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Two-week ban for racist prop Evans
BONYMAEN prop Nigel Evans has been suspended for just 14 days for hurling racist obscenities at Newport star Ofisa Tonu'u. After exclusively identifying Evans as the player behind the sickening comments yesterday, today we can reveal the ludicrously short
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New efforts to ease snarl-ups
MORE pressure is being put on the government to sort out highways congestion which could seriously affect companies transporting goods through Gwent. Towards the end of last year, a survey showed that it was taking twice as long to get from the Severn
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Actors set the stage
ACTORS helped the University of Wales College, Newport, set the stage for Gwent school pupils. A theatrical group put on a play at the Caerleon campus to encourage more pupils to consider the benefits of higher education. CragRats performed to more than
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Heart attack kills boy on plane
A BOY of 17 has died after suffering a massive heart attack on a plane to the Canary Islands. Ryan Davies, from Blaenavon, died just an hour before the plane landed - despite frantic efforts by a doctor who was a passenger on the flight and airline staff
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Funds for virtual fashion
TOP fashion designers Charles and Patricia Lester, from Abergavenny, have just been awarded the first special grant in South Wales to help them to develop e-commerce on their website. The new ESME grant - offered by UK Online to small and medium-sized
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'Far-sighted managers would invest in skills'
FAR-SIGHTED managers should be investing in skills if they want to take full advantage of improvements in the global economy. This is the view of Sir John Gray, president of the Institute of Directors in Wales, who said it was easy when times were tough
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Williams is just boot-iful
NEWBRIDGE outside half Jason Williams (pictured) has received a special presentation at the Welfare Ground clubhouse to mark a rare feat. Williams is only the second Welsh player behind the great Neil Jenkins to have passed 2,000 league points. Jenkins
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Playgroup hits revamp target
A COMMUNITY playground in Magor is to undergo major refurbishment - thanks to the efforts of a group of families. A committee of mothers, fathers and grand-parents raised the cash to buy a set of play equipment for the fenced off and worn out park near
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Harris wary of lowly hosts
TIM Harris says that "complacency" could be Newport County's biggest enemy tonight (7:45pm) as they look to make it a hat-trick of league wins at struggling Newport Isle Of Wight. The Exiles tour bus travels over the Solent with the Newport manager warning
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Johnson set to sit out Wales
THE immediate future of Martin Johnson (pictured) should be decided in rapid fashion at Twickenham later today - compared to the last marathon effort anyway. A disciplinary panel is to hear his appeal against a three-match ban for punching which, if it
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Thomas: We can beat the English!
WALES prop Iestyn Thomas sees no reason why Wales can't produce an upset victory over England at Twickenham in three weeks' time. The Ebbw Vale loosehead was pleased with his and the front row's performance in the 44-10 win over Italy on Saturday and
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£3.5m health club
COMPETITION among fitness clubs both public and private is set to intensify in Gwent with the arrival of a £3.5 million newcomer to Wales. The area already has more than 20, not counting the gym and fitness suites attached to local authority leisure centres
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Couple charged after baby boy dies
A GWENT couple are facing charges that they neglected their baby son and caused him grievous bodily harm after he was found dead at their home. Kevin Bevan and Zahirra Boder, formerly of Beech Grove, Duffryn, Newport, are due to appear in court on Thursday
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New threat to steel
GWENT'S battered steel industry may yet suffer more bruising if the US decides tomorrow to erect barriers against imports in order to protect its own producers. President Bush may well announce 40% tariffs on the import of steel products, effectively
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'We hope brother is alive'
THE devastated family of a man feared to have thrown himself from a Newport bridge have told how they still hope he may be alive. Shocked motorists saw a man plunge from Newport Town Bridge last Thursday. Despite a huge river and air search, rescue services
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Two-week ban for racist prop Evans
BONYMAEN prop Nigel Evans has been suspended for just 14 days for hurling racist obscenities at Newport star Ofisa Tonu'u. After exclusively identifying Evans as the player behind the sickening comments yesterday, today we can reveal the ludicrously short
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£450,000 for run-down estate
ONE of the most run-down housing estates in South Wales is receiving a £450,000 boost to expand a renovation programme. Blaenau Gwent council has just received £450,000 from a supplementary credit approval, from the National Assembly, to extend improvements
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Firms in Gwent survive pressure
NEW business ventures in Gwent have seen a far less dramatic reduction than the rest of Wales compared with last year. Tony Mansell, Barclays head of local business in Newport, said the reduction was expected, given a general slowdown in the economy,
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Sixth forms face cash shortfall
SIXTH forms in Newport secondary schools face a £125,000 funding shortfall from April 1 this year, headteachers say. Education Learning Wales (ELWa) is taking over the responsibility of funding sixth forms from local authorities - but is basing its costs
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Portrait of a picture framer
IT pays to be in business where you can sometimes take advantage of your neighbours, even if they do work at the local recycling yard. NIGEL JARRETT joins a man who mixes art with craft. STUART Boydell could conceivably be in a better place for making
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Wales' top clubs want salary cap
THE leading Welsh clubs are trying to bring in a wage cap next season -- with Newport calling for restraint by the players over their wage demands. They will propose at one of a series of vital meetings this week a limit on what they can all spend on
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Take one for the Energy Idols!
FORGET Pop Idol - two Gwent children are bidding to be Energy Idols in a nationwide competition. They are among the 100 finalists chasing places in the final ten to star in the new British Gas national television campaign. Gethin Compton, seven, from
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'Expert panel' needs members
LEADING business people and senior academics are being invited to join a new 'expert panel' to boost research into the Welsh economy. The National Assembly is seeking to appoint a chairman and up to five members to its new Economic Research Advisory Panel
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Church club hope for helping hand
A CHURCH craft club for youngsters is among dozens of charities which have applied to your Argus for a helping hand with funding. And there's still time to rush an application for your charity group to be in with a chance to gain a grant of up to £5,000
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Anxious wait for Corus workers
GWENT steelworkers who survived last year's savage job cuts by Corus hope the company is not heading for more trouble after tomorrow. President George Bush is expected to announce import tariffs to protect the ailing US steel industry - making it more
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Wales' top clubs want salary cap
THE leading Welsh clubs are trying to bring in a wage cap next season -- with Newport calling for restraint by the players over their wage demands. They will propose at one of a series of vital meetings this week a limit on what they can all spend on
