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Retrieving top prizes
FOUR dogs have been given extra doggie biscuits and special treats after scooping paws-full of awards at Crufts. Gwent dog lover Janet Morris (pictured) won with a quartet of Chesapeake Bay Retrievers. Three of the dogs won first prizes and another won
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Roads blocked as disease returns
PART of Gwent's countryside is again closed off after the return of foot-and-mouth. Just last week, Caerphilly council announced many areas which had been closed because of the crisis would reopen in time for the Bank Holiday. But now a 3km exclusion
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Work begins to replace prefabs
RESIDENTS of Newport's post-war prefabs watched yesterday as work began to replace their homes with new bungalows. The oldest residents of the Bishpool and Treberth estates had mixed feelings at the ground-breaking ceremony, while members of the local
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Firm in £400,000 arson attack
AN ARSON attack on a Gwent vehicle recovery firm has caused up to £400,000 worth of damage, its owner says. The blaze, at Walls Truck Services in Newport on Saturday, is being investigated by police, who say the cause is suspicious. Now proprietor John
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Objections to parking plan
THREE temporary car parks look set to be created in a Gwent town centre while another is closed. But some residents are unhappy that motorists could be allowed to park in the playground of a former school near their homes. The Argus reported last month
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I felt like criminal in store, says OAP
TESCO store staff have apologised after an 88-year-old war veteran was kept standing for more than an hour while her credit card was checked. Anne Williams, of Ridgeway Grove, Newport, had spent £90 in the Cardiff Roadstore and had asked for £50 cashback
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Blair is blamed for rural decline
THE government's management of the countryside and economy has done enormous damage to Wales over the past four years, Tory peer Lord Walker claimed today. The former Welsh Secretary said: "The Welsh countryside has been impoverished by four years of
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Eyesore on the way out
ONE of Pontypool's most notorious eyesores could be given a new lease of life in a radical council decision. The empty Hypervalue store on Commercial Street could soon be taken over by Torfaen council to house the town's library and to provide extra office
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Bid could create up to 465 jobs
UP TO 465 jobs could be created in the Gwent Valleys if a communications firm wins a £1.7 billion Ministry of Defence contract. And a further 200 jobs could be transferred into Gwent from Bristol if Canadian-owned CDC Systems clinches the lucrative deal
