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PROUD WALES' POWER-SURGE
PROUD -- that is what Welsh rugby can feel today after a weekend in which three of the four Welsh regions beat English Premiership teams in the first round of the revamped Powergen Cup. Newport Gwent Dragons got the ball rolling at Rodney Parade on Friday
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Boat rally brings new life to waterway
FAMILIES made the most of the autumn sunshine and turned out to enjoy some watery fun on a Gwent canal at the weekend. Saturday's boat rally at Five Locks, Cwmbran, was organised by Monmouthshire, Brecon and Abergavenny Canal Trust. According to trust
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£15m revamp to bring 200 jobs
THIS IS the first image of a £15m new development for Cwmbran which will bring 200 jobs. Two major leisure companies are poised to run key parts of the town centre, the firm behind it says. John Ives, director of Mint Blue, the Cardiff-based developers
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Bikers gearing up to raise cash
HARLEY Davidson bikers will once again take to old Severn Crossing for the sixth annual Hoggin the Bridge spectacular later this month. Riders will this year take a different route after leaving the bridge and head into Chepstow town where a hog roast
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Surgery facing closure as crisis talks fail
A GWENT GP service looks set to close after crisis talks between politicians and a local health board failed to find a way to keep the surgery open. Torfaen Local Health Board (LHB) are expected to announce by Wednesday the dispersal of the 3,000 patients
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Gray day as Pooler fall by the wayside
DAVID Gray must be the most frustrated coach in the Welsh Premier Division after watching his Pontypool side lose another match they should have won on Saturday. Pontypool's four defeats this season have come in the last minutes against the table-topping
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Hospital must be built sooner - MP
REGENERATION of the former Corus steelworks at Ebbw Vale is taking far too long, and people should not have to wait until 2009 for the new hospital planned for part of the site, says Blaenau Gwent MP Peter Law. The county borough council will debate plans
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We challenge Clarke over plans to merge forces
Today the Argus asks Home Sec-retary Charles Clarke a list of ten questions about why he wants to merge Gwent Police, one of the best performing forces in the country. The Argus is opposed to Mr Clarke's proposals, which could see Gwent Police disappear
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Duo are in frame for County
FORMER Barry Town supremo Gary Barnett and Bridgend boss Nicky Tucker have emerged as the frontrunners in the race for the vacant manager's job at Newport County. Carmarthen's Mark Aizlewood, ex-Forest Green manager Allan Lewer, former Chippenham boss
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New hostel step closer
PLANS to build a new £1.3 million hostel for the homeless in a Gwent town are to move ahead this autumn. Torfaen council has confirmed a former disused TA centre in Pontypool is due to be demolished this November to make way for the 20-bed hostel. The
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Rembering victims of nuclear tests
GENERATIONS of local people came together yesterday to remember the suffering of veterans at the annual parade at Risca. The British Nuclear Test Veterans parade is held on the first Sunday of October, to remember soldiers affected by nuclear testing
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Crows grand effort
CWMBRAN eased into the last 32 of the Welsh Cup, but only after they'd been pushed all the way by a battling ten-man Caldicot outfit suffering from the 43rd-minute sending off of skipper David Lloyd. The Jubilee Way side had taken a shock first-minute
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Staff in the pink for charity
CUSTOMERS at Ebbw Vale's factory shopping centre were seeing pink spots before their eyes this weekend. For items of pink clothing were worn by every member of staff at the Festival Park centre's shops on Saturday. Workers decided to hold the pink day
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Newport let it all slip away
This was a poor performance by Newport as injury-hit Aberavon turned pressure into points, even though they scored only two tries. Playing with a Tonmawr scrum-half at centre for an hour and a veteran flanker at lock for half an hour, Aberavon dominated
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Image makeover to cost £26,500
A GWENT council is spending £26,500 on changing its image. Blaenau Gwent council has agreed to modernise its existing crest, which it has had since 1974, with a new logo. The new design will have a red dragon with three green hills behind it, representing
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Vandal attacks may hit tourism
STAFF at Roman sites in Caerleon fear a spate of "mindless" acts of vandalism could start to deter visitors. Several incidents have occurred over the summer at the ancient sites, and staff say the problem is not going away. Eight of their information
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New school may be built in Valleys
A £2 million replacement for a Welsh-medium primary school could be built in a Valleys town. Blaenau Gwent council will discuss this week whether to apply for a grant from the Welsh Assembly to build a replacement for Ysgol Gymraeg in Brynmawr, which
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Mum's coffee and cake mark big day
THREE years ago, Judith Phillips received news that left her shocked and devastated. Doctors confirmed the lump she had found on her breast was cancerous. That day was also her son Geraint's seventh birthday. And, after being left reeling by what she
