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From high-flyer to chip fryer!
STEVE Clarke has given up high finance to become the Codfather of Chepstow's chippies. After 21 years as a banker, looking after 40 clients with turnovers of up to £1 million, Steve knew it was time to hang up his suit and pack away his briefcase. Now
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Don't shoot bin Laden, says MP
NEWPORT MP Paul Flynn (pictured) today demanded Osama bin Laden be put on trial for his terrorist crimes - not killed by Allied soldiers. Just a day after Downing Street signalled it would be in order for British commandos to kill the terrorist leader
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Reid doesn't entice Calzaghe
WBO super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (pictured) says he doesn't want a re-match with WBF champion Robin Reid because he's "second rate." The 29-year-old from Newbridge told the Argus he beat Reid "with one hand" when he retained his WBO belt for
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Protesters' chance in road battle
THE FINAL stage in the battle over the controversial Sirhowy Enterprise Way road scheme in Blackwood begins today. A two-week public inquiry into Compulsory Purchase Orders issued by Caerphilly council is being held at the council offices in Pontllanfraith
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Harris set for quickfire Wales debut
BRITISH Lion Dafydd James may yet still feature for Wales in their autumn Tests - with former rugby league star Iestyn Harris being tipped to make his international union debut this year as well. James is likely to be out for between two to four weeks
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Sir Anthony adds bite to city drive
NEWPORT'S bid to become a city has been given extra bite after securing the support of Silence of the Lambs star Sir Anthony Hopkins. The former pupil at Pontypool's West Mon Comprehensive School and Caerleon resident has been a US citizen since 2000,
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£2m boost for Welsh firms
FIFTEEN Welsh exporters kave returned from the Middle East with orders worth £2m. This is on top of the £8m worth of orders netted by Welsh firms from around the world thanks to a series of trade campaigns organised by Wales-Trade International. Despite
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Top policeman backs red cards
ONE of Gwent's top police officers is backing the Argus's campaign to protect NHS workers from violent patients. Assembly health minister Jane Hutt still refuses to approve a red card scheme protecting staff from rising levels of abuse in Welsh hospitals
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Teenagers put in charge of hotel
GWENT teenagers had a dream come true when they took over the running of a hotel for a day. St Julian's High School took over the running of the Jarvis Wentloog Hotel, on the A48 at Castleton. The initiative, by GNVQ and GCSE students from St. Julian's
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Caerleon set to hurry Beattie's exit
WELSH League club Caerleon will issue a statement tonight following the departure of manager Andrew Beattie and assistant Mike Powell. First Division Caerleon have decided that neither Beattie or Powell can remain at Coldbath Road after initially agreeing
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Organ donor plea is first for Britain
THE people of Newport are being asked to sign up for organ donation after their deaths in a ground-breaking new scheme. Everyone in the county borough has received a letter from Newport mayor Ron Morris asking them to sign up to donate their organs to
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Going with a bang!
BUSINESS is going with a bang... and a crash and a wallop for Gwent fireworks expert Jonathan Mellen. The former Gwent fireman is in the third year of his fireworks and pyrotechnics business, based in Cwmbran, and he says business is literally booming
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How to keep your business viable
THE much-reported downturn in the global economy has made the managing directors of many small UK companies a little uneasy about the future. But there are positive moves which may be made to buck the trend, says Michael Warne, the Wales and West director
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Morris OK after fall
SPEEDWAY rider Phil Morris has walked out of hospital despite suffering a bad crash for the Great Britain Lions at Newport. The Reading Racer, from Cwmfelinfach, was taken to the Royal Gwent after hitting the crash barrier in Sunday's 47-43 defeat against
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Sam realises ambition
AFTER 16 years in the business Sam White reckoned hairstyling was just a snip... But to fulfil her ambition of starting her own salon, the 32-year-old also needed professional skills of a different kind, and so she turned to Newport & Gwent Enterprise
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Harris fuming by County defeat
NEWPORT County manager Tim Harris was left fuming after watching his side gift Weymouth a 2-1 win in the pouring rain. County surrendered this season's undefeated home record far too easily as they gave away two sloppy goals thanks mainly to the Jekyll
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Sale sees end of three companies
PART of a long-established Gwent chemicals firm has been saved, but the remaining three other businesses have folded after receivers were appointed. H Haeffner & Co, which has its HQ in one of Chepstow's most historically important buildings, has
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Behind the lens in a war zone
RISCA cameraman David Baker (pictured) is stationed in Islamabad filing the war on terror in Afghanistan for ITN. This is the start of his diary... Saturday, October 20 I arrived in Islamabad at about 11:20am. I didn't even unpack my bags before I collapsed
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WDA toasts fast-tracking of Assembly cash
THE Welsh Development Agency is to receive an additional £13.1million in National Assembly cash to fast-track projects throughout Wales geared to creating an innovation-, knowledge-based economy. The funding has been welcomed by WDA chief executive Graham
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Extra training for 'blue light' drivers
AMBULANCE drivers are to be given an advanced driving course to overcome what British ambulance chiefs claim are "woefully inadequate" guidelines for emergency vehicle driver training. All Wales Ambulance Services, based at Cwmbran, has joined the British
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Systems warning from security experts
COMPUTER 'worms are set to become a more deadly combination of virus writing and hacker exploits, according to security experts at Symantec. Code Red and Nimda marked the demise of socially engineered 'worms,' by combining a blended threat of proven hacker
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Hotel wins plea for licence
THE management of a Newport hotel where a schoolgirl was hit on the head with a bottle during a Valentine's dance has won back its entertainment licence. The Kings Hotel was refused the licence following the assault on 16-year-old Lucy Edwards because
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Livestock restrictions changed
GWENT could be on the road to recovery in the fight against foot-and-mouth disease. At midnight, Monmouthshire and the South Wales valleys were down-graded from 'infected area' to 'at risk' status. As part of that high-risk status imposed on Monmouthshire
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Jackpot gran won't give up bingo!
RISCA grandmother Christine Webb, 69, is planning to spend her £120,000 bingo jackpot on a holiday abroad - but it won't stop her going to bingo. She won the cash last Thursday at the Castle Club, Usk Way, Newport, and said she planned to spend the rest
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O'Driscoll's Euro hopes on knife edge
NEWPORT'S hopes of upsetting unbeaten Irish province Leinster in Friday night's Heineken Cup clash at Donnybrook have received a timely boost. Leading Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll (pictured) is suffering from a double injury problem and is considered
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New career - right on cue
WHEN Ross Jones heard the Ebbw Vale Corus steelworks was shutting he thought his world had collapsed around him - until a new career presented itself right on cue! He said: "I had spent 14 years in the tinning and coating section and had no idea what
