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Stories for 19 February 2004

Gwent News

Don't fell trees for a view - residents

COUNCIL plans to pull up healthy trees in a popular park because they block the view of a restoration project are a disgrace, say outraged residents.  more...

Council vote in chatroom ban

COUNCILLORS yesterday agreed to ban access to internet chatrooms in their libraries, amid fears the service could expose children to risk.  more...

Travellers facing eviction

TRAVELLERS who set up camp in a Newport community are to be evicted.  more...

Poultry factory jobs to go

UP to 80 jobs are to be lost at a troubled Abergavenny poultry factory in a bid to make the business more viable.  more...

Millennium Centre: Disabled access given priority

NEWPORT businessman Trevor Palmer is leading the way to ensure facilities for disabled people will be second to none at a flagship arts centre.  more...

Tax rise but it's the lowest

RESIDENTS in the Caer-philly borough are getting one of the lowest council tax increases in Wales, the authority announced yesterday. Council tax is set to rise by just 2.4 per cent (£16.61).  more...

Plans for new city 'village'

PLANS to build up to 1,000 homes in a major expansion of the village of Langstone - thrown out by Newport councillors five years ago - are being resurrected.  more...

Injuries are still a mystery

A CWMBRAN teenager found bleeding on his mother's doorstep after a night out still cannot remember what happened to him.  more...

`Road closure is hitting business'

TRADERS in Aberga-venny vowed to continue their fight against a road closure which they claim is ruining business.  more...

Gwent Sparkle Appeal

Little pals who think of others

LITTLE Ellie Lebbon and Chloe Kostanjevec thought of other children before themselves on their own special days.  more...

Gwent Sport

Head over heels about Earnie

WALES ended a run of six consecutive defeats to return to winning ways with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Scotland at the Millennium Stadium.  more...

Irish a heck of a test

WELSH rugby is littered with so many false dawns, particularly in the past decade, that the team have to make sure this is not a repeat says Rhys Williams, two-try hero of the victory over Scotland.  more...

'Special day' for Earnshaw

STRIKE-sensation Robert Earnshaw was lost for words last night after his hat trick in the 4-0 demolition of Scotland in the Millennium Stadium, calling it "a very special day".  more...

Sparky sends out a statement

Wales boss Mark Hughes, pictured, insists that his side have made a statement of intent following their 4-0 victory in last night's friendly against Scotland.  more...

Parry still in dreamland

PAUL Parry beamed that appearing for Wales was better than he ever imagined after making a dream debut for Wales in last night's 4-0 slaughtering of Scotland.  more...

Watch out England!

`Bring on the English.' That was Ryan Giggs' message to England and their fellow World Cup qualifying rivals following last night's victory over their fellow Celts Scotland.  more...

Newport in ten-try bonanza

NEWPORT romped to the biggest win in the Welsh Premier Division this season and passed a century of tries with this ten-try romp at Rodney Parade.  more...

Sport Six Nations

Wales captain change - 18.02.04

WALES will almost certainly face Ireland at Lansdowne Road on Sunday with a change of captain.  more...

  
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