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Williams aims high
RHYS Williams has had to be a very patient man during this season's Six Nations tournament. The Cardiff Blues wing played every game of last year's tournament but has been nothing more than a bit-part player since Mike Ruddock took over as Wales coach
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Sweeney plays, but not for the Dragons
CERI Sweeney will NOT be available to play for Newport Gwent Dragons on Friday night, but the Wales outside-half has been cleared to appear for the Northern Hemisphere side against their Southern Hemisphere counterparts at Twickeham less than 24 hours
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Stars set for Lions
TWO great European cities, two great Welsh performances, two down one to go. Rome has been ravaged, Paris has been plastered (literally!), now it's on to Edinburgh for the next leg of a remarkable Grand Slam bid. Who would have believed it? Three out
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Williams aims high
RHYS Williams has had to be a very patient man during this season's Six Nations tournament. The Cardiff Blues wing played every game of last year's tournament but has been nothing more than a bit-part player since Mike Ruddock took over as Wales coach
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New faces on bank's counter
BARCLAYS in Cwmbran has appointed three new cashiers after the completion of a 12-week accreditation and probation period. Jo Trego, 21, from New Inn, Kirsty Jukes-Hughes, 18, from Pontnewydd and Jessica Bradshaw, 17, from Chepstow, represent a small
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Family and a career for Faye
FAYE Watkins has taken the plunge into self-employment so she can spend more time with her six-year-old daughter Rhiannon. A native of New Zealand now living at Energlyn, Caerphilly, Ms Watkins has become a self-employed book-keeper. She was assisted
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£1.4m home for new businesses
EMBRYONIC businesses can now find shelter in Blaenavon after the opening of Victoria House on the Gilchrist Thomas industrial estate. The 1.4 million development consists of 13,000 sq ft of high-spec, studio-style accommodation across 14 units. The units
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Spinning access to the web
A SOUTH WALES design company is offering start-up companies a free website design service conforming to the latest legislation on disability accesss. SpinDogs, an Aber-cynon-based company, is offering any start-up a free basic site. Any extra bells and
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Firms await news of £5bn defence contract
AS REPORTED in yesterday's Argus, the Gwent defence sector is on the verge of a massive boost from a contract bid for the government's 5 billion Defence Information Infr-astructure project (DII). Over the last three years procurement chiefs have whittled
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The sound of music is new life for Suzanne
AS ONE door closes another opens and this has never been better demonstrated than by Abertillery's Suzanne Griffiths. Last April she was made redundant by supermarket operator Kwik Save. But rather than crying into her shandy, she found a new day job
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NOW IT'S YOUR TIME
MAKE us forget about the seventies once and for all, Bobby Windsor urges Wales as they go for a Triple Crown and Grand Slam double. Windsor was a member of FOUR Triple Crown and TWO Grand Slam winning Welsh teams during the golden days of the 1970s. The
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I'm still waiting for my vital heart operation my vital heart op
A NEWPORT pensioner has waited a fortnight for a life-saving heart operation because of a lack of intensive care beds. John Podmore, 65, is in the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, as he waits for a bed at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, where
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£1.5m project to help tackle truancy
A £1.5 million project is to tackle truancy and low achievement among under-16s in Newport and Monmouthshire. Launched by Career Wales, it is hoped the scheme will reduce the number of unauthorised absent school days following reports that truancy levels
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Minister joins kids' crunch time
A HEALTHY breakfast of cereal and fruit was on the menu at a Gwent school as they took part in Britain's Biggest Breakfast. Deputy Heath Minister John Griffiths visited Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd in Hartridge, Newport, yesterday morning to enjoy breakfast
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What a body of work for St David's Day...
