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Giant Quinnell will be missed
SCOTT Quinnell has retired and with him he takes the back-bone of the Welsh team of 1999 who set up that amazing ten match unbeaten run. Cast your mind back to spring '99 -Wales grabbed shock wins over France in Paris and England at Wembley before they
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Council opposes boundary change
PLANS to make Risca and Cross Keys part of Newport's county borough are set to be opposed by Caerphilly council. The boundary change would have "potentially very significant financial implications" for Caerphilly, a report into the proposal has warned
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First win for Nicholas
IT was Newport County, but not as we know it. It seemed strange turning up at Newport Stadium and not seeing Tim Harris around the place - and new boss Peter Nicholas knows that the club wouldn't be half what it is without Harris' endless hard graft during
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Call-centre for cops
A NEW £1.8 million call centre for Gwent Police could mean more bobbies on the beat. The new call centre, which will merge with the force control room, aims to improve the time taken to respond to the million-plus calls the force receives each year. The
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Ref criticised but Wales were struggling
BACK to reality. Wales came crashing down to earth after the heights of their seven-try romp against Fiji with this lack lustre, unsatisfactory performance with a 32-21 win against World Cup opponents Canada. Better on Saturday at a disappointed Millennium
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Trial papers stolen with solicitor's car
SENSITIVE papers for a major trial into a baby's death were stolen when thieves took a solicitor's car from outside Newport magistrates court. Gareth Driscoll had the key to his car taken off a bunch of keys in his coat pocket on Thursday after it had
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Armed police at court
IN DRAMATIC scenes (pictured), armed police carrying semi-automatic machine guns flank one of two women for an appearance before a Gwent court. Officers with machine guns and guard dogs escorted two women, arrested last week, into Newport magistrates
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Sparky's Skeleton squad
WELSH defensive duo Danny Gabbidon and Mark Delaney are hoping to give Mark Hughes and his injury-ravaged Wales squad some light relief today. Hughes' plans for Wales' crunch Euro 2004 qualifying clash in Azerbaijan on Wednesday (3pm GMT) have been thrown
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Moosical monikers at community farm
SOME of the biggest names in showbusiness are available to meet the public seven days a week in Gwent. Liza Minelli, Tom Jones, Gareth Gates, Arnold Schwarzenegger... all kept in fields and eating grass at Cwmbran's Greenmeadow Community Farm. A new survey
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Valleys to get more bobbies, says chief
CHIEF Superintendent Ian Johnston, of Gwent Police, has vowed to keep open small police stations and put more bobbies on the beat in the Valleys. Chief Superintendent Joh-nston made the pledges when he addressed councillors at Blaenau Gwent borough council
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Hansen wary of Lomu's threat
JONAH Lomu is back in Wales all set for Saturday's big game against New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium. The last time he faced Wales was at Wembley six years ago, and even that left an indelible impression on the giant All Black wing. Though Lomu was
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Search for missing Jenna continues
THE search for missing Pontypool schoolgirl Jenna Baldwin was continuing today in and around the Abersychan area. Last week police divers searched the Afon Llywd and Keeper's Pond, close to Jenna's former home in Ffrwd Road, and teams are continuing to
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Bungalow to ease Mark's final days
THE terminally ill Abergavenny man who says he is a "prisoner in his own home" has been offered a one-bedroom bungalow by the local council. Mark Knowles, 43, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in July, and doctors say he has another six months
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Music tribute to crash son
THE parents of car crash victim Ieuan Murkin (pictured) hope a fund being set up in his name will foster musical talent of the future. Keen drummer Ieuan, 15, of Broadway, Pontypool, and his friend Craig Bond, 16, were fatally injured in an accident on
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Dramatic turn in airport bid
BACKING for an international airport in Gwent has taken a dramatic turn as Newport city council's cabinet asked the Assembly to give the idea "urgent" consideration. It stopped short of supporting the plan currently being put forward by the Severnside
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Lawyers to fight for action group
RESIDENTS opposing a planned asylum appeals centre in Newport will have lawyers fighting their case when it comes before planners. After a public meeting of Langstone residents about the controversial proposal by the Crown to create the appeals centre
