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Oldest club gets Ryder Cup boost
IT may have taken 135 years, but the oldest golf club in Wales has been able to bring its facilities up to date thanks to the Ryder Cup being held just down the road. Pontnewydd in Cwmbran is only five miles from The Celtic Manor, the host venue of the
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Valleys youngsters take part in teen challenge
YOUNGSTERS from across Blaenau Gwent will step up to the challenge this weekend as part of a new community initiative. More than 100 children are expected to take part in a teen challenge in Bryn Bach Park, Tredegar, on Saturday, to mark the launch
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Pirates take over Caldicot Castle
SWASHBUCKLING youngsters got up close and personal with notorious pirate captain Sir Henry Morgan. Captain Morgan and his crew from the pirate ship The Dolphin descended on Caldicot Castle yesterday and today to tell people tales of their exploits.
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City firm backs Newport charities
SIX Newport charities, including the Argus-backed Sparkle Appeal, will receive donations from a city firm as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations. Tovey Brothers Funeral Directors, based on Cardiff Road, has chosen to support six charities to
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£14,000 for mayor's charity
THE outgoing mayor of Caerphilly saw more than £14,000 raised for his chosen charity Cancer Research Wales after suffering from the disease himself 21 years ago. Penmaen councillor John Evans, 67, described his year as mayor as "absolutely fantastic
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Devauden to host its first music festival
A MONMOUTHSHIRE village is to host its first music festival on May 22, promising six hours of top local bands to help raise money for charity. Top of the bill are Thryd Eye, a family trio from the village who recently released their first single, while
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Charity shop warning over stolen clothes
A CHARITY is warning people in Blackwood to be vigilant after bags left out for collection were stolen. The British Heart Foundation said it received reports of bogus collectors asking residents to donate clothing or textiles, or taking bags left for
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Two men deny illegal waste operation
Two men denied running an illegal waste operation on the outskirts of Newport, for which they cashed cheques for more than one hundred thousand pounds. Anthony Holwell, 48, of Coedkernew and Stephen Richards, 51, of Richmond Road, Cardiff, appeared
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Dai Davies - Independent
This Election is a unique opportunity to create a new form of politics - to replace the rotten one imposed by Thatcherism, and then deepened by Blair-Brownism. There is nothing to choose between them. They both said ‘The Market Rules’. It has
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Nick Smith - Labour Party
Thursday 6 May will be a day to make a big choice. You will be choosing between securing the recovery with Labour, or immediate Tory cuts that could tip us back into recession. Between protecting frontline services with Labour or letting an
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CONSTITUENCY PROFILE: Blaenau Gwent
IT WAS once considered one of Labour’s safest seats in the country and the fifth safest in the UK. But the Blaenau Gwent seat hit the headlines at the 2005 General Election when Labour Assembly member Peter Law ran as an Independent and won
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Liz Stevenson - Welsh Conservative Party
I am delighted to have been selected as the Welsh Conservative Party candidate for Blaenau Gwent. I grew up near Monmouth and went to Monmouth Comprehensive School. I believe this election is a golden opportunity to vote for the change we need
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Alyson O'Connell - Socialist Labour Party
I am Alyson O’Connell, maiden name Quantick, I have lived in Ebbw Vale all my life. I am married with four daughters and seven grandchildren. Rob my husband works in a local factory as a forklift driver. Two of my daughters live in Ebbw
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Matt Smith - Welsh Liberal Democrat
I want to start with something which isn't party political. I understand that many of you are fed up of all politicians, but not voting won't do anything to change things for the better, and your vote gives you the power to do this. One
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Rhodri Davies - Plaid Cymru
My name is Rhodri Davies, the Plaid Cymru candidate for Blaenau Gwent. I am 27 years old. This is the first time I’m standing in an election, and, so far, I’m enjoying it thoroughly. Already, I’ve been walking the streets of the towns
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Anthony King - British National Party
Following an apprenticeship at the age of 16 and by studying part-time in Gwent Colleges obtaining his HNC and HND in Computer Aided Engineering, Anthony has pursued a career as a Design Engineer. Other than spending 6 years as a Factory Manager
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Michael Korcan - UK Independence Party
I was born in Nottingham in 1953 where I went on to attend Grammar school before graduating to the Welsh National School of medicine in Cardiff. I qualified as a doctor in 1976 and worked in a number of hospitals in South Wales eventually returning
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Stolen goods returned thanks to neighbour's vigilance
A NEWPORT couple, who had £500 worth of garden equipment stolen from their shed, had the items returned the same day thanks to vigilant residents in a nearby street. Pensioner Alan Bignell, of Sparton Close, Langstone, awoke on Tuesday morning to
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Family forced to sell milk business
A FAMILY are selling their entire milk production business, including their 300 strong dairy herd of cows, a venture which started from just two acres of land and a shed. Ingrid Shervington, 56, says it is no longer financially viable to run the 24
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Dressed for success
MODELS, actors, musicians and dancers took to the stage in Newport for the Fashion Wales LIVE event. Held in the Newport Centre on Friday night, more than 250 performers wowed the crowds in the event which was held to raise money for the city's youth
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Recycling firm under investigation
A GWENT recycling firm is being investigated after effluent was found to escaping from a composting site into an army-training base. Wormtech, a green and food-waste processing company based near Caerwent, faced two enforcement notices following the
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Wasps endure more league misery
WASPS 44 DIAMONDS 46 THE ‘can do better’ sign remains hanging over Darlows Wasps, who slipped to a second successive home British Premier League defeat at Queensway Meadows Stadium yesterday. Admittedly this performance was up on last Sunday, when an
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A day of pride and sorrow
IT should have been the proud moment Privates Richard Hunt and James Prosser received operational medals to mark their regiment returning from Afghanistan. But instead their bereaved families collected Elizabeth Crosses, awarded to show national recognition
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Dragons in hunt for a No15
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons head coach Paul Turner is in the market for a full back/wing as a result of the serious injury suffered by Martyn Thomas and the departure of Richard Fussell. Martyn Thomas, the only specialist full back in the Dragons squad, is
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Newport photographer's new exhibition
It was a simple pile of bricks outside a school in the Gambia, but it made such an impression on a Newport photographer, that it forms the basis of his new exhibition. In 2000, Glenn Edwards was in the poverty-stricken African country, when he asked
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Couple's 140-mile charity walk
A GWENT couple who walked from London to Newport in aid of Diabetes UK Cymru raised £2,500 on their 140 mile journey. Adrian and Katie Sully, from Bassaleg, set off from Trafalgar Square and walked for six days before reaching John Frost Square
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Plans for former Risca brickworks site
A FORMER brickworks site in Risca could be used for an animal project for disadvantaged children, farmland or as a conservation area. Caerphilly council’s cabinet is to determine the future of the former Waun Fawr Brickworks Site in Danygraig
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Premier League cricket gets under way
THE new SWALEC South Wales Premier League beat the rain that was forecast to make a successful start. The first ball was ceremonially bowled at the Diamond Ground by Will Owen, of last year’s Antur Insurance South Wales Cricket Association champions