NEWPORT body artists transformed flesh to flag in a novel St David's Day celebration. The colourful homage to all things Welsh is the work of theatrical make-up lecturer Maria Retter and student Samantha Swift. The pair, who work and study at Coleg Gwent
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NOW IT'S YOUR TIME
MAKE us forget about the seventies once and for all, Bobby Windsor urges Wales as they go for a Triple Crown and Grand Slam double. Windsor was a member of FOUR Triple Crown and TWO Grand Slam winning Welsh teams during the golden days of the 1970s. The
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Sweeney plays, but not for the Dragons
CERI Sweeney will NOT be available to play for Newport Gwent Dragons on Friday night, but the Wales outside-half has been cleared to appear for the Northern Hemisphere side against their Southern Hemisphere counterparts at Twickeham less than 24 hours
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Carving out a new town centre
MARSHALLS stonemason Scott Williams (pictured) is hand-finishing stonework on the Chepstow town centre regeneration project. His company supplied half a million pounds' worth of stone for a seating and viewing area in the town. The design is based around
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New faces on bank's counter
BARCLAYS in Cwmbran has appointed three new cashiers after the completion of a 12-week accreditation and probation period. Jo Trego, 21, from New Inn, Kirsty Jukes-Hughes, 18, from Pontnewydd and Jessica Bradshaw, 17, from Chepstow, represent a small
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Designerlined up to speak at club
ENTREPRENEURS with a passion for art and design will be attracted to the next Millionaires Club event at the University of Wales, Newport. Guest speaker is Angela Gidden, a top-flight furniture designer and former Welsh Woman of the Year. The event will
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City firm delves into molecular academia
NEWPORT-based Surface Technology Systems and its Japanese parent Sumitomo Precision Products are creating a professorial chair at the London Centre for Nanotechnology at University College, London. Nanotechnology is the study of engineering at a molecular
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Family and a career for Faye
FAYE Watkins has taken the plunge into self-employment so she can spend more time with her six-year-old daughter Rhiannon. A native of New Zealand now living at Energlyn, Caerphilly, Ms Watkins has become a self-employed book-keeper. She was assisted
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Store's record achievement wins manager a holiday
WOOLIES manager Chris Bridgeman is off to Cape Town, South Africa, after achieving record sales figures. He and his wife Diane will leave for a week's holiday on March 15. The prize was awarded after the store in General Rees Square, Cwmbran, recorded
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Savings bank opens new £3.5m centre
SAVINGS bank ING Direct opened a £3.5million call centre in Cardiff this morning. The company is planning to create 300 jobs within three years at the Callaghan Square site. The 38,000 sq ft call centre will enable the UK arm of ING to expand its team
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Stars set for Lions
TWO great European cities, two great Welsh performances, two down one to go. Rome has been ravaged, Paris has been plastered (literally!), now it's on to Edinburgh for the next leg of a remarkable Grand Slam bid. Who would have believed it? Three out
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Gwent boxers shine
The mixed Welsh boxing team defeated Scotland by five bouts to three in their international in Ayr. Gwent were well represented by four boxers in Matthew Edmonds (St Josephs), Nathan Cleverly and Robert Turley (Fleur-de-Lys) and Damien Smith (Pontypool
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Remembering guardsmen who never came back
THE 1982 Falklands campaign was a brief but bloody battle, a triumph of arms fought under daunting circumstances in which many fine regiments added to the illustriousness of their battle honours. Stephen Hopkins' war is the story of a Welsh soldier proud
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Gloves are off for a career in art
A CHAMPION boxer from Gwent is hoping his new venture will be a real knockout. Welsh Amateur Boxing Federation champ in 1997, Patrick Killian has swapped his boxing gloves for the more delicate charms of the paintbrush. But the 30-year-old from Westend
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When mums-to-be are drug addicts
MIDWIFE Kerry Phillips is on a mission to help drug-addicted mums-to-be in Gwent stay healthy during pregnancy. She is the public face of a service set up to bring the best possible outcome for mother and baby. "People in these situations have often been
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Insurance firm to create 200 jobs
LLOYDS TSB Insurance is to create 200 new jobs at its Tredegar Park HQ in Newport. The new roles, which include a mix of call centre jobs, administrators and team leaders, will boost total staff at the site to 887. Recruitment will take place over the
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Pupils hurt in bus crash in bus crash
A SCHOOL bus carrying 30 children and a lorry crashed on a main road this morning. Firefighters cut the driver out of the cab of a lorry following the collision on the A469 between Caerphilly and Ystrad Mynach. Several pupils were being treated by paramedics
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Instructor cleared of cave death demands police investigation into arrest
A GWENT caving instructor cleared of the manslaughter of an army trainee is calling on police to hold an investigation into why he was arrested. Matthew Doubtfire, 34, of Rockfield Road, Monmouth, says he has been ostracised and verbally abused and his
