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Prison officer's son sold Ecstasy
THE son of a prison officer was sentenced to 12 months in a young offenders' institution at court yesterday for supplying drugs in a Cardiff nightclub. Scott Beavan, aged 19, an auto technician employed by a welding company in Chepstow, was spotted acting
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Rats run riot in Hamelin!
WHAT the residents of Abergavenny's Heol Hamelin need is a Pied Piper - or at the very least, they say, they need rat poison for every garden. They say they are frightened to let their children play in their gardens because of the number of rats. Pest
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Food giants in store bid
WAITROSE and Tesco have both expressed an interest in the scheme for building a food store on the car park at the rear of the Town Hall in Abergavenny. Plans have been drawn up by the Abergavenny Development Forum to redevelop the Brewery Yard site, which
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Advice project for steel workers
NATIONAL Assembly Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning Jane Davidson today unveiled a three-year £300,000 initiative to help the communities affected by the Corus job losses. The project will pay for 50 Corus employees being made redundant to
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Now have you herd the latest?
MAYBE it's fate - call it llama karma. But a Gwent attraction closed by foot and mouth is celebrating a promising sign from Mother Nature just a few days before its re-opening. Staff at Greenmeadow Community Farm, in Cwmbran, had a surprise when they
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County in signing swoop
SPECULATION is rife that Bath City's prolific goal-scorer Martin Paul is on his way to Newport County in a £3,000 deal, while Merthyr Tydfil's Darren Ryan is a confirmed signing for the club. Paul has been City's top scorer for the last four years after
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Town revamp right on target
CWMBRAN'S £19 million town centre redevelopment is bang on schedule for its grand opening at the end of this year. A curved glass roof is taking shape on the Caradoc Road side of the site, and the framework of the end backing on to The Parade is virtually
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Nightclub drug blitz
DRUG dealers are being given a short, sharp message by two New-port nightclubs - keep out. Management at Zanzi-bar's and Voodoo have adopted a zero tolerance policy to people caught with drugs in the clubs. Anyone found in possession of drugs is handed
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Tony Blair due in South Wales
PRIME minister Tony Blair was due to make his second election campaign visit to South Wales today. High security surrounds all the party leaders, so details of Mr Blair's itinery won't be known until later today. However, education is the theme of the
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Our game is stained so ban them!
BAN them for life. That's the only way to deal with anyone proved to have been involved in match-fixing and tainting this great game of ours. I was as shocked as anyone by the claims made in Sir Paul Condon's report on corruption in cricket and I remain
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Defection delight - on both sides
THE defection of an experienced Labour councillor to Plaid Cymru has managed to unite the two parties - both say they are happy with the decision. Newport councillor Garry Brown, who has represented the Tredegar Park ward since 1983, became the county
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Wales interviews New Zealander
A LEADING New Zealander is in the running for the post of Wales forwards coach in succession to Lyn Howells. He flew in yesterday to be interviewed by a Welsh Rugby Union panel which included national coach Graham Henry and director of rugby Terry Cobner
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Battle to save jobs of 200
URGENT talks are continuing in a bid to save the remaining 200 jobs at Gwent's Solectron factory where 520 positions are being axed. High-level discussions between the National Assembly, the Welsh Development Agency and Solectron are being held aimed
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Vandals attack charity
POLICE are hunting three vandals who went on the rampage at a Newport charity centre, causing more than £1,000 worth of damage. And it is alleged the juveniles then returned to the scene the following day to taunt staff about their actions. The vandals
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Edwards calls it a day at Abertillery
THE Gwent coaching merry-go-round continued today with Les Edwards relinquishing his post at relegated First Division club Abertillery. He joins David Rees and Geraint Jones (Cross Keys) and Nigel Way (Blackwood) who have also left their clubs this season
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Canal on the agenda
THE waters of the Risca canal are running into the election campaign in Islwyn. Ahead of the public meeting tonight, arranged to form a canal liaison group and organised by Islwyn AM Brian Hancock, candidates in the election have been turning their attention
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Joy as 'Star' block flats go
RESIDENTS on a Newport estate are saying "good riddance" to two notorious blocks of flats being demolished this week. The 'Star' block of flats in Alway have long been associated with anti-social behaviour, including drug taking and alcohol abuse. The
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Club struggles after £13,500 theft
A NEW appeal has gone out in a bid to track down thieves who stole more than £13,000 from a Gwent rugby club. Blaina Rugby Social Club was left struggling to pay its bills after around £13,500 was taken from its safe in the early hours of New Year's Day
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Glamorgan target at least one
GLAMORGAN have set themselves a target of winning at least one of their next two county championship matches to climb off the bottom of the First Division table (write Paul Tully and Josh Ball). Weather problems mean Glamorgan are bottom of their division
