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McBryde relishes caretaker chance
A PLACE has been left open on Wales’ development tour to North America next year for an assistant coach - with one of the Welsh regions set to supply the caretaker, writes Robin Davey. Paul Turner of Newport Gwent Dragons and Sean Holley of
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Student accountants' top scores
STUDENTS at Newport University's accountancy school have achieved top marks in this years exams. Sharon Dixon's achieved first place in Wales and 32nd in the world in her Association of Chartered Certified Accountants exams. She won the £1000 ACCA
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Tots get taste of healthy living
CHILDREN at a Newport nursery not only helped to cook something healthy - they also walked back after buying the fresh ingredients. As part of a project, pupils from Fairoak Nursery in Church Road held a healthy living week with lots of exciting events
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Fashion students get catwalk tips
ASPIRING fashion entrepreneurs received hints and tips at an enterprise workshop. Author Sandra Burke visited students at the University of Wales, Newport, and told them there's more to the business than just selling pretty dresses. She gave students
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Hospital staff get naked to fight infection
GWENT hospital staff are being encouraged to get naked - below the elbow - to build on award-winning infection control work. Doctors, nurses and other staff whose work takes them into clinical areas in hospitals will be asked to wear short sleeved
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Road closures in Abergavenny
THE A40 in Abergavenny will be closed on tomorrow between 12 - 4pm. The closure will affect the top of Cross Street at the Angel Hotel through to the lower junction of Monk Street.
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Bid to ban booze from city streets fails
A BID to have to stop people drinking on the streets in the whole of Newport failed to win enough support. Currently, there are alcohol designation orders - designed to crackdown on booze-fuelled disorder - in force in Caerleon, Ringland and
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Family retailer wants to expand in Gwent
A LEADING retailer is looking for new sites in Gwent to meet its expansion plans. Discount grocery and family goods business B & M is targeting Newport, Risca, Cwmbran and Caerphilly. It already has two stores in the area - one in Maesglas in Newport
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'Don't ignore cancer signs' - survivor's plea
A Pontypool breast cancer survivor is urging other women not to ignore the signs and catch the illness in its early stages. Marianne Richards, 81, developed cancer 14 years ago and said she is now clear thanks to the treatment and support she
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Noises Off, New Theatre
MICHAEL Frayn's 'Noises Off' visits Cardiff fresh from rave reviews. Winner of both Olivier and Tony Awards for best comedy, this comic romp offers two plays for the price of one as the play unravels - and after experiencing the opening night I now
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Elizabeth and Raleigh, Wales Millennium Centre
SIMON MUNNERY adopts the regal tone of Elizabeth I and says: “I say to the Italians, Rome wasn’t built in a day. But it might have been if you had spent less time talking with your arms.” If the audience had come expecting some highbrow adaptation
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Drivers fined over hospital parking abuse
MORE than 100 fixed penalty notices were issued by police cracking down on nuisance parking around Abergavenny's Nevill Hall Hospital. Parking at the site became free in April this year. Gwent NHS Healthcare Trust admitted that since then, the number
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NEW INN DEATH: Police recover iron bar from offices
MURDER squad detectives revealed today they have recovered an iron bar from the company offices where a Gwent man died on Monday. Officers were granted 36 extra hours to question a suspect after the death of company director Kingsley Monk from
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McBryde to coach Wales
ROBIN McBryde will stand in for Warren Gatland as caretaker head coach on Wales' summer tour to the United States and Canada. Gatland, Shaun Edwards and Rob Howley - Wales' Grand Slam coaching trio - were today confirmed as part of the 2009 British
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Lions call for Wales coaches
WALES' Grand Slam coaching trio of Warren Gatland, Shaun Edwards and Rob Howley will be on Lions duty in South Africa next summer. Gatland, who masterminded Wales' RBS 6 Nations title triumph and tournament clean sweep last season, has landed the
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Pupil gets survival lesson from Mears the master
A MONMOUTH school boy fought for survival as he enjoyed a day most 12-year-olds could only dream of. Second form pupil Ben Butt spent a day with survival expert Ray Mears after winning an Ordnance Survey free maps competition. Entrants had to answer
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Drivers' protest at taxi age rules
NEW regulations could put many taxi drivers out of business, protesters claim. Around 70 taxi drivers protested at Newport Civic Centre yesterday morning to hand in a 300 name petition against planned age limits on taxi cars. At full council
