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Hold it! Ref Rachel has met her match
AS PERCY Montgomery recently discovered, laying your hands on a rugby official is a dangerous game. But there's one referee who's glad to have been knocked over by a player during the game - because now she's marrying him. Rachel Allen, 33, from Newport
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Chepstow crowd record
CHEPSTOW Racecourse's first evening meeting of the season pulled in a record summer crowd of 9,000 last night. The number was almost three times the normal attendance and had course officials beaming in delight. "We had 20% growth in attendances last
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Proud Joe wins MBE
GWENT'S world boxing champion Joe Calzaghe is being honoured with an MBE for his services to sport. Cwmbran-based Calzaghe, originally from Newbridge, was given the award as part of the Queen's birthday honours list. The 30-year-old WBO super-middleweight
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Stand-off!
NEWPORT and Ebbw Vale are no nearer reaching agreement on the name of the team to represent the new region in the Celtic League and Heineken Cup next season. Ebbw Vale chairman and benefactor Marcus Russell, pictured, says the name is Gwent Rugby, but
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Jurors visit Jenna's shallow grave
A SINGLE silver wedding rose lay poignantly on the shallow grave where Jenna Brookfield, pictured, was discovered. This was the third and final place the jury of eight men and four women visited yesterday during their tour of key locations in the murder
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New tournament gets big welcome
GLAMORGAN players are ready to embrace the new Twenty20 cricket competition with enthusiasm and with the aim of winning it. That is the promise of acting skipper Robert Croft, pictured, who predicts the new initiative will prove a big success. Glamorgan
