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Rafiki has brains to beat the blazes
AN INTELLIGENT fire-safety system which has been developed in Gwent is set to take the world by storm. The "brainy" fire warning system, developed by a Cwmbran company, brings computer wizardry to bear in the battle to save lives. Torfaen firm Rafiki
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Council seeking exclusion order against pupil, 15
A GWENT council wants to impose an anti-social behaviour order against a second school pupil in its area. If the order is granted, it would be only the second time in Wales such an order would be made. Yesterday, Newport magistrates took the unusual step
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Rugby: Henson's chance
THE build-up to the 2003 World Cup starts here. Wales coach Graham Henry has put down a marker for the future with the first start at outside half for Swansea teenager Gavin Henson, pictured, against Romania at the Millennium Stadium tomorrow night. "
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Call for the bus lane work to be halted
NEWPORT traders are launching an eleventh hour bid to halt bus lane works in the town. The traders claim the works could severely dent their trade and also force would-be Newport Christmas shoppers to avoid the town in favour of Cardiff and Cwmbran. But
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Football: County out to finish off Salisbury
NEWPORT County travel to Salisbury City tonight (7.45pm) to take on the Dr Martens League Premier Division's bottom team. Although the two sides drew 0-0 in County's first home game of the season, Newport missed a hatful of chances. Although their finishing
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Robbed trader is now 'living in fear'
DEFIANT Newport shopkeeper Mohammed Alam, pictured, says he now "lives in fear" after he tackled armed robbers at his store for the second time in five years. Yesterday at Cardiff crown court, the gang of three who robbed Mr Alam's Rogerstone store were
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Tour must be pulled back
IT'S the first time this column has been written from Hong Kong en route for Brisbane, but whether you're here or in the British Lions or Australian camps the message has got to be the same - cool it. If there is a repeat in Saturday's eagerly awaited
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Aussies are being let off the hook
Australia are being let off the hook by sympathetic Southern Hemisphere refereeing. Churlish in view of the way they were trampled by the British Lions in that memorable first Test in Brisbane? Not at all. Just look at their angles of running and study
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Griffiths and Brown deserve our thanks
STEP forward today two men who have brought a big smile back to Welsh sport. They are deservedly right up there in the spotlight for different reasons, but both are basking in the sunshine, and rightly so. One has proved Wales can beat the best in England
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Newport too strong for Keys
Cross Keys.......5 Newport.......66 CROSS Keys crumbled, conceding 21 points in the final seven minutes, as Newport cruised to a 66-5 victory at a packed Pandy Park on Saturday. It was an unfortunate way to end life in the premier division, but a hard
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Sshh! Don't talk about favourites
FAVOURITES - don't mention the word to Newport and Swansea because you won't get far. It was going to be a Newport-Swansea cup final, the east-west rivals carrying too many guns for Ebbw Vale and Neath. I wrote on the morning of the semi-finals that the
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Welsh public was 'betrayed'
THE euphoria and the sense of well being don't last for long, not when the Welsh Rugby Union are around. After the success of the FA Cup Final and Principality Cup final double header, it's back to the drawing board, back to criticism and suspicion. It
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'Close Casualty'
NEVER again take injured players on tour - that has to be the biggest lesson of the British Lions' visit to Australia which ended in a 2-1 Test series defeat. Clearly Lawrence Dallagio and Mike Catt were never fit and had to return home, the former with
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Lions all set for a summer prowl
WALES have gone, the Lions are just days away - we're all set far a feast of rugby this summer. It's 12 months a year now and even if it's all happening on the other side of the world, the globe is a small place these days. Around 15,000 of us are jetting
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League's whingeing is just hypocritical
WHAT a 'barefaced cheek! Rugby League authorities are actually complaining about Rugby Union snatching their best players. How times change. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. The league game obviously has short memories, they conveniently forget
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Victory against all odds
Neath 11 Newport 19 NEWPORT ripped the formbook to shreds when they overpowered Neath on Saturday to achieve their first win at the Gnoll for seven years and only their second in 18 years. It wasn't difficult to predict a Newport defeat after they had
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Wales facing player drain?
