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Concrete cancer is ruining County Hall
CONCRETE cancer is destroying the headquarters of two Gwent councils - and it could cost £21 million to repair. A survey conducted on County Hall, Croesy-ceiliog for Monmouthshire and Torfaen county councils revealed the massive scale of the problem.
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Now age needn't matter
THE BIGGEST change in employment law for a generation was announced last week by the government, when it unveiled proposals to tackle age discrimination head on. Discrimination on the grounds of race, gender and disability is currently banned in the UK
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Advice at hand over mortgage shortfall
A HUSBAND and wife who were encouraged to take out an endowment policy to cover the repayment of their mortgage in the 1980s were informed by their building society that there would be a shortfall when the policy matures. After talking to one of the solicitors
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Dad seeks payout over headstones
A FATHER whose dead son's headstone was laid flat in a Monmouthshire cemetery after a safety audit says he wants full compensation from the local council. In March, the Argus reported that Monmouthshire county council had laid flat 60 headstones in Llanelly
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Power firm puts its faith in Gwent
RELIEVED as the Wales Office is to have narrowly survived within the prime minister's new Department of Constitutional Affairs, its ministers and staff are now on a mission to remind us that it's business as usual. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
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Gwent will be on Parade
GWENT Dragons will play their Celtic League and Heineken Cup matches at Rodney Parade next season, insists Ebbw Vale chief Marcus Russell. But he says they will not pay an "exorbitant" price for use of the facilities and claims Newport have added a profit
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Valleys is top of the latest list for births
THE Gwent Valleys have the most teenage pregnancies in Wales, the Argus can reveal. Blaenau Gwent had the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the country in 1998-2000 - 72.8 per 1,000, or just under one in ten teenagers aged under 18. Caerphilly had the
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Now age needn't matter
PICTURE this: Ten years ago Janet Martin's Gwent Picture Framing & Gallery (GPF) business was going rather badly. The bailiffs were banging on the door, the electricity had been turned off and she was selling stuff at car boot sales to make food money
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Tonu'u given the Gwent boot
STAR scrum-half Ofisa Tonu'u (pictured) has been dropped from the Gwent Dragons rugby squad. The dynamic number nine did not turn up for the start of pre-season training on July 1 and has not contacted officials to let them know of his intentions. The
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Cyclist's next trip to tower above them all
IT'S a towering challenge - especially if you are 77 years old. Newport pensioner Stan Lewis aims to cycle from the Blackpool Tower to the Eiffel Tower to raise money for charity. Mr Lewis, 77 - with his 51-year-old son Peter - have set themselves the
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Janet's in the frame for telling it like it is
PICTURE this: ten years ago Janet Martin's Gwent Picture Framing & Gallery (GPF) business was going rather badly. The bailiffs were banging on the door, the electricity had been turned off and she was selling stuff at car boot sales to make food money
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Too few disabled teachers - report
YOUNG disabled people are not considering a career in teaching because they see no role models in the profession, a report by a Newport university researcher claims. But according to Nicola Cook, of University of Wales College, Newport's School of Education
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Toasting ten years of TLC!
TEN years of rescuing abandoned or ill-treated greyhounds was marked in Tredegar at the weekend. Greyhound Rescue Wales was set up a decade ago to find new homes for greyhounds and lurchers - which are often dumped, and sometimes shot, once they are no
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Spotlight falls on effects of PO closure
POSTAL watchdogs say they are looking closely at plans to close Pontywaun Post Office in Cwmcarn - amid fears for disabled users of the service. The Post Office recently announced it is proposing to close the Twyncarn Road PO as part of its 'urban reinvention
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Big steps help brave little Jack
More than 70 people stepped out into thin air above Newport to help a Rogerstone toddler - and others like him fight a rare disease. FACES craned skywards and cheered as abseilers slid 170 feet from the top of Newport's Transporter Bridge. Among the crowd