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Stories for 15 March 2005

Gwent Business

DJ"s new spin on career

DJ NEIL Young has swap-ped records for wraps and panninis having taken over the lease of Prego in Caerleon.  more...

Putting communities back into business

LIKE a TV cop duo, Peter Williams and Rob Symons are cruising the mean streets of South East Wales looking for companies to sign up to their Business In the Community programme (BITC).   more...

Managers in £25m buy-out

SENIOR managers have taken control of health and safety specialist National Britannia Group in a £25 million management buy-out.   more...

Scots to celebrate at Swalec

SWALEC"s parent company, Scottish and Southern Energy Group, is celebrating the signing-up of its six-millionth customer.  more...

Ken"s firm looks on the bright side

THREE years into a business at the forefront of energy-saving technology Ken Bird is experiencing some serious growth.   more...

Hard line on discrimination: employers must wise up fast

THE GOVERNMENT"S recent announcement that it will conduct a "root and branch" review of the causes of persistent discrimination in British society looks likely to transform the legal landscape.  more...

Store staff to share in a £106m bonus

STAFF at the John Lewis Partnership are to receive an annual bonus equivalent to more than seven weeks' pay.   more...

Castleoak among the best employers in Britain

A BUILDING business founded in Raglan in the 1980s has been voted the fourth-best small company to work for in Britain.   more...

Gwent Letters

Recalling sights and sounds of railway era

IN his mind's eye he can see the locomotives rushing through the winter darkness, smell the steam and the sharp acrid smell of the burning coal.  more...

Gwent News

Driving instructor on sex charges

A SELF-EMPLOYED driving instructor carried out sex attacks on six women pupils, a court heard.  more...

Blazing car rams house

A NEWPORT woman was rescued from her home by firefighters after a blazing car crashed into it early today.  more...

50mph motorway speed limit plan

A 50MPH speed limit could be imposed on the M4 near Newport in a move designed to ease crippling congestion.  more...

Recalling sights and sounds of railway era

IN his mind's eye he can see the locomotives rushing through the winter darkness, smell the steam and the sharp acrid smell of the burning coal.  more...

It"s official - 500 jobs coming to city

NEWPORT was handed another jobs bonanza today when the Prison Service announced it will bring 500 posts to the city.  more...

We'll fight to preserve our ponds

PRESSURE to reprieve two historic ponds is being piled on a Gwent council after steel company Corus announced its intention to drain them by the end of this month.  more...

I"m a turncoat, says wife

WHEN the men from the Emerald Isle take to the field next Saturday to try and stop Wales' dream of winning a Grand Slam, there will be one Irish family loudly cheering Ruddock's heroes.  more...

We have so much of which to be proud

Visiting the Gwent Valleys, I've noticed a sense of vibrancy and optimism that wasn't there ten years ago.   more...

Sport club fury over losing hall sessions

A GWENT sports club for disabled people is being muscled out of its regular weekend slot at Cwmbran Stadium, members claim.  more...

Geraint's chicken lays a golden egg

A TEENAGER raised more than £100 for Comic Relief by dressing up as a chicken for a sponsored walk from Abercarn to Cross Keys.  more...

Stroke unit among the best

TREATMENT and care of stroke patients at Abergavenny"s Nevill Hall Hospital has been rated the best in Wales and among the best in Great Britain by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).  more...

Woolly six-pack you wouldn"t "gambol" on...

LORD Lucan riding the winning horse in the Derby, or the discovery of life on Mars.  more...

Four times winner at dog show

A GWENT kennel owner is celebrating after scooping four awards at Crufts 2005.  more...

"Please help us out Mr Chancellor"

IF ever there was a time for a political budget this is it.   more...

City firm cleans up in retail centre contract

A NEWPORT-BASED facilities management company has won a six-figure cleaning, security and waste management contract at Cardiff"s Capitol Shopping Centre.  more...

Gwent Sport

More of the same and Slam is ours

Wales can finally put the ghosts of the 70s to rest and send the nation into ecstacy by winning the Grand Slam on Saturday for the first time for 27 years - if they get their tactics right.  more...

EX WALES SKIPPER IS DRAGONS CANDIDATE

PHIL Davies, the former Wales captain now director of rugby at Leeds, wants to be the next Newport Gwent Dragons coach.  more...

Williams: I should be fit

FLYING wing Rhys Williams says the Wales squad want to create their own bit of history by beating Ireland at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday to win the Nation's first Grand Slam since 1978.  more...

Fletcher gets chance as Savage blasts back

ALES coach John Toshack has admitted that Robbie Savage's shock retirement from international football has opened the door for Carl Fletcher to become a mainstay in a new look Wales side.  more...

Best mates set to clash

STEPHEN Jones and Simon Easterby will be knocking lumps out of one another when Wales go for the Grand Slam and Ireland for the Triple Crown on Saturday - but in the summer Jones will be best man at Easterby's wedding.  more...

Sport Six Nations

Best mates set to clash

STEPHEN Jones and Simon Easterby will be knocking lumps out of one another when Wales go for the Grand Slam and Ireland for the Triple Crown on Saturday - but in the summer Jones will be best man at Easterby's wedding.  more...

More of the same and Slam is ours

Wales can finally put the ghosts of the 70s to rest and send the nation into ecstacy by winning the Grand Slam on Saturday for the first time for 27 years - if they get their tactics right.  more...

Williams: I should be fit

FLYING wing Rhys Williams says the Wales squad want to create their own bit of history by beating Ireland at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday to win the Nation's first Grand Slam since 1978.  more...

  
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