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Riverside homes escape rising tide
RESIDENTS living near the banks of the River Usk in Caerleon escaped flooding during last night's high tide. But they renewed their calls for immediate action to improve their flood defences. Worried locals gathered on Isca Road to watch the River Usk
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More woe for Wasps fans
IT was another disappointing night for Newport Wasps fans as their side fell to an away defeat at the hands of the Islanders. With Carl Wilkinson guesting for long-term injury Ryan Tolley, Wasps found themselves 14 points down at the halfway stage after
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Smash-and-grab terror at PO
STAFF at a rural Gwent post office were left "badly shaken" after a raid at their premises yesterday. Two men are believed to be behind the raid at Trellech Post Office, which happened just after 3am. Arriving in a stolen red Kia car, the men smashed
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Defence firm sets sights on 500 jobs
WORK is well under way to bring almost 500 jobs to Gwent as part of the £1.7bn Ministry of Defence's Army communications contract. Computing Devices Canada (CDC), which won the contract against stiff competition, has staged a recruitment fair at Oakdale
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Cup woe for Welsh clubs
ALL three Welsh clubs went out of the Worthington Cup last night, Swansea and Wrexham beaten at home and Cardiff falling to Millwall in the Lions' Den. Cardiff slipped to a 2-1 defeat against opponents who managed only three worthwhile goal efforts all
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Driver jailed after drink spree
THREE men celebrated Wales' rugby victory over France by going on a drinking spree and taking a car, Cardiff crown court heard. The VW Golf was pursued through Tredegar by a police car before going around a roundabout in the wrong direction and crashing
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Cardiff unhappy over Voyle's transfer
NEWPORT Rugby Club have insisted they acted in good faith over the transfer of Wales lock Mike Voyle after Cardiff complained about his move (writes Robin Davey). Cardiff are not blaming Newport, but believe Voyle let them down. A Cardiff spokesman said
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Gwent club land Welsh golf title
PONTNEWYDD, one of the oldest clubs in Wales, won the Towergate Welsh Amateur Team Golf Championship for only the second time in their history at Porthmadog in North Wales. To do so they had to overcome fellow Gwent side Newport, the defending champions
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Caerleon's Gwent derby win
LLANWERN were brought down to earth by neighbours Caerleon in the Welsh League, First Division derby last night. Looking for a second successive league win, Llanwern suffered a 3-2 home defeat. Caerleon took the lead through Ryan Andrews before Paul Brown's
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Winning words relay anti-drugs message
HANNAH Parratt came up with an eloquent slogan after watching the anti-drugs drama Wings to Fly. Eleven-year-old Hannah was among hundreds of Newport Year Six pupils who watched the production, organised annually by Gwent Police. The Gaer school pupil
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Crows to restore pride in Euro clash
CWMBRAN Town head coach Roger Gibbins (pictured) has told his side to just go out and enjoy themselves in their UEFA Cup tie against Slovan Bratislava. Speaking to the side as they prepared to leave Heathrow Airport for their second leg clash in Slovakia
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Cardiff unhappy over Voyle's transfer
NEWPORT Rugby Club have insisted they acted in good faith over the transfer of Wales lock Mike Voyle after Cardiff complained about his move (writes Robin Davey). Cardiff are not blaming Newport, but believe Voyle let them down. A Cardiff spokesman said
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Glamorgan hit by rookie Dawson
RICHARD Dawson's career-best 6-82 dented Glamorgan's hopes of avoiding relegation from the County Championship First Division yesterday and helped Yorkshire complete stage one of their final push to a first title in 33 years. With the champions elect
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Twenty schools get CCTV cash
TWENTY schools in Newport will benefit from a £500,000 cash boost from the Home Office for the council's pioneering CCTV in Schools initiative. The move follows the success of a pilot scheme at Eveswell Primary School, which has seen a drastic reduction
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'Thank you for saving my life'
A TEENAGER rescued from her blazing home by a Gwent Parcelforce worker has spoken of the debt of gratitude she feels for the man who saved her life. The Argus revealed yesterday how Parcelforce worker Mike Parfitt helped rescue Heather Perrott-Douglas
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Joost's challenge
JOOST van der Westhuizen, the 74-times capped South Africa scrum half, has vowed to help Newport become one of the elite teams in Europe. He arrives at Rodney Parade on September 4 fresh from starring for the Springboks in the Tri Nations series. And
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Woman may be rugby thug
NEWPORT Rugby Club says it will ban for life any supporter found to have assaulted an Aberavon player during last Friday's match at Rodney Parade. Friday's trouble comes as a blow to Newport RFC after the club has carefully carved itself out a family
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Does YOUR boss push you to limit?
EMPLOYERS are being urged to adopt a more positive attitude to the balance between work and life. According to the TUC, people in Britain work the longest hours in the EU. And the need for a more flexible approach has been backed by a Gwent business leader
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Illegal parkers block the buses
POLICE have pledged a crackdown on illegally parked cars causing chaos in a Gwent town. Motorists parking on double yellow lines are blocking The Square, Cefn Fforest and stopping a local bus company from getting through. Now Blackwood police say they
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Army cadets on manoeuvres
ONE minute it was old-fashioned foot-slogging, and the next, soaring over the Cornish countryside in an army helicopter... it's a life of variety for Gwent Army Cadets. Almost 200 young men and women attended the annual summer camp at Penhale, an army
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Joost's challenge
JOOST van der Westhuizen, the 74-times capped South Africa scrum half, has vowed to help Newport become one of the elite teams in Europe. He arrives at Rodney Parade on September 4 fresh from starring for the Springboks in the Tri Nations series. And
