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£8m pledge by windfarm firm
THE company behind plans for a £25 million windfarm in the Gwent valleys says that communities could benefit by up to £8 million from the scheme. Pennant Wind Energy Ventures, which has just submitted a planning application to Blaenau Gwent council for
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Giggs: No repeat
Wales have been warned to remember their black day of 1993 as they prepare this week for their most important match in almost 50 years. Ten years ago today, Wales suffered the agony of a Paul Bodin missed penalty in their final qualifier against Romania
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Fans flock to see new arena
NEWPORT'S velodrome celebrated its opening with a bumper weekend of top class action as both fans and cyclists gave the new venue a huge thumbs up. The flagship £7.5 million facility opened on Friday and marked its first weekend with two packed nights
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Perry fails to add sparkle
NOT even the debut of former Cardiff City and Wales defender Jason Perry could inspire the Crows to defeat an average Caersws side, which deserved to halt a run of two successive 3-2 Welsh Premier defeats at Cwmbran Stadium. But it should have been a
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Autism services to get review
TORFAEN cabinet will hold a special meeting to examine the decision to axe a babysitting service for autistic children. As we reported, the service was cut in October as part of a savings package brought in to limit a social services' projected £2.2 million
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Full-throttled
NEWPORT'S unbeaten Premier Division record went with a bang at Neath on Saturday, as the regionally reinforced Welsh All Blacks blasted them off the park. The Black and Ambers remain three points clear at the top, but to stay there they will have to show
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Hughes' heroes half way there
FROM Russia with hope. European Championship finals 2004 mission status: objective one complete. Mark Hughes' secret agents secured one of Welsh football's most historic results here in sub-zero Moscow on Saturday, holding their Russian counterparts to
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Work begins on town revamp
WORK HAS begun on the multi-million pound scheme to redevelop the heart of Pontypool. Contractors Taylor Woodrow started fencing off the town's top car park, which will be the site of a new Tesco store, last week. Project manager Steve Bannon has already
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MP backs fight to save post offices
GWENT'S politicians are fighting back to save local post office branches which are earmarked for closure next February. The Argus revealed earlier this month that 16 Gwent post offices are to close as Post Office Ltd says there are too many branches competing
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'Flood risk' to city's revamp
MULTI-million pound plans to regenerate Newport city centre could suffer after a new report revealed the area was at "high risk" of flooding. Commercial Street, the Kingsway Centre and much of the city centre's west bank are put in the report's highest
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Burns victim hit by new accident
A YEAR AGO, Chepstow businessman Marcus Ostler was in intensive care in the burns unit of Swansea's Morriston Hospital. An explosion of propane gas bottles in his garage left him with severe, 20 per cent burns. The blaze was fought by firefighters in
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Stalemate
NEWPORT'S unbeaten Premier Division record went with a bang at Neath on Saturday, as the regionally reinforced Welsh All Blacks blasted them off the park. The Black and Ambers remain three points clear at the top, but to stay there they will have to show
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Terry discovers caring touch
TERRY McCARTHY spent 30 years working for British Steel and British Coal. Little did he know then that he would swap heavy industry for the caring touch - by helping a housing association's tenants with learning disabilities. And now Mr McCarthy, 51,
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Pupils' test spells success
THEY know how to spell success at one Newport school - for young fundraisers raised thousands of pounds for a children's charity, thanks to a sponsored spell. Durham Road Junior School raised £2,850 - one of the largest amounts ever raised in a South
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Giggs: No repeat
Wales have been warned to remember their black day of 1993 as they prepare this week for their most important match in almost 50 years. Ten years ago today, Wales suffered the agony of a Paul Bodin missed penalty in their final qualifier against Romania
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£360,000 to give projects a boost
COMMUNITY groups in Newport with bright ideas to improve their areas could plug into £360,000 of European cash. Funding was secured by the city council under the Objective 2 programme to set up the community grants scheme. Voluntary and local groups in
