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Where to check on technologies
UNIVERSITIES which want to exploit the technologies they develop commercially are to have a new resource enabling them to link up with potential partners. The University Technology Direct-ory is the first resource of its kind. It is to be managed by the
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Full list of Gwent candidates
NOMINATIONS for the election closed yesterday with 33 people putting themselves forward in Gwent. The six constituencies are all being contested by the four main parties in Wales. A variety of smaller parties are represented ranging from an Independent
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RSPCA will quiz sheep slaughterman
THE RSPCA has tracked down the council-employed marksman who sparked outrage when he took pot shots at sheep he had herded into a Monmouthshire field. Thirty two-year-old Adrian Walker, of Grosmont, runs Golden Valley Meat with his father. He was criticised
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Booklet explains training changes
ELWa and the Welsh Development Agency have produced a booklet which is going out to over 20,000 businesses in Wales explaining the recent shake up of the training and education system. On the Road to World Class Training and Education outlines the enhanced
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'Clinton's stay will raise town's profile'
NEWPORT'S business community is delighted by the news that Bill Clinton is coming to stay at the Celtic Manor Resort. Ceri Hillier reports. NEWS of Bill Clinton's visit to Newport this Saturday has brought whoops of joy from those working hard to publicise
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Man, 29, found dead in cell
A CHEPSTOW man, Robert Hann, aged 29, was found dead in his cell in Gloucester prison on Sunday. He had been arrested last Friday for breach of bail. At the opening of the inquest a pathologist, Professor Neil Shepherd, told the Gloucester coroner that
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Morgan defends deputy
FIRST Minister Rhodri Morgan has come to the defence of his deputy, Mike German, saying there is no need for him to resign. Mr German has been under fire for weeks, due to allegations surrounding his former job as head of the European unit of the Welsh
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Positive message for traders
NEWPORT traders have been offered a vision of the future and a chance to get involved in making the dream a reality. Traders were given a step-by-step overview of the measures that are to be taken to transform the town over the next three years. And the
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Councillor quits Labour for Plaid
PLAID Cymru has gained its first councillor in Newport following the defection of Labour's Garry Brown. And five other members of the Tredegar Park Labour party, including former branch party chairman Keith Bennett, have followed their ward councillor
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Yeo's Death Valley pledge
SHADOW agriculture minister Tim Yeo has promised the Conserv-atives, if elected, would breath new life into a Gwent farming community dubbed 'Death Valley'. Mr Yeo made his pledge on a brief visit to Monmouth-shire yesterday, where he met farmers from
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ntl's bid to attract small firms
Intl Business, the broadband business-to-business communications firm, has launched the first phase of its bid to get small businesses on the information superhighway. ntl, which has a major centre in Newport, is set to launch its high-speed broadband
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Minister welcomes regeneration
AN INITIATIVE to help regenerate communities in Wales has been enthusiastically welcomed by First Minister Rhodri Morgan. The Regeneration Institute in Cardiff University brings together academic experts, local authorities, development agencies, professional
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Honours for police officers
A NEWPORT policewoman who talked a man down from the roof of a multi-storey car park was among officers honoured by the Gwent force yesterday. Sarah Taylor helped save the life of a potential suicide by proving 'it's good to talk'. Now she has a Divisional
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Three-wheeling docs
TWO doctors from the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, decided to turn a road trip to Prague into a fund-raising opportunity for St Anne's Hospice. Dr David Hampton and Dr Mike Penney left earlier this week for a conference in Czech republic in a 1932 three-wheeler
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Hospital takes centre stage
THE Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport provided the backdrop for the Liberal Democrats' campaign yesterday. A mobile poster truck highlighting their health policy arrived in Newport yesterday as part of a tour around Wales. Veronica Watkins, candidate for
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New boost for Ryder Cup bid
THE Celtic Manor's bid to host the 2009 Ryder Cup has moved a step closer with the Principality Building Society announcing its backing for a new tournament that will be the third richest on the Evian Ladies European Tour calendar. In a move to showcase
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M4 relief road looks set to get go-ahead
A MAMMOTH project to reduce Newport's notorious traffic problem look set to start this autumn. Results of a public inquiry into the route of the Southern Distributor Road effectively an M4 bypass looping south of the town are imminent. Political sources
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Newport 'signing' is Joost speculation
NEWPORT chief executive Tony Brown today described an imminent capture of South African Test star Joost van der Westhuizen or anyone else as "pure speculation". He agreed Newport hoped to make one big-name signing before the start of next season and that
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Tories voice poster rage
FURIOUS Conservatives have called in the police to investigate a series of damaged posters in Newport West. Posters have disappeared from gardens in Fields Park Avenue in the Allt-yr-yn area of Newport. Others have been vandalised and even destroyed.
