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Flat race frolics at pancake knees-up
GWENT went flippin' mad yesterday as hundreds celebrated Shrove Tuesday. There were dozens of events across the area, including the annual Pancake Day Race in Tintern. Under the shadow of Tintern Abbey, workers from two pubs - the Moon and Sixpence and
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Depot workers laid off
MORE than 100 jobs are being axed at a supermarket distribution depot in Chepstow. Workers at the Asda depot, near the M4, have been waiting since November to find out about their futures after the announcement of imminent cutbacks. A three-month consultation
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Cemetery chimes to remain for now
CAMPAIGNERS fighting a possible ban on wind chimes in a Newport graveyard are delighted after council bosses changed their minds. The city council had said the chimes in Christchurch cemetery must be removed after they received nine complaints about the
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Snow brings chaos
GWENT awoke to a white St David's Day today - and the snow brought difficult driving conditions and school closures. And workers were today facing a race against time to make Newport's St Woolos Cathedral safe for tonight's Ash Wednesday service after
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Forest friends give it welly
RESTORATION is under way at an ancient woodland bought by a charityfollowing a massive public campaign backed by the Argus. Wentwood Forest, near Newport, was bought by the Woodland Trust after local people helped raise £1.5 million for the site's purchase
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Name that crossing!
WHAT should the new footbridge across the River Usk in Newport be named? The bridge, which will straddle the river from a point near Newport Centre to Rodney Parade, is due to be opened to pedestrians and cyclists in July. Now Newport Unlimited, the urban
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Saint's day Laurie would rather forget
TEENAGER Laurie Hillman and her family will never forget St David's Day last year - but for all the wrong reasons. While Wales celebrated its saint's day, the Blackwood 16-year-old was being diagnosed with leukaemia and whisked off to the new Children's
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Mixed fortunes for store staff
KWIK SAVE workers across Gwent are facing different futures following major restructuring by the national supermarket chain. Twenty-one employees in the Kwik Save store in Pontymister, Risca, found out they were to lose their jobs, while at other Gwent
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'Cheating wife loved role of femme fatale'
CHEATING housewife Anthea Jane Jones revelled in the role of "femme fatale", a court heard yesterday. In his closing speech at Cardiff crown court, prosecutor Mark Evans, QC, pointed to the "sinister" circumstances surrounding the case. Jones, 37, of
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Just the place to let off some hot air
TODAY, the Queen officially opens Wales' new Assembly building on St David's Day. MIKE BUCKINGHAM takes a critical look at the £67 million creation which awaits her. I was searching for the one word with which to describe the new Assembly building when
