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Time for Price to relax
WEARY Phil Price will relax and get some much-needed rest before the Scottish Open tomorrow. The tricky Loch Lomond course is the next port of call for Newport's Ryder Cup star (pictured) after his Smurfit Open victory at the K Club in Ireland last weekend
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Tourist sites to accept euros
FOUR historic sites in Wales, including one in Gwent, will accept the euro on a trial basis this summer, Welsh Assembly culture minister Alun Pugh was to announce today. The pilot project will take effect immediately at Caernarfon, Conwy and Caerphilly
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Rogue cab drivers picking up in city
TAXI drivers in Newport are warning women and teenagers to beware of unlicensed rogue taxis cruising the city and picking up passengers. City centre drivers have told the Argus that the problem of unlicensed cabbies is raising concerns about the safety
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Teacher attacker failed to appear
AN ARREST warrant was issued for an Abergavenny father yesterday - after he failed to appear before magistrates to be sentenced for assaulting a teacher. Peter Gyomrey, 40, of St David's Road, Abergavenny, pleaded guilty last month to assaulting Gwenda
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Fiasco of EU funds
THE National Assembly will be told today that £1 billion of EU money has only created 10,500 jobs in deprived areas like the Valleys and West Wales. The Objective One cash was supposed to create 68,000 jobs in the Valleys - including areas of Gwent like
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Owen's plea to Gwent rugby fans
WALES international Michael Owen, the first big 'name' to commit himself to Gwent, says the region has the potential to become the best in Wales. The politics surrounding the launch has not affected the players, he claims, and says that being written
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Assembly grant will create 180 jobs
A NEWPORT communications company is set to create 180 jobs after getting a grant to build a new HQ. Cogent Defence and Security Networks, part of global aerospace and defence company EADS Telecom, received a grant - understood to be £2 million - from
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New jobs shock as factory calls it a day
THE GWENT Valleys suffered another bodyblow with the news that a factory has gone into receivership with the loss of 57 jobs. IPS Complete Solution Provider, an injection plastics moulding factory, based at the Pen-y-fan industrial estate, Willow Road
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New boss praises club spirit
BRIAN Coyne has praised the camaraderie of his fully-fit European-bound Cwmbran Town squad. The Crows boss reported a clean bill of health following their weekend practice match with Hounslow United, then applauded his Welsh Premier League side's team-spirit
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Nicholas' Welsh row takes another twist
PETER Nicholas' row with the Football Association of Wales following his shock dismissal as manager of the Welsh Under-17 side took a new twist yesterday. The FA of Wales insisted there was no malice behind the International Committee's decision not to
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Part of nose was bitten off in brawl
A MOURNER attending a wake in Pontypool had a large part of his nose bitten off when fighting broke out, a jury heard yesterday. James Callaghan, (pictured) 27, of Nicholas Street, Pontypool, is undergoing plastic reconstructive surgery which involves
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Schoolboy's bus trip nightmare
A BUS journey that should only have taken a matter of minutes turned into a four-hour marathon for a 12-year-old Pontllanfraith boy after he missed his stop. When Luke Williams took the 151 Glyn Williams Travel bus service from Blackwood town centre last
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Nicholas starts legal action?
AXED Wales Under-17s manager Peter Nicholas is to begin legal proceedings if the Welsh FA refuse to clear his name, the Argus has learned. Nicholas was unceremoniously given the boot by Football Association of Wales chiefs after it was alleged they received
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Pooler's new dawn
PONTYPOOL Rugby Club seems certain to be in fresh hands next season - rescued by the new members' group formed to take over from the Bob Jude-run company. Welsh Rugby Union chief executive David Moffett said he knew nothing of plans to allow the consortium
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Teen's pots of gold!
MOST lads of 18 are obsessed with football or fast cars, but for champion Matthew Barnes it's flowers. Hanging-basket enthusiast Matthew has taken first place for the second year running in Newport in Bloom. It's the latest green-fingered achievement
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A new dawn for Pooler
PONTYPOOL Rugby Club seems certain to be in fresh hands next season - rescued by the new members' group formed to take over from the Bob Jude-run company. Welsh Rugby Union chief executive David Moffett said he knew nothing of plans to allow the consortium
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Dragon day is almost here!
THE big day is Monday, July 28. That is the date regional rugby in Gwent will be officially launched under the name Gwent Dragons. The players will be officially unveiled, the new strip (believed to very close to Newport's black and amber strip) will
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Part of city history up in flames
ONE of Newport's most important historical buildings is likely to be demolished after a fire tore through it last night - forcing residents to flee their nearby homes. Local people and firefighters arriving to battle the flames had a lucky escape when