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He's wrong
WE are a region, insists Newport Gwent Dragons chairman Martyn Hazell who claims Welsh Rugby Union chief David Moffett has got it wrong when he criticises the people running the Dragons. Moffett blasted the Newport emphasis in yesterday's Argus, saying
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Thieves shatter a dream
A GROUP of family and friends who set up a riding stable is devastated after thieves shattered their "dream" and stole £7,000 worth of equipment. Tracy and Phil Morris bought their eight acres of land in Henllys, Cwmbran, last year with the vision of
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Recalling sights and sounds of railway era - kjshdf;jhoie
IN his mind's eye he can see the locomotives rushing through the winter darkness, smell the steam and the sharp acrid smell of the burning coal. "As well as recording things I have the ability to emotionally involve myself in the lives of the people I'm
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Newport West candidate's statement
Dr Bill Morgan Conservative DR Bill Morgan has lived in Newport for the past 25 years. For 20 years he was the senior accident consultant in the accident department of the Royal Gwent Hospital, and now works as a specialist throughout South Wales. His
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Newport East candidate's statement
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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Wasps suffer again
Newport Wasps suffered another fixture setback last night when their Premier Trophy match on the Isle of Wight was a victim of the wet weather. It was their second successive postponement, the meeting at Exeter the previous evening called off because
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Newport West candidate's statement
Nigel Flanagan EURO " Liberal Democrat THE Liberal Democrats are experiencing their best ever general election campaign. For many people our policies and ideas provide a real choice. From our stand against the war in Iraq, to the replacement of the unfair
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Rich meet poor in city
THE constituency of Newport West was created during the early years of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as prime minister. At the 1983 General Election, with the Labour party tearing itself apart over policy and political direction, the seat's first MP was
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Beware of fake bank-emails
TRADING standards officers are warning the public to beware of fake bank e-mails which could trick them into supplying account details - risking the security of their cash. In a new scam, e-mails allegedly from HSBC and Barclays banks were sent to members
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Taylor signs for Sale
Wales centre Mark Taylor has agreed a three-year deal with Sale Sharks. The 31-year-old Grand Slam winner was out of contract at Llanelli Scarlets at the end of the season and also attracted interest from Bristol and London Irish. Taylor won his 49th
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Social services 'on even keel'
THE social services department at Blaenau Gwent council "stabilised and improved" over the last year. That is according to the first annual report of the Advisory Board - which was set up in March last year after a damning report of children's services
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Stars miss cup clash
GARETH Coooper is facing a real fitness battle if he is to make the British Lions tour to New Zealand this summer. The Wales and Newport Gwent Dragons scrum half has not played since he damaged an ankle playing in the tsunami match at Twickenham almost
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Newport West candidate's statement
Saeid Arjomand EURO " Independent POWER of unity in diversity: Newport has all the potentials to be the focal city of Wales economically, socially and educationally. Currently all the resources, whether financial or human resources, are mismanaged by
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Newport West candidate's statement
Saeid Arjomand - Independent. POWER of unity in diversity: Newport has all the potentials to be the focal city of Wales economically, socially and educationally. Currently all the resources, whether financial or human resources, are mismanaged by all
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Newport East candidate's statement
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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Praise for police who caught gang
A TOP detective praised his officers for their work in smashing a £1m drug gang's "crime empire" intent on flooding South Wales with cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis. Detective Chief Inspector Steve Webber, who led two undercover operations codenamed
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Newport West candidate's statement
Hugh Moelwyn Hughes - UK Independence Party UKIP is not a one issue party. Our core belief, that we must leave the EU, derives overwhelmingly from perceiving that central direction from the EU requires the end of democracy. Since 1973 our Conservative
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Newport West candidate's statement
Nigel Flanagan - Liberal Democrat. THE Liberal Democrats are experiencing their best ever general election campaign. For many people our policies and ideas provide a real choice. From our stand against the war in Iraq, to the replacement of the unfair
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Newport East candidate's statement
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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School buses sabotaged
A "VICIOUS and calculated" campaign of vandalism attacks is sabotaging a bus service for special needs pupils. Phoenix Community Transport, in Penmaen, had the side windows of four minibuses smashed and 25 Valleys pupils had to stay at home. It was the
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Newport West candidate's statement
Paul Flynn - Labour YOUR vote could have repercussions across the world. Here in Newport, we're doing well. Labour's delivered a strong economy, a good deal for pensioners, families and children, plus record investment in public services. Unemployment
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Newport West candidate's statement
Paul Flynn EURO " Labour YOUR vote could have repercussions across the world. Here in Newport, we EURO TMre doing well. Labour EURO TMs delivered a strong economy, a good deal for pensioners, families and children, plus record investment in public services
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Rock star drumming up interest
ROCK star Carl Palmer visited the valleys yesterday - to the delight of budding percussionists at a local secondary school. Mr Palmer was the drummer with the famous rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, whose biggest hit was Fanfare for the Common Man
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Newport West candidate's statement
Paul Flynn - Labour YOUR vote could have repercussions across the world. Here in Newport, we're doing well. Labour's delivered a strong economy, a good deal for pensioners, families and children, plus record investment in public services. Unemployment
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Newport East candidate's statement
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 candidate's statement
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 West candidate's statement
Peter Varley - Green INTRODUCING myself: I am 47 years old. I went to school at Bettws, and lived in Ringland for many years before taking up a fixed-term research contract in Tokyo. Within the Green Party, I have concentrated on alternative energy and
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Newport West candidate's statement
Tony Salkeld - Plaid Cymru THE candidate for Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales in Newport West is Tony Salkeld. Tony is a local man who still lives and works in Newport. He was educated at Cardiff University, obtaining a degree in Ancient and Medieval
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Newport East candidate's statement
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
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Living in terror of prefab arson gangs
POLICE are stepping up patrols after elderly residents said they are living in fear as gangs of arsonists target derelict prefab homes on a Newport estate. A spate of fire attacks on several prefabricated houses in the Treberth estate prompted concerns
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Nurse fined £1,000 for breaking patient's arm
A PSYCHIATRIC nurse who broke the arm of a violent patient while restraining him at a Newport hospital was fined £1,000 today. Michael Murphy, 32, a married man with no previous convictions, of Station Avenue, Ynysddu, was described in Newport crown court
