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More post offices axed
THREE GWENT post offices are to close by the end of the year - and 2004 is set to bring even more closures. Two weeks ago, the Argus revealed that 16 urban post offices in Gwent face closure following a period where the public can have their say. But
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Youth, 16, admits attack on couple
A NEWPORT youth was yesterday convicted of a vicious attack on a Newport couple. The 16-year-old, a persistent offender who cannot be named, carried out a frenzied assault with another youth on Tony Nocivelli and his wife, Donna, last month. The youth
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From portly pooch to slimline champ
CLARRIE used to be a portly pooch - but just look at her now! The dieting dog from Bassaleg was crowned regional slimming champion in an animal weight-watching competition. Clarrie, a 12-year-old Staffordshire-cross bitch, lost 6kg on a crash canine diet
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Training unit may shut
STAFF who helped hundreds of disadvantaged Gwent people find work could lose their own jobs under council cuts. The Bridge Training Centre, in Maindee, Newport, is under threat of closure as the council struggles to save money. The centre is training
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Battles recalled in print
A NEWPORT councillor signed copies of his memoirs of battles both in the Korean War and in the boxing ring. Councillor Noel Trigg, 69, of Bettws, wrote about the horrors of his time as a soldier and the glory of being a champion army boxer. His self-published
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Golden cap for Newport's Nicholas
IT was always going to be a life in a suit for Peter Nicholas, it just depended what kind, writes Peter Shuttleworth. As a fresh-faced teenager the current Newport County manager was at Thornton Heath College in London reading business studies, but he
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Street beat brings hope
A RAPPER from Newport is forging an unlikely allegiance with a Torfaen poet in a bid to help young people turn away from drugs and crime. MC Unique, aka Jon Davies, started sharing his rhyming skills with other young hopefuls after being encouraged by
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It's now or never
AS if Wales needed any more fire tonight. Beware a wounded animal. The underhanded Russians have tried every trick in the book to unsettle and unnerve Mark Hughes' Euro 2004 play-off pretenders. But I've never seen a group of players more determined to
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Battle for survival
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons skipper Andy Marinos hopes to shrug off a nagging hamstring injury in time to lead his side against Connacht at Rodney Parade on Sunday. The match is the only Celtic League fixture of the weekend and Marinos describes Connacht as
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Sites targeted for supercar
THE academic who carried out a feasibility study into the production of a new supercar says a number of sites in Gwent are being examined as potential manufacturing bases. Yesterday, we reported that Oakdale Business Park is currently the front runner
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Louise thrills fans
POP sensation Louise visited Gwent yesterday to thank staff at a local supermarket for helping to raise money for charity. The former Eternal band member and wife of England football star Jamie Redknapp told staff at Asda in Blackwood she was extremely
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Eyes wide shut
PROUD Robbie Savage hopes Wales win when he's singing tonight - and spark the biggest party in Welsh footballing history. For the tireless midfield terrier has finally learnt the words to the Welsh national anthem Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau for this evening's
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Parents fear that girl is with chatline man
THE FAMILY of missing Newport teenager Sam Collins believe she has run away to Plymouth with a man she met on a telephone chatline. The 18-year-old has not been to her home in Maesglas Road, Newport since November 10 and yesterday her parents appealed
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Gun raid terror
GUN terror returned to Usk last night - with the third armed robbery in the area in the past five months. The small town had not recovered from the trauma of an armed robbery at the Bridge Street post office two weeks ago when last night, three masked
