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Farm show faces £1,600 bill for policing
A GWENT agricultural show is facing a £1,600 bill for policing it - after attracting 15,000 visitors last year. Usk Show secretary Fiona Jenkins said the news that organisers of this year's event on September 13 would be asked to pay that much towards
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Woosie struggles in Open qualifying
AS Tiger Woods tried to find some more out about Royal St George's yesterday, former world number one Ian Woosnam was involved in a make-or-break round across the fence. For the first time since 1981 - on the same Prince's course - Woosnam is having to
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Man Utd strike deal with County
PREMIERSHIP champions Manchester United are ready to strike a sensational lucrative deal with Newport County by making the Exiles one of their 'nursery' clubs. Sir Alex Ferguson's backroom men have been thrashing-out the contract with County chiefs for
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Lottery fund hopes for new swim pool
NEWPORT is set to make a big splash after plans for a new cutting-edge swimming-pool at Spytty took a step towards reality. The £5m pool will add to the cluster of new sporting facilities at Spytty making up Newports 'sports village'. The council cabinet
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Manics release last song by Richey
MANIC Street Preachers fans will today finally be able to hear the last song penned by missing guitarist Richey Edwards, pictured. The Blackwood band took the decision to release the song - called Judge Yr'self - on a double album of band rarities and
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County coup
A POWER-shift in the Newport County boardroom will save the club from almost certain extinction. Five city businessmen - who have been voluntarily advising the Dr Martens League club run their financial affairs over the past 12 months - are set to take
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Price second in Scotland
BASSALEG-based Phillip Price has hit top form just at the right time after coming second to runaway leader Ernie Els at the Scottish Open yesterday. And although he is likely to say that the trophies and titles are the main thing, it would not have escaped
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Assembly seats row
THE ASSEMBLY'S battered reputation is likely to reach a new low tomorrow - when AMs are due to spend the day debating where to sit. The Assembly government has tabled a debate on where AMs sit in their present chamber. Labour want all their members to
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Pupils parenthood reality check
TEENAGERS at Tredegar Comprehensive found out what it is to like to be pregnant or a parent. Year 9 pupils have all been taking part in the 'motivate' project, which is designed to help 14-year-olds develop awareness, decision-making and target-setting
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It's festival fever!
A REPLICA of Newport's medieval ship, accompanied by an African Samburu group in full costume, sailed through the city on Saturday. The amazing sight signalled the start of the 7th Maindee festival, which organisers say was the biggest ever, attracting
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Yasmin to wear carnival queen crown
NINETEEN-year-old Yasmin Abdulla, pictured, was crowned yesterday as Pill's 2003 Carnival Queen. Her attendant on carnival day on August 25 will be runner-up Khali Davies, also 19. Over 40 other young contestants turned out for the contest, at Pillgwenlly
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'Find cash or you lose wildlife land'
GWENT Wildlife Trust is launching an urgent fundraising appeal to find £33,500 in four weeks - or risk losing land that it bought to protect. The Wildlife Trust last month bought 34 acres of grazing marsh next to the Magor Marsh Reserve for £100,000 -
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Derelict school to be torn down
A DERELICT Newport school hit by a series of firebug attacks is to be demolished, the Argus can reveal. The former Queen's School building in Queen's Hill is to be torn down later this year, a Newport council spokeswoman said, because of fears over health
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Hats off to nurse turned designer
TAKE your hats off to Newport woman Sheila Mone, pictured, who has reached the peak of a new creative profession after a career in nursing. Ms Mone, once a nurse at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, has reached the semi-finals of this year's