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Bus travel boost
TRADERS and shoppers in Blackwood are largely welcoming plans to improve the safety and attractiveness of the town's bus station. The Argus reported yesterday on the plans to spend £2 million on renovating Blackwood bus station. The South East Wales Transport
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Fletch ready to step in
WALES midfielder Carl Fletcher wants to repay manager John Toshack's faith in him and make Robbie Savage's vacant jersey his own. Toshack incredibly snubbed Savage ahead of this week's World Cup Group Six double-header against Austria, preferring Fletcher
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Atkin in now a Newport asset
Skipper Tony Atkin is now a Newport asset following an exchange deal with Stoke involving Cwmbran rider Tom Brown. The 20-year-old Brown, who will be riding for Weymouth in the Conference League this season, asked Newport promoter Tim Stone for a transfer
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Worker robbed at knifepoint
A GWENT off licence worker was threatened at knife-point in a "terrifying" attack by a robber. The sales assistant at the Victoria Wine shop in Monmouth was assaulted and locked in the store during his ordeal on Sunday. The raider made off with an undisclosed
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Knotweed 'now out of control'
IT'S out of control and it could cost taxpayers in Torfaen up to £50,000. The menace of Japanese knotweed has taken such a hold in the area that council officials say it is out of control. The vigorous, fast-growing plant causes serious ecological and
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Hansen's Welsh Lions
NEW ZEALAND assistant coach Steve Hansen, the former Wales chief, today names the Welsh players he expects to be on board with the British Lions this summer. He believes at least a dozen Welsh players will be on the tour, and his one certain Newport Gwent
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Daughter's grief as thieves rob dead father's house
THE DAUGHTER of a Newport man who died from a heart attack has condemned the burglars who targeted his home during Wales's Gran Slam match and stole antiques. A flintlock musket and a blunderbuss, neither of which can be fired, as well as a 4ft x 4ft
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Council to review hot meals service
A REVIEW of Newport's meals-on-wheels scheme is under way - as a last-ditch attempt to save the service fails. It follows widespread public outcry when the council announced it would axe funding for meals on wheels and replace it with a private frozen
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Sci-fi villain is now B&B star attraction
VISITORS to a guesthouse in Gwent may think they are in danger of being exterminated - thanks to an unusual addition to the building. Because the West Usk Lighthouse near Newport has its very own Dalek, signed by cult 1970s Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee
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Third jobs coup for city?
NEWPORT could be in line for yet another jobs bonanza as city bosses admit to more civil service relocation talks. The Argus has learnt the city council and regeneration company Newport Unlimited are engaged in talks with the Probation Service. It is
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Fletch ready to step in
WALES midfielder Carl Fletcher wants to repay manager John Toshack's faith in him and make Robbie Savage's vacant jersey his own. Toshack incredibly snubbed Savage ahead of this week's World Cup Group Six double-header against Austria, preferring Fletcher
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Gang of 50 runs amok in village
GANGS of up to 50 youths are making life hell for people in a Gwent village - and some residents say it is turning into a 'no go' area. Police in Pontypool are inundated with calls from people living in Pontnewynydd who are afraid to go out of their homes
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Lockett in quit threat
GWENT'S British middleweight and WBU world title contender Gary Lockett today told the Argus, "the way I feel at the moment, I could retire." The big-punching Cwmbran 28-year-old is fed up at being 'fobbed off' by promoters Sports Network, who keep putting
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Air patrols in arson battle
ARSONISTS who start mountain fires will be hunted down by air and land patrols under a tough new crackdown, say South Wales Fire Service and Gwent Police. Fire chiefs are determined to prevent a repeat of last year, when arson attacks destroyed four to
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My aim is to keep County up- Belle
NEW Newport County signing Cortez Belle has admitted he has only one thing on his mind these days - keeping his hometown club in the Conference South. Newport raised striker Belle, who joined County on loan from League Two outfit Chester City last week
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Death pub under attack
POLICE are investigating an incident of criminal damage at a Newport pub where a man was found fatally injured last week. Feelings were running high in Pill yesterday, and a poster carrying a threat to burn down Harvey's bar if it re-opened was placed
