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Holly's Six Nations honour
SATURDAY was a day to remember for up-and-coming Newport soprano Holly Holyoake. The talented former Duffryn High pupil followed in the footsteps of star Katherine Jenkins to lead the singing of the Welsh national anthem at the Millennium Stadium for
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Back to top form
NEWPORT County's battle to beat the drop in the Conference South received a massive boost on Saturday, thanks to an excellent win over a dreadful Basingstoke Town. County kept their first clean sheet in 12 games (almost 1,000 minutes) and could have scored
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Go-ahead for 40 city homes
DEVELOPERS who tried for two years to get permission for a Newport housing development will now be allowed to build a scaled-down version. Bovis Homes wanted to build on land at Ridgeway Close and Ridgeway Park Road in Newport on the site of former pre-fab
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Leah set for life of horror in prison hell-hole
A NEWPORT woman jailed for eight years after being found with a kilo of cocaine at a South American airport can expect her prison conditions to be overcrowded, sometimes violent and prone to corruption and abuse, according to a campaigning group. It is
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Fired-up Mo on course for gold
THERE'S only one Mo Nasir! Well actually there are two, but Pill's light flyweight boxing sensation is aiming to prove that he's the main man in Melbourne. The St Joseph's gym product faces Pakistan's Mohammad Nisar in the quarter-finals tomorrow after
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Lessons learned - for humans and dogs
Our canine friends took centre-stage in a Gwent town during a dog awareness day on Saturday. More than 100 owners and their pets braved the chilly weather to take part in the event promoting responsible dog ownership in Gwent Square, Cwmbran. Wardens
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'Don't release killers early'
THE brother of a man stabbed to death by a convicted murderer in 1999 is backing a campaign by a Gwent MP to end the 'outrage' of killers being released from prison before the end of their sentences. Royston Mills, 58, told the Argus his brother, Graham
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One 999 vehicle - but 10 needed
THERE should be ten rapid response vehicles (RRVs) driven by paramedics for ambulance calls across Monmouthshire instead of the one the county now has, according to a study commissioned by the Assembly executive. The study also recommends there should
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Now he's going for gold
A NURSERY owner is hoping his flowers will turn the heads of celebrities at this year's Chelsea Flower Show. David Jones, manager of Penhow Nurseries, based at St Brides, Netherwent, said his displays over the last seven years attracted admiring glances
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Wales take Les Bleus to the wire
WALES restored some badly needed pride to their battered season despite slipping to their third Six Nations defeat on Saturday. As if liberated by Scotland's victory over Italy just before they took the field, which made them safe from the ignominy of
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Still guessing
THE Welsh Rugby Union and the players still don't know whether Scott Johnson intends remaining in Wales and applying for the job he has held on a caretaker basis for the last three games. The WRU placed an advert for a head coach on their website immediately
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Our happy family is thanks to baby unit
FOUR-month-old Sammy Price is lucky to be alive. He was born on November 15 in Nevill Hall Hospital with a serious circulation problem. Now his father, Tony Price, of Pen-y-Pound Lane, Abergavenny, says an emergency transfer to the Royal Gwent Hospital's
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Lifeline club faces closure
A SOCIAL club for blind and partially sighted people in Newport could close within months unless new volunteers are found to take over the running of the group. The Eton Road Visually Impaired People (or VIP) Club, funded by Gwent Association for the
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Work starts on bus station revamp
THE DEMOLITION of Blackwood Bus Station began at the weekend as part of the town's 10-year regeneration strategy. The knocking down and then redevelopment of the station is expected to take 38 weeks. Buses will be stopping on Blackwood High Street while
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Wasps' late joy
A LAST-heat success by Craig Watson and Neil Collins ensured that Newport Everest Group Wasps got their delayed home start to the speedway season off to a perfect start with a Premier Trophy win over the Isle of Wight. The Wasps pair went in to the last
