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Vale go to Pau with 26-point lead in tow
EBBW Vale travel to Pau for Saturday's second-leg with a 26-point advantage after they beat the Frenchmen 29-3 at Rodney Parade last night. With captain Leyton Phillips out with a calf strain, last season's skipper Chay Billen took over the reigns as
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Three-day switch is pure class
SIXTH-FORMERS from school across Gwent have been successful in helping lcal manufacturing companies surmount pressing engineering challenges. These included a dust-free method for polishing DVD stampers at Technicolour in Cwmbran, an effluent filter system
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Hughes makes his Mark
LIFE just gets better and better for Wales soccer manager Mark Hughes. Just 48 hours after landing a £175,000 a year contract, he won the full admiration of the Welsh public. He pipped Bassaleg-based Ryder Cup hero Phillip Price and Commonwealth Games
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Lift-off for city health club
BANNATYNE'S health club chain has just opened its newest club in Wales' newest city - Newport. Proprietor Duncan Bannatyne, pictured with long-term partner Joanna McCue, is delighted with the results of his £5m investment. "We chose Newport because we
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Store 'right for cattle market'
PILL businesses and residents' groups are calling for a supermarket to be built on the old cattle market site. Supermarket giant Morrisons has already voiced an interest in opening a store with attendant filling station, and relocating an ambulance station
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"He's my little miracle boy"
A SCHOOLBOY critically injured in a road accident last year is making a miraculous recovery. Six-year-old Lewys Evans suffered serious head injuries when he was involved in a collision with a car while riding his bike, just yards from his home, in September
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Lights, cameras, ghosts!
A TELEVISION crew and experts in the paranormal will be spending tonight at the Skirrid Mountain Inn, Abergavenny in a search for ghosts and ghouls. The crew from UK Living's Most Haunted programme were due to arrive at Wales' oldest inn today and spend
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Ruddock looking for first win on French soil
MIKE Ruddock takes his Ebbw Vale side to France this weekend in the search for his first win on French soil as the Steelmen look to capitalise on their 29-3 win over Pau last night. At the third time of trying, Vale finally played their European Shield
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A bio-chemist runs this deli!
TERESA Carew-Chaston has brought a little bit of dolce vita to Newport by opening a beautiful Italian delicatessen on Clytha Park Road. 'Fingers' was named after Teresa's rather picky eating habits and the fact that everything sold in a delicatessen is
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France and Co won't veto mergers
MERGED Welsh teams in the Heineken Cup next season will not be vetoed by France or England. Reports surfaced at the weekend that French teams, in particular, will not support WRU chief David Moffett's plan for four provincial teams. European rugby rules
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Sparks fly as Hughes targets Man Utd rookie
Manchester United rookie Daniel Nardiello has become a target for Wales coach Mark Hughes. The 20-year-old striker is the latest youngster to roll off the Old Trafford production line and has been handed two first-team appearances by manager Sir Alex
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Teen club's drug denial
AN under-17s nightclub is fighting back against unwarranted claims of drug use which have cut its attendance by more than half. Cwmbran nightspot Club Zenon, run for anyone aged 17 or younger, has been operating in Our Lady of the Angels Church Hall,
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Shopper finds 'spider eggs'
ASDA are to investigate after a suspected spider egg sac was found on a banana. John and Melanie Whitlock discovered the web-covered mass while unpacking the weekly shopping at Asda, Blackwood. Mr Whitlock said: "I heard my wife shouting from the kitchen
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Surgery resumes after beds crisis
SURGEONS aim to resume operations at Gwent's acute hospitals today after several days of cancellations caused by bed shortages. Patients scheduled for operations today were being admitted yesterday in anticipation of a resumption of surgery. All but the
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Roy's surfacing talent
ROY Smith-Jaynes WAS Armageddon. It was his finger on the trigger fitted into the fire control systems of a missile submarine which would have unleashed the awesome power of nuclear retaliation. Those who hold such power should, by rights, wear the drawn
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Operators' blow to new airport plan
FIVE of the major international airlines say they would not consider operating out of a Severnside airport. Plans for the £2 billion international airport were formally submitted to the government yesterday. But one Gwent MP contacted major airlines for
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Dying mother's poignant wish
A DEVOTED mother dying of cancer hopes a special treatment will allow her to spend more precious time with her two young daughters. Louise Canning, 31, from Stockton Road, Newport, mother of Nicole, six, and Paige, three, was given between six weeks and
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Fury of council rent collectors
COUNCIL rent collectors in Caerphilly county borough say they are furious over plans to make changes to their working arrangements. The local authority's cabinet is proposing to change door-to-door collections of tenants' rent from weekly to fortnightly
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Nicholas vents fury at ref
FURIOUS Peter Nicholas branded referee Kevin Friend "embarrassingly poor" after the official effectively ruined Newport County chances of progressing to the FA Trophy's fourth round for the first time. It is a tragedy that after a thrilling, end-to-end
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France and Co won't veto mergers
MERGED Welsh teams in the Heineken Cup next season will not be vetoed by France or England. Reports surfaced at the weekend that French teams, in particular, will not support WRU chief David Moffett's plan for four provincial teams. European rugby rules
