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Keeper Delve star of County cup win
NEWPORT County lifted the Gwent Senior Cup last night after narrowly defeating Newport YMCA 1-0 at Caldicot Town. But they had 18-year-old goalkeeper Andrew Delve to thank as the youngster defied YM with a string of top-class saves. YM boss Mark Coldrick
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Boom time for starting up small businesses
AN upswing in small business start-ups has gripped Newport and Gwent according to the region's enterprise agency. NGE has reported an upsurge of 50% in the companies it has assisted in 2003 compared to the previous year. Jon Hughes, deputy managing director
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Mother's distress as murder probe is dropped
A DISTRAUGHT mother has been told a murder investigation into her baby girl's death has been dropped. Nikiesha Brown died at her Duffryn home in July last year, aged just three-and-a-half months. Within a week of her death a man in his forties was arrested
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Magnificent seven win prizes for ingenuity
NEWPORT Board of Young Enterprise celebrated one of its best-ever competitions last week, with seven schools contributing the best-ever entries. It was an appropriate crescendo for board chairman Norman Wiltshire to bow out. Mr Wiltshire, a former production
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House prices up 24 per cent in past year
HOUSE prices throughout Gwent have shot up in the last year with Monmouthshire still the most expensive place to live in Wales and Blaenau Gwent among the cheapest. Latest figures from the Land Registry show that house prices in Wales have risen by nearly
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trophy won't be in Dublin
IF Newport Gwent Dragons win the Celtic League title in Dublin on Friday night, they will not be presented with the trophy after the game. For the silverware will be at Stradey Park instead where both teams in action, the top two of Llanelli Scarlets
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'Speeding' driver demands justice
A MOTORIST has been convicted of speeding - even though he told magistrates he should be cleared because Christine and Neil Hamilton had been. Ronald Boycott, 54, of The Highway, Croesyceiliog, told Cwmbran magistrates court that his wife or one of his
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Centre for blind under siege
A charity for the blind which is under siege from vandals has been forced to pay out £4,500 from donations for CCTV. The Vision Foundation Resource Centre, at Victoria Business Park, Ebbw Vale, is having to spend all its cash on repairs and combating
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Mother's distress as murder probe is dropped
A DISTRAUGHT mother has been told a murder investigation into her baby girl's death has been dropped. Nikiesha Brown died at her Duffryn home in July last year, aged just three-and-a-half months. Within a week of her death a man in his forties was arrested
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United against evil dealers
THERE is no hiding place - that was the message being sent out to drug dealers across Gwent today as the Rat on a Rat scheme went into full swing. The stark warning comes as the police and the Argus team up in the biggest drive yet to clear drugs from
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Points system is a total farce
WHAT kind of system is it when the winners of a prestigious new competition might not be the team with the most victories during the season? Yet that is exactly what could happen in the Celtic League this week when it reaches a thrilling climax. Friday
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Pupils reflect on business efforts
ALEX Porter basked in the reflected glory of her company's vanity mirrors at the Newport board final of Young Enterprise. One of a team of nine from St Julian's High School, Alex helped found the company Consortium Designs. Consortium made bespoke mirrors
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Traders alarmed by store scheme
TRADERS in Brynmawr are worried that a proposed new supermarket could kill their business. Members of Blaenau Gwent planning committee are due to discuss an application for a new 35,000 sq ft Asda store, a family pub/restaurant and four non-food retail
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Strike vote over college job cuts
COLEG Gwent lecturers will vote on whether to strike over job cuts as students prepare for key exams. Staff will be balloted on action after hearing that 45 jobs are to go. Last week the Argus reported that the redundancies would mean the closure of the
