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CWMBRAN Town boss Sean Wharton has slammed the town's community for allowing the club to slide from challenging in Europe to being Welsh football also-rans. Saturday's defeat by NEWI Cefn Druids in the Welsh Premier League all but condemned the Crows
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Dragons get fitness boost
HAL Luscombe and Steve Jones will both be fit for Newport Gwent Dragons for Friday night's crucial must-win Celtic League game against Glasgow at Rodney Parade. But the Dragons are waiting for the results of a scan on outside half Craig Warlow's shoulder
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Anti-Welsh feeling makes me so sick
THE anti-Welsh feeling pouring out of England by the granting of a Test match to Glamorgan in the Ashes series of 2009 is disgraceful. I thought the name of the official governing body was the England and Wales Cricket Board, so on that basis alone
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Croft hopeful
GLAMORGAN have the chance of immediate revenge over Sunday's C&G conquerors Essex when they open their County Championship campaign against them in Cardiff tomorrow. And home skipper Robert Croft says his side have learnt from their disastrous 2005
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County on fire
NEWPORT County produced a counter-attacking masterclass in Cambridge on Saturday, gaining three points that completed their very own version of the Great Escape. After a season of woe and worry that has had even the most dedicated of supporters reaching
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Wales close to decision on new coach
GARETH Jenkins is due to be interviewed on Wednesday for the job of Wales coach and a decision on Mike Ruddock's successor is expected at Thursday's WRU board meeting with an announcement that night or on Friday. And there could well be a decision
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Home and dry!
NEWPORT County manager Peter Beadle was understandably elated after his side clinched Conference South survival with an extremely polished and professional victory at Cambridge City on Saturday. Beadle remained calm at the end of the game until it
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Newport thwart battling Steelmen
IF Ebbw Vale are relegated from the Welsh Premier Division at the end of the season skipper Kristian Owen will rue probably the biggest gaffe of his playing career on Saturday. Deep into seven minutes of second-half injury time at Rodney Parade he
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Stradey woe
THREE defeats in a week means Newport Gwent Dragons are now almost certain to be involved in a play-off if they are to retain their place in the Heineken Cup for next season. Though they have their second lot of four points to come for a free weekend
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Safety in sight for County
NEWPORT County can ease their supporters' concerns a week before the end of the season at Cambridge City today by securing a win that will all but guarantee Conference South safety. Manager Peter Beadle has presided over a renaissance of mammoth proportions
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Morgan's shock
GWENT-born England and Wales Cricket Board chairman David Morgan today described the securing of a 2009 Ashes Test by Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, as "a magnificent achievement." And while admitting the move had come as something of a surprise
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I'm not a quitter - coach Gray
UNDER fire Pontypool coach David Gray says he's no quitter and insists they can escape relegation from the Welsh Premier Division. But Robert Beale, coach of Cross Keys who Pontypool entertain on Saturday, says they would not be doing their Gwent neighbours
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Turner rings changes
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner has made a massive 13 changes, four of them positional, for tomorrow's east-west Celtic League clash against Llanelli Scarlets at Stradey Park. Turner says the team needs 'freshening up' after a run of games,
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Beadle confident of staving off drop
NEWPORT County boss Peter Beadle believes the pressure is off his players as they head into tomorrow's penultimate Conference South clash of the season, away at Cambridge City (kick-off 3pm). County are one of several sides battling to beat the drop
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I'm just stunned
ABSOLUTELY gobsmacked. There is no other way of describing my reaction to Thursday's news that Cardiff's Sophia Gardens will host an Ashes Test in 2009. Mike Ruddock's abrupt departure as Wales rugby coach had nothing on this. I will freely admit -
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Death of a fighter
BLAENAU Gwent MP and AM Peter Law died this morning after suffering from a brain tumour. The popular politician, aged 58, died peacefully at home in the early hours. The tumour was first diagnosed during the general election campaign last year.
