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'Joel is getting back to normal'
WHEN Joel Rudakov-Davies, pictured, developed leukaemia his family was devastated. But after four months of chemotherapy the three-year-old is now in remission and back home in Llanfach Road, Abercarn, with mum Nicola and dad Chris. Joel came home three
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Head and shoulders above the fashion-conscious public!
IF Ozzy Osbourne and his family turned up in Newport there is one shop which could be guaranteed to capture their interest. KOAA on Upper Dock Street is the brainchild of Newport entrepreneur Peter Georgio and his partner Gill Roberts. It offers clothes
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Plan for five teams is back on
IT looks as though Welsh rugby could have five regional teams and not four involved in next season's Heineken Cup and Celtic League competitions after all. Further talks between Wales' Premier clubs and Welsh Rugby Union chief executive David Moffett
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Club member's fury over car clamping
CHEPSTOW Conservative Club is being blasted by a furious member after his car was clamped while he popped in to pay his subscription. Lindsay Reynolds is the latest in a string of motorists angry with the club for running a £90 clamping policy in its
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It's a big break for young Bethan
A BUDDING actress from Newport is preparing to watch herself 'break a leg' when she appears in the BBC series Casualty on Saturday. Bethan Mansfield, 13, who lives in Park Drive and attends Duffryn High School, plays the part of truant Jess in a forthcoming
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Rachel set for global role
THE cool tones of a young Gwent women singing the intricate Welsh Cerdd Dant will resound around the globe as Rowan Williams is enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury on February 27. Dr Williams picked Rachel Grey, 20, pictured, daughter of Brynmawr vicar
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'Eurocash creates 4,600 Valleys jobs'
COUNCILS have revealed that more than 4,500 jobs have been created in the Gwent Valleys by the under-fire Objective One funding scheme. And the news comes as Euro MP Glenys Kinnock hits back at critics of how Objective One funding is being spent. Speaking
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Crisis-hit Tredegar thrown a life-line
CRISIS-HIT Tredegar Rugby Club may soon have new owners after battling for survival since the company running the club were struck off and dissolved. The action occurred last June after the company, Tredegar Rugby Football Club Ltd., registered at Commercial
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Rape-at-gunpoint victim due home
A NEWPORT woman raped twice during a terrifying gunpoint ordeal last year was due back in Britain today. Julie Stevens, 29, moved from Newport to South Africa last year - just weeks before she and a male friend, Titus Opperman, were kidnapped by an armed
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Perfect time to paint the town bright red
TV news anchor Lucu Cohen went scarlet after being pampered by rugby ace Iuean Evans. In pursuit of publicity for the Go Red for Wales campaign she was treated to red cocktails and red nibbles. The campaign aims to raise money for The Prince's Trust-Cymru
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Lowest of the low
SICK thieves burgled the house of a man who died after a confrontation with youths, the Argus can reveal. Simon Gibbons, pictured, collapsed after confronting a gang of youths when a stone was thrown at his car, on Newport's Duffryn estate, on Wednesday
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Snooker stars on cue for Newport?
SNOOKER'S top stars could be back in Newport next season. The Regal Welsh ends its 11-year existence this week when stars like world title holder Peter Ebdon and former global kings Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Steve Davis and Cwm's own Mark Williams
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A star in the making...
IT'S impossible not to be carried away by Holly Holyoake's extraordinary voice. The sound is priceless, she doesn't let its emotions swarm and her phrasing is instinctive. Best of all, she refuses to preen in front of the mirror - which makes her CD,
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'Chemist had safety concerns'
A YOUNG chemist who died after inhaling poisonous gas had concerns about safety at the Newport waste treatment plant where he worked, a court heard. Park Environmental Services yesterday admitted safety breaches which led to the death of 28-year-old John
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Llewellyn hands Vale extra incentive
MIKE RUDDOCK has thanked Welsh international lock Gareth Llewellyn for giving Ebbw Vale every incentive to turn Neath over this weekend. The Eugene Cross Park coach was at a Wales squad session yesterday where he saw Llewellyn after the second row had
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Staff training proves a good investment
A FIVE-YEAR training campaign at Tillery Valley Foods has reached a significant milestone as 300 of its staff have now received their NVQ-style training and qualifications. The courses have been run by Qualtech Services of Pontypridd and have included
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Rape case pay-out offer criticised by AMs
GWENT Assembly Members are calling for a review of the way victims of sex crimes are compensated - after a rape victim was offered just £8,250 for her terrifying ordeal. We exclusively revealed yesterday that the young woman kidnapped and repeatedly raped
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Plan for five teams is back on
IT looks as though Welsh rugby could have five regional teams and not four involved in next season's Heineken Cup and Celtic League competitions after all. Further talks between Wales' Premier clubs and Welsh Rugby Union chief executive David Moffett
