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Robbed for 2p
A DISABLED pensioner was robbed and brutally beaten - for two pence. John Davies, 67, of Lliswerry, Newport - who is registered disabled and suffered a stroke two years ago - told the Argus his attackers were "outright evil". The Argus reported on Saturday
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Students to debate new chamber
STUDENTS will take over the National Assembly tomorrow to call for work on the new chamber to be scrapped. The proposal echoes the results of Argus phone poll, where 92 per cent of readers voted for work to halt on the £40 million building and cash to
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Sale saves jobs at stricken plant
ALMOST 300 jobs are safe at a stricken micro-electronics plant in Newport following its sale for £54 million to a US buyer. ESM (European Semiconductor Manufacturing) at Duffryn made 235 redundant in February after calling in receivers, leaving 292 workers
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Rugby: Hansen says strike OK
WALES coach Steve Hansen has backed the players over the strike threat which almost brought the game to its knees while team manager Alan Phillips has admitted they came close to selecting a second string team for Twickenham on Saturday. Strike action
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Boxing: Turner is beaten in the fourth
TREDEGAR bantamweight Ian Turner was forced to retire at the end of the fourth round of his bout with Scunthorpe's Jim Betts at Crawley last night. Turner put up a game display in the scheduled six round fight, but a bad gash high on his head brought
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Royal keeps his promise
THE Prince of Wales is keeping his promise to help Ebbw Vale in the wake of hundreds of steelworks job losses. Prince Charles visited the town on St David's Day to hear of the devastating impact that the closure of Corus is having on Ebbw Vale. He pledged
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Newport - the newest city in Wales!
NEWPORT is today the newest city in Wales. Lord Chancellor Derry Irvine announced that Newport beat off competition from five other Welsh towns to clinch city status for the Queen's Golden Jubilee - after attempting to achieve it for almost a decade.
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Shooting for film fame
FILM fans will probably have heard of Hollywood's Coen or Farrelly Brothers - but they may soon be hearing big things of Gwent's Thomas Brothers. The Newport siblings, Michael and Nick, pictured, have just launched their own company called Spearhead Films
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Battle to save factory
UNION leaders will attempt to prevent the closure of a Rhymney Valley factory this week through talks with its French owners. Cray Valley's Waterloo works at Crumlin employs 200, making solvents and other chemicals for industrial use. But owners Total
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Sheep culling charge
A GWENT slaughterman appeared in court yesterday charged in connection with an incident during a cull of sheep in last year's foot-and-mouth crisis. At Pentonville magistrates court, Newport, Adrian Walker, aged 32, of Tolstone House, Grosmont, Abergavenny
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Football: Hughes' striker problem
MARK Hughes maybe forced to pick an unrecognised international striker for Wales' friendly showdown with the Czech Republic at the Millennium Stadium a week tomorrow. The injury-ravaged Welsh forward-line will have a different look to that fielded against
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Bid to trace stolen ring
POLICE are appealing to anyone who has been offered a distinctive diamond ring, identical to the one pictured, to contact them. The ring, worth £1,000, has a gold band and three diamonds. It was stolen from a Newport shop assistant, who was wearing the
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Market finally re-opens
IT had been silent for more than a year, but activity returned to a Gwent livestock market yesterday. However, there was disappointment at the turnout at the first livestock sale at Monmouth market more than a year after foot-and-mouth forced it to close
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Football: Injury crisis gives Harris headache
TIM Harris faces a major selection headache ahead of Newport County's league clash at struggling Cambridge City tonight (7.45pm) as all of his recognised strikers are missing. Garry Shephard is out for the rest of the season, Martin Paul and Lee Philips
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Football: Crows aiming for top-three spot
With their title hopes in tatters, Cwmbran Town travel to struggling Haverfordwest County in desperate need of three points to prevent their slip down the league becoming a free fall. One point from the last nine has seen their chances of catching leaders
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Rugby's future in melting pot
WELSH rugby's future was back in the melting pot today after the Welsh Rugby Union agreed to an extraordinary general meeting to decide on the number of clubs in the Premier Division after next season. The Union avoided a players' strike ahead of this
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Shamed scout leader keeps job
A SCOUT leader who resigned after shooting a neighbour's kitten has been reinstated, the Argus can reveal. David Knapp, 45, of Heol Isaf, Brynmawr, resigned from the 1st Brynmawr Scouts last year after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to an animal
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Hockey: Bath hand Cwmbran second spot
WHETHER they know it or not, the students of Bath University were the most popular men in Cwmbran on Saturday night. The University's 3-2 win over North Somerset in the final re-arranged fixture in North division four of the Gerrard League, ensured that
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Rugby: Tigers' Lion wins promotion
Leicester full-back Tim Stimpson was last night drafted into the England squad for Saturday's Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship clash against Wales amid growing fears about Jason Robinson's fitness. Robinson is battling to overcome a lower abdominal
