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Protesters' anger over cash for care
CARE home owners, staff, relatives and residents have delivered a stark message to the Assembly - find more cash to fund social services placements or scores of homes will close. Around 400 people from across Wales, including many from Gwent, staged a
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Clubs plan leaves Newport in the lurch
THE ROBIN DAVEY COLUMN THE absolute shambles, the fiasco of a situation on the future structure of Welsh rugby leaves Newport in a dreadful position. Just where do they go from here? What course of action do they take now? I am, of course, referring to
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Wales on the brink
WELSH rugby's bright new future is on the brink of collapse, with the Premier clubs set to refuse the Welsh Rugby Union's final offer to fund five teams next season. It means a nine-team Premier Division is right back on the agenda. WRU group chief executive
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Victory for parents
CAMPAIGNERS are today celebrating victory in the battle to allow toys on children's graves. The campaign by the Argus and grieving parents, to place tributes at youngsters' final resting places in Newport, ended with councillors today agreeing with a
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Good times roll again for Hartson
WALES target man John Hartson has had his fair share of downs so you can forgive him if he sits back and laps up the current plaudits. The burly 27-year-old is going through a purple patch in his football roller-coaster career and it wouldn't be a surprise
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Eckhardt keen to stay at County
NEWPORT County pair Jeff Eckhardt and Gareth Wesson have pleaded with boss Peter Nicholas to keep them on at Spytty Park. Veteran defender Eckhardt's contract will expire this summer but the 37-year-old insists he has still got another season left in
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Church is out to raise £150,000
A MASSIVE £150,000 needs to be raised to replace a church roof in Abertillery. St Michael's Church, which was hit by a mini-tornado earlier this month, now faces a real challenge to find funding for the new roof. The freak winds that hit the church ripped
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With love to our hero in the Gulf
CORPORAL Amanda Miah is on maternity manoeuvres in Gwent - as her husband serves in the Gulf. Corporal Darren Miah, 27, is serving with 13 Air Assault, and left his eight-week-old daughter Ellie-Mai a fortnight ago to drive fuel tankers and deal with
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Gibbins looks for positive reaction
ROGER Gibbins is looking for a positive reaction from his Cwmbran Town players during this difficult time following manager Tony Willcox's heart attack. Cwmbran boss Willcox, who scaled down his football and work commitments after doctors told him he
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Clubs plan leaves Newport in the lurch
THE absolute shambles, the fiasco of a situation on the future structure of Welsh rugby leaves Newport in a dreadful position. Just where do they go from here? What course of action do they take now? I am, of course, referring to the joke of a solution
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Wales on the brink
WELSH rugby's bright new future is on the brink of collapse, with the Premier clubs set to refuse the Welsh Rugby Union's final offer to fund five teams next season. It means a nine-team Premier Division is right back on the agenda. WRU group chief executive
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Wales skipper issues a warning
THE best in the world -- that is the label given to the French back row by Wales captain Martyn Williams. The openside flanker has regained the captaincy after the recurrence of Jonathan Humphreys' shoulder injury, and he will run straight into a formidable
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Wales set for TV row
WALES are heading for a row with clubs and television companies over the re-scheduling of their Euro 2004 clash with Serbia & Montenegro for the first week of the new Premiership season in August. UEFA have agreed to lodge a request with FIFA that
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Mayor quits his post
THE mayor of a Gwent town quit his post - and the town council - last night over his relationship with a convicted fraudster. Members of Chepstow town council accepted Alun Fuller's offer of resignation without making a comment, and agreed to appoint
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Only six Valleys GPs under fifty
A TIME bomb is ticking in the Gwent Valleys - where only six family doctors in one area are aged under 50, the Argus can reveal. Many family doctors in the Valleys are ready to retire - but there is no-one to replace them. Within five years, unless drastic
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Massive jams after rush-hour crashes on M4
THIS jack-knifed lorry caused traffic chaos on the M4 yesterday after careering across three carriageways. The articulated lorry crashed into the central reservation at the Coldra, Newport, on the westbound carriageway just after 3.30pm. The crash caused
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I'm not a tiny criminal!
TODDLERS and parents were told by police they were breaking the law as they raised money for Comic Relief on Red Nose Day. Children from the First Friends Playgroup, a community playgroup in Bettws for youngsters between the ages of two-and-a half and
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'Start of something big for our city'
THE drive to unleash the full potential of Wales' newest city was unveiled yesterday, as planners and politicians celebrated Newport Unlimited. The launch of Wales' first urban regeneration company, at Tredegar House, was described as a new beginning
