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New chapter for town
TRADERS in Blaenavon are putting the finishing touches to months of hard work as the town prepares to become the world's latest booktown on Saturday. Soon the former mining town will go head to head with literary towns like Hay-on-Wye, when ten bookshops
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They started in a diner...
IT would be interesting to find out whether playing in a rock and roll band in which two of the other members are a 'couple' is as much of a nightmare as sharing a flat with two of your mates who've recently 'got it together'. Mink Lungs are one of many
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Internet porn seller jailed
A MAN who sold thousands of pirated CDs including hard-core pornography from his home was jailed for three years at Newport crown court yesterday. The court heard that David Sonny Chard, aged 55, of Penylan Court, Coed Eva, Cwmbran, had a catalogue of
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Art can lift the rainclouds
ART shows may not be at the top of everyone's to-do list now the sunshine finally appears to have arrived. But let's face it, this is Wales, and while there's no excuse for not enjoying the sunshine every chance you get, there's always a cloud on the
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'Set up ship conservation base'
FRIENDS of the Newport Ship say the city should become a conservation centre for waterlogged wood. Almost 95 per cent of the medieval ship has been recovered following the Save Our Ship campaign last summer. Supporters are now calling for a national Centre
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Jam spread at Glastonbury
OF the Welsh bands gracing the green, green grass of Glastonbury this weekend Rocketgoldstar are the ones closest to the festival's ethos. The Cardiff-based prog rock band will play three times on various stages or tents over the extended weekend. Inhabitants
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The treasure from old postcards
EVER wondered what your old stamp collection or photograph album is actually worth, or whether those medals in the attic are anything more than just family heirlooms? Well now you can find out, because auctioneers and valuers Warwick and Warwick are visiting
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Union recommend Gwent Dragons
GWENT Dragons - that is the name the Welsh Rugby Union wants the new regional rugby team to adopt. The recommendation was made to Newport and Ebbw Vale by the Union's board last night, though WRU chief executive David Moffett declined to comment. Ebbw
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You're in for a treat
FROM the outside, the Olde Oak in Rogerstone cannot be described as particularly attractive or inviting in appearance. But looks aren't everything - ignore the exterior and head inside the spacious restaurant area, where you'll find you are in for a treat
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Precision and passion
MULTI-sheeted metallers N.U.K.E. support Sal in Blackwood Miners' Institute next week. A four-piece band sitting pretty on a rich vein of post-nu metal rock, they play with devastating precision and winning passion. A deft rhythm section of Lee Crocker
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Delays put up costs - expert
BRITAIN'S leading architect says the National Assembly has mishandled the contract to build the £55 million new debating chamber. Paul Hyett, who is from Newport, is president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and told the Argus that delays
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Concerts cover the best tunes
THE world's best-loved music from from North and South America, Russia, Europe and from Britain will be heard at St David's Hall this summer in the Welsh Proms. Under the baton of Welsh Proms' artistic director Owain Arwel Hughes, the season features
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Stolen car rams police van
A POLICE officer dived for safety as a stolen car rammed a police van in Newport. Another officer suffered slight injuries after the grey Vauxhall Astra drove into the van in Margaret Avenue, Maindee, before speeding away. Six police officers were called
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Brothers guilty of pub attack
TWO brothers attacked a man playing pool in a pub, knocked him unconscious and kicked him "like a football," a court heard. Martin Shackson was kicked in the head and had a stool smashed over his head, Cardiff crown court was told. Gareth Pilcher, 23,
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School's trees are killed
TREES bordering a Newport primary school are to be cut down because they have been poisoned. Three beech trees at Mount Pleasant Primary, Rogerstone, were found to have been drilled with holes and stuffed with poisonous copper piping. Experts have already
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Calzaghe: Mean machine
"I'M THE man, I'm number one and I'll prove it on Saturday." That was WBO super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe's reaction to a suggestion he faced his toughest fight yet against American Byron Mitchell at the CIA. "There have been a lot of alphabet
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Pontypool side set to split
PONTYPOOL Rugby Club's Welsh First Division championship-winning team looks set to break up after all. It is understood an insolvency expert last night told a players' meeting that the Bob Jude company running the club, Pontypool Premier Rugby Ltd., was
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Chords to echo in castle hall
EACH Caerphilly festival has boasted a moderately interesting bill and a fantastic setting. Next month's music fest in the banqueting hall on the huge castle is the fifth event in as many years and has both national and Welsh acts. On Wednesday, July
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'He wanted to break my legs'
JENNA Brookfield's ex-boy-friend yesterday told a murder trial jury her stepfather, Michael Baldwin, threatened to break his legs. The jury at Cardiff crown court heard that Christopher Jones, 20, started going out with Jenna when she was 13 and he was
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Widow's fees hope
THE family of former Ebbw Vale steelworker Arron Powell, tragically killed in France last year, say their desperate fight for legal public funding may finally be over. As the Argus revealed, widow Maria Powell, (pictured) 46, from Cardiff, was faced with
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Ninjas ready for battle
NAKED Newport stranglers 12 Inch Ninja are in concert in TJ's, The Malsters Arms and the Coal Exchange this month. The TJ's gig features themselves as headline draw and London-based bands, Joski and Ran for Days, in support. Total Rock FM are sponsoring
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Top talent at village hall celebration
IT may only be a small village, but once again Lower Machen has attracted the big names. Last year Lower Machen in Newport celebrated its 900th anniversary as a village. This year, there's no big anniversary - though the festival is in its 35th year -
