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shock insurance hike for scaffold company

A Gwent scaffolding firm with no insurance claims in its five-year history faced a staggering 550 per cent hike in its public liability premium this week. And it's not the only one to feel the pinch. Business Argus has learned that many other companies

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School project caps series of orders

A £1.3m building contract at a Gwent comprehensive school is the latest in a series of significant orders won by a company belonging to the Newport-based Rowe-cord group. Contractor Andrew Scott, pictured left, has recently secured and begun work on more

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'My son's tragic wasteful death'

A HEARTBROKEN father issued a warning against the dangers of drugs just hours after they killed his teenage son. Peter Lewis, of St Julians Street, Newport, made the plea after 18-year-old son Matthew Gibson died yesterday morning of what police say is

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Rugby: 'Worst hour' at Ebbw Vale

EBBW Vale coach Mike Ruddock has called the decision to make 14 people redundant and mothball the club's social activities "devastating". And club captain Chay Billen described the action as "a bit demoralising, and a bad day". Ebbw Vale are cutting eight

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Wales medal: Elias hurdles to a 400m silver

SPRINTER Matt Elias, pictured right, doubled Wales' tally of medals at the XVII Commonwealth Games as he came second to the 'Rotherham Rocket' in the 400m hurdles final. Elias, the 2001 European Under-23 champion, described his silver medal last night

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Archbishop gives thanks for boys' safety

THE next Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken of his relief that a group of choristers from his cathedral escaped serious injuries in a coach crash. Newport's St Woolos choir are continuing their tour of Belgium despite being involved in the frightening

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Newport drop interest in Eagle Lyle

NEWPORT have been given an opportunity to sign Bath number eight Dan Lyle, the highy- rated American Eagles captain. But they have decided not to pursue any interest, and are looking closer to home. Newport have still not replaced England A blindside

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'It's up to Gwent to lobby for airport'

CHANCES of a £2 billion international airport being built in Gwent now look set to depend on two factors - arguments over the capacity of neighbouring airports and the strength of local support. While the Severnside Airport Company saw its plans mentioned

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Never too late to start your own business, says Prince

MORE than 100 people over the age of 50 years have been given a new lease of life - courtesy of the Prince of Wales. Prince Charles was behind the launch last April of Prime Cymru, the new venture set up in Wales to encourage the more mature among us

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Boost of £1m for Valleys' health

AN AREA of the Gwent Valleys plagued with one of the highest levels of long-term illness is to get a boost with a grant of almost £1 million. The Healthy Living Project, which has been two years in development, will be launched in Abertillery, Six Bells

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Cuts to be made by rugby club

EBBW Vale Rugby Club are making 14 people redundant as they put a radical plan into operation to keep them in business. They had pleaded for help from the Welsh Rugby Union to ease their cash flow problems or run the real risk of folding. The WRU have

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Squash: Gwent pair are after the English

GWENT squash stars Alex Gough and David Evans, pictured, are confident they can come up trumps in the men's doubles at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, writes Peter Shuttleworth. And Newport-born Gough has revealed the Welsh pair have a score to

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Louise: Murder hunt is launched

GERMAN police are now treating the disappearance of an Abergavenny man's daughter as a suspected murder. The news comes today on the anniversary of the day 24-year-old Louise Kerton (pictured) went missing. Her family with more than 35 people gathered

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Commonwealth athletics: Agony & ecstasy

"I HATE losing, I'm gutted," said a disappointed Christian Malcolm, pictured right, after finishing last in the men's 200m Commonwealth Games final as Newport-based Darren Campbell, left, took bronze. Gwent's two Sydney 2000 Olympic 200m finalists had

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Gwent's Titanic link

A SURVIVOR of the Titanic disaster will visit Gwent this week - to see the mill where a distress signal from the stricken ship was heard. Milvina Dean (pictured), from Southampton, remembers nothing of the disaster as she was a baby when she was a passenger

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Newport drop interest in Eagle Lyle

NEWPORT have been given an opportunity to sign Bath number eight Dan Lyle, the highy- rated American Eagles captain. But they have decided not to pursue any interest, and are looking closer to home. Newport have still not replaced England A blindside

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Discovery team's battle for funding

A NEWPORT scientist leading a team which has brought new hope to childless couples has told how he had to battle for funding. He says that funding "big guns" did not believe he would succeed in identifying an essential molecule in sperm which triggers

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Tributes at councillor's funeral

THE funeral of Newport councillor Glyn Whitcutt took place at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Stow Hill, yesterday. Councillor Whitcutt (pictured), who died of cancer at the age of 76 on July 21, was later buried at St Woolos Cemetery. He had represented

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UDEX employees leap from five to 110 in four years

A Gwent-based company set up to provide services which will help e-commerce fulfill its potential has increased its staff from five to 110 in four years and is at a critical stage in its international expansion. UDEX, at Newport, has established an internet

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Football: Harris vows to solve bug mystery

Newport County 1, Steaua bucharest 5 TIM Harris has vowed Newport County will 'get to the bottom' of the mystery bug that continues to sweep through his squad. Captain Darren Robison and new Welsh semi-pro striker Mark Dickeson both left the Exiles' prestigious