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Ex-Gurkha in line for £90,000 payout
FORMER Gurkha Hari Thapa was last night celebrating a back pay deal estimated to be worth in the region of £90,000. And, Mr Thapa said, the out-of-court deal struck with the Ministry of Defence has put an end to five years' of heartache. Mr Thapa, 40,
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Three is the max, says Bob
BOB Jude reckons there should be a maximum of three regional teams in Welsh rugby - not the four regional sides that Union chief executive David Moffett is proposing. The Pontypool owner, whose club would not have any input into a Gwent provincial side
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Sex 'monster' jailed for 13 years
CHARLES ANTHONY LANE, known as Tony, had exemplary military service, Newport crown court was told. John Jenkins, QC, for Lane, said he had performed an "exemplary service in the British Army" and was a lance-corporal in the South Wales Borderers
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Firm fined £35,000 after fatal fall
A GWENT firm was fined £35,000 yesterday after an employee fell to his death at a Chepstow warehouse. Lloyd Fraser (distribution) Ltd was also ordered to pay costs of £7,489 by a judge at Cardiff crown court after the accident at a distribution centre
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Newport 'stands to lose everything'
EVERYTHING Newport Rugby Club have achieved in the last few years is in danger of being destroyed by provincial rugby, says Dennis Bennett, chairman of the supporters club. Wales director of rugby Terry Cobner and new WRU chief executive David Moffett
