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DRAGONS SAFE
THE future of Newport Gwent Dragons is completely secure and there is no chance of them or anyone else being part of a further cull of the regions. That assurance was given to the South Wales Argus by Welsh rugby's top man, WRU chief executive Steve Lewis
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County stun league high-flyers
A SUPERB performance from Newport County saw them upset the form book and earn their first away victory of the season at title-chasers Havant and Waterlooville on Saturday. After a series of setbacks on the road this season, ranging from the unlucky to
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Noisy solution to anti-social behaviour
A DEVICE outside a Newport shop is helping disperse gangs of anti-social yobs peacefully. For years the Spar shop in Caerleon Road was plagued by youths who hung around outside smoking, drinking, hurling abuse at customers and throwing crates at passing
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No one brassed off here
YOUNG musicians hit all the right notes as they wowed audiences at a brass band festival. Bands from across Gwent attended the event at Coleg Gwent Crosskeys campus on Saturday. They included Newport Borough Band, Blaenavon Town Band and Cwmbran Youth
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SOS from gentle OAP felines
THESE two elderly cats need loving homes where they can spend the rest of their lives. Domino and Tabitha, both 12, are currently in the care of the Gwent south branch of Cats Protection. Last week they were featured in a homing show in Newport, along
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Frustrating wait for memorial goes on
PLANS for a memorial to a young mum and two of her friends killed by a paranoid schizophrenic 18 months ago remain at a standstill - to the frustration of her father. Emma Proctor, from Cwmbran, was just 25 when she died, along with friends Martin Connop
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City pool is perfect for little ones
MUMS and toddlers are making the most of a pool in Newport which is among the first in the UK to win baby-friendly status. Newport Centre pool features in the newly-released Huggies Little Swimmers baby-friendly pool directory. It has won the stamp of
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House sealed off as man fights for life
A MAN from Pontypool is fighting for his life following a serious assault. The incident happened just before midnight on Saturday on Ashgrove Close, in the Sebastopol area. A police spokesman said the man is receiving treatment for his injuries in hospital
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Threat to sixty factory jobs recedes
MORE than 60 jobs at a Gwent factory could be saved six months after workers were threatened with redundancy. As reported in the Argus, bosses at TRW stunned workers by announcing the need for 156 redundancies last August. The move was part of a package
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Dragons' agony
VIDEO referees must be introduced in the Celtic League in time for next season, if not sooner, after the way the Dragons were denied the victory their efforts deserved at Musgrave Park, Cork, on Saturday night. If this match had been played in the Heineken
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Surgeon's injury adds to ops delay
A COMBINATION of "horrendous" demand for Gwent hospital beds and an injury to an orthopaedic specialist is hampering attempts to meet a treatment waiting times target by tomorrow. Demand for beds at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, caused by an increase
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Dashing Davies
STEVE DAVIES is having a January beyond his wildest dreams despite no cherry of a Common-wealth Games place being on it. Only three weeks ago, the Newport Harrier was, astonishingly, the leading 1500 metre runner in the WORLD! Admittedly, there were only
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Ringer gets call
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons flanker Jamie Ringer has been called up to train for Wales after a series of excellent performances at regional level, writes Robin Davey. Ringer reported with the Welsh team today preparing for the Six Nations championship opener
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Police chief in merger warning
COUNCIL taxpayers will not want to fund any restructuring of their police force, warned Gwent's chief constable. Mike Tonge also told a meeting of the Gwent Police Authority that the public would not accept local policing issues being undermined because
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Gwent roads need £187m for repairs
GWENT councils say £187million is needed to bring sub-standard roads up to scratch. But early budget plans reveal little more than £8million will be spent on them this year. Newport and Caerphilly say this will not cover urgent repairs. Caerphilly council
