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Poised to quit
NEWPORT Gwent Drag-ons are poised to lose new coach Declan Kidney just three weeks after his appointment, despite protestations to the contrary. Kidney was due in Wales today for a routine meeting with Dragons benefactor Tony Brown to discuss players
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Doggy paddling is serious stuff
SOME will call them barking mad, but a bold Gwent couple has unleashed Wales' first rehabilitation spa for dogs. The venture, based at Pontllanfraith near Blackwood, is aimed at helping canines to recover from leg or spinal injuries and enabling Crufts-type
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Teenager killed by her birthmark
A TEENAGER has died after complications from a birthmark which was growing inside her. Today her parents opened their hearts for the first time about their "wonderful" 19-year-old daughter whose rare condition was undetected for 17 years. Sharon Moyse
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Fire service's IT tool helps businesses
BUSINESSES in South East Wales are to become the first in the world to be protected by a new tactical business protection system know as RMAPS. The acronym stands for risk management and asset protection system. It has been launched by the South Wales
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Over-50s honoured for their success
BROADCASTER Vincent Kane added his own vintage skills to last week's Prime-Cymru Merlin Awards in St David's Hall, Cardiff. The event cherry-picked the most successful businesses from the 600 or so that Prime-Cymru has encouraged the over-50s in Wales
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One-way system to be scrapped
CHEPSTOW'S controversial one-way system is to be scrapped after local traders took the council to task at a public meeting. Before yesterday the scheme, which only lasted nine days before it was temporarily suspended because of the subsequent gridlocks
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Mystery death - Family's agonising wait
THE FAMILY of a young man who died suddenly on Friday face an agonising wait of up to two-and-a-half months to discover what killed him. Gareth Bolwell, from Pantside, Newbridge, who was also known as Smiler, was pronounced dead at the Royal Gwent Hospital
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County player on the crest of a wave
WITH a second Four Nations winners' medal in his back pocket, a new two-year deal with Newport County and promotion to the revamped Conference Two, life could not get much better for midfield maestro Nathan Davies. Davies, 22 tomorrow, has just arrived
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Warning on absenteeism hard line
REFUSING to offer sick pay for the first three days of illness may not be the best way of reducing absenteeism, according to Croner Consulting. The business information provider was responding to Tesco's latest personnel initiative. Richard Smith, Croner's
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Housing 'still sellers' market'
THE ROYAL Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is claiming that it's still a sellers' market for houses in Wales with prices showing a strong increase throughout April. Only the northern regions of England achieved a better performance. According to
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More than £79m paid to Gwent's miners
GWENT'S sick miners and their families have so far received more than £70 million in government compensation for chest diseases alone. The South Wales Argus has campaigned for miners who suffered ill health as a result of working down the mines to be
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Saying it with flowers...or not
GWENT men are nipping romance in the bud when it comes to flower power, according to a new survey published today. The Flowers and Plants Association has just published the results of its study into the buying habits of men from across the country and
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Wasps get Finn bonus
Newport Wasps, still suffering from injuries to Tony Atkin and Pavel Ondrasik, will track Workington's Kauko Nieminen for the rearranged Premier Trophy meeting with King's Lynn at the Saddlebow Road track tomorrow night. Finn Nieminen will be making his
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Warning on absenteeism hard line
REFUSING to offer sick pay for the first three days of illness may not be the best way of reducing absenteeism, according to Croner Consulting. The business information provider was responding to Tesco's latest personnel initiative. Richard Smith, Croner's
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Youth locked up for armed robbery bid
A TEENAGER who tried to carry out an armed robbery at an off-licence in Brynmawr has been sentenced to seven years' detention. The only reason the robbery didn't take place was the bravery of the proprietor, 73-year-old Thelma George, who brandished her
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Llewellyn aims to stay at the top
HE'S 35, without a club and at a stage after a record-breaking international career where most people would be content to wind down or even call it a day, but Wales lock Gareth Llewellyn still wants to be number one. The competitive fire still burns and
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Canal capers for holiday weekend
THE MONMOUTHSHIRE & Brecon Canal Trust is playing host to the National Trailboat Festival over this coming bank holiday weekend. Based at Malpas, Newport, the event will feature a jamboree of 37 boats, stalls and entertainments such as fire-eaters
