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Stories for 12 October 2004

Gwent Business

Gwent MD wins scholarship to US business school

A GWENT managing director has become one of just ten UK business people to win a scholarship to an American business school.   more...

Still on track to help your firm succeed

Newport & Gwent Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise & Industry has had a vast amount of experience in helping businesses in the former Gwent area to achieve their goals.   more...

Gwent business is the cat's whiskers!

A `LUXURY' Gwent cattery has made it into the feline equivalent of the Michelin Guide.  more...

From rolling Welsh hills to America's Wild West

A GWENT farm manager is swapping the green pastures of Usk for the rolling plains of the Wild West.  more...

Work about to start on state-of-art Innovation Centre

BUILDERS are about to start work on a £4.3m centre to boost entrepreneurship in Torfaen.  more...

New warehouse just what doctor ordered

A medical supplies distributor is set to create 45 new jobs in the region when it opens a new warehouse.  more...

Buses set fare for the future

GWENT business leaders nearly choked on their fine wine when Newport Transport turned up at a plush awards ceremony.  more...

Gwent News

New bridge taking shape

A bridge spanning the breadth of the Sirhowy Valley is starting to take shape.  more...

Argus photographer's work in new book

AMID the damp, dirt, and disruption caused by flood waters in Newport, a musically-inclined fireman entertains householders Colin Salmon and Heather Sidrok with a tune on their piano.  more...

Help make Callum's Christmas

TIME is running out to help Gwent youngster Callum Arnold raise the cash he needs to ensure his independence.  more...

Traders refuse to meet market developers

ANGRY traders in Abergavenny are to boycott a meeting with town redevelopers over fears the plans will harm business.  more...

99mph bridge motorists putting lives at risk

MOTORISTS are reaching speeds of up to 99mph as they approach the toll booths on the Second Severn Crossing despite the introduction of speed cameras, police have revealed.  more...

Prison chiefs warned of 'time bomb'

UNDER-FIRE prison chiefs who last night defended the policy of placing sex offenders in a Gwent open prison were warned by town councillors that they are creating a "time bomb".  more...

Tribute to 'wonderful, caring' Pauline

THIS is the 53-year-old Cwmbran woman who was found dead in a Cwmbran flat.  more...

Youngsters risking shortcut to tragedy

SCHOOLCHILDREN in Newport are risking their lives by taking a dangerous shortcut across a busy new road.  more...

Office destroyed in petrol bomb attack

A GWENT engineering firm has been badly hit in a petrol bomb attack, causing £50,000-worth of damage.  more...

Trainer to the stars - squirrels!

NEVER work with children or animals - it's one of the golden rules of film-making.  more...

Big five in battle build new city mall

NEWPORT'S £100 million shopping centre plans took a major step forward today as it was revealed five top companies are vying to build the complex.  more...

Gwent Sport

Let me lead the line, Bellamy

CRAIG Bellamy has dropped a major hint to departing Wales boss Mark Hughes to restore him to the front rather than sticking him out on the right wing again.  more...

No point going on about England

THE England defeat is history and there is no point "harping on about it", says Wales skipper Gary Speed.   more...

Gwent pair on standby

GWENT'S James Collins and Carl Fletcher are in line to start for Wales tomorrow night with Simon Davies returned to his rightful midfield position as Mark Hughes searches for three vital points against Poland.  more...

Watch out Europe!

Newport Gwent Dragons are going to win the Heineken Cup. Improbable, unlikely for sure, a bit facetious maybe, but the Dragons and coach Chris Anderson are continuing to defy all logic, not to mention their critics.  more...

Hughes hints Tosh is not the man

Mark Hughes fears the strides forward he has taken with Wales will be undone by the appointment of the wrong man to succeed him.  more...

Sport Worldcup

HUGHES MUST MAKE CHANGES - 11.10.2004

DEPARTING Wales boss Mark Hughes has to raise the spirit of his battered squad for Wednesday night's make-or-break World Cup qualifier against Poland at the Millennium Stadium after the mauling in Manchester.   more...

Hughes reign could end in a whimper - 11.10.04

MARK Hughes' reign as Wales' manager, which at times has thrilled and threatened to send the nation to the dizzy heights of a major championship, is in danger of ending in a whimper.   more...

Gwent pair on standby

GWENT'S James Collins and Carl Fletcher are in line to start for Wales tomorrow night with Simon Davies returned to his rightful midfield position as Mark Hughes searches for three vital points against Poland.  more...

Hughes hints Tosh is not the man

Mark Hughes fears the strides forward he has taken with Wales will be undone by the appointment of the wrong man to succeed him.  more...

Let me lead the line, Bellamy

CRAIG Bellamy has dropped a major hint to departing Wales boss Mark Hughes to restore him to the front rather than sticking him out on the right wing again.  more...

No point going on about England

THE England defeat is history and there is no point "harping on about it", says Wales skipper Gary Speed.  more...

'Gutted we lost but we had a great day' - 11.10.2004

WELSH supporters were still in high spirits after the 2-0 defeat against England at Manchester's Old Trafford stadium despite Saturday's disappointing result.  more...

  
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