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The end of drug gang's empire
A "MAJOR crime empire" which aimed to flood the streets of South Wales with drugs was smashed by Gwent Police. As a result of two covert operations - code-named Othello and Montana - members of a gang appeared in court yesterday for their part in a conspiracy
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Our young sailors inspired by Ellen
TWO young Gwent sailors preparing to tough it out in an ocean race say they hold world-conquering yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur as their inspiration. Hannah Tilley, 11, of Llandenny, Raglan, and Kate Stanley, 13, of Earlswood, near Chepstow, both go to
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Newport East Candidates' Statements
Mohammed Asghar Plaid Cymru I have lived in Wales for 34 years. I am an accountant, having gained my first degree in political science. I worked in an accountancy firm in Newport from 1971. In 1984 I established my own practice in Newport. I have been
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Newport East Candiates' Statements
Matthew Collings Conservative Over the past weeks and months, I have been on hundreds of doorsteps all over Newport East. People I talk to are deeply disillusioned with Labour. But they are pleased with my positive message on how the Conservatives would
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Newport East Candidates' Statements
Jessica Morden Labour Newport East is a constituency with a strong Labour tradition and a bright future. If elected I would work hard to stand up for Newport East and be a strong voice both locally and nationally. Newport East has a promising future under
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Newport East Candidates' Statements
Liz Screen Socialist Labour Having been born and brought up in Newport East, I have strong links with the constituency although I now live in Cardiff. For many years I was a Labour Party activist but resigned in 1996 because I could no longer tolerate
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Newport East Candidates' Statements
Jessica Morden Labour Newport East is a constituency with a strong Labour tradition and a bright future. If elected I would work hard to stand up for Newport East and be a strong voice both locally and nationally. Newport East has a promising future under
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OAP leads surgery battle
A GWENT pensioner is leading a campaign to stop nearly 3,000 patients from losing their local GP surgery at the end of next month As reported in the Argus, residents in Pontnewynydd were told that their GP is due to retire on May 31 and health chiefs
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Get tough on violent offenders
COUNCILLORS in a Gwent town are calling for tougher sentences for violent offenders after a teenager was beaten up in an apparently motiveless attack. Ebbw Vale ward members Brian Clements and John Rogers made the call in response to last Friday's unprovoked
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Newport East candidates' statements
Ed Townsend Liberal Democrat More and more people in Newport are looking for a realistic alternative to Labour. Here in Newport, the Conservatives are irrelevant. Liberal Democrats have become the real alternative to Labour in a city that has been taken
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Labour party rift widens in Valley
THE rift between loyal members of the Blaenau Gwent Labour Party and those resigning to show support for the independent parliamentary candidate Peter Law deepened last night. Resignations from key grassroots posts over the controversial all-women shortlist
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Williams dumped out at Crucible
CWM'S Mark Williams joined another former winner, John Higgins, in slipping out of the Embassy World Championship at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre last night. Second seed Williams lost 13-12 to Ian McCulloch in a see-saw encounter, the world number 17
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Mads out for a week
Newport Wasps Danish rider Mads Korneliussen will be taking life easy for a few days after a spectacular last-heat crash in the convincing Premier Trophy win over Somerset on Sunday. Korneliussen was injured when he fell at high speed, taking evasive
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Rain's a pain
NEWPORT County boss John Cornforth is praying that his tomorrow night's Gwent Senior Cup final doesn't fall foul of the weather. If it does then vital players, Darren Jones and Jason Bowen, will miss Saturday's make-or-break league clash with Maidenhead
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Now we can progress
NOW Newport Gwent Dragons can start to move ahead, now they can plan for the future with some confidence. Far from the turmoil some have claimed exists within the Dragons camp after the loss of various people in key positions, the reality is there is
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YOU'RE A REGION - GET USED TO IT
WELSH Rugby Union chief David Moffett has angrily denounced people at Newport Gwent Dragons who still resist the regional concept. He insists Newport will never be granted stand alone status, as well as claiming Newport would not have been one of the
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Newport East candidates' statements
Roger Thomas UK Independence IS it unreasonable to believe that the best people to govern Britain are the British people themselves? Thirty years ago we were told that the Common Market was to be a simple trading agreement. There would be no loss of sovereignty
