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Wales gets set for £24m fitness
ASSEMBLY spending on sport and fitness will double by 2007/8, Sports Minister Alun Pugh announced. Annual spending will reach £24 million, Mr Pugh said - twice the current level and up from £6.8 million in 1999. This week also sees the launch of television
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Valleys homes firm wins build contract
TREDEGAR-based Century Homes has been awarded a £3.5 million-plus contract to build over 300 affordable houses in the North-East. Nine local housing associations have come together under the government's 'drive for efficiency' agenda to build the houses
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My leap for the stars
MARCUS Shakesheff has the right kind of name for the movies. But it is not the bright lights and red-carpet premier and Oscar nights the 24-year-old, from Willow Drive, Underwood, Newport, is after. He wants to be the unknown stuntman for the Hollywood
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Now you can Race for Life in city park
NEWPORT will host the Cancer Research UK's Race for Life for the first time this summer. Last year a total of 22,000 women across Wales, including Cwmbran, took part in the popular 5km, women-only events and raised more than £945,000. National events
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Cockbain is ready for big battle
BRENT Cockbain has never experienced the occasion of a Wales-England international in Cardiff - but he's got a pretty good idea of what it's going to be like and he's prepared for a battle royal. Cockbain was born and brought up in Australia, but though
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Neil Kinnock takes the ermine of the 'brigands'
THE robe was trimmed with ermine and red, matching the roses sported by Labour peers. Lord Kinnock of Bedwellty took his seat amongst the deep red leather benches of the House of Lords yesterday - a place he once condemned as somewhere for the descendants
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I'll take officers off the streets
POLICE will be taken off the streets unless Gwent council tax-payers are prepared to foot another increase in their bills this year. Gwent's chief constable, Mike Tonge, fears plans to cap his budget will leave him £3.5 million short. In a letter to South
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Neil Kinnock takes the ermine of the 'brigands'
THE robe was trimmed with ermine and red, matching the roses sported by Labour peers. Lord Kinnock of Bedwellty took his seat amongst the deep red leather benches of the House of Lords yesterday - a place he once condemned as somewhere for the descendants
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Smashing deal with bank will keep players safe
A GWENT rugby club's posts are being re-padded thanks to a sponsorship deal with a Newport-based bank. Lloyds TSB Newport has renewed a deal with Pontypool RFC to replace the club's four goalpost protectors at their Pontypool Park ground. The kit protects
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Head teacher says farewell
A GWENT headmistress has said goodbye to her school after 40 years of teaching. Margaret Vidler, head of New Inn infants retired with "mixed feelings", after spending 14 years in charge of the Pontypool school. "I am retiring but it's not that I want
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Canny investors jet-to-let in sunny overseas market
CANNY property investors are becoming so disillusioned with the low-return, UK buy-to-let market they are now choosing to buy their real estate overseas. The so-called jet-to-let generation is purchasing property in familiar destinations, such as France
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Andrew hails his youngsters
Newcastle boss Rob Andrew, pictured, has hailed the selection of Falcons centres Mathew Tait and Jamie Noon for England's RBS 6 Nations Championship opener against Wales. Tait, 19 next Sunday, will become the youngest England debutant since his Newcastle
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Grand designs down by the riverside
WITH a mother from Tredegar and an elder brother working as a surveyor in the mining industry, Graham Milsom grew up with South Wales stamped through him like the letters in Blackpool rock. Around Newport he's known as the architect who designed the velodrome
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Dragons in swing with golf link-up
ALICE SPRINGS has become the official golf club of Newport Gwent Dragons and has extended corporate memberships to the Dragons' players and team officials. Last Friday coach Chris Anderson and eight members of his squad came directly from training to
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Dragons in swing with golf link-up
ALICE SPRINGS has become the official golf club of Newport Gwent Dragons and has extended corporate memberships to the Dragons' players and team officials. Last Friday coach Chris Anderson and eight members of his squad came directly from training to
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We are the dark horses
WALES go into this week's Six Nations Champio-nship as the dark horses, the team the rest fear. That in itself represents a remarkable transformation for a nation that for far too long has been at the bottom of the pile languishing among the also- rans
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Rocker Richey is still in our hearts
THE people who truly loved troubled Manics star Richey Edwards have never given up hope he is still out there somewhere. Ten years ago his Vauxhall Cavalier was discovered near the Severn Bridge, sparking one of the biggest mysteries in rock and roll
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Ancient and modern businesses combine
ROSS MURRAY is working on a formula to make a traditional country estate function on modern business lines. The chairman of the Country Landowners' Association (CLA) Wales lives at Llanover near Abergavenny with his wife Elizabeth and three children.
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We are the dark horses
WALES go into this week's Six Nations Champio-nship as the dark horses, the team the rest fear. That in itself represents a remarkable transformation for a nation that for far too long has been at the bottom of the pile languishing among the also- rans
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Future secure as firm attracts Euro interest
THIRD Millennium Systems of Pontypool is set to break into the European electronic security market after a successful trade show in Essen. The company has been working with WalesTrade International (WTI) via its Objective 1-funded programme Export-Assist
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Cockbain is ready for big battle
BRENT Cockbain has never experienced the occasion of a Wales-England international in Cardiff - but he's got a pretty good idea of what it's going to be like and he's prepared for a battle royal. Cockbain was born and brought up in Australia, but though
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Andrew hails his youngsters
Newcastle boss Rob Andrew, pictured, has hailed the selection of Falcons centres Mathew Tait and Jamie Noon for England's RBS 6 Nations Championship opener against Wales. Tait, 19 next Sunday, will become the youngest England debutant since his Newcastle
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He's back
FLANKER Martyn Williams has given Wales coach Mike Ruddock a massive boost by declaring himself fit for Saturday's Six Nations clash against England. If selected he wants to lead his country out against the English as it would be his 50th cap for Wales
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Flood fears may sink homes plan
PLANS to build houses on part of a former Newport golf course could be blocked by fears of flooding. Developers want to donate 31 hectares of the former Tredegar Park golf course to the council as recreation ground. In return they want to build 150 executive
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Fugitive paedophile spotted in South Wales
A FUGITIVE paedophile who has been on the run for almost four years was sighted in South Wales, detectives said today. Gwent police received a "genuine" report that Roger Gardener of High Street, Fleur-de-Lys, was seen walking the streets of Cardiff.
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Residents plagued by evil smell
RESIDENTS in a Newport street spent days trying to identify a mystery smell. They said homes in Conway Street were invaded by a gas-like stink that they noticed last week and which lingered for five days. Residents called out gas experts, but nobody could
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He's back
FLANKER Martyn Williams has given Wales coach Mike Ruddock a massive boost by declaring himself fit for Saturday's Six Nations clash against England. If selected he wants to lead his country out against the English as it would be his 50th cap for Wales
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Snooker champ toasts city and fans
WORLD champion snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan has praised Newport after retaining his Welsh Open title in the city last week. O'Sullivan said all the world's top players look forward to coming to Newport because of the "special atmosphere" created by
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