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Torfaen candidate's statement
Veronica Watkins Liberal Democrat IT is vital that people can put their trust in a government and know that it will listen to them and be honest and open about what it is doing. People deserve a government that tells the truth and keeps its promises.
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Peter Law should stand aside, says Blunkett
WINNING Blaenau Gwent will be a "real challenge" after years of it being one of Labour's safest seats, a former senior minister said yesterday. On a campaign visit to Tredegar, former home secretary David Blunkett stopped short of admitting the constituency
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Torfaen candidate's statement
Nick Ramsay Conservative NICK Ramsay is 29. He is a Monmouthshire county councillor, a school governor and works for the Conservatives in the Assembly. Nick grew up in Cwmbran and attended Croesyceiliog School before gaining his degree from Durham University
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Hundreds expected to mourn Lewis
HUNDREDS are expected at the funeral of tragic Newport schoolboy rugby player Lewis Fullwood next week. The 13-year-old, who was a pupil at St Joseph's High School, died last Friday after an accident at his home earlier in the week. A popular and talented
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Dragons won't get a spring-buck
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are not likely to receive any transfer fee from Natal Sharks after Percy Montgomery, pictured, yesterday signed a two-year contract with them after being released by the Dragons, writes Robin Davey. The Springbok ace, who has been
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Torfaen candidate's statement
David Rowlands UK Independence Party MANY people believe that the UK Independence Party is only concerned with Europe. So why stand candidates in this election? Well, the fact is we are the only party which believes that the General Election should be
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Start's a damp squib for Glamorgan
I'm writing this as I sit watching the rain come down at a soggy Sophia Gardens. If I'm frustrated then just spare a thought for the Glamorgan players who have had a thoroughly disjointed start to the season, as illustrated by the complete abandonment
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Torfaen candidate's statement
Paul Murphy Labour THE election campaign is well under way now, and I have enjoyed talking to people around the constituency on the campaign trail. It has been an honour to serve the constituency where I live and was brought up. No matter what other jobs
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Kamara kids!
YOUNG footballers from Real Bettws were thrilled to finish second in their tour tournament in Weymouth. A draw, a loss and two wins took the Newport-based under-9s side to the semi-finals where they beat Weyford 1-0. But in the final they lost 2-0 to
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New bid to develop city centre
NEWPORT city centre has a "once in a generation" opportunity to develop a high quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors, according to a new partnership. Newport Initiative yesterday launched its two- year business plan aimed at developing
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Newport are the toast of the County
County won the Gwent Senior Cup for the eighth time in nine seasons last night at the Mendalgief Road ground of Newport YMCA and they are now free to focus all their attention on Saturday's relegation decider against Maidenhead. Manager John Cornforth
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Land of Murphy's law
THE Labour stronghold of Torfaen has been held by Paul Murphy - the Northern Ireland secretary - for nearly 20 years. The area's main centres of Cwmbran, Pontypool, and Blaenavon have traditionally stuck by Labour. Labour has run the county borough council
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Knickers to you!
MOVE over Kylie, Caprice and Sadie Frost - a trio of Newport university fashion students created their own brand of women's underwear. Using the brand name Pretty Panties, students Louise Skingle, Lucy Bond and Tessa Alonzi have been designing and making
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Torfaen candidate's statement
Aneurin Preece Plaid Cymru THE candidate for Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales in Torfaen is Aneurin Preece a local man who lives in Cwmbran where he grew up. He attended school in Cwmbran and Ysgol Rhydfelin, Pontypridd. He obtained his degree in law
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American dream
WALES tour places in North America this summer are still at stake, says Newport Gwent Dragons lock Ian Gough, pictured, who intends making sure he gets one of the places. Gough was brought back into the squad for the Six Nations Championship and played
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Yobs 'bomb' cars on 'missile alley'
THE lives of drivers are being put in danger by "reckless" youths dropping house bricks and boulders from a bridge onto traffic driving along a busy Newport road, police say. Yesterday Gwent Police warned it could only be a matter of time before somebody
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Crash ruins piano girl's dream
A TALENTED musician was forced to pull out of a prestigious national music competition after being hit by a car. Sixteen-year-old Ebbw Vale pianist Nikkita Bale's dream of winning the Welsh heat of the Rotary Club Young Musician of the Year competition
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Caring nurse lost his temper
A PSYCHIATRIC nurse who broke the arm of a violent patient while restraining him at a Gwent hospital was fined £1,000 yesterday. Michael Murphy, 32, a married man with no previous convictions, was described at Newport crown court as "a caring, responsible
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Torfaen candidate's statement
Richard Turner-Thomas Independent I AM your Independent candidate, an ordinary, hardworking construction supervisor, 55 years old and my grandchildren live in Torfaen. I have supervised contracts up to £150 million value for MOD, Highways Agency, local
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Pandas return to city
NEWPORT'S famous pandas were saved from extinction when a garden centre stepped in. Now they are set to return to their summer home, on the Malpas M4 roundabout, in time for this year's Newport in Bloom competition. Concern was mounting among the Newport
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MOFFETT GETS SWEENEY NOD
CERI Sweeney, the Newport Gwent Dragons and Wales outside half, has backed Welsh Rugby Union chief David Moffett's view that the Dragons must buy more into regional rugby. Moffett castigated Dragons chairman Martyn Hazell in the Argus this week for not
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Why Blunkett kissed our man
POLITICIANS often kiss babies during election campaigns - but it's far rarer for them to kiss reporters. But when our man Mark Choueke introduced himself to David Blunkett in Tredegar yesterday, the former home secretary broke into a grin and kissed him
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Mixed message on waiting
ALMOST 850 patients in Wales - including 130 in Gwent - who turned down operations in England or privately, had waited longer than the target 12-month maximum treatment waiting time by the end of March. Investment of millions of pounds in the under the
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We'll fight for canal
THE SPIRIT of Rebecca and her rioting sisters is set to come to life on a normally quiet section of canal in Cwmbran on Saturday. A group of canal enthusiasts and boat owners are staging a high-spirited 'protest' at an alleged lack of investment in Cwmbran's
