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  • Hyundai and Gordon Ramsay make a tasty combination

    HYUNDAI has teamed up with the Gordon Ramsay Scholar Award 2004 to provide a tasty treat for one talented up-and-coming chef ... a brand new Hyundai Getz! The award was created by Gordon in 2001 to encourage and recognise the talents of young cooks from

  • Opening was a cracker!

    OOPS! A mayor was left red-faced after breaking a plaque during the opening of a new sensory garden. Councillor Ray Truman was opening a new 'senses garden' at Trinity Court sheltered housing, Pill. But as he tapped a plaque commemorating the event into

  • Eco-friendly npower

    SUPPORTING the government drive and transport trend towards eco-friendlier vehicles, npower Juice will showcase the latest clean, green machine to benefit commuters at this year's Motor Show live at the NEC in Birmingham. The Reva G-Wiz AEV (Automatic

  • £325 scans on offer to patients

    GWENT patients are being offered a chance to shorten their wait for body scans from more than six months to a week - but at a cost. A Newport-based businessman is offering MRI scans for half the private sector going rate and believes there is a demand

  • New stars join Mazda2 range

    MAZDA has simplified the popular Mazda2 line-up and introduced two new stars offering customers higher specification while maintaining the value for money pricing that is so important for superminis, priced from £7,995 to £10,495 on-the-road. The Mazda2

  • Champ: I'm a smart bet

    THE Celtic Manor Wales Open champion Ian Poulter was speechless last night when he found out that one confident punter had wagered £15,000 on him at odds of 14-1 to repeat last year's feat. Poulter, after a long pause, said: "Have they really? On the

  • Sky's the limit for new Mercedes fleet

    ONE of Europe's largest independent manufacturers of ground support equipment for civil and military aircraft is flying high - after investing in new vehicles from across the entire Mercedes-Benz truck and van range. Aircraft Maintenance Support Services

  • Mercedes announce van servicing deal

    MERCEDES-BENZ has announced an incredible new maintenance deal that offers Vito and Sprinter van customers up to five years' peace of mind for a single, one-off payment of just £395! ServicePackage is designed for small-scale businesses with fewer than

  • Go for Euro-cash, city groups urged

    COMMUNITY groups in Newport are being urged to apply for more than £3 million in Euro-cash, which is still available to be invested in projects across the city. Newport has already received a £7 million investment to support regeneration schemes in the

  • Number one spot all round

    WELSH construction plant hire company Hire One, has a signed a deal with Newport based race team SLN Racing/Aztec Paving to run Matthew Perkins in the Welsh Sport and Saloon Championships for 2004. The Championship is run at Pembrey Race Circuit which

  • Volvo showtime

    WITH a host of detail interior enhancements and exterior design refreshments, the new Volvo S60, V70 and XC70, making their debut at the Sunday Times Motor Show Live, also offer significant safety, convenience, performance and dynamic improvements. The

  • Seat announce prices for Altea and Cupra

    SEAT UK has revealed the pricing and specification of its new Altea at the Sunday Times Motor Show Live in Birmingham, where the car is having its UK public debut. The eight model Altea range of spacious and versatile, five-seat, five-door family cars

  • The car from the Ministry

    CITROEN has teamed up with Ministry of Sound - leaders on world dance music and youth culture - to introduce the loudest and funkiest C2 models so far. The two pumping versions of the sporty VTR and Furio models, featuring state-of-the-art sound systems

  • Witness to fury of disaster on Haiti

    A NEWPORT charity worker yesterday told how she witnessed the devastation that killed thousands when floods hit Haiti. Kate Scannell-Michel is based in Port-au-Prince, the capital of the Caribbean country, with relief agency World Vision. This week she

  • Concept Saab wants to get you on your bike

    MOUNTAIN biking fans are being urged by Concept Saab not to miss out on the opportunity to enter a fantastic competition to win an active weekend away for all the family. Launched to coincide with Saab's sponsorship of the world's biggest annual, mountain

  • Dozens call to help police

    RESIDENTS have made more than 50 calls to police about drug dealing in their neighbourhoods since the launch of the Rat on a Rat campaign. The high-profile initiative seeks to drive drug dealers from Gwent streets by encouraging people to phone Crimestoppers

  • Clio cleans up

    DIESEL Car Magazine has chosen the Renault Clio 1.5 dCi 100 as Best Supermini in its Car of the Year Awards 2004. This year's win is no mean feat, particularly as this is the third year in a row that the sporty Clio has won the coveted trophy - each time

  • On Parade

    WALES outside half Ceri Sweeney turned down four big money offers from English clubs and another from Wales to join the Newport Gwent Dragons. The new signing expressed his relief at finding a new team before heading off to Argentina with Wales today,

  • Olympic Streetwise supports Team GB

    IN celebration of Rover's Official Car Supplier status to Team GB and the British Olympic Association, a commemorative Olympic Streetwise LE model has been produced to combine with the team's participation in the Olympic Games in Athens. The Olympic Streetwise

  • MBK freedom, fun, fresh and exciting

    THERE'S no doubt that 2004 is a big year for MBK and a big year for scooters in general with more people finding their way to real independence and a whole world of fun on two wheels. With new riders from all age groups taking to scooters to get around

  • Dealer gets four years

    A "STREET dealer" who sold drugs worth £700 every day in Newport for a Jamaican gang has been jailed for four and a half years. Father of two Mark Berry, 36, dealt heroin and crack cocaine from his home in Pill, Cardiff crown court heard. Judge Christopher

  • Hyundai Tucson makes it's UK debut

    HYUNDAI'S Tucson SUV is to make its UK debut at The Sunday Times Motor Show Live from May 29-June 4 - the first opportunity UK customers will have to see the car before it goes on sale here in the autumn. The Tucson (pronounced Too-son) marks the entry

  • Boxing champ Calzaghe arrested

    GWENT'S world champion boxer, Joe Calzaghe, was arrested at his Cwmbran home following a domestic incident, police revealed last night. The unbeaten WBO super middleweight champion was arrested last Thursday, just weeks before he moves up in weight to

  • Man drowns trying to rescue dog

    A PENSIONER died after trying to save his dog from drowning at a popular beauty spot. The man, who is believed to be in his 70s but who has not been named by Gwent Police, dived into the Pen-y-Fan Pond near Oakdale shortly before 11am yesterday after

  • It's chin up for charity

    A PONTYPOOL pensioner is a smooth customer after having his beard shaved off for charity. Retired David Cullis, 65, of Abersychan, grew the mammoth beard for four months before having it shaved off. Mr Cullis started growing it after being housebound

  • Brazilian Rev's just nuts about Wales

    THE WEATHER here may be much wetter and the national sport may be played with an oval ball rather than a round one, but a Brazilian churchman made his home in Gwent. Reverend Flavio Azambuja has swapped the hot and humid climes of tropical central Brazil

  • Happy to be at home

    NEWPORT County have completed the signing of goalkeeper Roger Freestone, as revealed in yesterday's Argus Sport, and the big stopper says he always thought that he would return to the place where his career started. Freestone began his career at Somerton