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Help stop hoax callers
FIRE CHIEFS are urging the public to name and shame malicious hoax callers from Gwent who are putting lives at risk and costing taxpayers more than £600,000 per year. Making a hoax call is illegal. If you recognise any of the people in these calls
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Pirates poised to cause upset
Roy Hodgson's Fulham strugglers have been warned their FA Cup anguish against Newport star Byron Anthony's League One battlers Bristol Rovers has only just begun. Booed off the field by disenchanted home fans despite twice coming from behind to draw
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Gwent clubs get lotto cash
CLUBS and organisations across Gwent have benefited from the latest round of Lottery funding. Under Awards for All Wales village halls in Monmouthshire are about to become energy efficient thanks to a £1,200 grant for the South East Wales Energy Agency
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Off-roaders appeal for help to keep legal
OFF-ROAD bike enthusiasts are calling on a Gwent council to do more to help their sport. More than 150 bikers attended an event at a Blackwood farm on Sunday, but the farm's owner has faced a long planning battle with Caerphilly council over the legality
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Teen has eyes on model crown
A CWMBRAN teenager is turning to Argus readers to help make her dreams come true. Kovi Dunbar, 17, originally from Zimbabwe, has been shortlisted from thousands of hopefuls for Miss Queen Teen UK. But to make it to the competition finals, she needs
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Fourth youth charged after kidnap
POLICE have charged a fourth youth with robbery, kidnap and threat to kill after an incident in December. The incident happened on December 1 at around 5.30pm at the rear of Ombersley Road, in the Handpost area of Newport. Soon after the incident
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Coaches help Fleur to bloom
FLEUR-DE-LYS coaching duo David Roberts and ChristianWills were singled out for praise following their side's 6-6 Asda League Division East draw at Newbridge. On a playing surface which deteriorated from the very start, home outside-half Richard Powell
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Big Pit still open at weekends
ONE of Gwent and South Wales biggest attractions will not have to close at weekends says it's chief. Worries about Blaenavon's Big Pit closing on Saturday and Sunday because of a cash crisis facing a key rescue service are unfounded according to manager
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Licence for kennels sought
AN APPLICATION for a licence to keep a boarding establish for animals has been made by Mrs Wendy Cornwall to Caerphilly County Borough Council. The application will be considered by the Directorate if the Environment for the licence at Springfield
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Hospice appeals for new year volunteers
A NEWPORT charity is appealing for New Year volunteers. St. David's Foundation Hospice Care has many different opportunities, from helping in the two day hospices, administration work, charity shop work, or recruiting supporters to play the lottery
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Man jailed for threat to kill
AN Abergavenny man was jailed for threatening to kill his girlfriend. Benjamin Haynes, 22, of Grove Mansions, appeared at Newport Crown court charged with common assault and on a separate count of criminal damage. John Warren prosecuting said that
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Newport chef aims to be Wales' best
A NEWPORT chef is battling it out with the crème de la crème in Wales to be crowned the nation's top chef. Carl Hammett, 36, a sous chef at the Chandlery in Lower Dock Street, is through to the semi-finals of the National Chef of Wales 2008. He
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Pontypool 26 Blackwood 12
PONTYPOOL starved Blackwood of quality possession in this Asda Division One East top-of-the-table clash to run out comfortable 26-12 winners. The man who made all the difference was outstanding home forward Daryl Cox. Big lock Cox dominated the lineout
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ARGUS COMMENT: A&E Time wasters
READERS of our website appear to have hit the nail on the head with their comments on waiting times at Gwent accident and emergency departments. Latest figures show nearly 1,000 patients who attended A&E at the Royal Gwent and Nevill Hall waited more
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Ebbw Vale 28 Maesteg 13
EBBW Vale went back to the top of the Welsh Premiership with a bonus-point victory over bottom-placed Maesteg at Eugene Cross Park on Saturday, but it was far from being a champagne performance. They were lacklustre for long periods against rivals hit
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Axed steel workers discuss future
HUNDREDS of steel workers from a closed Newport plant met with union representatives at the weekend to discuss plans about their future. Workers from Alphasteel, based in Corporation Road, which was put into administrative receivership on December
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Cross Keys 13 Glamorgan 8
"WE WANT to get into the top four in this league and playing this way we will," declared a jubilant Greg Woods, Keys assistant coach, in the changing-rooms at the end of this hard-won victory at Pandy Park. He added: "We challenged our players to come
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Hembrow: We must be ruthless