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ARGUS COMMENT: Senseless tragedy
IT is always sad to report on a sudden death of any sort, but when a life is blown away by an act of violence it is especially tragic for everyone close to the victim. The killing of Kingsley Monk of Oakdale in a shocking attack at his workplace in New
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ARGUS COMMENT: Face up to light issues
WE can well understand the reaction of some residents who are appalled at the proposal to switch off half of Torfaen's street lights to save money. The council has proposed switching off every other street light, which could save several hundred
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College campus could face axe
THE chief executive of Coleg Gwent has refused to rule out the potential closure of one of its campuses, after receiving a poor funding settlement from the Assembly. Officials at Coleg Gwent have started a review into its future financial stability
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NEW INN DEATH: Businessman's 'gruesome' discovery
A businessman described today how he tried to save the life of a father of two who had been attacked and tied up in his burning business premises. Allan Styles was able to rescue three men from smoke-filled office but he said Kingsley Monk
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Happy Holdsworth feeling just Rosey
NEWPORT County manager Dean Holds-worth claimed that Monday night’s last-gasp draw at Weston-super-Mare felt like a victory. The Exiles looked to be slipping to their seventh league defeat in a turbulent season but Danny Rose’s brilliant free-kick deep
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NEW INN DEATH: Neighbours' tributes to 'lovely family man'
NEIGHBOURS of the company director, killed in New Inn on Monday afternoon, have spoke of their shock of the death of a "devoted family man." Kingsley Monk, 45, of Maesygarn Road, Oakdale, died at the scene of the alleged robbery at driver recruitment
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'Soldier dreamed of stabbing spree' - tribunal hears
A FORMER soldier, who claims he was racially abused, bullied and victimised, dreamed of going on a “stabbing spree”, a tribunal heard. Belize-born Marlon Clancy, 28, who lives in Malpas, gave evidence at a Cardiff employment tribunal saying
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Charteris happy to be back
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons giant Luke Charteris is aiming to add to his seven caps now that he has been restored to the Wales squad. The lock has been rewarded for a string of impressive performances by being included in the squad alongside Ospreys
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Skatepark work set to begin
WORK on a new Abergavenny skatepark is due to start as soon as possible, nine months after planning permission for the site was approved. Monmouthshire County Council is currently collecting tender bids for work on the skatepark in Pen-y-Pound and
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NEGLECT TRIAL: 'I believed that patient was sleeping'
A CARER who discovered a dementia sufferer dead at a Gwent care home thought he was asleep, her colleague told a court yesterday. The trial of seven people charged with the wilful neglect leading to the death of Alan Sayers at Mountleigh Care
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Moffett is back, and firing bullets at WRU
DAVID Moffett is back in town - and he’s wasted no time in firing a few bullets, as we came to expect in his time as WRU group chief executive which ended as abruptly as it began with his sudden resignation three years ago. A huge shock greeted the nation
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NEW INN DEATH: Police stop search after killing
POLICE confirmed they are "not looking for anybody else" in connection with the killing in New Inn on Monday. A 52-year-old man from Cardiff was arrested by armed police at Newport Railway Station on Monday evening on suspicion of murder, attempted
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'Huge' drug farm uncovered
POLICE have foiled what could have been one of the biggest cannabis factories in Gwent. Around £2 million worth of cannabis could have ended up on the streets of Newport had police not uncovered the large cannabis factory which was in the process
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Forgotten gorge is county's 'jewel'
IT SHOULD be the jewel in the crown of Monmouthshire's heritage, but instead Clydach Gorge is rapidly disappearing off the tourist trail. But plans are underway to change its fortune and preserve the area for future generations. Monmouthshire
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Gatland threatens to quit Wales
WALES coach Warren Gatland has admitted he IS considering his future already in the wake of the growing row between the Welsh Rugby Union and the four regions over the release of players. Gatland asked for the squad players to be released for two weeks
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Officials set for Iceland visit
Members of the Government and Bank of England are set to travel to Iceland in a bid to get compensation for UK savers who lost money in collapsed Icelandic banks. The visit by officials from the Treasury and the Bank follow talks between the UK and
