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Could be just three
WELSH rugby could be reduced to just THREE teams in the Heineken Cup next season despite new Welsh chief David Moffett wanting four and the clubs going for five. That is the shock in store for Moffett and Terry Cobner who are battling to introduce a new
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Tragic Jenna: Nigel Brookfield thanks family and friends
FOR the family of Jenna Brookfield the terrible events of recent weeks were made more bearable by the support and friendship they received. Jenna, 15, was yesterday laid to rest after a moving funeral service. Today her father, Nigel, 39, gives his personal
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Actress Rachel in crown role on TV
SHE is remembered as one of history's monsters, the privileged French queen who, when she heard her people had no bread, said 'Let them eat cake'. But a new documentary on TV tonight maintains that Marie-Antoinette was not the selfish ruler she is portrayed
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Newport in contention -Raiwalui
NEWPORT are not content with one much needed victory over London Irish last Saturday - they want another in the return at the Madjeski Stadium on Sunday. They realise their Heineken Cup qualification hopes are hanging by a thread with favourites Toulouse
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Old inn has spirits of the spooky kind
RESTLESS spirits at Wales' oldest and most haunted pub are coming to terms with new owners Daryl Hardy and his partner Maria Appleton. Glasses were mysteriously sent flying at The Skirrid Mountain Inn at Llanfihangel Crucorney earlier this year when former
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Vale out to cause pain in Spain
EBBW Vale travel to Spain on Friday hoping they can make sure of their place in the next round of the Parker Pen European Shield. Madrid need to beat Ebbw Vale by more than 21 points at home on Saturday to make the last eight of the competition where
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Back to square one
BACK to square one -- that is the outcome of talks by the nine Welsh premier division clubs into the Moffett plan. Not only did the nine yesterday reject WRU/Millennium Stadium group chief executive David Moffett's plan for provincial rugby next season
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Bishop to take Monmouth post
THE Church in Wales yesterday chose a successor for new Arch-bishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, in his former diocese of Monmouth. Although he has a month to decide whether or not to accept the appointment, the Right Rev Dominic Walker told the Argus
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Cleaning up the streets
GIRLS as young as 14 are selling sex on the streets of Newport. Now, police are cracking down on those who use the young prostitutes, while social services are aiming to help the girls get out of the sex trade. Pill police were today launching a campaign
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No slip ups for Joe
CALZAGHE'S camp have insisted their man cannot afford the slightest mistake on Saturday, especially if his big date with Bernard Hopkins can be fixed for the new year. Calzaghe will have American Tocker Pudwill trying to take his WBO super-middleweight
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Newport in contention - Raiwalui
NEWPORT are not content with one much needed victory over London Irish last Saturday - they want another in the return at the Madjeski Stadium on Sunday. They realise their Heineken Cup qualification hopes are hanging by a thread with favourites Toulouse
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Back to square one
BACK to square one -- that is the outcome of talks by the nine Welsh premier division clubs into the Moffett plan. Not only did the nine yesterday reject WRU/Millennium Stadium group chief executive David Moffett's plan for provincial rugby next season
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Could be just three
WELSH rugby could be reduced to just THREE teams in the Heineken Cup next season despite new Welsh chief David Moffett wanting four and the clubs going for five. That is the shock in store for Moffett and Terry Cobner who are battling to introduce a new
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Heritage work delayed
WORK on developing the Blaenavon World Heritage Centre has been delayed by up to a year. The delay has been caused because the Heritage Lottery Fund, which is putting more than £1 million into the project, demanded new information. Torfaen council wants
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Now Abertillery quit the Cup
ABERTILLERY have carried out their threat and become the second side to pull out of the fifth round of this year's Principality Cup after the draw turned into a shambles. The Gwent side had been scheduled to visit the First Division champions Aberavon
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Arts centre on time
NEWPORT'S £13 million theatre and arts centre is set to be completed on time - despite delays after a medieval ship was discovered buried on the site. Building work on the riverside complex was thrown into turmoil this summer when the timbers of a 15th-century
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Father of two found hanging
A FATHER of two from Blaenau Gwent who killed himself earlier this year had tried to take his own life twice before, an inquest heard. Shane Coles, aged 26, was found dead in his home in Gwynberthi Road, Abertillery, on October 18. He had hanged himself
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Tough lines for car cruisers
PROBLEMS with car cruisers, who plague many towns in Gwent with noise and nuisance behaviour, have spread to Abergavenny. Now police in the town plan a crackdown - after a similar scheme in Blackwood proved a big success. Complaints about car cruisers
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Brave policemen honoured
TORFAEN'S bravest police officers took a bow last night at a divisional commendation evening. Twenty-two Gwent police officers of B Division received commendation citations for exceptional work. Among them were constables Huw Jones and Michael Gore, who