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Cat and kitten shot by thugs
AN Ebbw Vale woman is heartbroken after two of her beloved family cats were shot and later died. Kelly O'Leary, 47, of Glanfrwyd Avenue, says ball-bearing guns were fired at the animals. Ms O'Leary says the culprits are also targeting other animals
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'Clear rubbish before it becomes health risk'
A NEWPORT councillor says it is only a matter of time an area covered in household waste becomes a health hazard. Allt-Yr-Yn Councillor David Fouweather said the field, on the Barracks Field Estate, needed to be cleared before the weather became any
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Farmers tell of anthrax fears
Gwent farmers have expressed concern over a possible outbreak of anthrax. They were reacting to the discovery of anthrax on a farm in Rhondda Cyon Taff, where two cows were found dead. The Farmers' Union of Wales said the precautions taken meant
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Couple: 'We won't let blaze beat us'
THE owners of a Pill business ravaged by fire say they are "devastated" by the destruction. "We're both distraught," said Helen Thomas-Perry, who runs Able Jacks DIY Warehouse on Mill Parade with her partner Andrew Powell. More than 40 firefighters
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All clear sounded afer shell drama
A GWENT pub was evacuated and a 200-metre exclusion zone put in place after police were alerted that two Second World War shells were there. The Westlake Arms in Cwmavon, near Abersychan, was cleared as bomb disposal experts checked whether they were
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Driver jailed after leaving pal to die
A NEWPORT man was jailed for four months for failing to stop his car after a friend fell out and on to the M4, suffering fatal injuries. Constandinos Jones, 23, sustained serious head injuries and died six days later, Newport magistrates heard yesterday
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Patients boosted by better services
HEALTH chiefs are looking at ways of improving services to Blaenau Gwent patients ahead of the opening of the proposed £35 million hospital at Ebbw Vale in 2009. The number of outpatient clinics being provided at Blaina Hospital was already increased,
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County given cup axe
NEWPORT County have been fined £500, ordered to pay £130 costs and thrown out of the Gwent Senior Cup by the Gwent County Football Association. It follows their failure to fulfil their semi-final fixture with Macron Welsh League Division Two side Croesyceiliog
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Death of a fighter
BLAENAU Gwent MP and AM Peter Law died this morning after suffering from a brain tumour. The popular politician, aged 58, died peacefully at home in the early hours. The tumour was first diagnosed during the general election campaign last year. He leaves
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Anti-Welsh feeling makes me so sick - Robin Davey column
THE anti-Welsh feeling pouring out of England by the granting of a Test match to Glamorgan in the Ashes series of 2009 is disgraceful. I thought the name of the official governing body was the England and Wales Cricket Board, so on that basis alone why
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Cat and kitten shot by thugs
AN Ebbw Vale woman is heartbroken after two of her beloved family cats were shot and later died. Kelly O'Leary, 47, of Glanfrwyd Avenue, says ball-bearing guns were fired at the animals. Ms O'Leary says the culprits are also targeting other animals and
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Check out the scale of this model
A NEWPORT father was delighted when he saw pictures in the Argus of the crane which will be lifting the £5 million Usk footbridge into place. David Allen had bought his 13-year-old son Daniel a 4ft working replica of the same crane for £40 a month ago
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Couple: 'We won't let blaze beat us'
THE owners of a Pill business ravaged by fire say they are "devastated" by the destruction. "We're both distraught," said Helen Thomas-Perry, who runs Able Jacks DIY Warehouse on Mill Parade with her partner Andrew Powell. More than 40 firefighters battled
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Flood defences 'will cost tens of millions'
The Environment Agency is warning that rising tides mean that tens of thousands of pounds will have to be spent on flood defences. It says that high tides on the River Usk could rise by half a metre within the next 50 years. Now Newport council is asking
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Dragons get fitness boost
HAL Luscombe and Steve Jones will both be fit for Newport Gwent Dragons for Friday night's crucial must-win Celtic League game against Glasgow at Rodney Parade. But the Dragons are waiting for the results of a scan on outside half Craig Warlow's shoulder
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'Clear rubbish before it becomes health risk'
A NEWPORT councillor says it is only a matter of time an area covered in household waste becomes a health hazard. Allt-Yr-Yn Councillor David Fouweather said the field, on the Barracks Field Estate, needed to be cleared before the weather became any warmer
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Unwanted
CWMBRAN Town boss Sean Wharton has slammed the town's community for allowing the club to slide from challenging in Europe to being Welsh football also-rans. Saturday's defeat by NEWI Cefn Druids in the Welsh Premier League all but condemned the Crows,
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Croft hopeful
GLAMORGAN have the chance of immediate revenge over Sunday's C&G conquerors Essex when they open their County Championship campaign against them in Cardiff tomorrow. And home skipper Robert Croft says his side have learnt from their disastrous 2005
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All clear sounded afer shell drama
A GWENT pub was evacuated and a 200-metre exclusion zone put in place after police were alerted that two Second World War shells were there. The Westlake Arms in Cwmavon, near Abersychan, was cleared as bomb disposal experts checked whether they were
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Farmers tell of anthrax fears
Gwent farmers expressed concern over a possible outbreak of anthrax. They were reacting to the discovery of anthrax on a farm in Rhondda Cyon Taff, where two cows were found dead. The Farmers' Union of Wales said the precautions taken meant the spread
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Check out the scale of this model
A NEWPORT father was delighted when he saw pictures in the Argus of the crane which will be lifting the £5 million Usk footbridge into place. David Allen had bought his 13-year-old son Daniel a 4ft working replica of the same crane for £40 a month
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Driver jailed after leaving pal to die
A NEWPORT man was jailed for four months for failing to stop his car after a friend fell out and on to the M4, suffering fatal injuries. Constandinos Jones, 23, sustained serious head injuries and died six days later, Newport magistrates heard yesterday
