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Floral displays delight bloom judges
BETTWS was under the spotlight yesterday as the Britain in Bloom competition's judges arrived. Judges Walter Gilmour, from Glasgow, and Ian Wilson, from County Antrim in Northern Ireland, were given a tour of the area's floral attractions on an overcast
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Gwent Special Olympics team's medal haul
GWENT athletes, who were part of Wales' Special Olympic team, are celebrating after returning home with a bag-full of medals. Local athletes bagged nine golds, two silvers and four bronze medals at the week-long special games, for athletes with disabilities
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Arnhem veteran finally calls time on jumping days
AN ARNHEM veteran from Gwent has been forced to pull out of a charity parachute jump - because of failing eyesight. Since 1994 the Arnhem Veterans parachute team had relived the famous events of September, 1944 when Red Berets of the Parachute Regiment
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Injury-hit Baulch bows out of relay
JAMIE Baulch is out of the British men's 4x400m relay team, giving teenager Tim Benjamin the chance to make his championship debut. Baulch's injury-hit season continues after the Risca sprinter failed to qualify from his 400m heat and he has struggled
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Gutted! Malcolm fifth but pals praise him
DESPITE suffering the bitter blow of missing a 200m world championship medal by just two-hundredths of a second, tributes to Christian Malcolm poured in from the world's top athletes - none more so than from pal Dwain Chambers. On a night of high tension
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Pledge over ambulances
THE chief executive of the Welsh Ambulance Service, Don Page, has pledged to examine the shortfalls in Blaenau Gwent's ambulance cover. Mr Page met concerned members of the social services committee of Blaenau Gwent county borough council, and promised
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Typhoid probe: 'Drains overflowed into our premises'
THE kebab shop which closed voluntarily as the hunt for the source of the Newport typhoid outbreak continues was flooded with dirty water following last month's storms, neighbours have revealed. Now, as Gwent health officials test a fourth person to see
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Soggy setback for Ryder Cup bid
THE Celtic Manor's bid to host the 2009 Ryder Cup was dealt a major blow yesterday when the first day of the Wales Open had to be abandoned because the course was waterlogged. Six hours of solid rain over Newport left the Wentwood Hills course unplayable
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Big house spectacular
A GRAND country house, the best-loved classical music, fireworks and the perfect spot for a picnic. Tredegar House, Newport, has it all for the annual Proms in the Park tomorrow. Providing the music will be the National Chamber Orchestra of Wales, conducted
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Restaurant review: The Wye Knot, Chepstow
The Wye Knot Restaurant, The Back Riverbank, Chepstow. PRIZEWINNING restaurants have a reputation to maintain, an onerous duty more fraught than running an establishment which produces good food but has yet to collect any awards for it. The Wye Knot carries
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I'm so proud, says track star Christian's mum
YVONNE Malcolm (pictured) says she is still the proudest mum in the world despite sprint star son Christian just missing out on a medal in the World Championships 200-metre final. Joined by a full house of family and friends at her home in Rosslyn Road
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Each way it's a free day out!
IT was a brolly good show for 75-year-olds at Chepstow racecourse yesterday. To mark the racecourse's 75th anniversary, anyone who could prove they were born in 1926 or 2001 were allowed in to watch the eight-card programme of races free of charge, with
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Gareth solves bass problem
AMONG the broken guitars, demo tapes and shattered nerves Fathead's Deano and John have sat, waiting for the day when they would find a bass player as dedicated as they. That day has come and Fathead, feisty pop punk ogres from Newport, are back. "This
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Splendid line-up at Ross
The Ross-on-Wye International Festival runs from Thursday September 16 to Monday August 27 in a purpose-built auditorium on the banks of the River Wye. Mono checked out the pop and jazz on offer from Atomic Kittens to Lulu, from Vanessa Mae to the Blind
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A snip of an event!
KEEP on rocking in the Valleys at the Torfaen Rockfest - 'A Hairdresser's Suggestion' - on August 18. The all-day rock show is at The Stables Bar, White Hart Inn, Broad Street, Abersychan, near Pontypool. Headlining the summer bash is Rocket Goldstar,
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New coach to see Newport in action
THE Newport rugby squad will be on trial in more ways than one in their first pre-season friendly on Sunday. Not only will they be playing a trial against the English Premier Division team, but they will come under the keen eye of new chief coach Ian
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Death crash coach examined
TRANSPORT ministry officials are examining a coach involved in a crash in which a young Gwent woman died. The dead woman, Victoria Coral Green, 18, from Newcastle, near Monmouth, was described by workmates as a "perfect girl" today. The coach involved
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Hart attacked over police finances
GWENT AM William Graham has launched a broadside against Assembly finance minister Edwina Hart amid allegations of police "capping" plans. Last week the Argus exclusively revealed how Gwent's chief constable and chairman of the Wales region of the Association
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Town's dream of glory shattered
Cwmbran Town............0 SK Slovan Bratislava..4 BRAVE Cwmbran Town's European dream came to an abrupt end last night as the ten-man Gwent side were thumped by SK Slovan Bratislava. The Slovakian side comfortably beat the Welsh part-timers 4-0 in the
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Musicians line up to play for mate Mick
Local folk musician and South Wales Argus sub editor Mick Tems was left partially paralysed by a serious stroke earlier this year. He is currently undergoing therapy which will continue over the next two to three years. Next weekend his friends in the
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Foot-and-mouth: New Gwent outbreal confirmed
A FARM at Abergavenny was confirmed as having foot-and-mouth disease yesterday, bringing the Welsh total to 117. The outbreak is on Park Lodge Farm, Llwyndu, owned by Graham Sevenoaks. Two other flocks at Waun, in Brecon, and Libanus also showed positive
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Willkommen in the hillsides
WE'RE keeping an international welcome in the hillsides here in South East Wales. Actually, that's Bienvenue, Willkommen, Croeso and whatever the Japanese is for "Glad to see you!" (It's not that we don't know our Japanese, but our computers don't write
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New coach to see Newport in action
THE Newport rugby squad will be on trial in more ways than one in their first pre-season friendly on Sunday. Not only will they be playing a trial against the English Premier Division team, but they will come under the keen eye of new chief coach Ian
