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Brutal attack on pensioner dairy worker
THESE are the horrific injuries suffered by pensioner Nancy Willett after a brutal attack as she was about to start her daily milk round. Miss Willett suffered a fractured jaw and cheekbone, and needed 30 stitches to her head after the thug carried out
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Outrage at school closure vote
NEARLY 500 pupils face going to a new school after approval was given to close down their comprehensive. Children from Trevethin Comprehensive will move to either West Mon or Abersychan schools from September 2005. Torfaen council's cabinet voted to approve
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Well-paid jobs coming to city
A NEW finance company headquarters will bring hundreds of well-paid jobs - with salaries up to £40,000 a year - to Gwent. Picture Financial Group will set up base at the Celtic Lake Business Park, near Newport. At first around 70 staff will be employed
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It's a big speech for little Chloe
A PRIMARY school pupil spoke in front of an entire school assembly to urge everyone to support a campaign to save the Newbridge Memo. Nine-year-old Chloe Hughes gave an impassioned speech at Pantside Primary in Newbridge after being inspired by an open
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Away days challenge
Newport Wasps' hectic week of three meetings in as many days is a tall order made even more difficult as they find themselves marooned at the foot of the Premier League and without an away point. But Wasps are riding better than a bottom team outfit and
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It's a big ship forecast
NEWPORT'S medieval ship was at least as big as the Pinta - a ship used when Columbus discovered America, an expert suggests. Historical expert Dr Ian Friel, curator of Chichester Museum, has been in correspondence with the Friends of the Newport Ship
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Protest fails to block 1,200 homes
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build 1,200 houses on green land be-tween Cwmbran and Pontypool was appr-oved by 23 votes to 17 at a special Torfaen council meeting last night. The meeting lasted five-and-a-half hours. The plan was opposed by the public ever
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Striker top of hit list for Nicholas
Newport County boss Peter Nicholas is stepping up his search for a new striker in the week that Bristol City come to Spytty Park. Nicholas, who has already clinched deals to bring Roger Freestone and Kevin Aherne-Evans to County, has been on the lookout
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Mum's anger at crossing rejection
A CAMPAIGNING mother is angry that Newport council has rejected an appeal for a new school crossing despite a 527-signature petition backing the call. Carol Ley, 29, of Hammond Drive, Newport, is unhappy there is no crossing facility on Cromwell Road
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A girl's best friend...
DIAMONDS may traditionally be a girl's best friend, but for one Newport woman they don't come close to her beloved dog. Because Holly, a Labrador-German wirehaired pointer cross, helped owner Nicola Smith, 35, from St Julians, to overcome agoraphobia
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'Sense of relief' for Malcolm
Newport's Christian Malcolm is right where he wants to be in terms of preparation for the Olympic Games, according to his coach, Jock Anderson. Malcolm was - as reported in later editions of the Argus yesterday - confirmed for the Great Britain squad
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'Help us hammer down crime figures'
ARGUS readers are being asked to help police hammer down the car crime figures in Pontypool and Cwmbran by identifying potential suspects. Operation Hammer is the latest initiative to tackle the problem of thefts of, and theft from, vehicles. It follows
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I'M A BELIEVER
Phillip Price is in confident mood ahead of this week's Open, believing he has finally found the form that had deserted him earlier in the season. The Newport-based Ryder Cup hero who led after 36 holes of last week's Scottish Open, will begin his challenge
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Autumn NHS crisis fear
VITAL GP cover at community hospitals could be lost in the autumn with potentially catastrophic effects on demand for acute hospital beds, British Medical Association Wales leaders have warned. Many family doctors currently providing day and out-of-hours
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Mountain man
OUR Sparkle campaign is set to reach new heights this summer when a Gwent walker scales the country's highest mountain to raise money for the appeal. Jason Dury, aged 31, will climb Ben Nevis in Scotland over the August bank holiday weekend in a sponsored
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Boy topples from storm-hit tree
A BOY aged ten was airlifted to hospital after falling from a storm-damaged tree in Caldicot. The tree was split down the trunk during last week's storm and the boy is understood to have fallen from a branch that snapped under his weight. He was later
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Spectacular effort for charity
THE mayor of Newport had a day in his shades yesterday as he supported the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Councillor Paul Cockeram was among thousands of schoolchildren and workers making a donation to wear sunglasses. He worked as manager of Newport
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'We want 3.5m for Savage'
Everton will have to make a decision today if they want to up their bid for Birmingham midfielder Robbie Savage, pictured, according to Blues managing director Karren Brady. Yesterday's offer for Savage was branded "laughable and derisory" by Birmingham