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Gwent MP slams steel giant
GWENT MP Llew Smith (pictured) launched another blistering attack on steel firm Corus last night, after the company announced an operating loss of well over £200 million. And the radical Labour left-winger branded the Anglo-Dutch firm's take-over of the
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Waste water works are nearly complete
WORK on Welsh Water's £80m waste water treatment works at Newport is nearing completion. The project, which is located at Nash and will serve the entire population of the town and the surrounding area, began in 1996. The works is already treating sewage
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Oakley takes Welsh crown
NEIL Oakley has become the second successive Gwent golfer to win the Bass Brewers Welsh Champion of Champions Tournament over the Cradoc Course at Brecon. The County player from St Mellons follows in the footsteps of Llanwern's Jonathan Davidson, who
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120-ft drop is family affair
GABRIELLE Hucker has taken a big charity plunge to help her four-year-old sister - and so has dad Steve. The pair, (pictured) from Abertillery, joined the great and the good of Welsh sport - including Graham Henry and Newport rugby star Ian Gough at a
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Double boost for Pooler
BUOYANT Pontypool have been further boosted by the availability of Pontypridd forwards Sven Cronk (pictured) and Matthew Lloyd. Both have been dual registered and will add considerably to Pooler's resources when they are able to use them. Cronk, the former
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Jailed OAP in hunger strike threat
"EVIL" pensioner Elaine Meredith (pictured), today behind bars after gouging obscenities on her neighbours' cars, says she will go on hunger strike. Meredith, 63, told the Argus before her conviction on six counts of criminal damage she would refuse food
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CCTV upgrade for shopping centre
CWMBRAN Shopping's state-of-the-art closed-circuit TV system will be upgraded thanks to a grant of more than £60,000. The centre applied to the Home Office, through the Welsh Assembly, for CCTV funding under the latest Crime Reduction Programme initiative
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Dale in County boost
NEWPORT County travel to Weymouth tonight (7.45pm) looking to bounce back from Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Chelmsford City, but a big boost is that Carl Dale is back in training. The former Cardiff City striker had been set to retire after missing pre-season
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Work starts on site for new Asda store
WORK has started on the site for Blackwood's £20m Asda store, which is expected to open by Christmas next year. The mammoth Asda scheme, which will see the creation of 350 jobs, is part of a larger development on Blackwood High Street by developers Chelverton
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Slashing 'could have been fatal'
A PROMISING young rugby player is lucky to be alive after being slashed with a broken bottle in an unprovoked attack, his grandmother says. Chris Evans (oictured) was slashed on the chest with a broken bottle as he walked home alone after a night out
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Jones-Hughes set to make his return
NEWPORT field an exciting, completely untried centre partnership for tonight's Celtic League clash against Connacht at Rodney Parade. Teenager Nathan Brew lines up alongside Jason Jones-Hughes, (pictured) the first time they have played together. Brew
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Problems of renting revealed
BAD structural conditions, poor maintenance, bad dcor and lack of parking are some of the reasons which turn people away from renting. In the latest RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) residential lettings market survey, chartered surveyors
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Worry for Henry on two counts
THE lrish are gatecrashing the party big time, and not only should the Welsh clubs be concerned, but Wales coach Graham Henry must be a worried man as well. After his weekend brush with danger when he risked his all abseiling down the Millennium Stadium
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Falcons' lights go out again
NEWPORT escaped what had all the makings of an inevitable defeat at Exeter last night because of a floodlight failure. The Wasps were trailing by ten points after only three heats of the Premier League match at the County Ground when referee Frank Ebdon
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Fears over plan for bypass
FEARS for the future of two villages have been voiced as calls grow for a bypass on the A4042. Residents of Llanellen and Llanover are concerned at the environmental impact on their communities if the A4042 road is turned into a by-pass. Local councillors
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State-of-the-art HQ for Acorn
GWENT'S Acorn Recruit-ment, one of Wales' fastest-growing businesses, is to build a multi-million-pound headquarters in Newport. The Newport-based company, which has offices across Wales and the North-West of England, has acquired a site at Cleppa Park
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School vandals 'put life at risk'
A SCHOOL caretaker could have been blown up after vandals left a science laboratory's gas taps on, police say. Now Trevethin Community School may be forced to pay out £30,000 for extra security cameras in a bid to stop attacks on its building. The vandals
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Steel boss bows out
NICK Cragg (pictured), the boss at the helm at Llanwern steelworks when the axe was wielded ending steel making at the plant, has left the works for a new position in England. And unions say they are now seeking to forge close links with the new man brought
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Head's 'outrage' over food blunder
THE headteacher of a Newport school where halal meals containing pork were served to some Moslem pupils has spoken of his "outrage" over the blunder. Stephen Marshall, (pictured) head of St Julians School, said staff and pupils felt a "sense of shock"
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Silver bells for merrie men
BELLS were rattling, handkerchiefs flew and music played as Isca Morrismen celebrated their silver jubilee all over Gwent. Eighteen morris groups from all over Britain joined the party on the weekend. The groups performed at pubs across Gwent on Saturday
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Brother let down by NHS, claim
THE grieving family of a Gwent cancer victim claim he was let down by the NHS and stripped of dignity during his final hours. Fifty-eight year-old Barrie Webb was discharged from Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital on June 18 after a two-day stay. His sisters
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Kelly, please get in touch
POLICE are anxious for a teenager missing for a fortnight to get in touch and let them know she is safe. Fifteen-year-old Kelly Diane Jones (pictured) was last seen at her foster home in Pontypool on August 31. She was reported missing just before midnight
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Jones-Hughes set to make his return
NEWPORT field an exciting, completely untried centre partnership for tonight's Celtic League clash against Connacht at Rodney Parade. Teenager Nathan Brew lines up alongside Jason Jones-Hughes, (pictured) the first time they have played together. Brew
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Scrum-half Tonu'u trains with Newport
NEWPORT Rugby Club are hoping to sign dual international Junior Tonu'u (pictured) as a replacement for Joost van der Westhuizen. Tonu'u has won five caps for New Zealand and two for Samoa, and has been in dispute with London Irish, his club for the past
