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Stories for 28 October 2003

Gwent Business

Grocery shopping on-line not a success

LACK of stocks and poor service are hindering the major food retailers' online operations according to The Grocer magazine's latest online mystery shopping survey.  more...

Quality where it counts

QUALITY manager Liz McNamara had so much difficulty finding a nursery for her two young children she decided to start her own.   more...

Mike's switch of trade turns out a winner

A FORMER butcher who fulfilled his dream of becoming a professional photographer has had a flash of inspiration to promote his new business and raise money for charity.   more...

Gwent Davey Down Under

28.10.03 Parker is on a reign of terror

THE WELSH team are not so much knocking lumps out of the opposition as out of one another - and there is a double agent in their ranks in the shape of Sonny Parker, the Welsh-qualified centre born in New Zealand.  more...

Gwent News

Sweeney: This is our big test

WALES' biggest problem against the All Blacks on Sunday will be trying to match their physicality, says outside half Ceri Sweeney - himself a brave battler whose early tackle on Italian powerhouse Andrea de Rossi put Wales in the driving seat.  more...

Cleared footballer vows to play

FORMER Newport County footballer Leon Jeanne (pictured) is vowing to get back on the pitch after being cleared of conspiring to supply cocaine.  more...

Firearms made me deaf claims soldier

A FORMER Army recruit from Newport is suing the Ministry of Defence for up to £100,000, claiming that firearms training left him deaf in one ear.  more...

Drug addict is jailed for burglary

A DRUG addict who burgled a house to fund his heroin habit was jailed for nine months yesterday.  more...

A final farewell

EMOTIONAL tributes were paid yesterday to car fire tragedy victim Julian Maggs as his nearest and dearest said goodbye to him.  more...

New ways to find solutions

RESIDENTS of a Newport estate have been given the chance to voice concerns about their community in an innovative new way.  more...

Bullies' victim has last laugh

A BUDDING media mogul from Newport claims bullying she endured as a teenager has driven her to succeed and set up her own business.   more...

Body in lane death riddle

POLICE are refusing to reveal what caused the death of a man whose body was found in a Gwent lane but say he sustained "blunt trauma" to his body.  more...

Euro-critic won't face charges

POLICE say there will be no charges against a a prominent Gwent Euro-sceptic who hailed the knifing of Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh as a "patriotic act".  more...

We're starting to get results

Car Safe, the Argus' campaign to stamp out car crime in Gwent, is three months old today - and has already achieved some notable successes. RHIANNON BEACHAM reports.  more...

Trucker jailed for stabbing

A LORRY driver was jailed for 12 months yesterday for stabbing a neighbour with whom a court heard he had had a "long standing feud".  more...

Gwent Rugby World Cup

28.10.03 Ies or no?

WALES' mercurial talent Iestyn Harris is a major doubt for Sunday's final Pool D World Cup clash against New Zealand in Sydney.  more...

28.10.03 Our big test - Sweeney

WALES' biggest problem against the All Blacks on Sunday will be trying to match their physicality, says outside half Ceri Sweeney - himself a brave battler whose early tackle on Italian powerhouse Andrea de Rossi put Wales in the driving seat.  more...

28.10.03 Nothing to lose against top two

WALES have done the hard bit, they've made it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, they have salvaged some pride and they have come through a tension-packed group game against Italy with a victory when it could so easily have gone the other way.  more...

28.10.03 We won't fold - Williams

THE ultimate test - that is what key Wales flanker Martyn Williams calls playing against the All Blacks.  more...

Gwent Sport

Scorn in the USA

CHRISTIAN Malcolm's no-nonsense Scottish coach Jock Anderson has blasted Britain's top athletes for choosing to cross the Atlantic and train in America.  more...

Ies or no?

WALES' mercurial talent Iestyn Harris is a major doubt for Sunday's final Pool D World Cup clash against New Zealand in Sydney.  more...

Our big test - Sweeney

WALES' biggest problem against the All Blacks on Sunday will be trying to match their physicality, says outside half Ceri Sweeney - himself a brave battler whose early tackle on Italian powerhouse Andrea de Rossi put Wales in the driving seat.  more...

Nothing to lose against top two

WALES have done the hard bit, they've made it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, they have salvaged some pride and they have come through a tension-packed group game against Italy with a victory when it could so easily have gone the other way.  more...

We won't fold - Williams

THE ultimate test - that is what key Wales flanker Martyn Williams calls playing against the All Blacks.  more...

  
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