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Council leader's plea over docks rates
NEWPORT council leader Matthew Evans is urging the Assembly Government to scrap plans to backdate business rates for firms who operate from Welsh docks. Cllr Evans has written to social justice minister Carl Sargeant informing him of a motion passed
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County held at Bath
BATH CITY 2 NEWPORT COUNTY 2 Newport County failed to register a first win of 2011 despite leading 2-1 at Twerton Park. The hosts took an early lead before Yemi Odubade and Wayne Hatswell sent the 500 traveling fans into raptures by putting County
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AM to get award over sprinkler law
A WELSH Assembly member is to receive an award after helping make history with a new law. Clwyd AM Ann Jones's measure for the compulsory fitting of sprinklers in all new homes in Wales was approved in The Senedd last week - making it the first legislation
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Abergavenny Victorian garden needs volunteers
A GROUP of volunteers who look after an historic Victorian garden in Abergavenny is appealing for more help. Around 20 keen gardeners came together last summer to form the Friends of Gardd-y-Bryn and look after the garden at the former Hill college
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Newport supermarket staff get walking for good cause
STAFF from two Newport supermarkets put on their walking boots to raise money for a baby charity over the weekend. Workers from the Asda stores in Pill and Duffryn walked five miles around the grounds of Tredegar House in Newport on Sunday to raise
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City play areas to be revamped
PLAY areas across Newport will get a £200,000 facelift in the coming months. Newport council has invested the cash to overhaul Shaftesbury Park, Beechwood Park and the Roman Way play area. Equipment had to be removed from a number of parks last
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Newport stroke girl gets pamper party
A NEWPORT youngster who had a stroke several months ago was treated to a pamper party by a local hairdresser touched by her story in the Argus. Little Kayleigh Ward, 12, was invited to Wicked hair studio on Cyril Street, with her friends on Sunday
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Blaenau Gwent moves to council tax hike
BLAENAU Gwent council moved a step closer to raising next year's council tax yesterday, after the authority's executive committee approved a proposed increase of 3.2 per cent. The executive committee recommended that the increase for 2011/2012
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Monmouth nursery must move or lose out
A MONMOUTH nursery must move into new accommodation by April or it will lose vital funding. Thirty-five children aged between two and five who attend Monmouth Community Under-5s Nursery in temporary accommodation at the Bridges Community Centre are
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St Brides pub-goers raise £7,500 for cancer cause
A NEWPORT man has impressed his fellow pub regulars by raising £7,500 in two years for a Welsh charity. Dennis Jones, 60, of St Brides, has worked tirelessly for the last 24 months raising cash for LATCH, the children’s cancer charity based at Llandough
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Wales switch Hook to centre
JAMES Hook will start in his third different position of this year's RBS 6 Nations Championship when Wales face Italy on Saturday. Hook, full-back against England and then fly-half when Wales beat Scotland 10 days ago, moves to centre as replacement
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Newport West End star set for Gwent theatre fundraiser
WEST end star Caroline Sheen will join performers from all over Gwent at a gala concert to raise funds for Newport’s Dolman Theatre. The former Caerleon Comprehensive pupil, who has just finished a 13 month tour of America in the title role
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Abergavenny driver in court over OAP death
A DRIVER appeared in court yesterday charged with causing the death of an 87-year-old man outside Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital. Dennis Llewellyn, 69, of St Andrew’s Crescent, Abergavenny, is charged with causing the death by careless driving of Phillip
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Knoyle happy to defend rival
WALES scrum half Mike Phillips has been defended by the player who aspires to take his place in the team. Scarlets youngster Tavis Knoyle, who is out of the same mould as the much more experienced Phillips, admits to being surprised by the amount of
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Gwent Police to quit HQ by 2014
GWENT Police will be out of its Cwmbran headquarters and into a new, purpose-built site within three years. The current headquarters in Croesyceiliog would cost the force £26.3 million over the next 20 years to right all the wrongs within the building
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Police give out handbag bells to combat purse thefts
POLICE are hoping small, tinkling bells could be the key to cutting the number of purse thefts and bag snatches in Gwent. After a spate of purse thefts in Abergavenny and Monmouth, officers have been handing out the anti-theft bells to women in the
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Extra daylight a real winner
WE would fully support moves to create a so-called “double summertime” and extend evening daylight hours in the UK. Under the scheme, the country would come into line with most of the rest of Europe by switching the clocks forward an hour from Greenwich
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DAVEY SAYS: Can Dragons make the Heineken Cup?
NOW for another question. Newport Gwent Dragons are out of contention for a place in next season’s Heineken Cup - aren’t they? That was the scenario only a few weeks ago, but suddenly it’s not so certain. From being down among the bottom two or three
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Torfaen projects to get £3.4m boost
EIGHT projects in Torfaen will benefit from a share of almost £3.4 million. The projects will share £3,261,905 after receiving conditional approval from various funding bodies such as the Assembly, the Community Outcomes Fund and Sustrans. The Torfaen-wide
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Are you a Gwent expat hit by NZ earthquake?
ARE you a Gwent expat caught up in the Christchurch earthquake? Maybe you've got friends or relatives in New Zealand who have been affected by the devastating tremor. Let us know by clicking the link below to e-mail us, or call newsdesk
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Nikolai Demidenko, The Riverfront
NIKOLAI Demidenko is not a flamboyant pianist but one totally immersed in attempting to achieve mastery of the pieces he is playing. He acknowledged the presence of the audience , but then simply got on with the job in hand, tackling the complexities
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Welsh National Opera, Die Fledermaus, Wales Millennium Centre
Only a miserable so-and-so could find fault with WNO's new production of Die Fledermaus, which is true to the spirit of the original in being all fun and froth. The operetta by Johann Strauss the Younger is of its time and place - 1870s Vienna. Tinkering
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Puss in Boots, Abergavenny Borough Theatre
FOR almost 80 years the Abergavenny Pantomime Company has entertained families from the area with traditional shows rousing choruses and slapstick comedy. This is only the fourth time they have performed Puss In Boots but it must rate as one of the best
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DAVEY SAYS: Title race isn't over yet!
IS there a Six Nations Championship game on this weekend apart from England against France at Twickenham on Saturday? You wouldn’t think so if you glanced at the national media over the past few days as the build-up gets under way to the latest round
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Cwmcarn to host up-to-the-minute panto
A GWENT pantomime company will take a modern twist on an old favourite this week and it is hoping as many young people as possible will want to see it. Starstruck Productions will perform Rumpelstiltskin Dot Com on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, at
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Collins – we still believe promotion is possible
BATH V COUNTY (Tonight KO 7.45) NEWPORT County are ready to shrug off their winless beginning to 2011 and are still confident of gaining promotion, according to their ever more influential vice-captain Jamie Collins. Collins, who could have departed
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Dragons coach puts region before country
DARREN Edwards is putting region before country this weekend as Newport Gwent Dragons chase a fifth successive victory for the first time since 2004. Apart from being interim head coach of the Dragons since Paul Turner was initially suspended and then