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Moulding a growing business
IN the shadow of Newport's most famous link with industrial history a new emblem of modern business is rising from the ground. It represents a major initiative by Precision Cast Components, who are erecting an 8,000 sq ft factory to house a new arm of
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Dale attacks Old Trafford ahead of Second Test
GLAMORGAN batsman Adrian Dale has condemned next week's Old Trafford Test venue as currently unfit for first-class cricket. "If they have more bad weather, I can see them having serious problems with the wicket for the Test ," he said. "I doubt that they'll
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New mayor takes office
A FORMER professional footballer is Newport's new mayor. Councillor Ron Morris, who represents Beechwood ward, was appointed to the leading civic post in a ceremony at the Civic Centre. Councillor Morris signed with Crystal Palace in 1946 and, at the
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Ruddock has Wales change of heart
EBBW Vale coach Mike Ruddock has put his long-term Wales ambitions on hold in order to honour his current contract with the Eugene Cross Park club. The Wales A coach applied for the post of assistant forwards coach to Graham Henry at a time when Vale
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Money no object as Keys hunt coach
CROSS Keys Rugby Club say money is not a major problem as they go in search of a prominent successor to departed chief coach David Rees. They have already had interest from coaches based in New Zealand and Canada as well as much closer to home through
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Case of all clients great and small
GIVE the dog a phone... It's a case of all clients great and small for a Monmouthshire-based telecommunications guru. International call centre consultant Ruth Field is the driving force behind the opening of a new residential call centre in Cardiff and
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New Deal jobs for trainees
EIGHT Caerphilly county borough youngsters have been offered full-time employment with Caerphilly county borough council so they can continue the successful environmental work they started as New Deal trainees. New Deal Caerphilly and the council's cleansing
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Newport 'signing' is Joost speculation
NEWPORT chief executive Tony Brown today described an imminent capture of South African Test star Joost van der Westhuizen or anyone else as "pure speculation". He agreed Newport hoped to make one big-name signing before the start of next season and that
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Kiwis pick Gwent
THE Kiwis are coming to Gwent and for once Graham Henry or an All Black shirt is not in sight. A firm from the other side of the world has pin-pointed Monmouthshire to set up its UK operation due to the wealth of hi-tech skills in the area. Panztel is
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Melanie's efforts are highly commended
A TECHNICIAN from Risca has been highly commended for returning to education while holding down a permanent job. Melanie Conway, of Ty Isaf Park Road, works at Crumlin-based Atlantic Technology. But the 35-year-old mother of two teenage girls is also
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Pensioner in blooms battle falls ill
A MONMOUTH pensioner is suing the town's council over money he claims he is owed for a Wales in Bloom entry. However, pensioner Jack Roocroft was taken ill during a Monmouth county court hearing and it was adjourned. The hearing, in the Old Market Hall
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Calzaghe has July date set
GWENT'S WBO world super-middleweight boxing champion, Joe Calzaghe, is being lined-up for a fight against a world-ranked American in Cardiff on July 21. The date has been confirmed, with actual opponent and venue (not the Millennium Stadium) to be decided
