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Man quizzed after body found
A MAN was today being questioned by police after the body of a man was found in a Newport house. Police were called to a home in Ifton Place, Somerton, yesterday morning. The dead man - who has not been named by police but was said by neighbours to be
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Chip plant owners deny jobs failure
NEW American owners of a struggling Newport microelectro-nics plant deny a jobs pledge made at its other Welsh plant is falling short of target. International Rectifiers (IR) is aiming to double its workforce at the former ESM semiconductor plant at Duffryn
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What an excellent idea!
A SERIES of design and technology workshops are being run for South Wales teachers to help them inspire the great inventors of tomorrow. Aimed at helping teachers overcome the anxiety they feel about tackling modern D&T as a classroom subject, the
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Keeping workers healthy
AN increase in the number and complexity of workplace health and safety laws is creating record demand for occupational nurses in Wales. As management of health and safety becomes a major issue, many smaller companies who do not want to make full-time
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Newport lock Gough may miss England
NEWPORT lock Ian Gough is struggling to make the Wales team to take on Triple Crown-chasing England at Twickenham on Saturday. Gough missed training yesterday because of a back injury which he suffered playing for Newport against Ebbw Vale last Friday
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No wonder they're winners!
TURNING up in smart dress didn't do a Gwent school's all-conquering young business people any harm in a contest designed to test their commercial acumen. Teams from Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School swept the board at the University of Wales College,
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Glowing future for lights firm
A CRUMLIN-based firm is lighting the way to a greener future after winning a big contract to produce environmentally-friendly streetlights. Plastic injection moulding and assembly specialist IPS Manufact-uring, has been commissioned by Mooncell Technologies
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Students so keen to streak ahead!
A PROJECT to get people in Pill enthusiastic about learning hit the road running when it was launched by Newport sprint star Christian Malcolm. Children from local schools could not get enough of the athlete, or the vast amount of stalls offering information
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Happy shopper's got it in the bag!
RETIRED steelworker Roger McAteer (pictured) hopes he may soon be on the verge of making a fortune out of other people's lack of enthusiasm. 'Fortune' is perhaps too strong a word because the 54-year-old, from Duckpool Road, Newport, is determined to
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Tonu'u decision delay
NEWPORT will decide at the end of the week whether to formally request a Welsh Rugby Union inquiry into racist abuse suffered by scrum half Ofisah Tonu'u in the Principality Cup clash with Bonymaen. Newport have still to complete an internal investigation
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Learning how to keep fit for beat
POLICE officers at Ebbw Vale got the chance to put their feet up when the force's first health and fitness roadshow came to town. The canteen at Ebbw Vale Police Station was turned into a consulting room for the afternoon, and staff were able to learn
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Makeover time for desolation
ONE of Wales' poorest areas is set to get a 21st century makeover thanks to a £642,000 windfall. Trevethin, Penygarn and St Cadoc's wards in Pontypool - among the most disadvantaged in the Principality - have been awarded National Assembly Communities
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Raids put pensioner in fear
A PENSIONER has told how she is now afraid to go to bed since a spate of burglaries in the area where she lives. Phyllis Hunt, 83, of St Teilo's Road, Mardy, Abergavenny, said: "Since my neighbour was burgled my nerves have gone to pieces. "I am not sleeping
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Join Charlotte and pals
IF there was any trepidation for Charlotte Haynes in setting up a well-being centre for dispensing alternative medicine in Usk, it doesn't show on the faces of her staff. In fact, Ms Haynes and her bevy of therapists at the Bridge Street premises are
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Everything's Rose-y in County's garden
TIM Harris paid glowing tributes to his make-shift strike-force last night as they helped Newport County to their fourth 2-1 win in five matches against struggling Cambridge City at Milton Road. The Exiles boss was forced to throw veteran centre-half
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Pooler target Callard and Hill
PONTYPOOL are on the verge of one of their biggest coups in many a year. Former England internationals Jonathan Callard (pictured) and Richard Hill could be on their way to Pontypool Park as the First Division club's backs coaches. The Argus exclusively
