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City urged to get reading
NEWPORT residents can make every word count by taking part in the Big Read challenge on Wednesday, October 29. Everyone is being encouraged to participate in the event which is part of the National Year of Reading. Newport Community Learning and Libraries
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O'Driscoll hails McGeechan powers
BRIAN O'Driscoll believes Ian McGeechan is the perfect man to restore pride to the British and Irish Lions. The Lions embark on their tour of South Africa in eight months' time when they will look to make amends for the disastrous trip to New Zealand
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Gwent should feel benefit of rural health plan - watchdog
GWENT health watchdogs believe the people of Wales accept that providing health services to country areas involves extra costs - and they want some areas not currently classed as rural to also benefit from greater investment. The Assembly is consulting
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Cool runner has Cardiff in her sights
SPARKLE Appeal fundraiser Julie Knight runs her third half-marathon in five weeks next Sunday, and she hopes the Cardiff event proves a more enjoyable experience than last year. For the 40-year-old physiotherapist with Gwent Healthcare Trust, who works
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Mascot for Llandovery Encounter
Eight year old Tomos Grant, a young player with Newport High School Old Boys U8, was the inspirational mascot on the day that Newport overcame Llandovery in a ten try demolition. Tom met his current hero Dan Griffiths (pictured above with famous
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Crisp lover gets dream job
A Gwent crisp-lover has her "dream job" after she was chosen to judge a competition to decide a new flavour of Walkers crisps. Laura Welsh, from Chepstow, will join a panel of food industry experts, including Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal
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Germans hit by Kuranyi row
WALES' World Cup opponents Germany have seen their preparations for Wednesday night's match rocked by the axing of striker Kevin Kuranyi. Coach Joachim Loew has dropped Schalke's Kuranyi for the qualifier in Monchengladbach after the 26-year-old
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Higher gear a must for Wales
A WIN is a win and six points out of nine is a decent return from three games, but Wales will have to improve dramatically on their 2-0 win against Liechstenstein when they play in Germany on Wednesday night. Liechtenstein may have confused
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Valleys landmark gets makeover cash
ONE of Brynmawr’s landmark buildings is to get a £220,000 makeover after receiving a grant from the Welsh Assembly. Blaenau Gwent council put together a proposal for improvements for The Market Hall Cinema, Brynmawr, and have successfully secured a
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Writer in church's good books with donation
A CWMBRAN author is celebrating the publication of his first children’s book by donating a copy to a local church. Tony Kidney, 59, of Marlborough Road, Greenmeadow, started writing children’s stories after the birth of his granddaughter, Tassyana
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We can win in Germany - Bale
DESPITE once again struggling to overcome limited opposition at home, Gareth Bale believes Wales can get a positive result in Germany. The Tottenham left-back was one of the better performers in an unconvincing 2-0 win over Liechtenstein on
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Centre marks £400K revamp
RESIDENTS will be able to see what just is on offer at a Newport community centre when at an open day to celebrate its £400,000 facelift. Displays and demonstrations will showcase the range of facilities already offered at the Ringland centre from
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Making streets safer to live in
DURING Not In My Neighbourhood Week, October 13 to 17, we will look at the huge range of work undertaken by a multi-agency partnership in Newport to keep crime down and make communities safe. Jane Helmich reports in the first of a series of articles
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Cleverly comes of age
CEFN Fforest boxer Nathan Cleverly, recently named joint runner-up to Scotland’s Paul Appleby in the British Boxing Writers Young Boxer of the Year award, stepped up to the plate at Everton Park Sports Centre on Friday night with the vacant Commonwealth
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Assembly half million for historic buildings
ALMOST £500,000 is being pledged to help preserve historic buildings in Gwent. The money has been awarded by the Assembly following advice from the Historic Advisory Council for Wales. It recommended funding repairs to buildings of outstanding
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Vital win for Pooler
PONTYPOOL dug deep to edge a tight encounter with fellow strugglers Llandovery and snaffle a 13-11 victory that could be all important come May. It seems ridiculous to be talking about a crucial relegation battle just six fixtures into the season but
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Keys near yet so far
CROSS Keys went within a whisker of ending Welsh Premiership leaders Llanelli’s 100 percent record at Pandy Park on Saturday during their 21-17 defeat. A side depleted by injury showed opponents littered with regional players no respect and displayed
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City Of Ember
City Of Ember (TBC) *** - Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Martin Landau, Mackenzie Crook, Mary Kay Place and Toby Jones. AN interesting oddity that is a fantasy science fiction with a touch of Terry Gilliam meets Jeunet and
