the world following the triumphant staging of two cup finals over one weekend. "I have absolutely no doubt that for the FA Cup final we created an atmosphere
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We've only just begun!
THIS is just the first step. That is the pledge from chief executive Tony Brown after Newport won the Welsh Cup for the first time for 24 years yesterday. They beat Neath 13-8 in a tense Principality Cup final at the Millennium Stadium to take the trophy
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Row over state of the roads
LACK of road repairs in Newport is becoming a big issue again with reports of potholes remaining unmended for months. Several readers have contacted the Argus about the state of roads with complaints that they could cause accidents or damage to vehicles
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Cleared teacher to sue for compensation
LAWYERS acting for cleared Gwent headteacher Marjorie Evans, pictured, have launch-ed a compensation battle with her employers. Barristers from her union, the National Union of Teachers, wrote to Monmouthshire county council's education authority last
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Threat of new fuel protests
A SERIES of petrol protests will haunt politicians throughout the general election build-up with leading Gwent fuel campaigner David Handley declaring - "We're back!" And the co-leader of The People's Fuel Lobby and former chairman of campaigning group
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The Cup's back in Gwent!
EVERY Newport fan inside and outside the Millennium Stadium yesterday would have had a lump in their throat when Gary Teichmann lifted the Principality Cup in his last game for the club before his retirement. It all went according to plan, with the Black
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Way condemns Aber to the drop
In a cruel twist of fate Blackwood coach Nigel Way masterminded the downfall of former club Abertillery at a sun-drenched Dairy Field on Saturday. It was arguably Blackwood's most complete performance in a season of huge under achievement as they despatched
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Long wait for trophy is over
AT last, at last - after 24 long years Newport's name is on the Welsh Cup trophy again. Newport achieved what Welsh/Scottish League winners Swansea failed to do by getting the better of Neath 13-8 in a gripping final at the Millennium Stadium yesterday
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Two houses but home's on the road
TV presenter and actor Stifyn Parri may have houses in London and Cardiff but he says his real home's a car. PENNY REEVES investigates. "I don't live anywhere really," Stifyn sighed while we chatted in his Cardiff home-cum-office. "I spend my life on
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Never short of a smile
There are just three days left for Argus readers to return their Help a South Wales Child appeal nominations. GARETH PHILLIPS takes a look back at some of the deserving Gwent youngsters in the running for an award. EVERY day of Ashley Lewis' eight years
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The greatest sons of Wales
When you write a book about 100 great Welshmen, the question is - where do you stop? BEN BLACK talks to author Terry Breverton about his men-only celebration. WALES is not just a land of rugby players and male voice choirs. A new book reveals 100 great
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Death of former councillor
FORMER Blaenau Gwent councillor and Gwent county councillor Wyndham Vowles, pictured, has died. He was 77. Mr Vowles, of Cefn Crescent, Cwmtillery, collapsed while out shopping. He leaves a widow, Nell, and two daughters. He was a former chairman of the
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Voter apathy is biggest enemy, says candidate
VOTER apathy was identified by Monmouth's Labour parliamentary candidate Huw Edwards as his biggest threat at the forthcoming general election. Mr Edwards' warning came as he was officially adopted by Labour party members as their parliamentary candidate
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Hague brings the battle to Gwent
WILLIAM Hague is due to arrive in Monmouth today as he launches the Tory manifesto in Wales. The Conservative Party leader is the first big gun in the election campaign to arrive in the Gwent constituency which is to to be one of the key Labour-Tory battlegrounds
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Silverware is perfect ending for Teichmann
SO Newport skipper Gary Teichmann got his perfect send-off after all. The fates had seemed to be suggesting for weeks that his Newport farewell would provide him with a great triumph, and so it proved. And the great man said he would put yesterday's Principality
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We've only just begun!
THIS is just the first step. That is the pledge from chief executive Tony Brown after Newport won the Welsh Cup for the first time for 24 years yesterday. They beat Neath 13-8 in a tense Principality Cup final at the Millennium Stadium to take the trophy
