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Stories for 10 February 2004

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Excitement all round for adults and kids

With another half-term approaching next month, Jackie Davies recommends packing up the family and taking them off to Butlins.  more...

Love on Llanddwyn Island

Ditch the red roses, forget the padded card commercialism of St Valentine's Day and instead try a bit of romance on January 25, which is St Dwynwen's Day or Welsh Valentine's Day, says NIC HAVERS   more...

Palaces and royal retreats

Argus Reader Holidays can take you to some of Britain's outstanding royal palaces, where you can take a privileged peek behind the scenes .  more...

Escape Escape Overseas

A break from tradition

Suffering from post-Christmas blues? Why not ditch the leftover turkey, pack your case, and beat the dreary weather by going abroad?  more...

Land of palaces and gardens

Instead of the golden sands of the Algarve, CHRIS HIGHAM opted for a villa holiday in `old' Portugal - and discovered the hidden kingdom of Sintra with its Atlantic breakers.  more...

Mountainous, marvellous and magical

FIRST impressions of the Ardèche are a twisting road, precipices on one side and log-carrying articulated lorries revving in the rear mirror.   more...

High adventure on Borneo's jewel

The guidebook said it was easy. So SONIA WILTSHIRE decided to climb Mount Kinabalu, in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, the highest mountain in South East Asia. She found getting to the summit was only half the problem...   more...

Escape Escape Travel Deals

Take a break from the gloom

From Cardiff DIRECT Holidays offer the following late deals: Departing Jan 19, seven nights, Gran Canaria, two star self-catering, £169 per adult. Departing January 29, seven nights, Lanz-arote, three star self-catering, £179 per adult. Departing February 5, seven nights, Lanzar-ote, three star self-catering, £209 per adult. Departing February 8, seven nights, Costa del Sol, three star self-catering, £149 per adult.   more...

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THE buzzword in travel these days is ACTIVITY! We must now exercise our bodies, or our minds or, better still, both.  more...

Gwent Business

Expert reveals what's driving car industry

PROFESSOR Garel Rhys breezed into the Celtic Manor last week for a breakfast seminar on manufacturing organised by Barclays Bank.   more...

IT company has eye on opthalmic success

A DYNAMIC Gwent IT company has been selected as one of just four UK firms to supply specialist software for a national NHS screening programme.  more...

Saying it with flowers

ROSES are red, bank balance is black, set up in business and never looked back!  more...

Gwent News

Town's upgrade plans on display

PLANS to transform the face of Abergaven-ny went on display in the town yesterday.  more...

Cautious greeting for housing plans

MAJOR plans to regenerate the east side of Newport with a large-scale housing development have been greeted with caution by Corus and community figures.  more...

Waiting lists `still toughest nut to crack'

AFTER four years in charge Rhodri Morgan says that NHS waiting lists are still the "toughest nut to crack".  more...

Valley town's 300 jobs plan

FOOD giant Asda is poised to create 300 new jobs in Brynmawr by applying to build a new store on the site of the town's Dunlop Semtex building.  more...

Now King Arthur joins fight to save trees

A DRUID yesterday joined the road protesters trying to stop work to cut down trees in St David's Wood, Blackwood.  more...

Transplant patient in leap for life

A NEWPORT woman is taking to the skies to raise money for a kidney charity.  more...

Anxious wait for identity of body

POLICE investigating the disappearance of Newport pensioner Marie Veronica Rey-nolds are still waiting to learn the identity of a woman's body discovered in Malpas on January 27.  more...

Thieving lawyer faces inquiry

A government-appointed trustee is investigating the financial affairs of shamed former Monmouth solicitor Russell Hiscott.  more...

Rugby player voices grateful thanks

A NEWPORT rugby player says he wants to thank a physiotherapist who cared for him after he suffered a severe concussion during a match.  more...

Gwent Sport

Wales issue warning

WALES are set to scare the Six Nations big boys, says skills coach Scott Johnson.  more...

Delay over Wales coach

A new Wales rugby coach will not be appointed before next month at the earliest, says Welsh Rugby Union chairman David Pickering, the former Wales captain.  more...

Perfect Percy

IT may be Six Nations Championship time, but I'm going to devote this column to Percy Montgomery.  more...

It's about survival for Pooler and Vale

PONTYPOOL and Ebbw Vale lock horns in a crunch Welsh League Premier Division battle at Pontypool Park tomorrow night (kick-off 7.15pm) with survival at stake.  more...

  
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