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Pair admit £36,000 raid
TWO burglars broke into a Gwent service station and used an angle grinder to saw open a cash machine - before making off with cash and goods worth £36,000. Newport crown court heard that Albie Johnson, 19, and 21-year-old Clinton Bowen who both live in
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Farewell in flowers to drag queen
FRIENDS of Markham drag queen Jason Massiey are planning a tribute to his memory at this year's Cardiff Mardi Gras. The body of Mr Massiey, 32, of John Street, was found floating in Pen-y-Fan pond, Manmoel, at 6.20am on Sunday. He was believed to have
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Hoard of treasures
STAFF at Pontypool museum have months of hard work ahead of them to sort and catalogue a huge number of items donated from the closed DuPont SA factory in Mamhilad. Dozens of items including records, photographs, furniture and paintings from the factory
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Boy shot girl bully
A NEWPORT teenager who endured years of bullying snapped and shot his schoolgirl tormentor in the neck with an air rifle, magistrates were told. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty at Cwmbran youth court to wounding with intent. Prosecutor
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Burglar escapes in helicopter chase
GWENT police used the force helicopter to chase a man disturbed breaking into a house in Cwmbran. The owner of the house in Five Locks Road, Pontnewydd, returned home at 12.30pm yesterday to find his house being burgled. The suspect fled, making off with
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It's A-mazing!
GWENT students were nervously opening their A-level results today which again showed it was another record breaking year for Wales. The pass rate for Wales jumped 0.6% from 2002 to a new high of 96.4%, with A grades being awarded to 23% of entries - a
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MP backs all-women list rebels
A GWENT government minister broke ranks to say that an all-women short-list should not be imposed on Blaenau Gwent's Labour Party. Parliamentary Under Secretary for Wales Don Touhig's comments will escalate the row between the constituency party and the
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Only 11.6% bother to vote
STAY-away voters are being criticised by councillors after a by-election saw the lowest turnout in Mon-mouthshire for 20 years. Just 11.6 per cent bothered to vote in the Thornwell by-election for Chepstow Town Council. Labour's Armand Watts won the seat
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All aboard for city sights
LONDON, York and Cardiff all do it - so it is high time that visitors to Newport were able to join life in the bus lane as they see its sights. And as someone who recently moved to the area from Yorkshire, I was hoping to pick up a few pointers on a city
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Green belt battlefield
CAMPAIGNERS are gearing up to fight plans to build houses on a Gwent green belt. A plan has been submitted to Torfaen council to build industrial estates and housing on either side of Malthouse Lane in Llantarnam. Resident and environmental campaigner
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Smog? No, it's not!
WHEN is smog not smog? When it's sunlight reacting with "ground-level ozone". If you live or work in Cwmbran and thought your chest problems during the heatwave were caused by smog, think again. Torfaen council says that because you can see through whatever