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Ship artefacts to go on show
ARTEFACTS recovered from Newport's historic ship could soon go on display. While archaeologists lifted the timbers of the med-ieval ship, found preserved in mud in the banks of the River Usk, they found items of Port-uguese pottery, leather shoes and
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'Wales still needs Howley'
GLOUCESTER coach Nigel Melville believes former Wales skipper Rob Howley should not have quit international rugby. And he pinpoints the ex-Cardiff scrum-half, who moved to Wasps this summer, as the main danger to his new club Gloucester's dominance at
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Simon leads charge
SIMON Raiwalui (pictured) will captain Newport after all in today's Celtic League clash against Scottish Borders at Rodney Parade. Raiwalui had been left out partly because he injured a knee against Toulouse in the Heineken Cup last week and partly to
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Rapist verdict was 'safe'
A NEWPORT man jailed for life for torturing and raping a woman he imprisoned has failed to overturn his conviction. Michael Podmore (pictured), labelled an "evil sicko" after his trial, raped the terrified 26-year-old woman, torturing and beating her
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Bellamy blues for Wales
HOLIDAYING Wales boss Mark Hughes received a huge blow to his Euro 2004 hopes today. Newcastle United striker Craig Bellamy (pictured) is out of today's Premiership clash with Charlton after suffering a recurrence of his knee injury. And Hughes will now
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Beauty-spot wood set for chop
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to chop down hundreds of ancient trees in a Gwent wood looks set to go ahead, we can reveal. The National Assembly has decided to allow compulsory purchase orders on land earmarked for the Blackwood bypass, Islwyn Assembly Member