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Moment of truth - 14.02.04
STEVE Hansen has given his Welsh side one last rallying call ahead of their opening Six Nations game, insisting that his team are on the crest of a wave. Wales take on Scotland in their Six Nations curtain-raiser at the Millennium Stadium today (4pm),
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Progress on campus
CONSTRUCTION of the new learning campus proposed for the Corus steelworks site in Ebbw Vale could begin next year, council chiefs have revealed. It is hoped the 50-acre campus, which will provide all post-16 education in Blaenau Gwent, could be open by
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Sex attacker strikes in street
A WOMAN was subjected to a serious sex attack in a Cwmbran street on Saturday afternoon. The assault, described by police as "particularly nasty", took place in the street in the Northville area at 4.45pm. It is not thought the local woman knew her attacker
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Ruddock in SOS call for Edwards
NEWPORT Gwent Drag-ons coach Mike Ruddock is aiming to obtain the release of Wales A lock Neil Edwards, this week from Ebbw Vale to bolster the Dragons pack. The Dragons have suddenly run into big problems in the back five of their pack with the loss
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Services will bear the brunt
The Argus has discovered a black hole in the pension schemes of Gwent councils that amounts to nearly half a billion pounds. MARK CHOUEKE and EDWARD DAVIE report on its potential consequences - cuts in services and increased council tax THE massive deficit
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£20 tax increase for police
COUNCIL taxpayers will have to find an extra £20 towards policing from April - on top of any rises agreed by local authorities. Gwent Police Authority has put up its precept by almost 17 per cent, meaning householders living in Band D homes across Gwent
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Parker relishes pairing
Sonny Parker is relishing his partnership with Iestyn Harris and hopes the pair can take their performance against Scotland to a whole new level against Ireland next Saturday. Parker and Harris formed a solid midfield that set the platform for Rhys and
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Arts centre: 'Let's go for a Burton'
NEWPORT could get a touch of glamour by naming its new arts centre the Richard Burton Theatre and Arts Centre, a councillor says. Because the world- renowned actor and ex-husband of Liz Taylor shares his name with an 18th century Newport customs and excise
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Needle attacker barred from school
A GWENT schoolboy who jabbed fellow pupils with a needle has been excluded from school "indefinitely". As the Argus reported last Thursday, 30 to 40 children at West Monmouth School, Pontypool, had to undergo blood tests for hepatitis B following the
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Tributes to ex-rugby man
TRIBUTES are being paid to an ex-Newbridge rugby player who "lived life to the full". Phil Jones, 55, of Grove Park, Pontnewynydd, died on Tuesday night following a suspected heart attack. Mr Jones, who taught outdoor education at the Usk Campus of Coleg
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Parry's shock call up
CARDIFF City new boy Paul Parry, pictured, was handed a shock call up ahead of Wales' friendly match against Scotland at the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday. Newport-born Parry has made a meteoric rise since signing for the Bluebirds from non-league side
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City is Wales' first for full broadband cover
NEWPORT will be the first city in Wales to have full high-speed Internet broadband coverage. All 58,000 households and nearly 5,000 businesses will be able to surf the Internet with broadband, which is much faster than a dial-up modem. Councillor John
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Housing plan to aid rural buyers
A NEW scheme to create affordable housing in rural communities could halt the "devastating" migration of young first-time house buyers from Monmouthshire villages. The pilot project, the first in Wales, seeks to ensure young people and newly-weds are
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Passion in song
IT WAS the game that gave a country back its pride. After back-to-back losses for Wales' rugby and football teams, Saturday's opening Six Nations game against Scotland was a crucial match. And the Land of Song stormed to a 23-10 victory, after a little
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Best is yet to come
THE best is yet to come, says Wales coach Steve Hansen after Saturday's 23-10 victory over Scotland in the Six Nations, their first winning start to the championship for seven years. But the menace of Brian O'Driscoll is looming, Ireland's captain and
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Great start but no complacency
WALES, greeted almost like conquering heroes after their World Cup exploits by an expectant home crowd, carried on where they left off in Australia as they got their Six Nations campaign off to a winning start. Not since 1997 had Wales won their opening
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Windfarm site visits - by air
PLANNING chiefs from two Gwent councils will make a site visit with a difference this week. Members and officers from Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen are to view the site for a proposed windfarm between Blaina and Blaenavon by helicopter - weather permitting
