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Samuels expects excellent support
NEWPORT light-middleweight Paul Samuels (pictured) is expecting excellent Welsh support when he bids to win the WBF crown in Nottingham on Saturday. Samuels has himself sold a lot of tickets for his fight with champion Steve Roberts as he bids to becomes
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Town bid to close off its high street
FEARS for the safety of children and adult shoppers have led an Abergavenny committee to propose the closure of the town's High Street. The new Bryn a Cwm area committee, which is made up of Monmouthshire county councillors from Abergavenny and the surrounding
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'How could God allow this evil?'
ARCHBISHOP of Wales the Most Reverend Rowan Williams (pictured) told how dozens of New Yorkers had asked him how God could allow the attacks on America to happen. The Archbishop was in a neighbouring building 200 yards from the twin towers of the World
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Powell and Croft rescue Glamorgan
HALF-CENTURIES by Robert Croft and Mike Powell spared most of Glamorgan's blushes - but Surrey still had the edge on the opening day's action in the CricInfo Championship Division One match at Cardiff yesterday. Glamorgan, 62 -4 at one stage and later
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Hayward on form for Pooler
DESPITE the impressive score-line Pontypool produced an unconvincing win against the Wanderers. With the events in America still fresh in the mind, both players and fans observed a minutes silence before kick-off, but Pontypool's forwards also had a quiet
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'Borrowing for some people is irresistible'
CONSUMER borrowing in Wales has "rocketed" and big spenders are buying themselves in to trouble, new figures show. The first report on debt, published yesterday by the Welsh Consumer Council, warns that the number of people taking out credit agreements
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Tactics spot on
IF ABERAVON are to retain their Welsh First Division title, they will do so without the help of Gwent clubs. Last season they lost just three league games while this season they have lost two already, both in the county. Last night it was Newbridge's
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Ofisa signs for Newport
Kiwi Tonnu'u fills hole left by Joost U-turn NEWPORT have signed former All Black Ofisa 'Junior' Tonnu'u on a one-year contract to fill the vacancy left by Joost van der Westhuizen. As Newport's second overseas signing, the scrum half will go straight
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Gwent couple's stroll to terror
NEWPORT couple Karen and Eddie Bourke (pictured on their wedding day two years ago) went out for a morning stroll - and walked into terror on the streets of New York. And waiting to hear from them turned Tuesday into a living nightmare for 30-year-old
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Cwmbran call off match
CWMBRAN Town have re-arranged tomorrow night's League of Wales clash at Aberystwyth as a mark of respect following the terrorist attack in America. The game has been put back a day and will now take place 24-hours later at 2.30pm on Saturday afternoon
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Road safety schemes gain praise
GWENT schemes to reduce the number of people dying on the roads are praised in a new publication dedicated to making Wales safer. The Safe Roads, Safe Communi-ties consultation document, launched yesterday by transport minister Sue Essex, picks out three
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Staff with the skills to save your life
NEWPORT'S Kingsway Shopping Centre is leading the way in South Wales in providing life-saving skills and equipment to help shoppers who fall seriously ill. Four of its staff have become the first shopping centre employees in the region to be trained in
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Wolves in hunt to sign Blake
BLACKBURN'S Wales striker Nathan Blake (pictured) is set to join Wolverhampton Wanderers in a deal worth over a million pounds. The two clubs have agreed a fee for the Newport-born star - believed to be in the region of £1.49million, and Blake is set
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£7m aid to give away
MILLIONS of pounds of European aid could be withdrawn from New-port - because no one is asking for it. Of the £7.2 million available to Newport for 2000-2002, just under £500,000 has so far been allocated. Roger Davies, manager of the Newport European
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Rats fear at school
RAT poison was laid at a Gwent school after evidence of vermin was found. The 1,460-pupil Caldicot Comprehensive School confirmed it had called in environmental health experts after rat droppings were found in the premises. Today, governors and parents
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Ofisa signs for Newport
OFISA SIGNS TO NEWPORT NEWPORT have signed former All Black Ofisa 'Junior' Tonu'u (pictured) on a one-year contract to fill the vacancy left by Joost van der Westhuizen. As Newport's second overseas signing, the scrum half will go straight into the squad
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Welsh woman tells of Centre nightmare
Carolyne Phillips, from Sully, near Barry, was working in the World Trade Centre when the first plane struck. Speaking from Manhattan last night, she said: "There are not many people around, the streets are fairly empty. People have seen some horrific
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Delight as plan to build power plant is rejected
PLANNERS in Blaenau Gwent have rejected a bid to build a gas power station in Rassau. Now the proposal - for a gas turbine plant on a 17-acre site on the Rassau industrial estate - has been initially rejected at a special meeting of Blaenau Gwent county
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Jobless figures up
THE effects of Corus job cuts in Gwent have yet to make a big impact on the region's unemployment figures. The number of people out of work and claiming benefits rose slightly between July and August, the latest figures show. Figures from the Department
