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Anger over sheltered workshop closure
A FACTORY which provides work for disabled people in Torfaen will close just five days before Christmas. The council-owned Monwel Torfaen sheltered workshop in New Inn, which employs people with moderate levels of disability or learning difficulties to
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Bellamy set to start talks
WALES ace Craig Bellamy's contract talks with Newcastle United are to be re-opened after his performance - and winning goal - against Everton on Sunday. Both manager Sir Bobby Robson and chairman Freddy Shephard were concerned before the Premiership clash
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Go-ahead for equestrian centre
OLYMPIC bronze medallist David Broome and his family have the final go-ahead to create a world-class £250,000 equestrian centre at their home near Caldicot. Three generations of the Broome family are involved in the project at Mount Ballan Manor, Crick
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Miners payouts: getting there
THE Argus three-year campaign to bring justice to the miners of Gwent is finally paying off. Because with only a few weeks left, the Department of Trade and Industry says it is on course to fulfill energy minister Brian Wilson's pledge that 15,000 former
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Teachers back super-school scheme
A MULTI-million-pound super-school plan for the north of Torfaen has received backing from an unlikely source - staff at one of the schools it would replace. Teachers at Trevethin Comprehensive - one of the two schools marked for closure should the new
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Boy, 12, killed in bus smash
Specially trained counsellors were today comforting staff and classmates of a 12-year-old boy killed when a school bus ploughed into a tree. Stuart Rhys Cunningham-Jones, of Ystradowen, died at the scene of the crash in Ystradowen, which also injured
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Coach driver dies after crash
A BUS driver died after a double-decker coach crashed into a wall and a car in Newport in the early hours today. The driver of the bus, which had no passengers, had to be cut free by the fire service. He was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport,
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Storm is over
PONTYPOOL owner Bob Jude has said he is 100% behind Pontypool after six crazy days at the club in which he had to talk coach Steve Jones out of resigning after Jude blasted the team in a frank letter to the players. Jude, in stunning revelations last
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MPs set to defy PM over ban on foxhunting
WELSH MPs are set to defy Tony Blair to force him to take on the House of Lords and ban foxhunting. Huw Edwards, MP for Monmouth signalled today that Gwent MPs will join forces with most other Welsh MPs to throw out Alun Michael's compromise plan that
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Vale chief applauds shock plan
EBBW Vale have backed the decision by fellow premier clubs Bridgend and Neath to join forces in a provincial set-up next season. The two clubs have stolen a march on the rest by announcing their plans while discussions are going on, though getting nowhere
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Village in bid to save pub
The closure of a village pub has prompted a village to make a bid to stop it being turned into a home. Llanarth Fawr community council has written to Monmouthshire county council to protest at the closure of the Red Hart pub in Llanfapley. Licensee Jim
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'It's time to tackle scourge of drugs'
A NEWPORT charity has come up with the idea of setting up a residential project to help youngsters in the city kick drugs. And the move has been backed by a heartbroken father whose teenage son died from a drugs overdose. Following articles in the Argus
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Brynmawr left fuming over cup draw
SECOND Division Brynmawr are threatening to pull out of the Principality Cup unless the fifth round is re-drawn. Brynmawr, who say they have the support of other clubs, claim the draw should be done again after Carmarthen Athletic were originally named
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Youth nuisance fightback starts
FOR months, residents of a Valleys community say they have suffered a campaign of vandalism and thefts at the hands of some local youngsters. On Monday the Argus revealed how Cross Keys residents were living in fear. Now the fightback has begun - and
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County to take Barry to court over debt
NEWPORT County will today instruct their lawyers to start legal proceedings as they seek to reclaim a £10,000 debt owed to them by Welsh-double-winners Barry Town after Mike Flynn's transfer to Wigan Athletic. This rare legal move by a football club is
