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Crunch week for Welsh rugby
IT'S crunch week for Welsh rugby -- and there will be no solution, predicts Newport owner Tony Brown. And Brown insists he will not sell Newport short, promising to hold a meeting with shareholders and season ticket holders about the future of the club
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Rent arrears are slashed by a half
A VALLEYS council has slashed the amount of rent owed to it by council house tenants by almost 50 per cent in the last two years. Rent arrears among council tenants in Blaenau Gwent county borough council now stand at £596,267 - compared to £1,009,798
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Arthur handed Spring pro debut
GWENT'S Welsh Commonwealth Games gold medallist Jamie Arthur is set to make his long-awaited professional debut in Cardiff next month. The Cwmbran lightweight has been pencilled in for a show, possibly at the CIA, on March 29. It will probably be a world
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Entertainers pay respects to Jake
THE life of entertainer and performer Jake Thackray was fondly remembered by family and friends at his funeral yesterday. Tributes were paid and fond memories recalled as around 300 people gathered at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Monmouth. Entertainers
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Crunch week for WElsh rugby
IT'S crunch week for Welsh rugby -- and there will be no solution, predicts Newport owner Tony Brown. And Brown insists he will not sell Newport short, promising to hold a meeting with shareholders and season ticket holders about the future of the club
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Welfare worker stole cash
A GWENT welfare officer was given a 12-month suspended sentence for stealing cash from residents with learning difficulties in her care. Newport crown court heard that Geraldine White, of King Street, Blaneavon, would also have to pay back the £7,262
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Robin Davey's Column
NO-ONE, with the possible exception of Brian Price, is saying it, so I am going to shout it loud and clear -- NEWPORT SHOULD BE A STAND ALONE CLUB in any future Welsh rugby structure. Their history, tradition, standing and stature demands nothing less
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Housing cash underspent
NEWPORT council underspent its budget for private sector housing by £3 million in the last financial year. Of that money, £154,000 was lost to the council for good and had to be returned to the National Assembly. The part of the budget that was underspent
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Ruddock laments Wales A
COACH Mike Ruddock hopes the Wales A will be resurrected in the future after hearing the side has been scrapped for the 2003 Six Nations campaign. Ruddock and his coaching staff were formally told in a meeting yesterday that Welsh Rugby Union chief executive
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Residents hit back at vice claims
AN ANGRY Newport resident presented a 100-name petition to the Argus, objecting to claims that underage prostitutes were working in Pill. Last month the Argus revealed that police were cracking down on prostitutes on the streets of Pill - some of whom
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Drowning fear for missing husband
POLICE searching for missing father Richard Davies say a man was seen swimming in the River Taff, Cardiff, around the time he disappeared. Officers revealed the information as Mr Davies' distraught wife, Michelle, told the Argus: "I need to know that
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Mike builds a back garden enterprise
NEWPORT & Gwent Enterprise is 20 this year and in recognition of its sterling achievements, Newport East MP Alan Howarth yesterday visited one of its most enterprising customers. Mike Catling founded his Coldra Engineering Company in 1979. It may
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German fair is just the tonic for medical firm
A DUSSELDORF medical trade fair proved just the tonic for Torfaen-based medical equipment developer Celtic ElectroMedical. Based at a amodern factory in Llantarnam Park, Cwmbran, the firm was able to secure a place at the German Medica exhibition with
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Hutt to visit NHS front line
HEALTH minister Jane Hutt will find out how the NHS in Gwent is coping with emergency pressures this winter when she pays a visit on Thursday. But with the whistlestop tour just five days before troubleshooter Professor Brian Edwards is due to report
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Hospitality packages for golf in demand
THE Celtic Manor Resort is claiming its selection for the 2010 Ryder Cup has electrified interest in corporate hospitality for this year's Welsh Open. The more than 3,000 hospitality seats for the May 29-June1 tournament are selling at three times the
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Council seeks opinions
RESIDENTS in the Blackwood area are being asked to have their say on proposals for a new memorial in the town. Caerphilly county borough wants to know what people think of its plan to site a new memorial next to Gibbons Plant Hire in Blackwood. The existing
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Netting a way to use IT skills
WHEN 28-year-old IT consultant Paolo Meletti realised he had to move back to Caerphilly due to ill-health and family problems, he needed a viable business concept to support himself. Castle-Net on Pontygwindy Road is the result - a stylish cyber cafe
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Job boost is 'good news for economy'
TWO hundred hi-tech jobs are being created in Newport with a new headquarters and research facility for Cogent Defence and Security Networks. The company - part of the European Defence Consortium EADS - already employs 500 at Newport but has agreed terms
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Diamond couple's fairground attraction
NEWPORT couple George and Queenie Masters, pictured, had some special guests at their diamond wedding celebrations - their family from Australia flew back for the event. The pair, both 82, of Abbey Road, Ringland, partied at the Baneswell Social Club,
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Newport have to stay on their own
NO-ONE, with the possible exception of Brian Price, is saying it, so I am going to shout it loud and clear -- NEWPORT SHOULD BE A STAND ALONE CLUB in any future Welsh rugby structure. Their history, tradition, standing and stature demands nothing less
