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Warren's blast at Calzaghe
FRANK Warren has come out fighting after concerns from Joe Calzaghe's camp that he is holding the Newbridge man back from boxing's big boys. In a no-holds barred interview, Warren, WBO Super-middleweight champ Calzaghe's promoter, said he is furious with
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Villages at their best
JUDGES for this year's Gwent Best Kept Village competition are now starting their busy schedule of judging entrants. A total of 38 villages - one up on last year - are competing in this year's Calor-sponsored event, organised by Gwent Association of Voluntary
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Over to you, Mr Moffett
THE row over regional rugby will not go away even if Wales did perform encouragingly against world champions Austra-lia - though that was put in perspective by England's monumental victory over the All Blacks in their own back yard. It might be mid-summer
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Business booming - by the sound of it!
A SWITCHED-ON Chepstow man has built a successful business over the last three years out of the public's increasing demand for sound and light shows at public events. Justin Kneath's company, Protech, provides audio visual systems for clubs and pubs,
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Giant strides ahead for little Maia
LITTLE Maia Pavord contracted meningitis shortly after her birth leaaving her with chronic hearing loss. Now aged four, she has had a cochlea implant and is beginning to learn to speak, but she still needs help with language development. When staff at
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Park revamp: Bid for cash delayed
THE bid for £1million to rejuvenate Bailey Park, Abergavenny, has been put on hold - because the council has already applied for cash to renovate the Shire Hall in Monmouth. Monmouthshire county council was not aware that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF
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Driver locked up after death crash
TEENAGER Riley Smith drove the wrong way round a roundabout and jump-ed a red light, then crashed into a car, killing a Mon-mouth couple, a court heard. The 19-year-old disqualified driver jeered and gestured at other road users as he sped through a red
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James quits as Glamorgan captain
GLAMORGAN'S former England opener Steve James' cricket career may be over. The 35-year-old stepped down as club skipper before last night's Twenty20 defeat by Northamptonshire and handed the reins to Robert Croft. James will miss the rest of the season
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Inventive students win tech awards
THE hi-tech talent of Newport's children was on show again at the city's fifth schools technology awards. Newport's schools are enthusiastic about the Rotary Club event that has become firmly established in the educational calendar. The 2003 finals were
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Web wedding service lives happily ever after
THE FOUNDERS of Newport-registered wedding website The Hitching Post almost choked on their champagne and wedding cake when they realised they had won runner-up spot for best technology start-up at the Technology Wales 2003 Awards. The Hitching Post launched
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We'll answer your queries
The first of five legal roadshows organised by the South Wales Argus and Harding Evans Solicitors took place at the Gaer last week and a large number of people turned up to get free legal advice. Solicitors from Harding Evans were on hand to offer advice
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Residents: Crash waiting to happen
LANGSTONE residents say Sunday's fatal car crash was "an accident waiting to happen". A 24-year-old Newport man died and six people were seriously injured when a Proton car and Ford Granada were in collision on Magor Road just after 6pm. Twenty-four firefighters
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Mum's Jenna plea
JENNA Brookfield's mother begged Michael Baldwin to reveal where her daughter was buried - and threatened to stop him seeing his son unless he helped detectives, jurors heard. Giving evidence at her husband's murder trial, Desiree said she pleaded with
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Victoria is steaking future on meaty role
WHEN Victoria Barnes put on a white coat and started packing daily orders at Mark's Meats of Cwmbran last month, she became the fourth generation of her family to enter the butchery business. The 23-year-old's great grandfather was a Newport tripe cutter
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Drunken man hit pregnant woman
A DRUNKEN man assaulted a pregnant woman holding his baby, then hit her partner and two police constables who tried to arrest him on Christmas Eve, a court heard. But Paul Davey, aged 29, from Sandybrook Close, Cwmbran, avoided a prison sentence yesterday
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Party for man once told he had weeks to live
A GWENT man once given just weeks to live unless he had a heart transplant is celebrating the tenth anniversary of his life-saving operation. Martin Brett, aged 56, from Ebenezer Drive, Rogerstone, marked the occasion with his wife Josephine, 57, and
