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Lottery for steel jobs
CORUS workers at the doomed Ebbw Vale steel plant say plans for a lottery to choose who should grab an extra three months work there after it closes are insulting. The plant is due to close completely in July but decommissioning will last until October
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Two courts set to close
TWO Gwent county courts are set to close next year. The Lord Chancellor's office announced the closure of Monmouth and Chepstow county courts yesterday. Both will continue to operate as normal in to the New Year, before closing their doors for the last
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Bin-bag puppies dumped in pond
THESE abandoned puppies won't be for Christmas - but you could take the decision to give them a home for life. The playful pair are now being cared for by staff at Newport's RSPCA Animal Centre. But yesterday they were found shivering and frightened by
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England rightly deserve applause
ITs not often that a side, which is 1-0 down in a series and has just drawn a test match, receives such favourable press as the England side has this week. Their thoroughly commendable effort in Ahmedabad has been quite rightly lauded loudly and in turn
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Calzaghe lines up Brewster in Cardiff
GWENT'S unbeaten WBO World Super-Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe will make the tenth defence of his title against former IBF World Champion Charles Brewster at the Cardiff Ice Rink on February 9, it will be officially announced later today. The 29-
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Councillor alleges TB report secrecy
A CONFIDENTIAL report into the tuberculosis (TB) outbreak at a Newport school earlier this year was finally made public yesterday. But the three-page report, carried out by Dr Lika Nehaul, of the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (Wales), says
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Figures don't back traffic calming
ACCIDENT statistics on a road where four friends died are not high enough to warrant traffic calming measures, say police. The men, who were travelling back to Newport after playing pool in Caerleon, died when their car careered off the road and plunged
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Hospital bosses lobby minister
INCREASING numbers of Gwent's ear, nose and throat (ENT) patients face lengthy waits for treatment and outpatient appointments because there are not enough consultants. Two more surgeons are needed to close the gap between capacity and demand, but the
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Thumbs up for council services
NEWPORT'S taxpayers today learn how well their council is performing - as the authority publishes its performance figures. And Newport says its latest figures show it is improving across a wide range of areas. Chris Freegard, (pictured) managing director
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Training call-up for youngsters
THREE of Pontypool and Panteg's amateur boxers have been called up for the Welsh schoolboy international training squad which takes place at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. They are current Welsh schoolboy champion Gavin Rogers, 12, and current Welsh boys' club
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Festive goal feast is order of the day
WITH Christmas coming their was a feast of goals in the Gwent Central League. Treble champions Govilon showed little festive spirit as they hammered Race United 17-0 - and Usk Town reminded everyone of their championship credentials with a 15-0 home win
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The sadness of tragedy brother
A NEWPORT boy whose older brother died playing on mounds of industrial sand is one of the nominees for the Argus Christmas toy giveaway. Lewis Young, seven, lost his brother, Jon-Paul, on June 15 last year, and is now facing his second Christmas without
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Fury over report
TWELSH rugby's First Division clubs will be furious when they study the long-awaited Sir Tasker Watkins' report on the future of the game. It is being circulated among all the WRU clubs in the next 48 hours and will be discussed by the WRU general committee
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Undy's lead is reduced
UNDY Athletic Club A had their lead at the top of Division One cut to three points as Portskewett beat Thornwell 9-3 in a game they had to win to give them a chance of catching the leaders who drew 1-1 with Monmouth Town A. Sudbrook Cricket Club A beat
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Jail for sex attack on girl, 12
A JOBLESS man indecently assaulted a 12-year-old girl after taking her to his parents' home, a court was told. Prosecutor Ieuan Morris told Cardiff crown court that before the attack took place, Malcolm Wheeler told a friend the young girl "had something
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Mitchell targets Steelmen return
EBBW Vale fly-half Scott Mitchell could be a surprise squad inclusion to face Pontypridd on Saturday. Mitchell has been out of the team for several weeks with an on-going groin problem and had been expected to miss the games over the holiday period. After
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Club member set Alsatian on youth
A TEENAGER was bitten on the buttock when a football club committee member set his Alsatian on him, a court heard. The victim, 16-year-old Richard Clayton, had done nothing wrong, and received a three-centimetre cut, prosecutor Joan Campbell told Cardiff
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Fury over report
WELSH rugby's First Division clubs will be furious when they study the long-awaited Sir Tasker Watkins' report on the future of the game. It is being circulated among all the WRU clubs in the next 48 hours and will be discussed by the WRU general committee