NEWPORT head coach was relieved that his side had edged their clash with Bridgend but is urging his charges to show a ruthless streak to avoid similar nervous conclusions. The Black and Ambers were good value for their 16-12 win at Rodney Parade, but
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Newport 16 Bridgend 12
NEWPORT deservedly took the spoils in a dogged affair with Bridgend - but there needs to be a marked improvement if the Black and Ambers are to climb to where they believe they belong in the table. They struggled to break down a determined Ravens side
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ARGUS COMMENT: Pensioners' post needs results
THE creation of a commissioner for older people in Wales is an interesting move but fraught with potential pitfalls which must be avoided if this is not to be seen as a token gesture. The National Assembly administration is claiming a world first with
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Police break up funeral brawl
POLICE were called to a funeral wake at a Gwent club after a mass brawl broke out between 20 mourners. Around a dozen officers were sent to the Twyn y Ffald Constitutional Club on Bedwellty Road, Cefn Fforest, after chairs, tables and music equipment
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Electronics plant could have data role
A NEWPORT plant could finally have a future after standing empty for almost a decade. LG's unused semi-conductor factory, later owned by Hynix, was unsuitable for most businesses and was labelled a "white elephant". The Assembly leadership is still
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Beadle: We must be more clinical
NEWPORT County boss Peter Beadle was quick to admit his side let themselves down with poor finishing in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Hayes & Yeading, but believes referee Will Bull and his assistants were below par as his side were held. The Exiles created
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Tributes paid to tragic 21-year-old
FAMILY and friends of a 21-year-old who died in Brynmawr have paid tribute to the man they say "touched the hearts of everyone he met." Christopher Lambie, originally from West Lothian, Scotland, died in his sleep and was discovered by his father in
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Olympians hope to be on song
A GWENT youth choir is hoping to head to Austria this summer to compete in a world championship event. The 28-strong Nidus choir, whose members are aged eight and 15 and are from Pontypool, Cwmbran and Newport areas, is bidding to lift the winner's
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Edwards wants Wales post
SHAUN Edwards is hoping his club Wasps can come to an agreement with Wales to allow him to become Warren Gatland's part-time coaching assistant. The prospects appear good for Edwards to join Wales in time for the start of this year's RBS Six Nations,
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Injury woe for Dragons
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons were the only Welsh region to win at the weekend, but they have now been plunged into a fresh injury crisis ahead of Saturday's televised Heineken Cup tie against London Irish at the Madejski Stadium. Though celebrating a victorious
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Police hunt drugs bag pair
POLICE are hunting for men who threw a holdall containing Class A drugs over a wall when they were approached by police officers. Officers saw two men acting suspiciously on Malpas Road on Friday afternoon at approximately 3.30pm, close to the Malpas
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Turner praises fighting spirit
"A HUGE performance," that was how a delighted Newport Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner described their remarkable victory over Glasgow at Fir Hill on Friday night. It was the Dragons' second Magners League victory in four days and it was the first time
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Will train be in time for kick-off?
February 9 may be the perfect time to exorcise some world cup demons when Scotland visit the Millennium Stadium for the first Wales home fixture of this year's Six Nations. But fans from the valleys might have to wait longer to enjoy the perfect rugby
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Safety in Six Bells
SIX Bells Community Safety Partnership in conjunction with Gwent Police are holding a community safety day in Six Bells on January 11. The event will run from 11am to 4pm at St Johns Church Hall. St John Ambulance will be there providing a workshop
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Gas fire forces residents to flee
A DOZEN residents had to be evacuated from their homes in Monmouth yesterday morning because of a potentially lethal gas pipe fire. Residents of Monk Street woke at 4.30am to sirens sounding and knocks on doors from the emergency services as they were
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Horror badger baiting find
NEW evidence of barbaric badger baiters operating in Gwent was found in a horrifying discovery near Pontypool. Gwent Badger Group discovered a sett in the area known as Goytre Wharf, which had been dug out on New Years Eve, after a report from a member
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Harris makes it a hat trick
BRITISH champion and Grand Prix winner Chris Harris became the first man to land the New Year Classic for a third time at a packed-out Hayley Stadium yesterday. Coventry's Harris, a red-hot favourite after last year's title- holder David Howe's withdrawal
