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Awards for volunteers
AN AWARDS ceremony which will recognise the work of volunteers in grassroots sport events, activities and coached sessions in Newport, will take place in the Newport Hilton on January 24. Olympic athlete and current Newport resident Darren Campbell will
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University launches counselling centre
A NEW research centre for counselling has been launched at the University of Wales, Newport. Part of the school of health and social sciences, the centre aims to act as a focal point for research links within the South Wales counselling community.
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Gwent beauty takes youngsters to winter wonderland
A GWENT beauty helped raise £5,000 for terminally-ill children over the past six months and was involved in a special trip to Lapland just before Christmas. Miss Gwent, Alexandra Morgan, 23, of Clevedon Road, Beechwood, Newport first got involved with
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Biggar to the fore in Six Nations bid
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Swansea outside-half Dan Biggar will line up against a senior Ospreys XV at Aberavon tonight, as members of Wales' Under 20 squad bid to claim a place in the side for the forthcoming Six Nations campaign. Partnering Biggar at half-back
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Newport is trading fair
CAMPAIGNERS in Newport are celebrating after the city was awarded official Fairtrade status. Eighteen months after a newly-formed Fairtrade group launched their bid to convert the city and its residents to a fairer way of shopping, they have acheived
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The Plumber's Tale....
(A excerpt from a working diary at Merv's house this weekend)... It started, unpredictably with a drip. Not a large regular sized drip or even a raging Niagara falls effect drip, but a slow, steady, and monotonous drip that soaked the ceiling plaster
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The Plumber's Tale....
(A excerpt from a working diary at Merv's house this weekend)... It started, unpredictably with a drip. Not a large regular sized drip or even a raging Niagara falls effect drip, but a slow, steady, and monotonous drip that soaked the ceiling plaster
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Caerphilly up to fourth
NO GWENT sides were able to get in any Division One East action because of the poor weather, with only two matches in the section going ahead. In one of them, Caerphilly's 20-12 away victory over Beddau elevated them above Blackwood into fourth position
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Pair kicked and punched man
TWO young men have been ordered to do 220 hours of community work for their part in a drunken Newport brawl. Cole Logan Dunbar Rawlings-Conner, 20 of Langton Court Road, Bristol and Peter Robert Jewitt, 21, of Southmoor Road, Oxford, pleaded guilty
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Thieves steal £7k projectors from school
THIEVES stole £7,000 of projector equipment from a Newport infants school blighted by vandalism and break-ins. Windows at St Julian's Infants School were forced open during the weekend and thieves ripped seven projectors worth a total of £7,000 from
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Newport show fighting spirit
Aberavon 27 Newport 15NEWPORT'S patched-up side gave a better display than the scoreline suggests, but still could not prevent Aberavon taking five points from the match. Coach Ian Hembrow absolutely refused to give injuries or Dragons calls as the blame
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Pupils raise cash for charity van
A GROUP of Gwent school children proved to be a blessing for a Newport charity after raising thousands of pounds to help deliver vital household items to homeless and struggling families in the area. Pupils from Monmouth School have already raised
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Newport set for Wales' biggest mud hut
NEWPORT will soon be home to Wales' largest mud-hut after funding was secured from the city council. £16,000 was made available for the community facility in Barrackswood that will serve as an eco-classroom for both children and adults. The green
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Howley and Edwards join Gatland
Two of the most respected rugby coaches in the game have been recruited by Warren Gatland to his new backroom line-up which has been unveiled in full by the WRU today. Rob Howley of the Cardiff Blues and Shaun Edwards of Wasps are the new faces in
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Rampant Ravens tip Vale crown
Bridgend 32 Ebbw Vale 6IN ONE of the shocks of the season, Principality Premiership leaders Ebbw Vale were toppled by a rampant Bridgend Ravens in a cracking game at the Brewery Field as the struggling home side hit its best form of what has been a disappointing
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A mum in a million
A SEBASTOPOL mum who shaved her head after her daughter lost her locks battling breast cancer, has raised £2,400 for Nevill Hall Hospital. Ann Perry, 66, donated the money to the breast cancer unit as a thank you for their kind support. Tracy Hook,
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Thomas is only Dragon for Wales
Prop Rhys Thomas is the only Newport Gwent Dragon included in Warren Gatland's Six Nations squad announced today. There was no place for experienced internationals Colin Charvis, Michael Owen, Kevin Morgan and Ceri Sweeney, althouth former Dragons Ian
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A horse by any other name?
