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Timehshare ribtickler offers fun and farce
HOLIDAY Snap - a tale of comic predicament and mistaken identity - unfolds with real wit and style. A Portuguese timeshare villa has been double booked unknown to the company rep in the comedy written by Michael Pertwee and John Chapman.. When Mary and
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Dredge on course for Italian job?
BLACKWOOD'S Bradley Dredge, pictured, was sitting six shots off the leader after the first round of the Atlanet Italian Open in Sardinia. Dredge wants to get a first trophy under his belt - but after his first round 69 he was six shots behind Italian
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Crunch time for leaders Bedwas
BEDWAS have taken the Welsh League First Division by storm and far exceeded all expectations to deservedly be on top of the table. But it's crunch time now with six away games in the next six weeks set to test their ability to the full. If a visit to
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Davies: Stop ignoring my patch
FORMER Welsh secretary Ron Davies has accused the government of Wales of neglecting his constituency in the rush to aid Llanwern and Ebbw Vale. Mr Davies claims the Caerphilly borough area has lost more jobs than Blaenau Gwent in the past 12 months -
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Steve is back in town
STEVE 'Come Up and see me - Make me Smile' Harley, pictured, rolls into South Wales on Thursday November 15. The original phoney cockney (eat your heart out Guy Ritchie) is back in Britain with a 40-date tour and new single, A Friend for Life, after an
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Pooler 'still to fire up'
PONTYPOOL team manager Tony Clark says his side have yet to fire on all cylinders despite last week's drubbing of Rumney. Clark warned that Saturday's opponents Tondu would prove tough rivals, but added his side were well equipped to meet the challenge
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'Act on red cards'
A GWENT AM has renewed his call for a red card scheme for the NHS in Wales - saying he is proud to support the Argus campaign for its introduction. With new guidelines on the subject launched today in England by health secretary Alan Milburn, Monmouth
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Leinster ready for battle
TOP Irish province Leinster parade 13 internationals in tonight's crunch Heineken Cup clash at Newport as they defend a 10-match winning run. But Leinster's Australian coach Matt Williams insists Newport will give them their toughest game of the season
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Perfect place to unwind
Twyn-y-Ffrwd, Abersychan WHAT you need to lift the spirits after a long and tiring day, on a wet Welsh autumn night, are a few pints and some good food in a warm cosy pub. Unassuming and tucked away, the Twyn-yn-Ffrwd Inn has a good range of dishes on
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Keys look to put one over big rivals
THERE are no closer neighbours in top flight Welsh rugby than Cross Keys and Newbridge - and few greater rivals. Each enjoys putting one over on the other - but in recent seasons the traffic has been mostly one way. Newbridge have won nine of the last
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Children create tapestry of their school's view
PUPILS at a Newport school don't have to rush to the windows to take in the view from now on. There's a view of it inside the building. All 440 pupils at Pentrepoeth Primary created a tapestry called 'Flying High' with the help of parents and adult helpers
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Leinster ready for battle
TOP Irish province Leinster parade 13 internationals in tonight's crunch Heineken Cup clash at Newport as they defend a 10-match winning run. But Leinster's Australian coach Matt Williams insists Newport will give them their toughest game of the season
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Vale bid to move closer to last eight
BUOYANT Ebbw Vale can make almost certain of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Parker Pen European Shield competition if they win in France tomorrow, writes Robin Davey. They face a return against the tough Montauban side, having beaten them last
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Parents back scout leader who shot kitten
A SCOUT leader who tendered his resignation after shooting a kitten says he is overwhelmed by support from his troop. David Knapp decided to quit after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to an animal, at Abertillery magistrates court last month.
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Weller's audience crying in beer!
IF you heard a faint blubbering sound beneath the plaintive guitar and voice of Paul Weller, pictured, on his recent acoustic tour and wondered what it was, wonder no more - it was the sound of grown men crying. Such were the emotions roused by Paul's
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Protection register cases up
THE number of youngsters on child protection registers of two Gwent councils increased more than any other local authority in Wales in the past year. Torfaen's child protection register numbers rose 25 per cent - the biggest increase in Wales, according
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Curfew on the buses
A BUS company is boycotting a Newport estate in the evenings after repeated attacks by gangs of stone-throwing youths. Stagecoach has announ-ced it will not be taking its buses around the Underwood estate after 5.15pm with immediate effect after weeks
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War veteran not guilty of indecent assaults
A WAR veteran alleged to have sexually abused three young girls has been cleared of all charges at Cardiff crown court. Former Desert Rat Roy Pratlett thanked the jury after they returned not guilty verdicts on two charges of indecently assaulting a girl
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Griffiths goes back to school
CWMBRAN'S Matthew Griffiths spent several days this summer playing alongside the top European professionals in the British and Wales Opens. Now he is just two steps away from being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Colin Montgomerie
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Crook has left Elsie so fearful
ELSIE was a strong-willed pensioner who lived happily on her own in a Gwent valley town - until someone came to inspect the household plumbing. Now she is constantly fearful, hates living alone, has been robbed of £80 and has never had anything wrong
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Tree protest conkers axe
TWO angry men became eco-warriors for a day and saved a 100-year-old tree from the axe by defiantly climbing into its branches. Harry Iles and Andy Davies led a snap protest against a bid to fell the ancient Horse Chestnut in Abergavenny Police were called
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Stopping at Newport, then on to Mexico
AFTER losing Rock Bitch earlier this year, Newport's Jesters makes another go of it with Cubare, Janiero and Chang next week. Cubare, one of the new wave of punk coming from South Wales at the moment, are the headliners, weeks away from shipping west
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Great chiller makes most of ghosts
The Others (12) SURVIVED Hallowe'en? Just when you thought it was safe to return to the stalls, along comes the year's most chilling ghost story. The Others, written and directed by Alejandro Amenabar, finds Nicole Kidman as Grace, pictured, the mother
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Police crack Hallowe'en egg threat
POLICE on the Bettws estate at Newport doubled their efforts this Hallowe'en and saw their quietest night for years. Bettws residents praised the police clampdown on youths after years of trouble. Inspector Dave Johnson said: "We had a much quieter Hallowe'en
