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Newbridge target top
NEWBRIDGE will go joint top of the Welsh First Division table tomorrow if they overcome Bedwas at the Welfare Ground. They will also make it ten wins in a row, the best run by a Division One team this season. But they know they face a tough challenge
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Home crowd for Lockett fight
WELSH boxing sensation Gary Lockett is set to fight in front of his home crowd next year. The Argus can reveal that Cardiff-born light-middleweight Lockett, 23, will be on home soil on February 9, 2002. "Gary has always dreamt of fighting in Wales and
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County cup doubts
NEWPORT County pair Jason Perry and Garry Shephard face a fitness race ahead of the FA Cup first round replay with Second Division Blackpool at Newport Stadium on Wednesday. Shephard limped off just before half-time against Tiverton on Saturday and Perry
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Newbridge power to another triumph
NEWBRIDGE recorded their ninth successive league victory to continue their rise up the First Division table with a convincing 35-3 win over neighbours Blackwood. The match had all the hallmarks of a traditional Gwent derby. Two heavyweight packs battled
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Decision nears on M4 relief road
CAMPAIGNERS for and against the M4 relief road have united in welcoming the news that a decision will be made soon. The Argus revealed last week that transport minister Sue Essex was likely to reach a decision before Christmas. "It needs to be decided
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Australians were on brink of walking out
THE Australian rugby management and squad were on the brink of walking out of last night's post-match function at the Millennium Stadium after being snubbed by Wales. "They were made to wait for 50 minutes, it was the height of ignorance," fumed one angry
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New blitz on boy racers
BOY racers who speed up and down Blackwood High Street are still causing problems for residents - despite a major police campaign earlier this year. People living in the area say the young motorists congregate at the north end of town - and claim they
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Demolition job as Wales A run riot
NEATH outside half Lee Jarvis scored 26 points as Wales ran in ten tries in this 66-22 demolition of mediocre opposition at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday. Uruguay were using their first tour of Wales to try to unearth players for the next World Cup and
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Phone cut misery
HOUSEHOLDERS living on an isolated Gwent mountain say they are cut off from the outside world because a phone fault left their lines dead. Telephone lines to the four cottages and farmhouses on the hill above Hollybush, near Blackwood, failed on November
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Nervy Pooler win top-of-table clash
THE result turned out right for them in the end but Pontypool had a major attack of the jitters before clinching this important Division One top of the table 25-21 victory. Leading 19-3 at the interval the home side looked both comfortable and capable
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Friends rally to hurt biker's family
SUPPORTERS are rallying to help the family of a Gwent man seriously injured in a motorbike accident in New Zealand. The Argus revealed on Saturday how Norman and Jackie Willbourne flew to New Zealand on Thursday, not knowing if their son Noel (pictured
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Chaplain crosses the globe
A GLOBETROTTING clergyman has left New South Wales for South Wales, to become a council and college chaplain. The Rev Graham Sawyer, (pictured) 40, who is English-born, travelled from Down Under to take up his new post as an industrial chaplain with the
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Cancer killed dad in days
DEVOTED dad Stuart Matthews died of a rare cancer - just days after complaining he felt unwell. His devastated family has paid tribute to the former Gwent police constable and Falklands veteran, describing him as a wonderful father, husband and son. Mr
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Shoppers love French taste
OOH la la! Shoppers in Newport town centre were given the chance to sample a taste of France at the weekend. This was the second year a French market was held in John Frost Square - and the event on Friday and Saturday proved as big a success as the 30
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Foot-and-mouth: D-day close
HOPES are growing that Monmouthshire could be classed as a foot and mouth free area by mid December. The county is presently classed as at risk by the the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra). But prominent local farmer Terry
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Better ... but long way to go
IT was the first time since 1975 Australia failed to score a try against Wales, and the lowest margin of victory by Australia in the past eight games between the sides since 1991. So much for the 'positives' about this Welsh performance, but the fact
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Mystery illness nearly ended singer's dream
SINGER Leanne Masterton's ambitions to head for the West End stage and a professional career in musicals almost collapsed when she succumbed to a mysterious illness. Holding down a senior management job with a railway company and continuing to grace Gwent
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Millions nobody wants
MILLIONS of pounds of European aid for Newport could soon be lost - because no one wants it. The Argus revealed in September that only £500,000 of the £7.2 million European cash had been allocated. And despite stepping up its appeal for applicants, Newport