KNOCK ON EFFECT: One of the ancient traditions associated with Christmas and the New Year was again celebrated on Twelfth Night in the rural village of Llansoy, in the Parish of Llanfihangel Tor-y-Mynydd, not far from Usk - it was the tenth year running
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Busy time for the Orpheus
CHOIR NEWS: This report has been sent in by Malcolm Williams, Press Officer of Abertillery Orpheus Male Voice Choir: " On December 14, we sang in Mardy, and the hall was full. The first half we performed numbers from our concert programme and in second
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Sinfonia Cymru, The Riverfront
Most concertgoers still keep so-called contemporary music at a distance, with the result that it has become a narrow and sophisticated interest associated mainly with capital cities. This is sad, and unworthy of those who profess to love music, a great
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It's all about getting mobile
MODERN FADS: In recent years I have noticed that there are certain items that particularly younger people really have to have with them. The most obvious one is their mobile phone - We used to check that we had cigarettes and matches before leaving
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First-class speaker at the Probus Club
"30 ODD YEARS AS A POSTMAN": Mr Des Morgan, a retired postal officer, gave the Probus Club of Pontypool a very interesting talk on the above subject at their meeting at Panteg House on Wednesday, January 2. The speaker started his job as a postman in
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The Barkers' are back home
Two major paintings have been added to the Barker collection at Pontypool Museum. The new works, by Benjamin Barker and his son Thomas Barker, were purchased for £43,000 with the help of a Lottery grant. "I hope that the new paintings will highlight
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Time for a clean up
RESIDENTS are being encouraged to take a more active role in enhancing the appearance of their community with the support of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). Officers for Trevethin, Penygarn and St Cadoc's are working with members of the community
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Theatre staff claim thousands owed
OPERATING theatre staff at the Royal Gwent Hospital - who claim they are owed thousands of pounds each in unsocial hours payments - are accusing health bosses of unacceptable delaying tactics in settling the issue. Around 30 ODAs (operating department
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Beyond the Barricade, St David's Hall
Beyond the barricade promised to be the UK's leading musical theatre concert with a cast of past principal performers from Les Misérables and other West End productions. After a little hiccup, one of the performers was stuck in traffic, the show started
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Top honours and top tunes for band
BLAENAVON TOWN BAND: Mr Lyn Davies, chairman of Blaenavon Town Band, has given me details of the band's Annual Presentation Night. The was held at the Constitutional Club, Blaenavon, and was a great success, with 75 people attending. Top honours went
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Saleswoman puts down new roots
AN ABERGAVENNY woman swapped premiums for shears after starting a college course. Helen Rees, 43, of Abergavenny, worked in an insurance sales job for six years but signed up for a horticulture course after the call of the outdoors became to much to
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Beale praises his men’s verve
KEYS director of rugby Robert Beale was delighted with the spirit shown by his charges to come back from a late body blow to take the spoils at the Bridge Field. Gareth Williams' injury-time score secured the points and put Keys in a strong position
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Two held in lightning drugs raid
DRUGS were seized from a Newport house in a lightning raid. The intelligence-led raid by Alway police officers took place on Lime Crescent, Somerton around midday on Saturday. The two occupants were arrested and taken to Newport Central police station
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Keys fight back for late victory
Bedwas 14 Cross Keys 18CROSS Keys lost and then regained the lead in injury time as they grabbed a deserved win in an absorbing derby at Bedwas. It seemed as though Keys would be ruefully reflecting on points gone begging when Bedwas wing Jimmy Norris
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ARGUS COMMENT: Organ donation is vital
EVERY year a thousand people die because of the lack of organs available for transplant. Thousands of others are on a waiting list at any one time, their lives effectively on hold until an organ becomes available. The announcement yesterday that
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Work on leisure centre forges on
WORK began "in earnest" on a £15 million new school project after a Gwent leisure centre was demolished to make way for it. Top officers from Torfaen council were on site last week putting together the details on a plan which will see Blaenavon getting
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Crash family's 'year of hell'
