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Bus station to get public loos
A 50-year campaign backing calls for toilets at Chepstow bus station looks set to end this week. Planning permission to install automatic toilets at the bus station for bus users was granted three years ago but was held up because of difficulties in
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Buckland's title shot
NEWPORT’S Gary Buckland looks set to challenge Gary Sykes for his British super-featherweight title later this year after beating Jose Roberto Gonzalez in Mexico in the early hours of Sunday morning. The St Joseph’s fighter won a unanimous
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Wales Under-20s bounce back
Wales Under 20s 56 - Italy Under 20s 6 WALES put their humiliating 92-0 defeat at the hands of New Zealand firmly behind them yesterday as they hammered hosts Italy in the IRB Junior World Championship. Richard Webster's men scored eight
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Meet Gwent's best dad!
A PONTYPOOL father-of-two said he was shocked and emotional to win the Argus' search for Gwent’s best dad. John Payne,65, of Maple Road, Sebastopol, was nominated for our award by devoted daughter, Lee Cora Vaughan, who describes him as "simply wonderful
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Torment of missing Gwent man's family
THE MOTHER of a missing Gwent man wept as she revealed the depth of her sorrow a month after his disappearance. Tracey Reid whose son, Joel Andrews, went missing on May 22 was supported by her mother, Sidonia Cartwright, as she gave an exclusive insight
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Row over Abercarn wood site
A ROW has erupted over a recycling plant in Abercarn, which has begun processing hundreds of tonnes of wood. Cross Keys Pallets moved the waste to the former quarry after its own site in Wattsville became unusable due to a fire that burnt for around
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Gang locked up for 'evil' trade in drugs
A GANG who trafficked heroin worth more than £1.7 million into South Wales were locked up yesterday for almost 70 years. The 17.6kg of seized heroin is the biggest in Welsh police history. Two Newport men, Daniel Bowyer, 22, of Bishpool
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Another bleeding beauty miracle?
LOOK around your bathroom and count up the number of lotions and potions on its shelves to help you look younger/smoother/'less tired' - yes that really is how cosmetics giants are selling their stuff to men, these days. Then add up how much they all
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Parks 'apprehensive' before Alaska climb
EX-DRAGON star Richard Parks told of his apprehension ahead of the latest stage in his quest to climb the seven highest mountains in the the seven continents. The former rugby player whose mission was in jeopardy after developing frost bite on a big
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Malpas nurse retires after five decades
A NEWPORT nurse is hanging up her uniform after 48 years. Sue Kirby, 65, of Malpas, is bidding farewell after almost five decades in the job, all of which she has spent working at St Woolos Hospital and the Royal Gwent Hospital. After moving from
