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Stories for 12 September 2003

Gwent Mono

One-joke film a sad indictment

Review: Calendar Girls (12A)  more...

Spicy special a stunner

Dilshad International Cuisine, 34 Clarence Place, Newport.  more...

High-octane blues

One of the finest blues players in the world, Walter Trout, is coming to South Wales as part of his biggest UK tour to date.  more...

Catch a Celtic gem

One of the best Celtic bands in Wales, Allan Yn Y Fan, is currently touring their debut album up and down Britain.  more...

Enjoy a cliffhanger

IF you fancy scaling cliff-faces but don't know one end of a piece of rope from another, then fear not - Gwent is an ideal place to learn the adrenalin-packed sport of rock-climbing.  more...

Gwent News

OAP's three-year wait for op

A CRIPPLED Gwent widow with a crumbling hip must wait up to three years before she can see a specialist, let alone have an operation.  more...

Fantastic dahlias and 'mums galore

MARVELLOUS 'mums and dazzling dahlias were on display at a specialist flower show in Newport.  more...

'At a loss' to stop the hall vandals

AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy from Wotton-under-Edge required hospital treatment after injuring himself on a piece of equipment in Charfield play area that had been damaged by vandals.  more...

Brewery to expand

AN £11 MILLION bottling hall at Magor brewers Interbrew is set to create 38 jobs.  more...

Labour face 'women-only' split threat

LABOUR Assembly Member Peter Law is threatening to stand against his own party as an independent in protest at the all-women MP candidate shortlist for Blaenau Gwent.  more...

Raising a glass to a gallant hero

GWENT's Old Salts are preparing to grapple with pub giant Wetherspoon over the naming of a Newport city centre pub.  more...

Woodland project wins praise

ONE of the top-performing Objective One programmes in Wales has just won the praise of its funders.  more...

Three kids saved from fire

AN ARSON probe is under way after a family of five, including three young children, were hospitalised after a house fire in Ebbw Vale early today.  more...

Mystery deaths of mum and son

A MOTHER and son who died within four months of each other could both have been suffocated, an inquest heard yesterday.  more...

OAP's three-year wait for op

A CRIPPLED Gwent widow with a crumbling hip must wait up to three years before she can see a specialist, let alone have an operation.  more...

Hospital services under microscope

HEALTH bosses in Gwent have been - and remain - coy on the issue of whether a replacement hospital for the Royal Gwent could or should be built on the former Corus site at Mendalgief Road.  more...

Stepping up to stardom

A CWMBRAN girl is set for stardom after winning a scholarship to a top London fame school.  more...

Council's shake-up `working'

HUGE improvements have been made to frontline council services in the Caerphilly county borough, according to the local authority.  more...

Gwent Sport

Seeding threat to Wales

WELSH soccer chiefs will today crank up the heat on European football's governing body not to introduce an 11th hour decision to seed play-off teams bidding for a Euro 2004 finals spot.  more...

Nicholas: 'Let us pray'

NEWPORT County boss Peter Nicholas is almost at the end of his tether.  more...

Can we get on with the rugby now?

PEACE has broken out, and the war of words between Newport and Ebbw Vale has ended. The Welsh League Premier Division match between the Gwent rivals will go ahead at Rodney Parade tomorrow as scheduled and at last all the action in the region can take place on the field rather than off it.  more...

Mundine's not in my league either

IT looks as though new WBA world super-middleweight champion Tony Mundine could be my next opponent - but I'm not really that optimistic.  more...

We'll focus

NEWPORT second row Chay Billen and Ebbw Vale coach Gareth Nicholas are in complete agreement - this week's row between the clubs will have no affect on Saturday's Premier Division clash at Rodney Parade.  more...