IT may be an exaggeration to say the Welsh Rugby Union and its leading clubs are on a war footing after the leaking of a major report into the game's future but the battle lines have been drawn up nonetheless. And the overriding fear if a deal cannot
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Welsh clubs are already in trouble
THE Celtic League and injuries - a double negative which already threatens the Welsh rugby season after only one weekend. A ridiculously early start to the season was highlighted by the number of players missing from the leading Welsh teams while most
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Gibbs should be on the Lions tour
THE happiest people in rugby now that the dust has settled on the British Lions squad, apart from the players chosen of course, will be the Australians. For they will take on the Lions this summer without the player they fear most Scott Gibbs. That is
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What I've learned from this
Magor girl Antonia Kinlay, pictured, is a regular visitor to New York, where her father lives. Thankfully, he was in London at the time of the terror attacks. Here's Antonia's view of last week's events. 'THREE weeks ago I had dinner with my dad at Windows
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Airline cuts may hit Gwent jobs
A BLACKWOOD aircraft engine firm is holding its breath to find out whether massive redundancies in the aviation industry will have a knock-on effect on its 210 jobs. Virgin made the shock announcement yesterday afternoon axing 1,200 jobs - 20 per cent
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Company has come long way in decade
A business which started life as a sideline on a farm on the Herefordshire / Welsh border is now making the news in the West End and the City with some top interior fit-outs. Taskworthy, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, is bringing state-of-the-art
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Cricket: Dale picks up award
ADRIAN Dale, pictured, was named Glamorgan player of the year for the second season running at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, yesterday. Dale took the award ahead of Australian opener Jimmy Maher and England offspinner Robert Croft after a season which brought
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Gwent semiconductor firm strikes major deal
GWENT semiconductor firm Atlantic Technology has struck a major deal with UK microchip firm Siroyan. The manufacturing agreement with the Crumlin-based semiconductor assembly and test services provider will assemble and package Siroyan's test chip called
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Rugby: Popham joins the Newport injured
NEWPORT back row forward Alix Popham is out for a month with a broken bone in his left wrist. Popham suffered the injury in the opening match of the season against Caerphilly on August 25. He has since played against Cardiff and Connacht, but has not
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Newport's huge test
NEWPORT are one of only three Welsh teams in the quarter-finals of the Celtic League competition after achieving their first win at Neath for seven years on Saturday night. They now face a huge test against Leinster, the form team of the Celtic League
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Welsh sides have not impressed
IT'S getting close to crunch time for Wales' leading clubs as the Heineken Cup draws near to be followed by the Celtic League quarter-finals. The omens don't look good, for the performance of the Welsh clubs in the Celtic League is almost too bad to be
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Euro place secure as Teich signs off
Newport.............31 Caerphilly...........22 NEWPORT Crowned Gary Teichmann's Rodney Parade farewell appearance on Saturday by securing their place in the Heineken Cup next season. Neath's substantial defeat in Edinburgh on Friday night ensured Newport
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Finally the Aussies read all about it!
NOW the Lions must show their teeth as the battle for supremacy between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres reaches a crescendo. The circus, as the Australian media calls it, has moved on to Sydney for the final week of the tour, and it's all to play
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Long wait for trophy is over
Newport.....13 Neath.....8 AT last, at last - after 24 long years Newport's name is on the Welsh Cup trophy again. Newport achieved what Welsh/Scottish League winners Swansea failed to do by getting the better of Neath 13-8 in a gripping final at the
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Compromise is needed on Lions
THE British Lions, one of sport's great institutions, are at the crossroads. The Lions have been right up there in popularity and worldwide spectator interest this summer alongside the Open, the Ashes Test series and Wimbledon. But whereas the 'future
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Henry has saved his reputation
GRAHAM Henry can march on Australia in charge of the British Lions this summer with his head held reasonably high. After Wales' dismal opening to the Six Nations, when they were hammered by England and then threw away a convincing lead to be held by Scotland
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Two Gwent clubs must improve
EVERYTHING is at stake for Gwent's big two rugby clubs when another season gets under way as early as Friday night. It may be only mid-August, but the slog which rugby has in many ways become is only days away from resuming. Already a number of star players
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Goodbye to the 'king' on Parade
No controversy this week, more Na tribute to one of the world's leading rugby figures who this Saturday will play his last game at Newport. Gary Teichmann is retiring at the end of the season and makes his swansong for the Barbarians in their matches
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Title race over
Newport.............6 Glasgow.............27 NEWPORT'S slim chance of lifting the Welsh/Scottish League title disappeared with their worst home defeat for two years at Rodney Parade on Saturday. It came out of the blue because Newport had won five games
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Popham joins the Newport injured
NEWPORT back row forward Alix Popham is out for a month with a broken bone in his left wrist. Popham suffered the injury in the opening match of the season against Caerphilly on August 25. He has since played against Cardiff and Connacht, but has not
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Its just Baa-rmy!
DOUBLE standards are flying around in Welsh rugby to the bitter end, and this time the victims are the British Lions. After spending a great deal of the season arguing for a break between internationals, the ball is back in Wales coach Graham Henry's
