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Stories for 24 October 2003

Gwent News

Lily looks back on 104 years

LILY Hancock (pictured), whose life spans three centuries and two world wars, celebrated her 104th birthday surrounded by family and friends.  more...

Gwent pupils to close Proms

YOUNG Newport musicians are bringing the world-acclaimed Schools Proms to a sparkling and stirring close on Bonfire Night.  more...

Estate's looking good for future

PEOPLE living on a Newport estate have given the thumbs up to some exciting plans for the future at a series of celebration events.  more...

Spot the difference in new arrivals!

VISITORS to Greenmeadow Community Farm are seeing spots in front of their eyes.  more...

Hospital's unit looks to the future

PATIENTS brought into the Royal Gwent's £1 million Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) will feel as though they are in a new hospital.  more...

Residents fear traffic mayhem

BUILDING more than one hundred flats on the site of a former Newport golf course would cause traffic mayhem, say angry residents.   more...

End of an era for steelworks

More than a century of steel history is to end with the closure of the Avesta works at Panteg and the loss of 116 jobs.  more...

Backing the blind

BOOK-lovers backed the rights of the blind by signing a petition in a Blaenavon store encouraging more publishers to print copies in Braille.  more...

Look out, Halloween horrors

POLICE in Newport are taking a tough stance against young troublemakers in a bid to stamp out anti-social behaviour during the build-up to Halloween.  more...

Detention for teenage joyriders

A GANG of teenaged joyriders sparked a police pursuit across Newport in a stolen car which ended when they smashed into another vehicle, a court heard yesterday.  more...

Drive to end car cruising pests

A £90,000 plan aims to end the nuisance caused by car cruisers at a Cwmbran leisure spot.  more...

One grateful best friend!

DAVID NEWMAN knew exactly what he had to do when his best friend went missing for 24 hours.  more...

Supporters aim to bolster club

FANS of Newport Rugby Club are hoping to set up a new, independent supporters' club with the aim of strengthening the club and its funds.  more...

Now you can beat that thief!

POLICE are urging the elderly to join a new scheme that has a 100 per cent record of foiling distraction burglars in Gwent.  more...

Gwent Sport

Thanks Evans for Newport

HAPPY hooker Jonathan Evans epitomises just why Newport are having such a succssful season, writes Paul Tully.  more...

Beware Jenkins

AS the Dragons go in search of their first competitive away win tonight, writes Nabil Hassan, coach Mike Ruddock has issued a warning to his side: `We must stop Neil Jenkins.'  more...

Full steam ahead

Now that the next defence of my WBO world super-middleweight title that I told you about three weeks ago has been confirmed, it's full steam ahead again.  more...

'Keeper left out?

GOALKEEPER Duncan Roberts may be withdrawn from Peter Nicholas' Newport County squad while an internal disciplinary inquiry into his post-match conduct after Wednesday night's defeat to Weston-super-Mare, writes Peter Shuttleworth.  more...

All or nothing

Canberra in October can't possibly be a replica of Rome in February or it will be the blackest day in Welsh rugby history tomorrow.  more...

  
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