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'Tell us where body is'
WIFE killer Michael Bowen (pictured) should reveal where he hid his victim's body and end her family's torment, the detective who led her murder investigation says. Tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of Llandogo woman Sandie Bowen's disappearance. And
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Shephard is raring to get going
PETER Nicholas is itching to get his Newport County side out against Mangotsfield United tonight because, for the first time this pre-season, he has got a full compliment of players to choose from. Star striker Garry Shephard, the Exiles' top-scorer in
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Radio hopefuls get studio test
VIBE 101 is looking for the next generation of Alan Partridges and is launching a new series of radio training courses in Bristol. The radio station for Wales and the South West has teamed up with the Mediafly Training Company to pass on the skills required
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Charvis is still a concern
Wales coach Steve Hansen is "hopeful" flanker Colin Charvis will be available for the World Cup. The former Wales skipper is currently without a club after failing to agree a contract with one of the new Welsh regional outfits and is not being paid. Welsh
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Revealed: Secrets of our ship
EXPERTS believe they have uncovered the identity of the owner of Newport's medieval ship. The Gwent and Glamorgan Archaeological Trust (GGAT), who extracted the ship from the mud of the bank of the River Usk at the site of the new theatre and arts centre
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Wake up Newport!
RESTAURANT and nightclub entrepreneur Ifte-khar Harris (pictured) says Newport council needs to wake up and smell the coffee if it wants to run a real city. He claimed the council was unhelpful and unimaginative when it came to helping businessmen such
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Hartson's new injury blow
WALES' Euro 2004 qualifying hopes could suffer a major blow as big targetman John Hartson has fresh injury problems which might rule him out of their crucial Group Nine showdown in Serb-ia/Montenegro. The Celtic striker was making steady progress in his
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'Centre should be a hub for all'
A PLANNED replacement for a Newport boys' club should be a centre for the whole community to use, residents say. The planned Ringland Phoenix Centre, to be situated on the site of the old Spencer Boys' Club, which was closed more than two years ago, should
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'Funds worry' for city festival
KEY events at Newport's Eisteddfod next year could get the chop if more money is not found, it was claimed today. The Welsh language festival - currently being held at Meifod, near Welshpool - needs £100,000, or Newport could lose attractions such as
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Calzaghe fight is close
NEWBRIDGE'S Joe Calzaghe will get his showdown with undisputed world middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins before the end of the year, reckons promoter Frank Warren. The WBO super-middleweight king has been frustrated at not landing the fight he has desired
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£4m sweetener for windfarm view
A PLAN for a £25m windfarm on mountains between Blaina, Blaenavon and Abertillery would see a £4m 'sweetener' shared among communities affected by the scheme. The proposed Pendragon Windfarm would power 25,000 homes in Blaenau Gwent - and the £4m 'green
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Return of the speed king
THE eyes of the England cricket selectors will be firmly focused on the small Gwent village of Pan-teg tomorrow when Glamorgan fast bowler Simon Jones makes his long-awaited comeback. After the national team's mauling at the hands of South Africa and
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Our penpal Alfie Moon
A CARING animal sanctuary owner gave a tiny newborn kitten the kiss of life when it stopped breathing - by blowing into its lungs through the tube of a pen. Volunteers at All Creatures Great and Small, in Cwmbran, feared the worst when their latest arrival
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'I will not be drawn'
MARK Hughes yesterday refused to be drawn on Craig Bellamy's Wales future if the speedster is convicted of racially aggravated behaviour. The Newcastle United striker is charged with two counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour
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Demi raises notes of folding kind!
GMTV Totstar winner Demi Holborn (pictured) entertained shoppers in Newport on Saturday with a charity performance for a clothes shop. The 11-year-old singer from Trevethin, Pontypool, sang in the Etam store on Commercial Street in aid of the charity
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Curry house raid: Reward is offered
THE owner of an Indian restaurant in Newport is offering a £2,000 reward after his premises was burgled while he was on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Police in Maindee are hunting two thieves who burgled the Koh-i-Noor restaurant on Chepstow Road and raided
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From bomb disposal to full-time writing
AUTHOR Paul Henke (pictured) swept into Newport to sign copies of the third volume of his story about a Welsh family who escapes the oppression of the coalfields for a new life in the US. Basing himself in Ottaker's bookshop in Commercial Street, Mr Henke
