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Sparkling evening
CHRISTMAS celebrations kicked off in Newport last night and the annual switch-on of the lights proved to be more popular than ever. But the event was marred by sporadic fighting in Newport city centre involving 100 youths. Police, who made several arrests
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Jill focuses on water
THE ELEMENT of water fascinates pastel artist Jill Hobbs - whether in clouds rolling across the sky, in the sea, in the babbling streams of the South Wales Valleys or in crystalline, frozen form. Water Features, her new show upstairs at Llantarnam Grange
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Fantasist enjoys girls' bedside manner
Review: The SInging Detective (15) HOLLYWOOD picks up on what the BBC did very well in 1986 with its hit musical series about a bed-ridden fantasist. Robert Downey Jr checks into hospital as crime writer Dan Dark, his skin wrecked by psoriasis and filled
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Zombies stalk the Valleys
Sixties legends The Zombies are back in the South Wales Valleys next week. The band that spawned the classic She's Not There and the solo hit God Gave Rock'n'roll to You are in concert in Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd, on Monday, November 17. She's Not
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'Arthritic mum will end up bedridden'
A PENSIONER who faces a lengthy wait for a specialist's opinion about a hip replacement will be bed-ridden before long, her son-in-law fears. In September the Argus featured the story of 77-year-old Dorothy Meats, of Pontllanfraith, after she was told
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Boy's death 'almost instant'
A NEWPORT schoolboy would have died almost instantly after petrol he was using to fill a motorised scooter caught fire, his family were told yesterday. At an inquest into the death of 13-year-old Richard Hawrot, the boy's mother Jeanette asked Gwent coroner
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Wheels in motion at new velodrome
ELITE cyclists were today ready to test the sleek wooden boards of the city's velodrome for the first time. The £7.5m, lottery funded, hangar-like Wales National Velodrome at the Spytty 'sports village' holds its inaugural race meet tonight. The steeply
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Douglas on stage at the 'Stute
Blackwood welcomes skate punk band Douglas tonight with Pete's Sake and Opium in support. The Cardiff-based band are touring towards the release of their second album, to be released early in the new year. It will follow this May's single B Is The New
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Hazell hoping for happy ending
THE WELSH Rugby Union and the administrators for Newport Gwent Dragons are to meet again after what were described as "productive" talks yesterday. Dragons chairman Martyn Hazell said: "Negotiations are to continue but we hope we are moving towards a
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Cenotaph 'snub': Ex-guardsman's disgust
A FORMER Welsh Guardsman has threatened to throw away the medals he won during the Second World War in protest at a perceived snub to Wales. Hedley Stone, 83, earned the Africa Star and the Defence Star during his time as a guardsman between 1940 and
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Martin's back
IT will feel strange for Newport second row Steve Martin when he runs out against Neath at The Gnoll tomorrow. For ten years until the end of last season he ran out in the Welsh All Blacks' colours, but tomorrow he'll be playing against them for the first
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All-woman list to stand for MP hits 14
FOURTEEN women are in the race to become Blaenau Gwent's next Labour parliamentary candidate, party officials say. They include former Assembly candidate for Monmouth Sian James, Llanelli Assembly list candidate and former Monmouth parliamentary candidate
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Phillips is all set for return
TALENTED Newport County midfielder Gareth Phillips will return to the side for tomorrow's home game against Dorchester Town as will central defender Scott Morgan if he passes a pre-match fitness test. However County are unable to call on a trio of regulars
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Senior judge supports our fight against crime
THE Argus' battle against vehicle crime in Gwent has gained another ally as a senior judge gives his support to many of the aims of our Car Safe campaign. Since our campaign launch on July 28, it has been backed by the public, police, magistrates, car-park
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Man flees fire in his flat
A NEWPORT man had a lucky escape yesterday when his ground-floor flat was gutted by fire. Wayne Robertson, of Joyce Close, The Gaer, Newport, escaped with minor injuries from a blaze that tore through his home. Police described the fire, which started
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The Orient at its best
China Boy Jo, Monnow Street, Monmouth FORGET your average Chinese restaurant, this is a taste of the Orient at its best. China Boy Jo has a range of mouth-watering meals to choose from. The surroundings are bright and modern in what was once an old pub
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On red alert
RYAN Giggs has admitted that inspiring Wales to the Euro 2004 finals would top his glittering career. That is some statement by a player who trumps Denis Law, Bobby Charlton, George Best and co as Manchester United's most decorated player, achieving 21
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Woman tells of terror attack
A GANG of youths launched a terrifying attack on a Gwent woman in which she was punched, kicked, beaten, taunted with a lit firework and had her hand burned with a cigarette. Last night, the frightened woman broke down in tears as she recalled the unprovoked
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Peace worker vows to remain at refugee camp
BEING shot at with live ammunition while stopping Israeli bulldozers from entering Palestinian refugee camps is a daily routine for one Abergavenny peace protester. Elaine Westblade, 26, is committed to staying in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, Palestine
