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Print firm employees given stake in future
STAFF at Pontllanfraith printer Pensord are enjoying a prosperous New Year after receiving a stake in the company from owner Tony Jones. Mr Jones is effectively giving away 25 per cent of the company to create a staff stakeholder scheme. The entrepreneur
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Blake's joy at being in squad
NATHAN Blake looks set to put his international retirement on hold after he was yesterday named in Wales manager Mark Hughes' 26-man squad to face Scotland in their Millennium Stadium friendly on February 18. Blake, who revealed to the Argus on Saturday
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Man faces life for fight death
A NEWPORT man is facing a maximum sentence of life for manslaughter following the death of a 45-year-old man. Ex-Welsh Guardsman Mark Hultberg, 31, of Delius Close, Maindee, pleaded guilty yesterday to unlawfully killing John Stanley Morris, from Cwmbran
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I just want her home - Tammy's mum
THE mother of missing Tammy Lane today says she is more worried than ever about her daughter's safety. A 30-year-old man from the Highgate area of Birmingham has been charged under the Child Abduction Act in relation to the disappearance of the 15-year-old
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Pensioners left in the dark
NEWPORT pensioners suffered 15 hours without power after it is believed a digger working on the Southern Distributor Road struck an electricity cable. The lights went out in houses on Spytty Lane at 9.30am on Saturday and the electricity stayed off during
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'Kids don't realise lethal river risks'
THE death of schoolboy Rhys Jones would not have been prevented by fencing or warning signs near the river where he and his friends were playing, locals say. And they warn that children simply do not know the dangers of the River Ebbw at Rhiwderin, Rogerstone
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Tennis dome razed by wind
STORM force gales ripped apart a tennis dome in Cwmbran causing more than £100,000 of damage. Players on court at the time said the pressurised "bubble'' flapped in the wind like "jelly gone wild". The dome housed three courts at Greenmeadow Tennis Club
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Business has taste of Chinese on menu
Chinese food, drink and music were on the menu when Gwent business people gathered to celebrate Chinese New Year and learn about Far East markets at the University of Wales College, Newport (UWCN). The Enter the Dragon evening was organised by UWCN's
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No place for full back - yet
LLANELLI Scarlets full back Barry Davies, who scored THAT try against Northampton on Sunday, has been left out of Wales' Six Nations squad because he is not ready - yet, says coach Steve Hansen. The omission of Davies was the biggest surprise in the 31
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Crackdown on crime
POLICE carried out drugs raids in Newport - part of a major crackdown on all sorts of crime and a clean-up of three areas. And a team of ten enforcement officers is also working throughout the week catching fine dodgers and those wanted on bench warrants
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Give Jenkins the Welsh job now
GIVE Gareth Jenkins the job now. The Llanelli coach is so obviously the man for the Wales coaching post and the delay in appointing Steve Hansen's successor is getting embarrassing. Obviously, there is a procedure to go through, and, having looked at
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We don't want our school to close
PARENTS are preparing to fight feared proposals to close their children's school in Newport. Falling birth rates have led city councillors to look at the situation in Malpas, which has three primary schools. Although no decisions have been taken on what
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Emma's pulling in punters
GIRL power is alive and well and coming to you from a canalside pub on Wern Road in Sebastop-ol, Pontypool. Leaseholder Emma Bennett has increased turnover at the The Open Hearth by 20 per cent, won a silver award from real ale brewer Greene King - and
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Hal's shock at Wales call-up
NINE months ago Hal Luscombe wasn't sure whether he would even secure a contract as the face of Welsh rugby changed dramatically from club to region. He missed the last month of the season for Newport with a chipped bone in his knee and his career appeared
