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Crackdown on car pests
POLICE are threatening to seize the cars of "cruisers" making the lives of people in Blackwood a misery in a new "zero tolerance" crackdown. Officers are warning young drivers to stop cruising or face having their cars seized and a £140 bill to get them
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Vintage car fans rally for children
VINTAGE car enthusiasts have dropped off a bootload of gifts at a children's hospice. John Morgan and his wife, Danuta, of Chepstow Road, Newport, pictured, are leading lights of the Jowett Car Club - recorded as the oldest vintage car club in the country
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Aching muscles - but ride helped Amber!
MORE than 40 people cycled from Brecon to Cwmbran last weekend to raise money for sick tot Amber Hartland. The cyclists raised more than £1,000 for Amber through sponsorship, on behalf of the Cwmbran- based charity, Community Spirit 2000. And after the
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LG redundancy talks stalemate
REDUNDANCY negotiations between management and employee representatives at Newport firm LG Philips Displays are in deadlock, documents obtained by the Argus reveal. Talks were scheduled to resume today but with so much separating the two sides no imminent
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No muck with this brass
MOST summer music festivals end up with their well-meaning attendees standing up to their ankles in mud in a field, trying to work out who's on stage. But while there may not be muck at one music festival this weekend, there'll certainly be brass. The
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Temper, temper!
Anger Management (15) THE unusual comedy pairing of Nicholson and Sandler partially works in this patchy farce. Sandler plays Dave Buznick, an easy-going clothes designer (he designs clothes for overweight cats!) who has difficulty expressing his emotions
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Mourning for a life cut short
GLYN Gurney's family have paid tribute to the "caring, loving" young man whose life was tragically cut short. Twenty-year-old Glyn had just started a new job and was looking forward to a holiday with friends when he died in an horrific crash. He was a
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On your bike for festival
GET in touch with your adventurous side at a Gwent beauty spot's special woodland festival. Cwmcarn Forest Drive is holding the special day on June 14 to introduce people to a whole range of new activities. As well as a fete and entertainment, children
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Cup is Brew's big chance
NEWPORT centre Nathan Brew sees this year's Under-21 World Cup as the perfect opportunity to show new Gwent coach Mike Ruddock exactly what he can do. Brew (pictured) was yesterday named in Wales' 26-man under-21 squad to take part in the tournament.
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Rare species first in Wales
A PAIR of avocets that have nested at the Gwent Levels Wetlands Reserve, in Newport, are the first to set up home in Wales. And as if that wasn't good news enough, the birds are now rearing four chicks that are under a week old. Avocets - although shy
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Castle comes up roses
SUDELEY Castle attracts visitors from all over the UK and overseas - but there's more to this Gloucestershire treasure than its ancient fortress. For Sudeley is home to a unique collection of roses - which are now bursting into glorious bloom. The wonderful
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Dredge and Price on par
GWENT stars Phillip Price and Bradley Dredge were locked together on level par yesterday after the first round of the British Masters at the Forest of Arden. Blackwood's Dredge was at two over for his round at one time but dropped a couple of strokes.
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Weakened Wasps up against it
Newport Wasps, with two front-line riders absent, will be extended to the limits when they entertain Premier League champions Sheffield Tigers on Sunday (tapes up 2.30pm). Skipper Craig Watson is competing in the fourth quarter-final of the Grand Prix
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Perfect pitstop for refuelling
The Unicorn Inn, Albion Road, Pontypool JUST off the Pontypool to Crumlin road is the Unicorn Inn - and it's the perfect pitstop for peckish drivers who fancy a good, tasty meal. The Unicorn is a traditional, popular, no-frills hostelry with a solid regular
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Our steelmen look to future
YEAR after year and decade after decade, the steelmen of Ebbw Vale grafted at the vast works dominating their town. The steel industry provided their living and fed their children for almost two centuries, so the loss of the works was bitterly felt when
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Glanmor going Down Under
GLANMOR Griffiths is going Down Under. The man who has been at the helm of Welsh rugby for most of the past two decades is resigning from the WRU for family reasons. Griffiths (pictured) told the Argus in an exclusive interview this morning that he intends
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Pair shone lasers in train drivers' eyes
A GWENT man and a teenager put the safety of hundreds of rail passengers at risk when they recklessly shone a blinding laser light into train drivers' eyes. And they caused rail chaos last year while the drivers were treated at Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital
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Wales have world at their feet
GWENT will well represented at this year's under-21 World Cup as seven of the region's stars are in Chris Davey's squad. Davey yesterday named six Newport players and one Ebbw Vale player in his 26-man squad. Vale hooker Keiron Crawford will join Newport
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Vehicle recovery contract critics 'vindicated'
CAMPAIGNERS are calling for immediate action on the district auditor's report into the awarding of vehicle recovery contracts. The auditors were called in to investigate how a contract allowed Walls Recovery Service to charge unspecified rates for recovery
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Police warn unruly youths
CWMBRAN police are warning youths that they are launching a summer crackdown on anti-social behaviour. A new inspector, Gareth Lynton, has joined the force and one of his aims is to stamp out bad behaviour in housing estates around the town. Problem areas
