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New for old?
THE JIMNY Estate, the compact SUV that has provided so many customers with their first taste of 4x4 motoring, now benefits from a major facelift and at no extra cost. With a fully refreshed and redesigned interior, sparkling new VVT engine, and just £9,999
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Weak Dragons to face Irish
NEWPORT Gwent Drag-ons are without nine leading players whereas Leinster include all their Irish stars in a 25-man squad for Sunday's Celtic League game at Lansdowne Road. Leinster have after all brought Brian O'Driscoll, favourite to lead the British
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C3 wears VTR sports gear
CITROEN'S C3 supermini is revealing its own sportier-looking side with the arrival of a new VTR version. Powered by a 110hp 1.6I 16V petrol engine, the striking C3 VTR features a smart new bodykit, bold 16" alloys and 120mph performance, all for a little
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County 'can bring in players'
NEWPORT County shareholders were told last night at the club's AGM that manager John Cornforth would be given the finances to bring in three or four new players to help fend of relegation. Supporter-director Colin Everitt said the meeting had been "very
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New look for 2005 Cherokee
JEEP'S award-winning Cherokee has been improved for 2005 with a new look, updated interior and a new 2.8-litre diesel engine, with variable geometry turbo, that boasts lower emissions, more power and higher torque than the previous engine. This common-rail
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Stay retired Lennox!
It looks as though the long anticipated fight between WBU and WBO world cruiserweight kings Enzo Maccarinelli and Johnny Nelson is going to come off this year and I must admit I can't wait. It's a fight I think will capture the imagination of the boxing
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206 "sports" a new line up for 2005
BUILT IN Britain, best selling UK produced car, best selling retail car for three consecutive years, how could Peugeot improve the 206? With over 530,490 sold since its introduction in 1998, the basic concept clearly meets the requirements of the UK motoring
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Life and birth of The Killers
It was late 2002 and Brandon Flowers had been dumped by his one previous group, a synth-pop outfit named Blush Response, when he refused to move with the rest of the band to LA. Instead, he went to see Oasis and he saw that his life needed more guitars
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Restaurant dishes up support for disaster victims
A leading Asian restaurant in Newport is lending its support to the tsunami disaster fund by handing over its food takings for an entire day to the Red Cross. The British Raj Indian restaurant in Rogerstone is holding a special tsunami fund-raising day
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Mitsubishi launches new Lancer WRC 2005
THE Mitsubishi Lancer World Rally Car has undergone months of intense development work and the team's latest challenger for the FIA World Rally Championships - the Lancer WRC05 - will break cover at the 2005 Rallye Monte-Carlo, January's season-opening
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Meal left a warm feeling
The Rat Trap, Usk On a cold and wet night the Rat Trap in Usk is the ideal place to relax and enjoy good company and great food. Despite snow outside the restaurant was full of people who had obviously tasted the food before or heard of the great reputation
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The Geneva convention
IN A CHALLENGING corporate, market and economic environment, Mitsubishi Motors Europe (MME) remains committed to its Turnaround efforts. A key contributor to MMC's Revitalisation, MME will open the 2005 season having delivered an 8.6% increase in sales
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Kitchen staff at hospital had no soap
KITCHEN staff at the Royal Gwent Hospital had no soap to wash their hands, council inspectors found. Environmental health officers checked food hygiene conditions in commercial canteens used by staff, patients and visitors at the Newport hospital. In
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Love thy neighbour
Catholics and Anglicans don't ordinarily share their place of worship but one church in Gwent is a shining beacon of hope for Christian unity. Cwmbran's St Gabriel's Church has opened its doors to the 550-strong congregation of Our Lady of the Angels
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Company has two Springs in its step
SUSANNAH Spring and her brother Andr both love musical theatre but had always performed separately so when they decided to join forces they took the natural step - and formed their own company. Now Gwent's newest musical society, The Company, is preparing
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Display charts horror of Holocaust
SIXTY years ago, the world reacted with horror as one of the greatest crimes against humanity was exposed. Today we remember the shameful events of the Holocaust, in which Nazis slaughtered more then six million Jews, gipsies, Slavs and political prisoners
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Farewell to brave little angel Emma