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Send us your snaps
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Mirrors
Mirrors (15) ** - Kiefer Sutherland, Amy Smart, Paula Patton, Julian Glover, Jason Flemyng, Ezra Buzzington and John Shrapnel. ANOTHER week, another poor American remake of a highly effective and original Asian horror movie. Kiefer Sutherland takes
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ARGUS COMMENT: Break 999 silence
ONLY last Wednesday we told how a teenager lay in agony with a broken back after a game of rugby and no ambulance came for 70 minutes despite three 999 calls. Today we report that on the same Sam Allaway lay on a pitch at Talywain RFC for almost two
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Bramwell the hero for Vale
EBBW Vale clinched an exciting 25-26 Principality Premiership victory over Cardiff at The Arms Park after a real topsy-turvy battle that had both sets of supporters biting their nails long before the final whistle. Centre Aaron Bramwell was the visitors
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ARGUS COMMENT: No place in our society
ROBBERY is a terrible crime but when it is carried out on a severely disabled man it is all the more sickening. Many of our readers were rightly shocked when we reported how deaf and partially sighted George Heard was mugged in broad daylight for his
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Newport close but let chances slip
HEAD coach Sven Cronk seized on the positives after Newport saw the game slip away 29-21 late on against champions Neath at The Gnoll. The Black and Ambers have only won twice in 26 years at one of their bogey grounds, and the class of 2008 went close
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Turner praise for Dragons' courage
COACH Paul Turner praised the bravery of his players as they opened the Heineken Cup campaign with a victory, though admitting to being disappointed at their failure to clinch a bonus point. “There was a lot of bravery out there because a couple of players
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Charteris' courage fires up Dragons
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons thwarted a long-standing Heineken Cup bogey when they got this season’s European campaign off to a winning start by beating Glasgow at Rodney Parade on Saturday. Not since the first season of regional rugby five years ago had they
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'Cowards' get jail for attack
TWO Newport men were locked up after robbing a deaf, partially sighted man of his disability benefit in what a judge called "a vicious, nasty attack." George Heard, 59, who is also unable to speak, was punched to the ground during the attack, in broad
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Collins: Let me at Germany
NEWPORT’S James Collins admits he is desperate to play for Wales in Wednesday’s World Cup qualifying trip to Germany after ending ten months of injury hell. The 25-year-old has been out since January with a cruciate ligament injury, but made his return
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FoNR renovate Rodney Parade goal posts
Friends of Newport Rugby (FoNR) have arranged and funded the repainting of the Rodney Parade Goal Posts. The metalwork was beginning to rust and was in dire need of upgrading. FoNR were pleased to complete this project in time for the IRB Junior
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Blood leads to satnav thief arrest
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
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Charteris' Bath time
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons lock Luke Charteris earned the man-of-the-match performance in Saturday’s Heineken Cup victory over Glasgow despite being violently sick on the field — now he gets to play against his home team. For though Charteris
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FoNR help improve communications
Friends of Newport Rugby have recently helped the Newport RFC coaching team improve their communications on match days. Some years ago FoNR purchased some radios to allow the coaches to communicate with each other during the game. These have proved
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The Captain Speaks
Black and Amber Alliance, a regular free newsletter produced by FoNR met up with the new Newport RFC Captain Andrew Coombs recently. We would like to thank him for giving up his time and speaking with us. “Coombsy” is 23 years of age, he has one
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Thousands to be hit by fuel poverty
MORE than 17,000 households in Newport could be in fuel poverty, according to a report. Figures provided by National Energy Action (NEA) revealed around 1 in 3 households in Wales were in fuel poverty due to a rise in energy prices. As there are 57,000
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Soldier school changed my life
TEENAGER Heather Rowe once thought she would never be good at anything. While she hadn't got involved with drugs or crime like some other teenagers, the 16-year-old said she was just bored by mainstream education at her secondary school - and she lacked
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250 in charity bike ride
AROUND 250 people took advantage of the glorious autumn weather yesterday to get on their bikes to raise money for St David's Foundation Hospice Care. They took part in the charity's 26-mile sponsored bike ride, from Blaenavon to Cwmcarn Forest Drive
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Teenager rugby player's 999 ordeal
A YOUNG rugby player from Torfaen lay in pain and shock for almost two hours waiting for an ambulance that never came. Sam Allaway's ordeal after being injured playing for Talywain under-13s is the second such incident the Argus has reported in the last
