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Nursing home gets go-ahead
PLANS for a controversial nursing home in Newport were given the green light yesterday - but only on the condition proposed residents from high security hospitals are not housed there. The Argus revealed last month that four patients from Rampton Special
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Brown fury at Districts
NEWPORT owner Tony Brown has angrily disassociated himself and the club from the WRU District A (Gwent clubs) demand to remove Union president Sir Tasker Watkins as chairman of the extraordinary meeting a week Sunday. District A have written to the WRU
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Malcolm set to face big rivals
CHRISTIAN Malcolm spearheads the Wales team as the athletics season kicks-off in earnest this weekend with the Commonwealth Games and European Championships on the horizon. Malcolm is in a star-studded Welsh line-up for the Aqua Pura International at
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Julie's trek of love for her baby
FOR Julie Ward, it was a journey of love and determination. The Gwent mother of three trekked 7,000 feet up an Andean mountain to release a balloon in memory of her 21-month-old daughter, Annie, a victim of cot death. Mrs Ward, of Victoria Road, Bulwark
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Spitting Image, Ma'am!
A TORFAEN teenager with designs on her own Golden Jubilee celebration has made a mug of the Queen. Talented art student Alex Gazzard, 16, has created a toby jug of the Queen as part of her GCSE examination project at Fairwater High School in Cwmbran.
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Dicken returns to play villain at Hull
IT was a case of hero turned villain for Lee Dicken at Hull last night when Newport Wasps defeated Hull Vikings 50-39. . The East Yorkshire-based rider (pictured) was in scintillating form for Newport and a last-heat victory over home-heat leaders Paul
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Farewell to naval veteran
NAVAL veterans and family yesterday bade farewell to Frank King, formerly president of the Gwent Prisoner of War Association and holder of the Distinguished Service Medal, who served the Royal Navy on the surface, in submarines and in the air. Mr King
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Schools win Royal day off
MORE than 13,000 schoolchildren will give the Queen a rapturous reception when she visits Newport next month - after getting the day off thanks to a council U-turn. Head teachers at New-port Local Education Authority schools re-ceived a letter from chief
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Donovan's chance
GWENT could be on the verge of boasting the world's youngest professional snooker player - if Cwmbran star David Donovan (pictured) can pot his way to glory at Prestatyn this weekend. The cue sensation is agonisingly close to reaching his dream of a place
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Pooler drop legal threat
PONTYPOOL have abandoned their attempts for an injunction on this weekend's play-off game between Caerphilly and Aberavon. But The Argus can exclusively reveal that the club is now seeking considerable compensation for the financial loss it believes it
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Council 's £4m a year on foster care
A COUNCIL slammed for spending too much in its social services department is paying out £4 million a year on foster care. Now Caerphilly council's social services director, Joe Howsam, (pictured) has said the authority wants to find more foster carers
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'Please save our factory'
UNION officials and bosses at the stricken Sun Valley Foods factory in Blaenavon are to meet Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy on Friday in a last-ditch attempt to save it. Mr Murphy, MP for Torfaen, and AMs Lynne Neagle and Peter Law will meet to discuss the
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Brown fury at Districts
NEWPORT owner Tony Brown has angrily disassociated himself and the club from the WRU District A (Gwent clubs) demand to remove Union president Sir Tasker Watkins as chairman of the extraordinary meeting a week Sunday. District A have written to the WRU
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Concern grows for missing woman
POLICE say they are growing increasingly concerned about the safety of a Gwent grandmother who went missing more than a week ago. Margaret Ann Llewelyn, 54, has not been seen since she left her home in Middle Way, Chepstow, at 4.30pm on Monday May 6.
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Pub shutters row before opening time
NEWPORT'S newest pub is in trouble with the council before it even opens. The Walkabout sports and music bar is due to open at the Queen's Hotel, Bridge Street, on June 13, subject to licensing. But planning chiefs at Newport council voted yesterday to
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Australia find a home from home at Wales' HQ
WORLD netball champions Australia will be jetting over to Wales before the Commonwealth Games to fine tune their skills at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff. The Sports Council for Wales are working with the Welsh Netball Association to provide
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Thomas closer to Scarlets
WALES prop Iestyn Thomas is a step closer to joining Welsh-Scottish League champions Llanelli early next week after parting ways with Ebbw Vale. Thomas, with Vale for five seasons, has told director of rugby Ray Harris that he will not re-signing his
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Fridge plant set to open
THE first fridge recycling plant in Britain looks set to open in Newport on July 1. Planning permission was granted yesterday after Sims Metal UK agreed to put up a canopy over the fridge storage part of the plant at West Quay, South Dock, Alexandra Dock
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Wales bosses want more from Hughes
WALES football chiefs are hoping to persuade national boss Mark Hughes to take on a wider-ranging role in charge of the game across the country. Hughes (pictured) is without a club for next season after being released by Blackburn and the Football Association
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Community split by 'class' war
CONTROVERSIAL plans to shake-up Monmouthshire's education system are splitting communities as campaigners battle to save closure-threatened schools. The county council's strategic review of primary education provision could see up to 11 schools closing
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Win at Worcester was more like it
THAT was a bit better. A victory at Worcester in only our second Championship game of the summer will have deeply upset all the merchants of doom who were predicting a long and hard summer for us at Glamorgan. It is true that we had another woeful Benson
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