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Clubs call for a dozen
THE Welsh First Division clubs are to push for an all-Welsh Premier Division of 12 clubs at the extraordinary general meeting of the WRU on April 7. But their move to increase rather than reduce the top tier to six as Rugby Wales Partnership (RWP), the
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Business award for young Asian boss
A YOUNG Asian businessman who started his Gwent seafood delivery business when he was a teenager was hailed last night as a Young Achiever of the Year. Shelim Hussain, (pictured) boss of Newport-based Euro Foods, lifted the title at the Asian Business
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Caravanners boost rural economy
GWENT caravanners are doing their bit to to inject millions of pounds into Welsh rural businesses while enjoying weekend rallies. John Hinwood and his wife Moira were typical when over a week ago they did their shopping in Monmouth while rallying in the
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Newport lock Gough may miss England
NEWPORT lock Ian Gough is struggling to make the Wales team to take on Triple Crown-chasing England at Twickenham on Saturday. Gough missed training yesterday because of a back injury which he suffered playing for Newport against Ebbw Vale last Friday
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Newport quartet in under-19 World Cup squad
THERE are four Newport players in the 26-strong Wales under-19s squad to compete in the 34th IRB/FIRA-AER Junior World Cup in the Venice region of Italy from March 21-30. Wing Richard Payne, prop Ian George, lock Luke Charteris and flanker Marc Popham
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Brave biker beats odds
BY rights Tom Brown should be confined to a wheelchair and not racing around a speedway track twice a week. At nine months old Tom's heart twice stopped beating in hospital and his body was packed in ice as he battled septic arthritis. He survived the
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Stadium hoodoo
JUST when you thought football couldn't get any more bizarre! Millennium Stadium bosses have enlisted the help of Feng Shui doctor Paul Darby (pictured) to spread positive vibes in the dreaded South Stand ahead of the LDV Vans Final between Second Division
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Monmouthshire high on rich list
MONMOUTHSHIRE is the second richest area in Wales based on average income, according to a new report. In fact, the whole coastal area from Barry up to Monmouth, and a smaller area around Wrexham, are the wealthiest. The lowest income is recorded in Blaenau
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Blackwood centre OK
BLACKWOOD'S Samoan centre Jagger To'o has not been cited for causing an injury to Aberavon centre Barry Maddocks in the clubs' recent encounter. Maddocks suffered a fractured cheekbone in a tackle by To'o and considered citing the player, believing the
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Another big date for Gwent
GWENT's importance as a leading Welsh conference venue will be underlined next month when almost 300 delegates thrash out ways of making the country's economy more competitive. Business people, academics and politicians will be gathering at the Celtic
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Building industry eyes ex-steel staff
PLANS to encourage unemployed Gwent steelworkers to join a building industry desperately short of craft skills in Wales is awaiting the go-ahead for funding from Europe. The industry is facing the mammoth task of having to replace around 35,000 jobs every
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Pint-sized fun at pub for your Clumsy Clowns!
A GOOD business looks after all its customers' needs - and in a pub these days that means the kids as well as the grown-ups! The Clumsy Clowns fun house for kids is part of the InnSpired-owned New Inn pub in Pwllmeyric, on the outskirts of Chepstow. Including
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Pizey at full back for Bedwas
MATTHEW Pizey plays his first game at full back for Bedwas tonight as they face Cross Keys at the Bridge Field. Pizey is a speedy Bedwas wing and would normally have come up against brother James, a promising Cross Keys scrum half also forced to play
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Wasps aim to sting the Robins
NEWPORT Wasps take on Swindon Robins at their Abbey Stadium circuit tomorrow night (7:30pm) in the Premier Trophy with a few familiar faces in the oppositions ranks. Both Paul Fry and Chris Neath are former Wasps, especially Neath who rode for the Hayley
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Home for elderly will be bulldozed
CONTROVERSIAL plans by Torfaen council to demolish a home for the elderly were yesterday approved by planners. Torfaen council's planning and licensing committee agreed the George Lansbury Home for Old People in Pettingale Road, Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran
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Rough ride in pothole protest
RESIDENTS who have waited 25 years for road repairs around their homes are in despair. People living in The Rise, Fairview, Blackwood, are furious that they have had to put up with a rear lane riddled with deep potholes for years. Over that time they
