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I threatened to torch myself
A MAN felt so desperate over a dispute with his council that he threatened to douse himself with petrol and set fire to himself, a court heard yesterday. Steven Edmunds, aged 36, of Hillcrest View, Cwm-tillery, walked into the Abertillery Citizens Advice
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Net helps to boost workplace safety
HEALTH & safety supremo Timothy Walker visited Caerphilly-based National Britannia Group to see how its internet-based systems are leading the fight against death and injury in the workplace. Last year 249 people were killed in work-related accidents
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Power supply to get £4m cash injection
Smart technology is helping to safeguard electricity supply reliability for around one million business and domestic customers who depend on the power network across South Wales. Western Power Distr-ibution (WPD) is spending £1.5 million on new technology
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I dread day when rapist is released
A TEENAGE victim of rapist Carl Ball says her ordeal has left her unable to trust men. The 19-year-old victim and her mother, pictured, told the Argus they are both suffering from mental problems because of the assault. Ball, 32, an ex-steelworker from
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Future is bright for Wales, students told
RHODRI MORGAN described his plans for a healthier, wealthier and smarter Wales when he delivered the annual HSBC lecture at the University of Wales College, Newport. Speaking on the theme of change and the economy, the First Minister told how Wales has
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Steelworks plan imaginative
THE MASTERPLAN to transform the former steelworks site at Ebbw Vale was presented to Assembly ministers last week. A team led by council leader John Hopkins unfolded the plans for the site for economic development minister Andrew Davies, education minister
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Successful future is one the cards
A TALENT for song writing when a part of high school band Reflection led Kris May (pictured) to towards his new business start-up. The former Fairwater High School, Cwmbran, student began his career in the town's Asda supermarket but fate soon intervened
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Firearms amnesty for Wales revealed
A FIREARMS amnesty will be held in Wales in a bid to crack down on gun crime. All four police forces will take part in the month-long campaign, announced by the Home Office. Gwent Police chief constable Keith Turner was due today to speak on behalf of
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Queen's visit boosts Gulf War families
PROUD Gwent parents yesterday met the Queen as she visited an RAF base to meet the families of those serving in the Gulf. During the Queen and Prince Phillip's one-hour visit to RAF Hon-ington, near Bury St Edmunds, she chatted to families of troops in
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Police crackdown averts football riot
A MAJOR police operation averted serious trouble between New-port County and Cardiff City fans last night. As 1,160 fans attended the match, 160 police officers patrolled the streets outside to prevent the sort of trouble Newport witnessed the last time
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'It's war not an arcade game'
IT is the fastest-paced media coverage of any war we have ever seen. Within seconds, images of bombings, killings and captured troops are flashed across our TV screens - and photographs appear within minutes ready for newspapers to use. But some fear
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Another Brit soldier dies
A SECOND British soldier has died in combat, it was revealed today. A soldier from the 1st Battalion The Black Watch died in action south west of Basra last night. That brings the British death toll in the conflict to 18. Fears were also mounting among
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'Vote for domestic issues not war'
FIRST Minister Rhodri Mo-gan claimed yesterday it would be "an abuse" for voters to use the forthcoming Assembly election to express feelings about the war on Iraq. And he again refused to make his stance on the conflict clear. Mr Morgan was speaking
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Labour members burn party cards in conflict protest
SEVEN Labour Party members in Abergavenny burnt their party cards on Saturday afternoon in protest against the war in Iraq. The members, with more than 150 years of Labour Party membership, burnt their cards in St John's Square, Abergavenny after a peace
