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'Please don't scrap our card accounts'
Post Offices across Gwent say government plans to scrap card accounts could force them out of business. Sub-postmasters at three Post Offices in Blaenavon alone say they will have to shut if the changes come into force in 2010, and shopkeepers in Maindee
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Final journey for 'darling bruv'
Friends and family said goodbye to Pontypool man Alec Howells, who died three days after being found with serious head and spinal injuries. Around 100 mourners gathered yesterday to bid farewell to former scaffolder Mr Howells, 39, who was found by a
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'Patients and staff are at risk'
PATIENTS with learning disabilities and acute mental illness, and staff caring for them, are at risk of serious injury or death unless an assessment and treatment unit at a Gwent hospital is replaced, a trust report says. Gwent Healthcare Trust is to
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Final journey for 'darling bruv'
Friends and family said goodbye to Pontypool man Alec Howells, who died three days after being found with serious head and spinal injuries. Around 100 mourners gathered yesterday to bid farewell to former scaffolder Mr Howells, 39, who was found by a
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Double boost for Newport
NEWPORT have been handed a double boost ahead of their Konica-Minolta Cup quarter-final at Maesteg on Saturday. Prolific scoring outside half Dan Griffiths has signed a new two-year contract with the club and vice-captain and lock Matthew Veater could
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Ready to talk
MIKE Ruddock is ready to break his silence and finally give his version of events leading up to his sensational resignation and subsequent early dismissal as Wales rugby coach. In a shock development, the story the whole of Welsh rugby has been waiting
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2,000 sign up to oppose store
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to stop a supermarket being built in Abergavenny have collected almost 2,000 signatures against the plan. The group Save Our Market Town was set up by traders, councillors and farmers who are worried how a new Asda store will affect
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Davies: use law
A GWENT MP is urging our police authority to launch a legal challenge against Charles Clarke's controversial merger plans. The call came after Cleveland Police Authority announced it was seeking a judicial review of the government's decision to create
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Hospital surveys planned
TWO of Gwent's biggest hospital sites are being surveyed to determine their suitability to play a part in multi-million pound plans to modernise the area's health services. Architects are studying Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, and County Hospital
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Young champion aims even higher
A CWMBRAN plasterer has powered his way to a national title and is now setting his sights on further honours. Nigel Stone won the Welsh Open Powerlifting Championships in Swansea, a notable achievement since it was only his second competition since taking
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Schools out as Gwent comes to a halt
MORE than a million British local government workers went on strike today - 10,000 of them in Gwent - causing schools, libraries and leisure centres to shut down. Only a handful of schools opened across the county. Head of public service union UNISON,
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Hunt goes on for caravan arsonists
THE owner of a caravan centre destroyed by an arson attack said the only way the culprits will be caught is if someone gives them up. Five months ago a blaze caused more than £1.5 million worth of damage to Mendip Caravan Centre, Pill, but police still
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Legend Dai makes comeback
DAVID Watkins, one of Britain's greatest ever players at both the rugby union and rugby league codes, is making a comeback after a break of twenty years and at the age of 64. The former Newport union star and Salford league legend, the only player to
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Brigitta reflects on art
AN INNOVATIVE virtual reality project earned a Newport student international recognition. University of Wales, Newport PhD student Brigitta Zics was shortlisted by a jury of experts as one of Europe's best young multimedia artists. Her 'Mirror_SPACE'
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Murderer's brother fled city in fear, court told
THE brother of murderer Aaron Kent fled Newport because he fears for his safety in the city, a court heard yesterday. Jay Kent, 23, appeared at Newport magistrates court after breaching the conditions of a community order by not attending unpaid work.