TO the chords of Robbie Williams' Angels, a young angel who touched the hearts of people across Gwent was laid to rest yesterday. Ten-year-old Emma George lost her year-long battle against cancer on Saturday. The popular Pontypool schoolgirl died peacefully
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Postal chiefs tighten up after scam
MAIL bosses have brought in new vetting procedures after a gang of their workers teamed up with an escaped convict to steal mail. Gareth Tuvnes, 24, was even given Royal Mail uniforms to disguise himself so he could take post from "safe" pick-up points
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'I'm sick of being a victim of crime'
A PONTYPOOL car manufacturer says he is leaving the country and moving his business to Poland after thieves took more than £40,000 of equipment in a midnight raid. Tuesday night's raid on the Jockey Garage, Usk Road, was the tenth burglary from the premises
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Fear factor
THIS is the machete used to threaten terrified women in two Gwent garage robberies. Iwan Owen, 24, brandished the 12-inch blade in the faces of his victims. Owen, who wore a mask in the raids, was jailed for eight years after pleading guilty to robbing
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Monster-torque
TO flick a Buell Firebolt down a rural backroad is to experience handling so responsive it's almost intuitive. Twist the throttle and feel all the torquey, mid-range muscle you need to power out of turns or blast away from traffic. The XB12R packs a 1203cc
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High note for town
IT'S not over until...the Swansea City Opera arrives in town. Abergavenny's Borough Theatre welcomes The Barber of Seville next week. Rossini's comedy is said to be beautifully staged, with charming 18th century costumes and a beautiful score performed
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Record breakers!
HYUNDAI Car (UK) Ltd is celebrating its best ever sales year, with 37,611 sales and a 1.47 per cent market share in 2004 - ahead of SEAT, Skoda, Mitsubishi, MG, Suzuki and Kia. And the company is not resting on its laurels, setting an ambitious target
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Manics on collector list
Record Collector magazine has declared the single Suicide Alley/ Tennessee (I Get Low) by the Manic Street Preachers to be one of the most collectable records ever made since 1988. The record was recorded in June 1988 in Sound Bank Studio in their home
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Fleet awards for Renault in more ways than one?
RENOWNED yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur chooses it as her preferred method of transport (when she's not halfway around the world on a record attempt, like now!) and now readers of Fleet Week, Fleet Management and What Van? Fleet magazines have once again
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Blown out
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Chris Anderson and many supporters have hit out at the omission of flankers Jason Forster and Jamie Ringer from the Wales squad for next week's Six Nations clash against England. Wales lost Colin Charvis and Martyn Williams
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Bands set to battle
After a successful show last year, the Greater Gwent Battle of the Bands competition is back. It is thought by the organisers that the quality of the groups in 2004 was good enough to warrant a repeat performance. Last year's winners were Foregone Conclusion
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Full-bodied and satisfying
Film review: Sideways (15) ONE sees the glass as half full, the other as half empty, but as this bizarre couple tour California's wine country, they create an intoxicating comedy on the hangover of middle age. Miles is downbeat and saggy, nobody wants
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A classic for the family
CLASSIC car enthusiasts should consider taking a drive over to the Royal Bath and West Showground in Somerset this weekend. For the 26th Footman James Bristol Classic Car Show is being held in Shepton Mallet on Saturday and Sunday. The show is the longest
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One for the road?
MORE space is needed in Mini's trophy cabinet after What Car? Magazine awarded the Mini One Convertible best in class at its awards ceremony in London last week. The Mini One Convertible beat competitors such as the Peugeot 206CC and VW Beetle Cabrio
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Im confident we can win- Law
BEDWAS and Newbridge battles of recent seasons have usually been close and hard-fought, but never of the importance of Satur-day's clash at the Bridge Field. Newbridge are bottom of the Welsh Premier Division and after defeats at Caerphilly and at Division
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En route to safer cycling in valley
A NEW cycle route in the Wye Valley could bring great benefits to the area. It is hoped to transform the old Wye Valley Railway line into a walking and cycling route between Chepstow and Tintern and Brockweir. The proposal from transport group Sustrans
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Home is now a park bench
BAILIFFS have evicted a homeless man who transformed the signal box where he was sleeping rough into a comfortable home. Simon Coomer, 37, was told to leave the old Troy station at Monmouth yesterday. He has been living in an abandoned signal box for
