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Star-less Dragons put to the sword
Leinster 55 Dragons 3 NEWPORT Gwent Dragons, without their eight Welsh international squad members and the injured Nathan Brew, could not mount a serious challenge to Heineken Cup quarter-finalists Leinster at Lansdowne Road yesterday. What began as a
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Aiming to ease tough times
NEARLY all Gwent's asylum-seekers are concentrated in Newport, and Hamid Biak is among around 300 who are awaiting a Home Office verdict on whether they can stay in the UK indefinitely. The issue of asylum, which has been high on the political agenda
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Valleys' workforce second on long-term illness list
BLAENAU Gwent has the second highest level of long-term illness in Wales. More than one in five members of the workforce - 22.1%, or 9,100 - are claiming incapacity benefits for sickness or disability. The figure is only beaten by Merthyr Tydfil, where
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Prison service may rent vacant offices
A HOME OFFICE department is close to moving into the giant CS1000 building on Newport's Celtic Springs Business Park, it was revealed today. HM Prison Service would take the entire 60,000 sq ft of the vacant building to create a procurement (purchasing
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Last gasp Bowen the bringer of joy
Newport County 1 St Albans City 0 NEWPORT County winger Jason Bowen swooped in stoppage time to cut the throat of relegation rivals St Albans City in a dramatic six-pointer at Spytty Park on Saturday. The former Cardiff City star, who has two Welsh caps
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Dragons: 'Unfair fight'
If Lansdowne Road was eerie and almost empty, Newport Gwent Dragons were just left empty after shipping seven tries and more than a half-century of points to international-packed Leinster last night. Wales coach Mike Ruddock was within his rights to commandeer
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Mum in windows row with council
THE mother of a three-year-old autistic boy claims she's living a nightmare because she cannot stop her son climbing through the windows of her council home. Claire Faulkner, of Coed Eva, Cwmbran, claims officers have told her the only way to solve the
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Health minister acts on mixed-sex wards
NEW health minister Brian Gibbons has launched an investigation into the practice of placing patients in mixed-sex wards at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport. Last month the Argus revealed how Portskewett woman Sue Standing was rushed into the Royal
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Council to crack down on tippers
FLY-TIPPERS are being warned they will be penalised after an increase in rubbish dumping in a Newport lane. Some residents in Ringland claim the rise in abandoned waste is due to confusion over Newport council's trial recycling scheme. The council hopes
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Teens' nightclub is proved drug free
TEENAGERS at a Cwmbran under-18s' nightclub were tested for drugs in a landmark operation for Gwent Police on Saturday night. More than 170 teenagers at Club Zenon were screened by police in the force's first large-scale test of the new Ion Track drug-screening
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Choirs in concert raise a grand total
A VALLEYS tsunami appeal concert looks set to have raised more than £1,000. Compered by the BBC's Beverly Humphries, the event at Pontllanfraith leisure centre on Friday night featured the talents of Stan Stennett, Mynyddislwyn and Bargoed Male Voice
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Government to consider surface men's payouts
THE government is to re-examine the case for paying chest disease compensation to ex-miners who worked at the pit surface. This could give hope to the thousands of former miners in Wales - and an estimated 2,000 in Gwent - who, up until now, have not
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Twin's fight for life ends
A THREE-year-old twin has died after battling several illnesses brought on by a mystery virus. Bobbi Morgan was just five weeks old when she was struck down with a bug which resulted in a life of medication and hospital visits. Her twin Danielle has led
