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Major row: Officials not getting support at appeal meetings
AN urgent meeting is being sought between leaders of the Welsh Rugby Union disciplinary committee and the Welsh referees after a complete breakdown in communications between them. Referees have withdrawn co-operation because they feel let down by the
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City unit offers therapy to young sex offenders
A NEWPORT centre is helping to rehabilitate young sex offenders, the Argus can reveal. And the youngest sex offender the city centre unit is dealing with is just 12 years old. The news comes after a Newport 15-year-old was convicted earlier this week
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Rescue pair get award from PM
TONY Blair was due to salute the bravery of Gwent firefighters Stephen Kilby and Stuart Baker at an awards ceremony at Number 10 Downing Street today. The pair rescued injured worker Derek Bailey after he fell 60 feet into a bunker of corrosive lime at
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Today's ads: PULLEN (nee Parsons) To Leanne and Andrew a beautiful son MAX born 5th November, 2002 weighing 7lbs 14ozs Our thanks to the staff on Wards B4 and B7 ------------- First precious grandchild for Yvonne and Colin and Chris and Glyn ---------
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Schools 'don't get fair share of cash'
TORFAEN Assembly Member Lynne Neagle says schools in her area are losing vital education funding to those in more prosperous parts of Wales - and she wants to know why. Ms Neagle said schools in Torfaen will receive just £90 per pupil through the GEST
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Today's ads: REYNOLDS (Debbie) Happy 40th birthday Debbie All my love, Tim. XXX
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Hansen shuffles his pack
THE Wales pack has received a boost for the game against Fiji at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Changes have been made in all three rows of the pack after a disappointing performance against Romania at Wrexham last Friday. Iestyn Thomas, the former
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Thank you, Gwent!
AN AUSTRALIAN couple who were reunited with their stolen motorbike yesterday thanked the people of Gwent for helping them get it back. Ralph Dixon, 42, and Fionnuala Livingston, 40, said it was like "a fairytale ending" to the story. The couple were on
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Injured Jones to miss the Ashes
England's hopes of ending 15 years of Ashes disappointment look doomed after one day of the series and with Glamorgan fast bowler Simon Jones suffering a serious injury as Australia piled up an imposing total. The hosts finished the first day at The Gabba
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Today's ads: MORGAN (nee Tamplin) Congratulations and lots of love to you both on 60 happy years of marriage Loving sister Winnie and families MORGAN (nee Tamplin) (60 years) Cliff and Nancy married at Stow Hill Baptist Church on 7th November, 1942
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'Ship deserves a museum setting'
THE Arts Centre site will no longer be suitable for housing Newport's medieval ship now that more unique features have been uncovered, a Gwent Assembly Member claims. A wooden scaffold was recently discovered as the 500-year-old ship was being raised
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Officers scour tip and mountainside
TEAMS of police officers continued their hunt yesterday for the body of missing teenager Jenna Baldwin on isolated land in the Valleys. A search team spent the day combing the large area of land around the Pwllddu waste tip near Blaenavon. Another team
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Bellamy boost for Wales
SIR Bobby Robson has given Mark Hughes some light relief on Wales hero Craig Bellamy's return to fitness. Newcastle United manager Robson has told the Welsh boss that Bellamy, who scored the winner in the Wales' memorable 2-1 win over Italy last month
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Fiance's DVT action halted
A LANDMARK legal action involving the fiance of a Newport woman who died of deep vein thrombosis was dramatically halted yesterday. Emma Christoffersen, 28, died from deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after a long haul flight from Australia two years ago. Her
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'Please raise cash for our eisteddfod'
ORGANISERS of the National Eisteddfod 2004 in Newport are asking local people to raise £230,000 to support the event. Local government, sponsorship and grants will cover most of the projected £2m cost of the cultural festival. But Gwent people are expected
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Welsh rugby chiefs in 'fan-tastic' mood
WALES have passed the 120,000-ticket mark for the three-match BT Autumn International Series at the Millennium Stadium this month and have expressed delight with the interest from the Welsh public. The New Zealand game on November 23 is virtually a 72,500
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Canal baby was stillborn - police
FORENSIC tests have revealed that a baby found in the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal last month was stillborn. A post mortem examination of the baby boy, who was found by walker Robert Chiles on October 11, in a holdall half in and half out of the water
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MP joins row over sacking
THE case of a former Salvation Army captain who claims he was sacked after he developed a debilitating illness will form part of a government review of religious employment rights. Former Salvation Army captain Paul McNab, 45, of Heol Hamelin, Abergavenny