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Smoke spews from blaze in valleys |
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Firefighters are tackling a blaze on an industrial estate near Ebbw Vale...
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Bleanau Gwent Young Stars win NODA Award |
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 The Blaenau Gwent Young Stars have just been awarded Best Production in this region for their production of ‘Les Miserables’. This prestigious award from the National Operatic and Dramatic Association was present to the society on Thursday June 8, 2006.
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HUGE TOY HAUL FROM LOCAL MARKET |
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Trading Standards Officers seized hundreds of suspected counterfeit toys, some of which may be unsafe, from a stall at Ebbw Vale market on Friday 5 May.
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350 Jobs to Go |
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HUNDREDS of workers at Continental Teves could lose their jobs as the company looks to move to a country with lower labour costs.
By Lousie Dix, Gwent Gazette
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'Ugly' Multi-Storey Reopens |
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 The revamped Multi-Storey Car Park in Ebbw Vale town centre will reopen on Monday May 15, 2006.
The £3 Million 'make-over' has over run by approximately seven months and the final costs are still unknown.
In April Ebbw Vale Online ran a poll, that when the Multi-Storey car park finally opened whether it was still necessary to keep traffic following through the town. The results were mixed, however most agreed that the barrier should come down.
Next week councillors will meet local business people to discuss the traffic running through town.
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Clive Burgess Passes Away |
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 It is with the great sadness that we inform you of the death of Clive Burgess, one of Ebbw Vale’s greatest players and a superb exponent of back row play. Burgess played also for Wales between 1977 and 1982, winning a total of nine Welsh caps.
Ebbw Vale Online extends our deepest sympathy to the family, Sue and his two daughters.
The funeral took place at Mount Pleasant Chapel, and was well attended by family and friends, and many former Ebbw Vale and Welsh international players. The service was followed by cremation at Creosyceiliog, Cwmbran.
Ebbw Vale Rugby Club, hosted the funeral reception and officials from the club made a special presentation to the family of Clive, for his work at the club.
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Labour challenger Peter Law dies |
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 The independent MP and AM for Blaenau Gwent, Peter Law, has died at 58, after suffering from cancer.
Mr Law left the Labour Party in protest at its policy of all-women candidates' shortlists and overturned its 19,000 majority at the 2005 general election.
He had been suffering from a brain tumour, first diagnosed during the election campaign.
Mr Law, a former chairman of Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, leaves a wife Trish, two sons and three daughters.
He died peacefully at home early on Tuesday morning. His funeral will be held at 1000 BST on 4 May in Christ Church, Ebbw Vale.
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'Couple slam 'blasphemous' Springer play' |
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'A Christian couple from Ebbw Vale could be singing hymns in protest outside the Wales Millennium Centre when Jerry Springer: The Opera comes to the venue in June.'
Exclusive By Lousie Dicks
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Bleanau Gwent welcomed Cllr John Rogers as the borough's new major. 
