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Council may be slimmed
PROPOSALS to slim down Newport council have emerged from the first stage of a major electoral review. It could see the number of councillors cut from 50 to 45 and combining some wards to reduce the total from 20 to just 12. But creating "giant" wards
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Jenkins pens new Blues deal
WALES and Lions prop Gethin Jenkins has signed a new two-year contract with Cardiff Blues. Jenkins, who began his comeback from injury during the Blues' Heineken Cup defeat against Sale Sharks last Friday, will remain with the Magners League side until
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Pupils' tribute to Chartists
CHILDREN and students from across Gwent helped Newport celebrate the 170th anniversary of the Chartist uprising last week, with a series of special drama and singing performances. Pupils from Malpas Court Primary School performed a Chartist
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Milestone for railway users
THE Ebbw Vale railway line celebrated its millionth passenger yesterday as the deputy first minister told the Argus the long-awaited Newport link could be up and running by 2011. The Cardiff service reached the milestone two-and-a-half years ahead
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Police uncover city drugs den
POLICE investigating what they thought was a suspected burglary in Maindee instead uncovered a drugs den. Neighbours called police to a house just off Marlborough Road at artound 11pm on Monday night after reporting two man dressed in black trying
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Threats led me to fraud says harpist
A FORMER royal harpist was lured into a world of crime because a friend of her boyfriend threatened to tell the newspapers about her drug use, a jury heard yesterday. Ebbw Vale-born Jemima Phillips, 28, who played at the wedding of the Prince of Wales
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New garden for little petals
CHILDREN at the Beaufort Centre in Newport plant up their new garden with winter flowers. The Rascals after-school club were able to transform the grounds of the St Julains youth centre thanks to a £4,900 grant from the All Wales fund earlier this
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Three hurt in Newport accident
TWO people were cut out of a car on Nash Road in Newport this afternoon. This was after a collision between two cars near the entrance of the Leeway estate at around 12.10pm. Two people were released by firefighters and a third person was already
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Man critical after alleged assault in bus station
A CHEPSTOW man was in a critical condition in hospital last night following an incident in the town's bus station. Two middle-aged men, both from Chepstow, were allegedly assaulted by two younger men at 2.50am on Sunday, said Gwent Police. Both
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Self-help book a massive hit
A FORMER Newbridge woman is taking America by storm with her first self-help book. Jane Wharam, 50, is author of Emotional intelligence: Journey to the Centre of Your Self. The book is based on Emotional Intelligence which is a study of managing
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Man in custody following Newport siege
ARMED police surrounded a house in Newport yesterday during a six-hour stand off with a gunman. Officers were callled to an address on Chepstow Road, Maindee at 11.20am yesterday morning following reports a man that was wanted in connection
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Doherty's mission
PONTYPOOL’S Tony Doherty has vowed to make the Calzaghes proud of him as he gets ready to re-launch his boxing career. The 26-year old welterweight returns to the ring for the first time in just over 20 months on November 20, headlining the Calzaghe
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£35m boost will help revamp steelwork site
THE Works site in Ebbw Vale will receive £35 million from the Assembly to help build a school and leisure centre, it was announced yesterday. The cash injection will be used to develop the Ebbw Vale Learning Works by providing a school for children
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Willis: We will make play-offs
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons head into their big Magners League derby against the Scarlets on Friday with skipper Tom Willis convinced they can finish in the top four and clinch a place in the new end of season play-offs. If they are to achieve that target
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Hard hit manufacturers 'turning the corner'
Hard-hit manufacturers are 'turning the corner' with rising output expected over the next three months, the CBI business group said today. Its industrial trends survey for October showed a four per cent balance of firms expected higher volumes
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Pupils' pop video helps charity
Over 1,000 children from Gwent will join forces to make a pop video aimed at raising money for a cancer charity. The video, directed and produced by national diploma in media staff and students from Coleg Gwent's Crosskeys campus, is part of
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State aid rules must not force banks to abandon small businesses, says FPB
The Forum of Private Business is urging the European Commission not to force the UK’s part-nationalised banks to abandon more than two million of their small business customers. According to reports, the Commission is preparing a ruling under which Lloyds
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Increase in number of women in work helps curb rise in unemployment
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show a smaller than expected rise in unemployment, with the headline survey based measure of joblessness remaining below 2.5 million in the three months ending in August. John Philpott, chief economist
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All credit to the community
A GROUP of Gwent residents are taking a unique approach to the tough economic climate by developing their own community credit union. The Islwyn Community Credit Union (ICCU), based in Blackwood and Risca, is run by local volunteers who save their
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EDITORIAL COMMENT...Fantastic project
THE Assembly's announcement of a £35m investment for a school and leisure centre for Ebbw Vale is fantastic news for the area. The money comes from a fund set up to cater for projects considered of strategic importance. We couldn't agree more that
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EDITORIAL COMMENT...Women-only lists flawed
WE note with some amusement that Tory leader David Cameron has come down in favour of all-women shortlists as part of his strategy for the forthcoming General Election. He notes there is a lack of women candidates, as well as ethnic minority candidates
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Plumley is hit hard
HIGHLY-rated Chepstow show jumper Gemma Plumley has been hit with an extraordinary £50,000 charge after being found guilty of excessive use of a whip in an event over two-years ago. The 22-year old rider, who is targeting a spot at the London
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Joe Blow – Bearman's Wales KO
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have suffered another savage blow with the loss of talismanic number eight Joe Bearman for at least six weeks with a groin injury which will also wreck his chances of making the Wales squad for the autumn internationals.
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All change on town buses
A NUMBER of Monmouth bus services will be subject to timetable changes from November 2. Service 43 from Llanellan to Abergavenny will be one of them. This will allow the Underhill Crescent area to be served with a two hourly service and provide
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Dads working too much
Almost half of men are failing to take up their right to two weeks paternity leave after the birth of their children, mainly because they cannot afford to, new research has revealed. Two out of five men are afraid to ask for flexible working
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Experts issue warning as diabetes increases
TENS of thousands of people across Gwent may have prediabetes - a patient-friendly term for a condition that unless tackled could lead to the development of full-blown Type Two diabetes. Now UK experts are hoping to raise awareness of the condition
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Resident' 'heaven' as car cruisers shut out
BLACKWOOD residents say their lives have been transformed since the High Street was shut-down to car cruisers one month ago. For many people in the town, Thursday nights meant the High Street was a no-go area due to hundreds of people descending on
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England rocked by Vickery op
ENGLAND have been robbed of their entire first-choice front row for the autumn after Phil Vickery was yesterday ruled out with a neck injury. Vickery will miss the Twickenham appointments with Australia, Argentina and New Zealand after it was revealed
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Exiles stay top of Conference South
NEWPORT County maintained their lead of two points at the top of the Blue Square Conference South table last night without kicking a ball. While the Exiles were preparing for a trip to Staines next Tuesday, second placed Dover Athletic slipped up,
