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Wales ban on tobacco displays planned
TOBACCO displays will be banned from corner shops next year and from supermarkets two years later under proposals released by the Assembly Government today. Specialist tobacconists will be able to continue to display products in their premises, provided
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Newport’s buses get new look
NEWPORT buses have had a makeover as part of a new campaign. 'You'll be surprised who you might see' is Newport Bus's new campaign aiming to help encourage people to leave the car at home and take the bus. Celebrity bus users, including Rhys and
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Cardiff family fear teenager's killers could strike again
THE family of a teenager stabbed to death at home in front of his parents fear his murderers will strike again if they are not caught soon. Aamir Siddiqi, 17, was stabbed to death after opening the door to two masked men at his home in Ninian Road
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Blackwood pupils collect cops top trumps
THERE is a new kind of 'top trumps' at Blackwood schools - but instead of collecting details about cars, or footballers or dinosaurs, youngsters are getting to know their local bobbies. Each member of the Blackwood Neighbourhood Policing Team
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Gwent hospitals faced with wait times struggle
GWENT hospitals are struggling to meet a key waiting times target for patients who are admitted for treatment. Ninety-five per cent or more of patients who need to be admitted to hospital for their treatment should be dealt with inside 26 weeks of
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Dreamboats and Petticoats, Bristol Hippodrome
Taking its inspiration from a million selling compilation album of the same name Dreamboats and Petticoats - the musical played to a packed house at Bristol Hippodrome on Monday evening. Beginning with a scene set in the present day where Grandfather
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City youngsters get creative with spare socks
UNWANTED socks were given a new home in Newport, thanks to some talented school children. Youngsters at Pillgwenlly library were read sock related stories before giving decorating their own with gliiter glue and felt pens. The colourful creations
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Long-standing Argus man dies
JOHN Lees, one of of the Argus's longest-serving sub-editors and widely respected as a journalist of the old-school has died in the Royal Gwent Hospital at the age of 73 having contracted pneumonia after treatment for a serious illness. After a thorough
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Newport hospice plan set to be turned down
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a hospice on a Newport woodland could be stalled as planning officials recommend the proposal is refused. Newport-based charity St David's Foundation Hospice Care lodged a planning application in November last year to build
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DAVEY SAYS – Dragons on the brink
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will be looking to their great rivals Cardiff Blues to do them one big favour on Saturday night. For if the Blues beat the Scarlets in their Magners League Welsh derby at Parc y Scarlets the Dragons would need only a losing bonus
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Caerphilly schools to get £1.2m facelift
SCHOOL buildings in Caerphilly will undergo more than £1.2 million-worth of repair work this year. Caerphilly council is spending £600,000 from its 2010/11 budget on updating the highest priority schools and a further £605,000 of Assembly funds will
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Gravedigger 'amazed' at interest in business
A Monmouthshire man was amazed by the level of interest in his gravedigging business and said he could have sold it 20 times over. Peter Telfer, 33, from Llanishen, was featured in the Argus last month, as he was selling his one-man business. He
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Cwmbran man guilty of killing bank worker
A CWMBRAN man was yesterday found guilty of causing the death of an Usk bank worker during a fancy dress night out. Aaron Davies, 24, of Barnets, Greenmeadow, was convicted of the manslaughter of Gareth Davies, 26, after a three-week trial at Cardiff
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DAVEY SAYS – Get ready for Tiger and the greats of golf
THE pulses are quickening, the spine is tingling, the senses are growing – the Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor is but a few months away. And Tiger Woods has said he wants to be there. Music to the ears of all golf lovers, and many more besides, after months
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Ebbw Vale artist is Marmite master
A VALLEYS art student recreated an iconic piece of artwork by painting a wall of bread with Marmite. Nathan Wyburn, 20, made street artist Banksy’s “Maid in London” in Ebbw Vale town centre, using a kitchen knife, 160 loaves and six jars of Marmite
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Henry backs County to get the ton
NEWPORT County star Charlie Henry is determined to put one over Dover on Saturday after the weekend’s Hampshire horror show. The 4-0 drubbing at Havant & Waterlooville hit Henry, teammate Jamie Collins and manager Dean Holdsworth even harder than most
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Dad's appeal as SDR fall son fights for life
AN EMOTIONAL father made a heartfelt plea for the driver of the car his son fell from to come forward as his boy continues to fight for his life. Alex Chant, from Newport, should be looking forward to his 21st birthday, a trip to Spain and
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'Family comes first' as Blackwood councillor resigns
A LONG-STANDING Valleys councillor resigned yesterday. Independent Blackwood councillor Kevin Etheridge, who was first elected as a county councillor in the town in 1999 said the decision was made for "personal reasons." Mr Etheridge's father
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Tribute to a Newport boxing hero
COLIN Waters, a member of Newport’s best known sporting family, has died at the age of 74. He was a leading figure in Welsh boxing circles and there weren’t many who reached the top flight who didn’t pass through his capable hands. He
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Familiar face in court stands down
ONE of Newport Crown Court’s most familiar faces hung up his robes last week after more than 15 years in the job. Ken Drave, 69, started working as an usher at the courts in 1993 after leaving his job with the National Grid. Since then Mr Drave
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Heartbreak for Dragons ace Lydiate
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons blindside specialist Dan Lydiate will miss the rest of the season and has also been ruled out of Wales’ game against world champions South Africa on June 5 and the two-Test visit to New Zealand which follows. Lydiate damaged an
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Monmouthshire ambulance times on target at last
EMERGENCY ambulance response times performance in Monmouthshire have topped the 60 per cent target for the first time in years. The improvement during February, in what has recently been one of poorest performing areas for the ambulance service in
