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Pay freeze for 1.4m council workers
AROUND 1.4 million council workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are facing a pay freeze for the second year running, it was announced today. With inflation running at 4%, the freeze taking effect from April 1 amounts to a real-terms cut
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Abergavenny toilets to be saved
TWO PUBLIC toilet blocks in Abergavenny and Gilwern look set to be saved from closure. Under proposals Llanelly Community Council intends to adopt the toilets on Main Road, Gilwern, while Abergavenny Town Council has offered to contribute towards
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Pontypool boy says thankyou to paramedics
A LITTLE boy from Pontypool who injured his arm in an accident at home has thanked the paramedics who looked after him. Eight-year-old Sam Robinson badly cut him arm when he accidentally put it through the glass pane of a bathroom door at his
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WELSH OPEN: Williams and Stevens into last eight
MARK Williams and Matthew Stevens continue to fly the flag for Wales at the Newport Centre. Gwent star Williams beat Jamie Cope 4-0 this afternoon, while Stevens edged past fellow countryman Ryan Day 4-3. Stevens takes on world number one John Higgins
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Grosmont church organist celebrates 30 years of service
RICHARD Brierly has performed more than 6,000 hymns at 1,500 services as the church organist in Grosmont. Mr Brierly, 58, is celebrating 30 years of service to St Nicholas’ Church. The village sub-postmaster began playing the Church
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Wales train drivers to strike in pay row
TRAIN drivers in Wales are to stage a 24-hour strike in a row over pay, with threats of further industrial action, it was announced today. Aslef said its 500 members at Arriva Trains Wales will walk out on February 28, and will not do any overtime
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Risca woman hits right note in singing contests
A RISCA woman is enjoying success both as a soloist singer and a choir conductor. Emma Hughes, 26, is through to the next round of the “A Voice for Wales” competition which aims to find the top singing talent in the country. To add to this, Miss
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Anger at Cwmbran fishing price hike
A CWMBRAN fisherman has expressed his anger towards the council at the price it costs to fish in his local boating lake, considering how little fish are left in it. Ryan Blaney, 38, says it is "disgusting" that it costs £6.50 to fish for a
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Staff and pupils in harmony at Lliswerry Primary
ONE BIG family is how staff and pupils at Lliswerry Primary in Newport view their school, as they told CATHERINE COOK. LLISWERRY Primary School was only amalgamated in January 2009, but the latest inspection report says that Head Teacher Sherry
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Wales unemployment up by 5,000
UNEMPLOYMENT in Wales rose by 5,000 in the three months to December, but the number of people in jobs also rose, according to figures released yesterday. The latest quarterly figures from the Office of National Statistics showed unemployment rose by
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Newport film students scoop festival awards
NEWPORT film students are celebrating after scooping an arm full of accolades at a top awards ceremony. Animators, documentarians and fiction students from Newport Film School won eight out of the 13 categories they were nominated in at the
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Verdict, New Theatre
(starring Dawn Steele, Robert Duncan, Mark Wynter and Ali Bastian) New Theatre, Cardiff until February 19 THE Agatha Christie Theatre Company go from strength to strength in this, their eighth interpretation of Christie's fiction. Professor
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Monmouth pupils tout bobbles for good cause
VOLUNTEERS at a Monmouth charity shop went orange for the day last week as part of the charity's Spread the Warmth campaign. More than 20 members of staff and volunteers from Age Cymru in the Oldway Centre took part in the charity's first ever
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BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Three pieces of music requiring a large orchestra at the same concert means that minds are fixed from the start on understanding exactly why size and tonal variety are important. Each of the works performed at this afternoon outing for the BBCNOW and
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Chepstow bar faces review over fire checks
A CHEPSTOW bar will have its premises licence reviewed at a council meeting next week, on the grounds that it breaches public safety. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service submitted the application to Monmouthshire council, raising concerns about
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No charge after Quinnell eye injury
A MAN arrested on suspicion of assaulting a Llanelli rugby player who later lost the sight in one eye will face no further action, police said today. Gavin Quinell lost sight in his left eye following an incident during a match against Cross Keys
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Bettws boxers looking for new home
A NEWPORT boxing club is looking for a new home after more than a year without proper training facilities. Bettws-based, Crindau-Harlequins Boxing Club used to use facilities at the Millbrook Community Centre, but were forced to find alternative arrangements
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MICHAEL PEARLMAN SAYS: County facing make or break week
TEMPERATURES are reaching boiling point in the Blue Square Conference Premier, a division that now seemingly matches the Championship for out and out unpredictability and excitement. The table makes absolutely fascinating viewing, not least for the three-way
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‘Losing eight stones changed my life’ - Pontypool woman
DAWN Reed admits she used to spend her evenings eating takeaways and bingeing on crisps and peanuts. Weighing 19 stone nine pounds, the mother-of-three from Pontypool said her confidence was at rock bottom. But after joining her local Slimming World
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Torfaen AM grills minister over ambulance delays
ASSEMBLY health minister Edwina Hart admitted yesterday she "cannot justify" some of the problems affecting emergency ambulance response times in areas like Torfaen. Quizzed about delays in patient handovers from ambulance crews at accident
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WELSH OPEN: Big day for home hopes
WALES' big three – Mark Williams, Matthew Stevens and Ryan Day – are all in action at the Newport Centre today. Gwent star Williams takes on Stoke's Jamie Cope at 1pm and with Stevens facing Day from 2pm at least one home favourite is certain
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Warren: I owe County fans big time
NEWPORT County captain Gary Warren knows he’s got a debt to repay as he returns to the side for tomorrow night’s crunch clash with promotion rivals Luton Town. The skipper admits he let down the fans and his teammates by getting sent-off for retaliation
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Teen gang attack pair on Newport footbridge
TWO men were attacked and robbed by a gang of teenagers, leaving one of them with a broken jaw. The men were walking across Newport's Millennium footbridge in the early evening when they were attacked by five or six youths. One of the had his mobile
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Gwent set for council tax rises
COUNCILS across Gwent are going through the process of deciding if they will raise council tax, and by how much, for the forthcoming year. Jessica Best, Ruth Mansfield and David Deans looked at how this will effect the pockets of people in all five council
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Gwent councils get £2m help for big freeze costs
GWENT councils are set to receive an extra £2million in Assembly funding to help cover the cost of the most recent big freeze. The additional funding boost was announced by deputy first minister Ieuan Wyn Jones yesterday and is aimed to help local
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Italians haunted by Parade defeat
THE frustration at a woeful Rodney Parade showing will be providing the motivation for Aironi when they host Newport Gwent Dragons. The Italians have had a tough first season in the Magners League with a record of played 13 lost 13. One of those defeats
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Roll up - £5 a twitch!
Have you ever indulged in a spot of twitching? A little personal you may think, I’m not talking about involuntary body movements but the pastime of bird watching. Many thousands of twitchers enjoy nothing more than yomping into the undergrowth
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Caerphilly council drops park and ride charges
CAERPHILLY council will not introduce parking charges at its railway park and ride sites for at least a year, the authority revealed yesterday. The council had been due to introduce a charge of £1.50 a day from April at stations including Newbridge
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WELSH OPEN: Ronnie has a very bad Day
HOME favourite Ryan Day brought the Rocket crashing down to earth at the Newport Centre last night. The Pontycymer potter caused a big upset by beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-2 and takes on fellow Welshman Matthew Stevens for a place in the quarter-finals
