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Fans want Newport in name
NEWPORT Rugby Supporters Club are mounting a campaign to try to get the Newport name into the Gwent team. They start their campaign tomorrow when they are collecting signatures in John Frost Square in Newport. There is still no date set for the launch
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Broaden your horizons
BROADEN your horizons by setting sail with Gwent's leading yacht club. The sailors at Newport's Uskmouth Sailing Club travel far beyond the waters of the Usk - some have made it as far as the Baltic. Having started their season in April the club's summer
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Boost for Tigers
TORFAEN TIGERS have landed something of a coup for such a small and new team by getting the services of a top coach to help them out. Wayne Okell, who was with the New Zealand Rugby Union party at the World Sevens Series recently, has agreed to give the
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Crime is citizens' top worry
REDUCING crime is the top concern of Newport residents - whereas improving employment opportunities comes way down their list of priorities. Members of the citizens' panel set up by the city council were asked to identify their most pressing needs. Nearly
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Just lay-off us, says Hansen
WALES coach Steve Hansen has taken an almighty swipe at the critics who he believes are bidding to undermine the challenge of his young Wales side. As the tour party completed preparations for tomorrow's Test against Australia in Sydney, Hansen blasted
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Lots of nosh for your dosh
The Olde Oak, Ruskin Avenue, Rogerstone THE Olde Oak may not, on first appearances, seem like an ideal eating place but once inside the spacious restaurant area you are in for a treat of good home-cooked food. The Olde Oak is a pub with a large, separate
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AMs pay tribute to respected scientist
SHOCKED and saddened politicians paid tribute yesterday to Gwent-born politician and scientist Dr Phil Williams. Former Plaid Cymru Assembly Member Dr Williams, pictured, died suddenly on Wednesday in A Touch of Class massage parlour, Woodville Road,
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Carl can keep lock on gate
A MAN has won a county court battle to keep a gate across a footpath next to his home locked. The court decided that Carl Taylor, pictured, can continue to padlock the metal gate on a path running past his home. The gate has been at the centre of a long-running
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Laughs are worth wait
Igby Goes Down (15) A CROSS between The Royal Tenenbaums and Donnie Darko, two of the finest American films of the past few years, Igby Goes Down is in the same league. Although it may not be as funny as The Royal Tenenbaums or as dark as Donnie Darko
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Future champs
I MAY be the Welsh world champion on the Red Dragon bill at the CIA in a fortnight, but believe me others on the bill will be champions of the future. Boxing in South Wales and Gwent in particular is on the up and Jamie Arthur, Gary Lockett, Tony Doherty
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Airgun youths fire six shots at bus driver
YOUTHS armed with an airgun fired at a bus as it drove through a Newport housing estate yesterday. The shots just missed the driver's window, and he told the Argus that if it had been broken or he had been hit the bus "could have gone out of control".
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Wasps aiming to sting Glasgow
NEWPORT Wasps bid to maintain their perfect home start in the British League when they take on Glasgow Tigers in the Premier League tonight (tapes up 7pm) - the first meeting of Wales' weekend speedway bonanza. Wasps have won all four league outings at
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Cerys is just Cockahoop
Catatonia were in the middle of a comeback when they split. Cerys Matthews and Co had had 18 months off and were excited at the prospect of getting back into it. In interviews Matthews, pictured, explained that she'd spent the year and half doing everything
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The last time I saw Jenna
THE last time Desiree Baldwin saw her daughter Jenna they argued and the teenager walked out with out saying goodbye, a court heard. The tearful mother, whose husband Michael Baldwin is on trial for Jenna's murder, told jurors she cooked a special meal
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Woman died in castle plunge
A YOUNG woman who leapt to her death from the walls of a Gwent castle was suffering from schizophrenia, an inquest heard yesterday. Gwent coroner David Bowen said Kate Tucson, from St George's Crescent, Abergavenny, took her own life after years of mental
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Car parking chaos fears
A CONTROVERSIAL car parking strategy for Pontypool has been approved by councillors. The strategy seeks to address the car parking shortage in the town while the Top Car Park and Crane Street rege-neration projects go ahead. Earlier this week, the Argus
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Hop along for Froggie
It's Friday the 13th - not a night to be in the home - most accidents happen there, don't you know. So remove that pinny and run for the hills - destination Beaufort - for a night with country music singer and songwriter Raymond Froggatt, pictured. Froggie
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It's business as usual, says MP
WELSH under-secretary Don Touhig today insisted it would be "business as usual" as the Wales Office is absorbed into a new Department for Constitutional Affairs. Mr Touhig, MP for Islwyn, said the former head of the Wales Office, Peter Hain, would continue
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Pots more time for John after farewell to council
ONE of Gwent's longest serving councillors has announced he is to retire. John Huntley, pictured, who lives in Bulwark, is retiring from Chepstow town council, bringing to an end a political career which spans more than 40 years. Originally from Ebbw
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Kirsty is in good spirits
A YOUNG woman with a genetic disorder which stunts her growth flew back to Gwent from France after treatment this week. Kirsty Roberts, 17, from Abertillery, pictured, had a pioneering operation in France to lengthen her thigh bones last summer. Special
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I have nothing to prove
GLAMORGAN'S Robert Croft insists he has nothing to prove ahead of leading Wales in their one-day clash with England at Sophia Gardens tomorrow. Croft is playing better than ever this season, both with ball and bat, and his county skipper is adamant he
