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Talented pupils find their pitch for contest
More than 1,800 young musicians are preparing for a major festival in Gwent this weekend. The children, from all around South Wales, including hundreds from Gwent, will be competing at the Music For Youth Regional Festival at County Hall, Cwmbran, tomorrow
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Centre's transfer 'just months away'
A SIX-year wait for a Newport community centre to be handed over to the control of local people could soon be over. Residents have become increasingly frustrated that Pill Millennium Centre was not handed over to them despite promises it would be in 2000
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Amazing theatre
THE Fetch Theatre Company will be performing a unique performance of The Masque of the Red Death at Beaufort Ballroom, Beaufort Theatre and Ballroom, Ebbw Vale on Thursday March 16 at 7.30pm. This groundbreaking piece of theatre tells Edgar Allan Poe's
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'Don't put drugs centre near kids' playground'
A CAMPAIGN against a planned drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in Blackwood is gathering momentum. More than 1,000 residents in the town have signed a petition calling for plans for the centre, which would house up to seven recovering addicts, to
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Drivers warned of bumps in road
THERE are warning signs on Newport's Southern Distributor Road after bumps appeared on the road's surface. The signs urge drivers to be cautious because of uneven surfaces at both ends of the Usk bridge, and on the stretch behind East Way Retail Park.
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Theatrical trailer sold it
OPERATING theatres in a Gwent hospital now have a full complement of nurses for the first time in years - thanks to a change in training policy. Placements in theatres at Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital are back on the nurses' training round after being
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Newport need coach
NEWPORT RFC are advertising for a new head coach for next season after confirming that David Rees' role as Newport Gwent Dragons skills coach will be full time next season. Rees, in Australia with the Wales Commonwealth Games sevens squad, has combined
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Go on, tell me who you voted for...
VOTER apathy is commonplace among adults these days, but there was none in evidence at one Gwent school when youngsters turned out in force at the polls. Pupils of Woodlands Infants School in Cwmbran got their first taste of a democratic election yesterday
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Princess set to visit
PRINCESS Anne will visit Pontypool next month to see key regeneration projects and community schemes. The Princess Royal will spend the morning in Pontypool viewing two projects aimed at changing the face of the town. As well as visiting the new Crane
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Striker signs for County
Newport County boss Peter Beadle has signed a striker ahead of tomorrow's vital Conference South visit to Bognor Regis Town (kick-off 3pm), but typically he still has problems to deal with. Beadle has signed 19-year old front-runner Nathan Bailey, released
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Secret Machines come out into the open to prove they're the best
New York-based band Secret Machines have chances in both Cardiff and Bristol this month to prove that they really are one of the best new live bands on the planet. The trio released its debut album Now Here Is Nowhere in April 2004 to a massive wave of
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Average council tax hits £1,000
PEOPLE in Monmouthshire will pay 3.4 per cent more in council tax in the next financial year, councillors decided yesterday. Councillors voted to keep the increase below 5 per cent despite claims it would mean cuts to services, including education. It
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We will target blitz defence
BLITZ the blitz defence - that is what the Welsh backs have been told to do against Italy, chasing their first major scalp away, in Saturday's Six Nations clash at the Millennium Stadium. Hal Luscombe, the Newport Gwent Dragons centre playing his fourth
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Feeder and GLC top bill
Two Gwent bands will top the bill at the Full Ponty which is a new festival starting this May in Pontypridd. Feeder and the Goldie Lookin' Chain play the new music event in Ynysanghard Park on Saturday, May 27, with The Automatic and special guests in
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Magic and fantasy with Mendelssohn and the Bard
The St David's Hall Orchestral Concert Series brings a once-in-a-lifetime musical experience to Cardiff on Saturday, March 25 (7.30 pm), with a performance of Shakespeare's magical play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, accompanied by Mendelssohn's complete
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Groove down to disco beat
IF you remember flares, platform shoes, Starsky and Hutch and the Chopper, chances are you will know the songs in The New Venture Players next musical Disco Inferno. Even if you can't relate back to the 70s this is one musical that's sure to put a smile
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Trust fund branches out
A Gwent local history group is to chip in with the proceeds of a special booklet following the Woodland Trust's £1.5 million appeal to buy and manage Wentwood Forest. Leaves From the Forest, a compilation of articles by Gwent writers living and dead and
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Super fight can happen - Stadium chief
MILLENNIUM Stadium manager Paul Sergeant said he would welcome a Joe Calzaghe superfight there in July "with open arms," writes Paul Tully. Promoter Frank Warren exclusively revealed in the Argus yesterday (see inset) that Cardiff in the summer was his
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Rare appearance a treat
Venue takes a look at Newport's music scene for the next few days THIS week's gigs start off with a rare appearance by Cardiff's Lesson No.1 promotion crew in the city. They treat you to Eniac, Amtrak, Panel and Lt Meat for a spot of bassed-up punk-funk
