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Stories for 20 January 2003

Gwent News

OAP: I had stroke after gang abused me

DUFFRYN man Douglas Forshaw, pictured, claims he suffered a stroke after a gang of youths abused him - less than two hours before a young father died in similar circumstances.  more...

Parade honours brave soldier

MORE THAN 100 former servicemen turned out in Cwmbran on Saturday to honour a brave son of Torfaen.   more...

Town gets behind crusade to reopen rail link

PEOPLE in Ebbw Vale are backing our Get Us Back on Track campaign to open the rail link from the town to Newport at the same time, or before, the Cardiff link.  more...

Local groups share £1m European cash

THREE disability projects in Gwent will be awarded a share of £1 million today to mark the European Year of Disabled People.  more...

Idea spreads like wildfire!

A YOUNG firefighter scheme which has proved a huge success in Monmouthshire is being extended to another Gwent county.  more...

Alicia lands a choice role

A NEWPORT schoolgirl will be taking her first step to acting success when she appears in a children's television drama tomorrow.  more...

Council appoints `green' rubbish warden

A NEW recycling warden will encourage Newport residents to recycle more of their rubbish.   more...

Two Iraqis killed in M4 accident

IMMIGRATION officials were today continuing investigations into a motorway crash which claimed the lives of two Iraqi men.   more...

Crime cut hopes as towns secure CCTV

FOUR Monmouthshire town centres are to get CCTV cameras next month - thanks to a £440,000 National Assembly grant and £90,000 from the local council.  more...

Victim of horror rape offered just £8,250 compensation

THE victim of a terrifying rape and kidnapping ordeal is being offered an "insulting" £8,250 as compensation for her suffering, the Argus can reveal.  more...

Gwent Sport

Dredge still waiting for Tour win

BRADLEY Dredge's first European Tour win still eludes him.  more...

Five club deal is dead, says Russell, as parties talk again

EBBW Vale boss Marcus Russell insisted today that Welsh Rugby Union chief executive David Moffett's four regional sides plan for the future of Welsh rugby is the way ahead.  more...

Jones wants Euro triumph to inspire league bid

NEWPORT aim to use their exciting 42-32 Heineken Cup victory over Edinburgh on Saturday to launch a Principality Cup challenge and climb towards the top of the Welsh League table.  more...

Steelmen go from heroes to zeros

"THEY were the best side I have ever played against" said a glum Tyron Morris after the Ebbw Vale flanker saw his team's hopes of reaching the Parker Pen Shield semi-final dashed in a 63-17 Pau hammering.  more...

Power Cup called off

CRICKET'S Pertemps Power Cup, planned for the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff this weekend, is off.  more...

  
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