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Nasser will bounce back - Morgan

NEW England cricket chief David Morgan has given his full backing to Test skipper Nasser Hussain. And the Newport-based England and Wales Cricket Board chairman-in-waiting (he takes over officially from Lord MacLaurin on December 1) believes Hussain's

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Wales get their big Snow warning

IT'LL be physical, promises Newport prop Rod Snow, who wins his 48th cap for Canada when they face Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Wales are expecting a tougher challenge than the one presented by Fiji, and Snow says they'll get just that

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Jones back in Vale fold

FORMER Ebbw Vale and Wales captain Kingsley Jones returns to Steelmen colours tomorrow night against Neath (7pm) hoping to catch the eye of the Welsh management. Jones, 32, last played for Wales in 1998, but has been out of the Welsh frame since having

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Victory over quarry firm delights village

A VILLAGE rejoiced last night after a controversial planning application on an historic colliery site was rejected by the local authority. The planning committee of Caerphilly council threw out an application to establish an aggregate store on the site

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Firemen to rescue in last minutes before strike

FIREFIGHTERS cut free a trapped motorist from a car yesterday evening, just minutes before their strike began. Fire crews were called to the northbound section of the A467 Risca bypass, near the Risca roundabout, after a three-car crash at 4.45pm. After

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Vandals hit grave of accident victim

THE gravestone of an 18-year-old Chepstow man who died in a road accident five years ago today has once more been damaged by vandals. This is the fourth time that the black marble headstone which marks the burial place of James Gaudian in St Deiniol's

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Come back Perry or face sack

NEWPORT County rebel Jason Perry, who is still under contract, has been ordered to end his eight-month exile and return to the club - or face the sack. Perry was relieved of his assistant manager's job by boss Tim Harris after a bitter personality clash

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Price drops down the order in Florida

BASSALEG-based Phillip Price fell back from 26th to 60th with a second round 75 in the US Tour qualifying school competition in Florida. But 24-year-old John Morgan, the former England amateur international from Bristol who turned professional only in

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Police divers join search for missing Jenna

SPECIALIST divers yesterday joined the search for missing schoolgirl Jenna Baldwin. Police sub-aqua teams were brought in as the hunt for the missing schoolgirl was carried out in the Afon Llywd and Keeper's Pond, close to where she lived. The 15-year-old

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Parents' dismay at school plans

PLANS to close a Torfaen school after nearly 150 years were greeted with dismay by locals. The Argus reported yesterday that councillors have begun moves to close down Upper Cwmbran Infants and Nursery School at the end of the academic year. The school

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Strike watch in Gwent

STRIKING firemen gathered outside their stations in Gwent last night to begin a national 48-hour strike over pay. The military's Green Goddess fire trucks were on standby as most of Gwent's 22 fire stations closed at 6pm, with fire-fighters joining picket

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Retrial ordered in cyclist death trial

A RETRIAL has been ordered into the case of a Frenchman charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of a Gwent ambulanceman. Arnaud Caudal, 27, who now lives in Myrtle Close, Rogerstone, was accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of

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Cooper handed Wales debut

LLANELLI lock Vernon Cooper makes his debut for Wales in Saturday's clash with Canada at the Millennium Stadium. Cooper becomes the fourth lock tried by coach Steve Hansen in the autumn internationals. Robert Sidoli, probably established as the number

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Friends and staff rally to help Jack

FOR Paula Witchard, it was a bitter-sweet reunion with friends yesterday as she took her seven-month-old son Jack to meet potential bone marrow donors in Newport. Little Jack was highlighted in the Argus last month, when we revealed his rare immune deficiency

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Hartson set to call time on Celtic

WALES star John Hartson could finally up sticks and head out of Parkhead - if he is left warming the bench - when Celtic face Blackburn Rovers in the Uefa Cup, second round, second leg at Ewood Park tonight. "In big European games I think if the gaffer

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FAW is 'confident' Hughes will sign

WALES soccer officials remain confident manager Mark Hughes will sign his new contract soon. They say they have no fears reports linking Hughes to Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor will prevent his signing a new international deal. Ferguson

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More raids in hunt for Yardie gangs

POLICE targeting Yardie drug gangs in Newport raided more homes in Newport yesterday. The Argus accompanied officers as they targeted people connected with Jamaican organised crime - known as Yardies - in the second series of raids this week. On Tuesday

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Road chaos to go on

SHOPPERS in Newport are being warned traffic hold-ups at a city retail park are set to continue until next year. Visitors to the new 28East Retail Park in Maesglas currently face long tailbacks as work progresses on the Docks Way bypass and the Southern

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It hasn't hit Simon yet

Dark days Down Under. A thoroughly depressing week all round. England may have shown admirable spirit and character to fight back on day two of the First Test but that apart it has been one long tale of woe, I'm afraid. Simon Jones' injury is obviously

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Bellamy is talk of the Toon

Craig Bellamy fired Newcastle into the Champions League big time at the end of a remarkable contest and then admitted it was the most important goal of his career to date. The 23-year-old Welshman, who only came into the reckoning to start the game a

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Staff praised as daily hits five-year high

The South Wales Argus hit its highest daily sales figure for five years in early November. The average daily base sale of 30,904 in the week ending November 2 also marked another milestone - the first time the sale had crossed the 30,000 mark since the