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Bag-packers raise £5,000 for Finley
A TEAM of bag packers have raised over £5,000 for Finley Ellis-Hall. The Llanmartin-tot is suffering from neuroblastoma, which has robbed him of his sight. Parents Mark and Karen are raising cash for pioneering optic nerve treatment. Sarah Rogers and
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Credit union opens in Abergavenny
A NEW credit union which has opened in Monmouthshire is helping to beat the credit crunch. Gateway Credit Union has opened its first collection point in Monmouthshire at the Communities First Resource Centre in Abergavenny and will now be visited by
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Community home opens
A NEW community home for vulnerable patients who need temporary housing after leaving hospital has been launched in Blaenavon. The new Bron Afon sheltered apartment in Baker Street was officially opened on Thursday and is the last of four intermediate
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Bjork, cod and the blue pool - why we're off to Iceland
WHAT a great piece of confidence-building it was for one of the most senior men in the International Monetary Fund to tell us all that we are close to global financial meltdown. So what sort of a reaction do we think the markets will have to
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Thief is jailed
A 38-YEAR-OLD man was jailed for 15 months after pleading guilty to theft and breaching his community orders. James Derek Pick, of Laburnum Close, Newport, appeared for sentencing in the city's crown court, charged with two counts of theft and two community
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Care home plan for Chepstow
THE SITE of a former car garage in Chepstow could be turned into a new care home if outline proposals go ahead. Care development company Castleoak propose to redevelop the Racecourse Garage site on the Usk Road and Lawrence Road into a 60-bed nursing
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Newport is top of the class!
NEWPORT'S education standards have once again outclassed others in Wales. As staff and pupils at Glasllwch celebrate an outstanding inspection report, the latest figures show that primary results are putting the city at the top of the table. Overall
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Cathedral's floral bid for funds
FATHER Mark Soady who is in charge of raising £2.5 million to restore Newport's cathedral has come up with a blooming good idea. For three days at the end of next month St Woolos will be ablaze with colour and heady with fragrance as flower-arranging
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Guest house scoops gold
A GUEST house in Llanover was named as one of Wales’ top places to stay just five months after first opening its doors. The Llansabbath Country House has joined 24 other establishments on the Visit Wales Gold Award List of Accommodation for 2008/09.
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School digs deep for green contest
YNYSDDU Primary School is the latest organisation to take part in our green competition. Schools and organisations have the chance to win as much as £750 with the Argus and Swalec, if they can prove they are the greenest in Gwent. There are two categories
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Wales 2 Liechtenstein 0
Returning captain Craig Bellamy missed a penalty as Wales made heavy weather of the victory at home to Liechtenstein which gave them three vital World Cup qualifying points. David Edwards scored his first goal for his country four minutes from the