A YEAR after an horrific car crash which killed three members of the same family and an unborn child, relatives are still lobbying council chiefs to make the road where it happened safer. It's been a year of hell for the family of Andrew Williams,
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Parry outlines Wales desire
CHEPSTOW-BORNPaul Parry has told Wales manager John Toshack that he wants to return from a self-imposed international exile to help the Dragons' bid to qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. The Cardiff City midfielder informed Toshack
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Police warning as burglaries surge
A SHARP increase in burglaries in Newport during the first week of the New Year is triggering police warnings. Between January 1 and January 9, there were 37 burglaries across the city. The statistics show a steep rise in burglaries when compared
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Argus fight coverage leads world
JOE Calzaghe's exclusive column in the South Wales Argus made headlines around the world over the weekend. Calzaghe, the undisputed and undefeated super middleweight champion of the world, told his readers that he will fight American Executioner' Bernard
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Ex-cop brings church back to life
NEW life is being breathed into a run-down Pontypool church thanks to a passionate pastor. Reverend Victor Owens, 56, bought the unused Mount Pleasant Church on Hanbury Road two years ago, and spent £40,000 of his own money on much-needed repairs.
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Beadle: Lads put the work in
NEWPORT County boss Peter Beadle admitted his side gave everything they had in Saturday's narrow FA Trophy defeat to Torquay United. The Exiles competed superbly against a team currently second in the Blue Square Conference, threatening to cause an upset
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ARGUS COMMENT: Bleak outlook in bank case
THE High Court test case on bank charges which starts today will have implications for every one of us. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is challenging seven leading retail banks and the Nationwide building society claiming overdraft charges are unfair
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Beadle’s battlers prove a point
County 1 Torquay 2NEWPORT County extinguished any lingering doubts about their ability to compete if they are promoted to the Conference after producing a performance to savour on and off the field on Saturday. Quite simply this was the best of the Exiles
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Dragons’ return for Perpignan
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons hope to have four internationals back in their side for Saturday's Heineken Cup tie against Percy Montgomery's Perpignan at Rodney Parade (1.30pm). A threadbare squad travelled to Reading to take on London Irish with 15 players
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Turner: It was a harsh lesson
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner was left to reflect on the proverbial game of two halves after their 41-24 defeat by London Irish on Saturday, bad defensive mistakes in the opening 40 minutes and some glorious rugby after the interval. "We can't
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Youngsters' joy at lotto grant
MEMBERS of a Newport-based youth group are dancing with joy after they were awarded a grant for nearly a quarter of a million pounds. The Urban Cirlce youth organisation, which works with hundreds of youngsters in the city and wider Gwent area, said
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Four vehicles in M4 smash
A CRASH involving four vehicles occured eastbound on the M4 between junction 26-27 this morning. The fire service reported the incident took place at 8.41am this morning. They added no persons had to be freed from the crash. Traffic Wales said
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Kidney swap man is on pantomime form
IT'S been a couple of years out of the spotlight for keen amateur thespian Mike Edmunds. He's been involved in his valley community's annual pantomime for 15 years - but kidney disease forced him to take an off-stage directing role in the last two
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Burst main left 10,000 properties without water
THE BURST water main in Newport flooded a main road and left a hospital and around 10,000 properties without water yesterday. Thousands of gallons of water gushed on to the Kingsway roundabout in the early hours of yesterday morning after the main
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Brave Cyrus battles on
BRAVE Cyrus Parry from Cwmbran has had a difficult year by anybody's standards and he's only two. Doctors made the shock discovery - a golf ball-sized cancerous lump on the two-year-old's brain - last July. His parents Laura Harris and Rob Parry
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Welsh League and cup football round-up
CROESYCEILIOG left it as late as the seventh minute of injury time before a headed goal by Michael Dewer finally killed off Gwent rivals Llanwern in an incident-packed Nathaniel League Cup quarter-final clash at Woodland Road. The MacWhirter Welsh League
