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Why can't we be together?
A GWENT man is battling immigration officials to bring home the woman he married after a whirlwind romance in Thailand. Lyndon Mathias, 46, of Queensway, Ebbw Vale, was holidaying in the country last August when he met 45-year-old Sai-Thong in Pettaya
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Pen-pals line up to cheer squaddies
SOLDIER Michael Rhodes wants letters from Gwent girls to keep up his spirits as he fights in the Gulf. And we've already found three lovelies keen to write to him and his colleagues in Iraq. On Saturday the Argus told how Michael asked his parents, Chris
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Injury puts Dale out of friendly
Glamorgan all-rounder Adrian Dale could miss the start of the season, writes Ray Parker. He went into hospital yesterday for a small shoulder operation and captain Steve James admitted it would be "touch and go" if Dale would be fit for the opening county
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New unit focuses on Asian business issues
CARDIFF University has used a House of Lords reception to launch its Asian Accounting, Finance and Business Research Unit. This is the first research unit of its type in the UK and is entirely devoted to business issues in Asia. The university says the
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Injured youth in 999 delay
AMBULANCE delays at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, left a teenager waiting in pain for more than an hour. A high number of medical emergencies taken to the hospital led to ambulance crews having to wait for their trolleys on Sunday. Anthony Potts,
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Sweet taste of success with award for city's packaging firm
NEWPORT-based SCA Packaging has won one silver and four highly commended awards in the 2003 European Flexographic association print awards. The silver award and one highly commended was for its Cadbury Creme Egg pack. The three other highly commended
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Shake-up of Welsh NHS kicks off today
A CONTROVERSIAL restru-cturing of the NHS in Wales got under way today with health authorities being replaced by 22 local health boards. The scrapping of the five larger bodies is designed to make the service more responsive and accessible. Under health
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Last ditch provincial talks go ahead today
WELSH Rugby Union chief David Moffett and the premier clubs hold a last ditch meeting today to try to resolve the problems on the future structure of the game. No meetings took place between Moffett and the clubs yesterday on the future and whether it
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Meet mum with heart of gold
THE Argus search for community heroes has found its third monthly winner. Vilma Morgan, aged 53, pictured above left with her husband, of Ash Grove, Caldicot, has overcome a number of serious medical problems during her life, and has found time to care
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Council plans to close 'English' sixth forms
A VALLEYS head teacher says local education chiefs are discriminating against English-speaking secondary schools - as they plan to close his sixth form. Bill Beales, head teacher of Cwmcarn Foundation School, is furious at Caerphilly council's plans to
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Boy threatened OAP with knife
A MASKED teenage robber threatened a 75-year-old woman with a knife as she walked her dog, a court heard. The 15-year-old - wearing a skull-like mask based on one featured in the horror film Scream - tried to rob pensioner Gwyneth Jarrett on a riverbank
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Wales facing long FIFA wait
Football Association of Wales officials have admitted it may be some time until they find out from FIFA whether the four-day rule will be invoked for their August 20 fixture against Serbia and Montenegro. The date is designated as an international friendly
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Blaze tragedy: Tributes to boy, 13, killed in fire
THE GRANDMOTHER of a schoolboy who died in an horrific house fire told the Argus: "I've got no more tears left to cry." Sheila Hamson, 72, of Hillview Crescent, Newport, yesterday visited the house in Jones Street where 13-year-old grandson Richard Hawrot
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Nursery could remain open
A NURSERY attached to a Cwmbran school set to close next year could now remain open for an extra 12 months. Upper Cwmbran Infants and Nursery School was likely to close in September 2004 because of a slump in the number of pupils it has and a potential
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County boss hands out warning
Peter Nicholas, Newport County manager, has warned fans not to expect an easy ride at bottom side Ilkeston tonight. Ilkeston have won five league matches - all at home. Nicholas said: "I had them watched on Saturday. They are a physical side and I am
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Tourism report is no flight of fancy
TOURISM minister Dr Kim Howells, pictured, has launched a major report on e-tourism which investigates how British tourism firms are using new technology to boost their business. One of the businesses which has collaborated in the report is Chepstow-based
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Play my boys
WALES Under-21 coach Chris Davey has urged his senior club counterparts to play his young Grand Slam heroes now. Less than 24 hours before Wales plummeted to their first Six Nations whitewash, the under-21s were romping to the Grand Slam. And they achieved
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On the ball to help Amber
FUNDRAISING efforts for Amber Hartland, who needs revolutionary treatment which could save her life, could soon reach £35,000. Amber, one, could die within four years of the rare genetic disorder infantile Tay Sachs. Her parents, Lesley and Nick, hope
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Last ditch provincial talks go ahead today
WELSH Rugby Union chief David Moffett and the premier clubs hold a last ditch meeting today to try to resolve the problems on the future structure of the game. No meetings took place between Moffett and the clubs yesterday on the future and whether it
