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LUSCOMBE IN RACE AGAINST TIME
HAL Luscombe is fighting to be fit for a major double in successive weeks - Newport Gwent Dragons' crucial Celtic League game against Borders at Rodney Parade on Friday night and Wales' Six Nations clash against Scotland at Murrayfield a week on Sunday
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Injured four out of crunch clash
WALES will be without skipper Gareth Thomas, ex-captain Colin Charvis, Sonny Parker and Dafydd Jones for their vital Six Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday week. Thomas has had an operation on the thumb he broke in four places at the
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LUSCOMBE IN RACE AGAINST TIME
HAL Luscombe is fighting to be fit for a major double in successive weeks - Newport Gwent Dragons' crucial Celtic League game against Borders at Rodney Parade on Friday night and Wales' Six Nations clash against Scotland at Murrayfield a week on Sunday
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£5bn contract joy for Gwent
GWENT's military sector jobs have been secured after today's announcement that the Atlas consortium has been chosen as preferred bidder for a 5bn government IT contract. Atlas is led by EDS and Fujitsu Services, but Gwent is strongly represented through
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Have your say on healthcare
THE people of Newport are to have the chance this spring to air their views on the future of health services for the city, beginning with the launch of a six-point vision by the Local Health Board (LHB). The public engagement process is set to start at
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Schoolboy actors' fab fantasy roles
IT'S a choice between life as a pilot in the RAF or as an actor for a Newport schoolboy, but as Daniel Morgan Jones has won one of the leading roles in a popular family show acting is to the fore at the moment. The Newport schoolboy is taking to the stage
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Bus-smash pupils have lucky escape
A MAJOR tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday when a truck ploughed into a coach carrying children to a Gwent school. A broken-down Castell coach taking pupils from the Caerphilly area to Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni in Fleur-de-Lys was involved in a collision
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Head with vision to lead 'tough' school
Hartridge High School's nadir was in 1992 when exam results were at an all-time low and it had the highest levels of unauthorised absence of any school in Wales. Judging schools based just on results is never fair. Some schools, for instance, have special
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King of the castle
A GWENT man could end up being king of his own castle - after his plans to redevelop it were knocked back. It comes complete with dungeon, towers, moat and a huge great hall, and owner Peter Morgan said it was love at first sight when he paid 1.7 million
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Deredge changes goals
THIS time last year, Blackwood's Bradley Dredge fired an opening round 64 to set the pace in the Dubai Desert Classic, suggesting an exciting year lay ahead for the defending Madeira Island Open champion. But things didn't quite turn out as Dredge would
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Ice rivals in duel at Hayley
Newport speedway promoter Tim Stone has applied the finishing touch to the Prince of Wales Trophy meeting line-up at the Hayley Stadium on Sunday (tapes-up 2.30pm) - and what an astute move. He has landed Stoke's Danish international Jan Staechmann, which
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Injured four out of crunch clash
WALES will be without skipper Gareth Thomas, ex-captain Colin Charvis, Sonny Parker and Dafydd Jones for their vital Six Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday week. Thomas has had an operation on the thumb he broke in four places at the
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Key players to return for vital clash
NEWPORT County's mounting injury problems are not as bad as first feared, much to the relief of boss John Cornforth. The Exiles boss saw Scott Morgan withdrawn at half-time and Andrew Thomas stretchered off in Saturday's 3-1 home defeat to Eastbourne
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A final service for Jimmy
CRIPPLED by rheumatoid arthritis, Sylvia, Jimmy Hendy's widow, has tried to put a few pounds aside for the headstone the veteran of Burma and Malaya so richly deserves. "But it's slow progress, and I'm already 75 and not able to leave the house unless
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Archbishop blesses old friends and new
ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams came "home" yesterday for his first major church service in Gwent since his appointment. Although there is no official record, Dr Rowan Williams is believed to be the first Archbishop of Canterbury to re-dedicate
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Greyhound's killer to remain in prison
A MAN who took part in a bungled attempt to kill a racing greyhound, causing appalling injuries including cutting off the animal's ears when it was alive, has lost his appeal against a six-month prison sentence. As 28-year-old Andrew Gough was led to
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Social services chief in pledge to kids
THE new director of Blaenau Gwent social services today vowed to turn his crisis-hit department around within 18 months. In his first interview since taking up the post, Philip Hodgson said his aim was to be the envy of other social services. It follows
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Frozen food option to meals service
NEWPORT council has named a private company as the alternative to its axed meals-on-wheels service - but all the food arrives frozen and users have to buy 12 worth of food each time. The council caused an uproar when it revealed it was to stop serving
