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Stories for 16 February 2004

Gwent News

Windfarm site visits - by air

PLANNING chiefs from two Gwent councils will make a site visit with a difference this week.  more...

Needle attacker barred from school

A GWENT schoolboy who jabbed fellow pupils with a needle has been excluded from school "indefinitely".  more...

Arts centre: `Let's go for a Burton'

NEWPORT could get a touch of glamour by naming its new arts centre the Richard Burton Theatre and Arts Centre, a councillor says.  more...

£20 tax increase for police

COUNCIL taxpayers will have to find an extra £20 towards policing from April - on top of any rises agreed by local authorities.  more...

Passion in song

IT WAS the game that gave a country back its pride.   more...

Housing plan to aid rural buyers

A NEW scheme to create affordable housing in rural communities could halt the "devastating" migration of young first-time house buyers from Monmouthshire villages.  more...

City is Wales' first for full broadband cover

NEWPORT will be the first city in Wales to have full high-speed Internet broadband coverage.  more...

Services will bear the brunt

The Argus has discovered a black hole in the pension schemes of Gwent councils that amounts to nearly half a billion pounds. MARK CHOUEKE and EDWARD DAVIE report on its potential consequences - cuts in services and increased council tax  more...

Sex attacker strikes in street

A WOMAN was subjected to a serious sex attack in a Cwmbran street on Saturday afternoon.  more...

Progress on campus

CONSTRUCTION of the new learning campus proposed for the Corus steelworks site in Ebbw Vale could begin next year, council chiefs have revealed.  more...

Tributes to ex-rugby man

TRIBUTES are being paid to an ex-Newbridge rugby player who "lived life to the full".  more...

Gwent Sport

Great start but no complacency

WALES, greeted almost like conquering heroes after their World Cup exploits by an expectant home crowd, carried on where they left off in Australia as they got their Six Nations campaign off to a winning start.  more...

Best is yet to come

THE best is yet to come, says Wales coach Steve Hansen after Saturday's 23-10 victory over Scotland in the Six Nations, their first winning start to the championship for seven years.  more...

Parker relishes pairing

Sonny Parker is relishing his partnership with Iestyn Harris and hopes the pair can take their performance against Scotland to a whole new level against Ireland next Saturday.  more...

Ruddock in SOS call for Edwards

NEWPORT Gwent Drag-ons coach Mike Ruddock is aiming to obtain the release of Wales A lock Neil Edwards, this week from Ebbw Vale to bolster the Dragons pack.  more...

Parry's shock call up

CARDIFF City new boy Paul Parry, pictured, was handed a shock call up ahead of Wales' friendly match against Scotland at the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday.  more...

Sport Six Nations

Moment of truth - 14.02.04

STEVE Hansen has given his Welsh side one last rallying call ahead of their opening Six Nations game, insisting that his team are on the crest of a wave.  more...

  
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