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County crash to league strugglers
NEWPORT County need a distinct touch of fine-tuning if they are to be considered realistic promotion contenders next season - and how manager Peter Nicholas knows it. Their 1-0 defeat at Ilkeston Town last night was the 14th time they've lost by the odd-goal
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Detective tells of man's human torch threat
A POLICE officer who overpowered an Abertillery man threatening to set fire to himself at a Citizens' Advice Bureau has spoken out about the dramatic incident. Detective Constable Paul Graham (pictured) kicked in the door at the bureau, after Steven Edmunds
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Now the name game
"THE hard work starts now" - that was the reaction of Newport chairman David Watkins to yesterday's 11th-hour agreement on a revolutionary new five-region structure for Welsh rugby from next season. The premier clubs and Welsh Rugby Union chief executive
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Man dies in country road crash
A MAN died in a car crash on a country road outside Chepstow last night. The man, who has not been named but is believed to be a local, died after the Vauxhall Cavalier he was driving was in a collision with a Renault on an isolated country road near
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School celebrates victory
PUPILS at St Alban's RC High School, Pontypool, were on song for the town's fifth annual inter-schools eisteddfod. The team of 78 students beat teams from Abersychan Comprehen-sive and West Monmouth School to walk away with the winners' cup for the third
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New chief for health trust
GWENT Healthcare Trust has a new chairman - former chief executive of the Welsh Development Agency Dr Brian Willott. He took over from Denis Jessopp yesterday, who has stood down after four years at the trust helm. Dr Willott, (pictured)who lives near
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Kirsty's special picture
TEENAGER Kirsty Roberts put in a command performance when she persuaded the Queen to pose for a photo with her. Kirsty, 17, from Six Bells, cheekily asked the Queen for a photo during a visit by Gulf War families to RAF Honington, near Bury St Edmunds
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Nicholas promises changes
PETER Nicholas was at the end of his tether after Newport County's dire 1-0 defeat at Ilkeston Town last night - then promised changes for Saturday's game against high-flying Stafford Rangers. "We were very, very poor," blasted Exiles boss Nicholas. "
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Warning by residents' group leader
THE chairman of a Gwent residents' group has warned his community it could suffer unless it "pulls together" financially to fight two controversial schemes. Langstone Action announced its intention in February to raise £20,000 in order to buy in expertise
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New chief for health trust
GWENT Healthcare Trust has a new chairman - former chief executive of the Welsh Development Agency Dr Brian Willott. He took over from Denis Jessopp yesterday, who has stood down after four years at the trust helm. Dr Willott, who lives near Raglan, became
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RAF secrets dumped in skip
CLASSIFIED Ministry of Defence and Nato computer files were found dumped in a skip. Two Newport workmen discovered the five stripped-down computers in their skip when they returned from a coffee break. Now defence chiefs are investigating how the potentially
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Peace at last
NEWPORT coach Leigh Jones and Ebbw Vale counterpart Mike Ruddock today welcomed the peace moves in Welsh rugby just days before their sides meet for one of the last times as separate entities. The clubs meet in a Principality Cup quarter-final at Eugene
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Newport Wasps come so close to victory
NEWPORT picked up an important away point and set themselves on course for the aggregate bonus when they drew at Trelawny in last night's British League Cup match. The Wasps were only denied an away victory when home skipper Chris Harris came storming
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Bonus plan for Corus directors
EMBATTLED steel producer Corus has angered unions and politicians with a new directors' bonus scheme which is not dependent on the company making a profit. Last year the company lost £458 million and none of its directors received any bonus at all. So
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Circus has town in a spin!
THE thunder of hooves is being replaced by the flap of clowns' feet - as the circus has come to Chepstow Racecourse. The Netherlands National Circus has stopped in the town at the beginning of its eight-month UK tour. It bills itself as a traditional
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Red tape hitch in extradition fight
DETECTIVES trying to bring a fugitive paedophile to justice say the bureaucracy surrounding the case is "becoming a joke." Roger Gardener, (pictured) 59, has spent two years on the run - vanishing before he could stand trial for allegedly staging a vigilante-style
