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County plan midweek games switch
MIDWEEK matchdays for Newport County are to switch from Wednesdays to Mondays next season, while Wallace Brown has been confirmed as the Exiles' chairman. Brown, who has supported Newport in their various guises for 40 years, was acting joint chairman
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Breaking up is hard for Teich
GARY Teichmann will leave at the end of the month with the reception the team received after winning the cup still ringing in his ears. And to ensure the memory never fades, your Argus has presented him with a large framed photograph of himself holding
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Henry's plea over teen star
WALES coach Graham Henry has made Swansea's Gavin Henson the youngest national fly half in over a century and has asked the Press and public not to heap pressure on him. Henson, 19 years and three months, is likely to play in all of Sunday's international
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Morgan backing for German
FIRST minister Rhodri Morgan has launched a robust defence of his deputy and accused opponents of "smears, sneers and slurs". Mr Morgan said accusations about the past business dealings of deputy first minister Michael German had no part in grown-up politics
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Jobs push at steelworks
EMPLOYMENT services are working hard at Llanwern in a bid to get redundant workers new jobs. The on-site job centre is now fully staffed and open five days a week. The number of staff employed at the centre in the heart of the massive works is now eight
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Plaid man backed by £1,000 bet
A BOOKIE is reporting a £1,000 bet on Plaid Cymru's election candidate in Islwyn. Jack Brown says it is the single biggest bet it has received, and it has halved the odds against Plaid Cymru's Leigh Thomas winning the seat, formerly held by then Labour
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Councillor loses Cabinet job
A HIGH-profile New-port councillor has lost his place in the governing Cabinet. John Pembridge lost his place as a result of the annual vote among the ruling Labour group for the Cabinet. The out-going mayor, Councillor Graham Dally, will replace Councillor
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Mother bludgeoned to death
A WOMAN who was born in Newport has been bludgeoned to death in Canada. Angela Steer, 37, emigrated to Canada in 1975 with her parents Alan and Marie Hood. The family had lived in Medlock Crescent, Bettws. Mrs Steer disappeared on her way to work in Maple
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No Lions fears for Henry
A RELAXED Graham Henry was not overly concerned about the latest injuries to his pride of Lions as final preparations for the Australia tour begin. England's Lawrence Dallaglio damaged knee ligaments playing for Wasps last week, while Bath full-back Ian
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Henson's dreams come true
A DREAM come true - that is how teenager Gavin Henson describes his meteoric elevation to the Welsh senior squad in his first year of senior rugby. It will see him become the youngest Wales outside half for over a century. The Swansea player will make
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Houllier hungry for treble
Gerard Houllier revealed just how much European success means to him as he put his faith in his Liverpool team to complete an unprecedented cup treble tonight in the UEFA Cup Final. The Liverpool boss insisted that although their main target for the season
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Newport honours its rugby champs
NEWPORT'S triumphant rugby team will be honoured with a civic reception tomorrow night. The mayor, Councillor Graham Dally, is hosting the celebration following the club's victory in the Principality Cup on Sunday. Players, directors and their wives have
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Farewell to Gwent activist
AN IRISH tricolour draped the coffin of fiery Gwent activist Mary Crofton to mark her Republican sympathies and support of the Troops Out of Northern Ireland movement. Arthur Scargill was among the many who attended the funeral on Monday of the 82-year-old
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Blair wants to break 'glass ceiling'
TONY Blair was due to launch Labour's election manifesto today with the promise not to increase income tax. It mirrors a pledge made in 1997. So far, taxation has been the key issue in the early election skirmishes. The 44-page, 28,000-word document,
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David's mates' idea of toilet humour
PRACTICAL joker David Reaney went potty when he returned from a football tour to find that his victims had finally taken their revenge. For as he neared his home in Fleming Close, Malpas, Newport, the 38-year-old was greeted by the sight of a toilet filled
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First Minister meets factory bosses
THE future for manufacturing at Gwent's Solectron was looking increasingly bleak today. The US-owned factory has already said that 350 jobs are to go at the Cwmcarn factory, which makes telecommunications equipment. And a question mark now hangs over
