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Stories for 24 March 2006

Gwent News

Pupils on top of the world

MORE than 1,000 pupils exhibited their music and Welsh language skills throughout the week during Pontypool community council's inter-schools eisteddfod at yesterday's junior section.   more...

Jobs joy as firm's future is secured

A GWENT call centre is creating more than 100 new jobs - just two months after it was rescued from the brink of liquidation.  more...

Supermarket plan faces axe

PLANS for a new retail and leisure complex at Abergavenny's cattle market site could be rejected, according to the council's head of planning.  more...

Child of courage faces new challenge

A BRAVE Gwent youngster who lost a leg during her ongoing battle with cancer is due to have an artificial limb fitted in the next few weeks.  more...

Sizing up designs for city facelift

ARCHITECTS are coming up with futuristic and eye-catching entries for a new market square at the heart of Newport.  more...

Mo's done us proud!

HE may not be bringing home the gold, but Newport people say Mo Nasir has done us proud - and his boxing club chairman is now tipping him for Olympic glory.  more...

Film makers to focus on World Cup fans

YOUNG NEWPORT film makers are to follow football fans from the 32 World Cup nations for a 90-minute documentary.  more...

Teenager locked up for hurling Liquorice Allsort

A TEENAGER who threw a Liquorice Allsort at a man and cut his eyelid was locked up yesterday for breaching an interim anti-social behaviour order.  more...

Rhodri on top form for Liam

A GWENT youngster was left bitterly disappointed when snow forced him to miss the Royal opening of the Senedd in Cardiff.  more...

Our fast way to help Simon

COULD you resist the lure of food for 24 hours?  more...

Gwent Sport

Clubs and WRU at odds over split

THE Welsh Rugby Union and its First Division clubs are to meet again next week in a bid to resolve a dispute over splitting the division on a regional basis next season.  more...

Cram slams state of British sprinting

ATHLETICS legend Steve Cram has slammed the state of male British sprinting after their abject showing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.  more...

Beadle bidding for back-to-back wins

NEWPORT COUNTY boss Peter Beadle is urging his side to continue helping themselves in the battle for Conference South survival.  more...

European rugby a must - Sweeney

NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are targeting a place in the Heineken Cup next season, insists returning Wales player Ceri Sweeney ahead of Saturday's tough Celtic League clash against leaders Ulster at Ravenhill.  more...

Bye bye Scott

THE Welsh Rugby Union today confirmed the worst kept secret in Welsh rugby - acting head coach Scott Johnson is returning home to be an assistant coach with the Australian RU.  more...

Mono Arts

Cream of the Baltic crop

FROM Carnegie Hall in New York to the Musikverein in Vienna and London's Royal Albert Hall, Kremerata Baltica, the Grammy-award winning chamber orchestra, will soon be able to add Cardiff to their list when they perform at Wales Millennium Centre on Sunday, April 23.  more...

Irish folk guitar at Valleys venue

WORLD-class Irish folk singer-guitarist Alan Burke is to play at a Valleys guitar club on Friday, April 7, when Islwyn Guitar Club brings Alan Burke to the Crosskeys Hotel.  more...

Zanzibar offers you an eggs-cellent Easter

HERE'S your chance to join in an Easter egg-stravaganza at Zanzibar, Newport.  more...

Enjoy an alternative twist

THIS week's big gig happens at Meze Lounge on Monday, as weekly clubnight Alternative Twist celebrates its birthday in amazing style.   more...

Still true to their roots

THE Beautiful South return with a new album Superb on May 14 and will be showcasing it in Newport as part of a new UK tour.  more...

Odyssey has flair

FROM the songs of the sirens, through the whirlpools of Charybdis, the cave of Cyclops and the House of the Dead, the Odyssey is one of the world's best- known and well-loved adventure tales.  more...

Castle date for Alarm

EIGHTIES Welsh rock legends The Alarm will play a very special concert at Chepstow Castle this summer.  more...

  
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