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County take the honours with ten
NEWPORT County's amazing away form continued on Saturday as they travelled to Cambridge and left with three points after a 2-0 win. The result was even more remarkable considering they had to play for almost an hour with only ten men, after midfielder
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Skatepark battlers in new legal threat
THE threat of a £30,000 lawsuit has returned to haunt protesters who delayed a Gwent skatepark's construction - despite reassurances last year that they would not be held responsible. Work on the skatepark in Bulwark Park, Chepstow, known locally as Piggy's
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Learners drive me round bend
A NEWPORT man says his life is being made a misery by learner drivers who practise outside his house. Alan Ainscough, 66, from Ridgeway View, Newport, says that since moving into his bungalow in April, up to 12 motoring schools a day are using his corner
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French champs turn on the style
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons were swept off their feet as they crashed to a heavy five-tries-to-nil defeat at the hands of Stade Francais in Paris yesterday. They have fallen from the top to the bottom of their Heineken Cup pool in just eight days, such is the
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Celebrity scribbles spell charity cash
THE signatures of the stars are up for grabs in a celebrity autograph auction for a Gwent mayor's appeal. Celebrities from the worlds of stage, screen, song and sport have sent their scribbles to Torfaen council to aid the mayor's charity appeal. Autographs
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Betty theft is no cartoon caper
A NEWPORT charity shop is appealing for help in securing the safe return of a stolen Betty Boop figure. St Anne's Hospice shop, Risca Road, Newport, last weekend had a two-foot Betty Boop figure, one of a pair, stolen from the shop. The figure, a model
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Must Win
THE Newport Gwent Dragons have got to beat fading English giants Leicester at Rodney Parade next Saturday if they are to keep in the running for European glory. Leicester showed they are not a spent force by completely turning the tables on Ulster at
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All credit to both teams
DRAGONS coach Mike Ruddock praised the efforts of his side against Stade Francais yesterday, but also gave the French champions credit. "They played very well and they took their opportunities," admitted Ruddock. "We were disappointed, and this was a
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DVT campaign to change law goes to Europe
THE mother of Emma Christoffersen, who died of deep vein thrombosis following a long-haul flight, is this week taking her fight over the issue to the European Parliament in Brussels. Ruth Christoffersen, of Llanmartin, is campaigning for a change in the
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Smiling TA heroes are home to stay
IT was a long and worrying seven months for Gwent families waiting at home while loved ones were in Iraq, rebuilding war-torn communities. So the returning volunteer soldiers of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers were given heroes' welcomes on Saturday
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Town's shock at teenager's crime
THE small town of Blaina is in a "state of shock" after the events which led to a local teenager being given a life sentence for a murder bid on a 14-year-old. On Friday, Shelley Farr, of Glanystryth, Blaina, was sentenced to life for attempting to murder
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Newport hold on after going off the boil
NEWPORT produced a Jekyll and Hyde performance against Swansea on Saturday, but still remain top of the Welsh Premier Division. The Black and Ambers were rampant in the first half, taking a 25-6 lead into the break. And only poor kicking from the normally
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Jobs boost plan for beleaguered towns
A MAJOR regeneration is planned for Blaenavon under ambitious proposals to reshape the future of Torfaen. A major new document on the future of the borough goes before councillors this week, with a dramatic vision of how the county is to be revolutionised
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Warship honoured amid joyful cheers
HUNDREDS of well- wishers gathered in bright winter sunshine yesterday to see HMS Monmouth honoured with the freedom of the town after which she is named. Monmouth mayor Councillor Susan White bestowed the honour on the frigate and her crew with a presentation
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Patients 'may get no GP cover out of hours'
THERE are fears that thousands of people may not be offered out-of-hours GP cover if Local Health Boards (LHBs) continue to try to provide an all-Gwent service. Monmouthshire health bosses believe separate arrangements for parts of the county, like Mon-mouth
