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Stories for 17 February 2005

Gwent News

Diners flee as fire razes restaurant

A GWENT restaurant was gutted yesterday by a raging fire which could be seen from miles away.  more...

Police worker is guilty of abuse

A CIVILIAN worker with Gwent Police faces a lengthy jail sentence today after being convicted of sexually abusing boys.  more...

Shock at factory's plan to axe 100 jobs

WORKERS at a Pontypool factory which is set to lose a quarter of its workforce spoke of their anger and shock at the job losses announced yesterday.  more...

Please find cure for our hospitals, Dr Gibbons

LAST WEEK, there were ambulances stacked up outside Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital and no beds for non-emergency patients across Gwent.  more...

'Put more money into the system'

HOSPITAL staff at the Royal Gwent had a simple message for Dr Gibbons: "We need more cash and better systems of care."  more...

Footballer tells of wait in agony

A GWENT footballer has told how he lay in agony with a broken leg after an ambulance got stuck in mud.  more...

Fraudster, 73, avoids prison

A 73-YEAR-OLD Gwent benefits cheat who falsely claimed thousands of pounds avoided jail yesterday.   more...

Curtain up for school's drama class

DRAMA students at one Gwent school are gearing up to wow audiences in Newport's Dolman Theatre.  more...

To White House via war zones

HE'S reported from war zones across the world, including Afghanistan and Iraq, but Gwent-born television cameraman Dai Baker is facing his most nerve-racking assignment yet - receiving an award from President George Bush at the White House.  more...

World record for couple, 106 and 105

A GWENT historian has become a world record-holder after making an amazing discovery in a graveyard.  more...

Boys' sex attacker jailed for 11 years

A GWENT police worker and former church warden was branded "evil, corrupt and disgusting" today by a judge who sentenced him to 11 years in prison for abusing young boys.  more...

Gwent Sport

Don't go overboard

Some weary England cricketers returned home this week.   more...

EWE TAFF TO BE JOKING!

YOU have gone too far with the sheep jokes, Newport County have warned Nationwide South rivals Horn-church after their stormy encounter last month.  more...

Gwent four aim Hoy

OLYMPIC gold medallist Chris Hoy MBE has predicted British cycling will go from strength to strength in the coming years - thanks to initiatives such as the Welsh cycling talent team which he launched yesterday.  more...

WRU put Dragons in a spin

CLASH - Newport Gwent Dragons and the Welsh Rugby Union have crossed swords over the availability of Wales squad members for tomorrow night's Celtic League game against Ulster at Rodney Parade (7.05pm).  more...

No reason why I can't add to caps - Wyatt

GARETH Wyatt has been capped twice by Wales as far apart as 1997 and 2003, but the Newport Gwent Dragons winger still hasn't given up on adding to that surprisingly meagre tally.  more...

Sport Six Nations

WRU put Dragons in a spin

CLASH - Newport Gwent Dragons and the Welsh Rugby Union have crossed swords over the availability of Wales squad members for tomorrow night's Celtic League game against Ulster at Rodney Parade (7.05pm).  more...

  
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