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Let's get real - we've still long way to go - 17.02.04
Some people want to get real on the Welsh rugby front. Now I'm the first to admit that Wales expressed themselves brilliantly in the latter stages of the World Cup, and they played some magical rugby against New Zealand and England. In fact it was so
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Firms gather to raise cash
A SPARKLING idea will help raise money for the Sparkle Appeal in aid of a new centre for disabled children. This weekend sees the first Ladies Day organised by two members of the Newport and Gwent Business Women's Network - and money raised will go towards
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Controversial car ban stays
CONTROVERSIAL plans to continue banning cars from using one of Abergavenny's main streets will continue - despite angry protests from traders. Monmouthshire County Council says it is determined to press ahead with its trial closure of Cross Street. The
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Bring on Giggs- Vogts
SCOTLAND boss Berti Vogts has revealed his team are not afraid of Ryan Giggs, in fact he is HOPING that the wing king starts the match! Astonishingly, Vogts wants to see Wales' best known player on the pitch tonight as he feel it would be a boost his
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Clash of the Celts
NEWPORT-born Paul Parry could be sensationally thrown into the starting line-up tonight in Wales' friendly match with Scotland as a replacement for Ryan Giggs. Giggs was expected to play in the Millennium Stadium clash but he did not train yesterday,
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Warning to vandals
THE operators of a Newport speed camera that was covered in white paint warn vandals that they face prosecution if caught. Over the weekend, offenders splashed the paint all over the static speed camera on Cardiff Road, near the junction with Aubrey Hames
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Call to act over jobs
A CITY MP wants customers to use people pressure against companies who export call centre jobs. His call comes after a Newport firm said it was transferring posts to India, as reported in later editions of yesterday's Argus. Lloyds TSB is to transfer
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Delight as future of sports saved
THE future of community sport in Llanwern is saved from the bulldozers, club sports leaders said. As we revealed yesterday developers planning to bring 1,700 homes and 7,000 jobs to eastern Newport have said threatened Llanwern Sports and Social Club
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Late Stroud try is so vital for Keys
CROSS KEYS recorded their first Welsh Premier League win at the sixth attempt against Bridgend in a pulsating affair at Pandy Park last night. An exciting contest saw the home side grasp victory by an eight-point margin and outscore the visitors four
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Mystery of teenager left with clot on brain
DETECTIVES are waiting to interview a Cwmbran teenager left fighting for his life after suffering a blood clot on his brain. Matthew Young, 18, of Fairwater Way, needed emergency surgery to remove the clot after he was found slumped on his mother's doorstep
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Wham! hams forced to retune
A COMMUNITY access radio station set up by Blaenavon residents has suffered a double setback. The Blaenavon Broadcasting Group radio project WHAM! was due to go on air on May 1 and transmit live round the clock until midnight on Sunday, May 30. Now the
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Libraries set to ban computer chat
COUNCIL chiefs are set to ban access to internet chatrooms on public computers, as fears grow that the service could expose children to risk. The executive of Blaenau Gwent county borough council will today consider removing access to chatrooms after
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Fletcher gets a call at bedtime!
AFC BOURNEMOUTH captain Carl Fletcher is the latest player to be called into the Welsh set-up. The tough-tackling midfielder has family from Gwent and his grandmother - Gwen Mahoney - came from Ebbw Vale. And now the Second Division player is rubbing
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Planners take to the air
PLANNERS are taking to the skies today to view a proposed site for a £25 million windfarm in the mountains above Brynmawr and Blaenavon. Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen councillors are to visit the site by helicopter for an environmental assessment before the
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Wales captain change
WALES will almost certainly face Ireland at Lansdowne Road on Sunday with a change of captain. The leadership could well revert to openside flanker Martyn Williams because current skipper Colin Charvis is set to miss the match. Coach Steve Hansen names
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Community in fear for children's safety
CALDICOT police say they are still urgently trying to trace a woman who tricked her way into a house and examined a baby while posing as a health official. The alarming incident happened in Oakley Way last Monday. Posing as a health visitor from the local
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Rail link: Plans in for £1.2m station
PLANS for the reopened rail link between Newport and Ebbw Vale are being shunted forward - with designs for a station at Rogerstone. Newport council has received plans for a £1.2m station with 56 park and ride spaces, and room for another 19. It is one
