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Des res for iguanas
IT sounds like a bargain - a new house with ample room for three residents, trees, and even a private pool for just £1,700. But the new residents aren't going to be making a killing on the property market because eight-year-old Iggy, six-year-old Rocky
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999 patient handover time attacked
HEALTH watchdogs want action to bring an end "unacceptable" delays in the handing over of patients from ambulance to accident and emergency staff at Gwent hospitals. The average wait for ambulance crews during March, before they could transfer responsibility
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Gas bill for widow who wasn't a customer
A BLIND pensioner was sent letters from a gas company threatening police action unless she paid a bill - even though she isn't a customer. Eileen Davidson, 88, a great-grandmother of seven from The Gaer, was also told British Gas would be seeking a warrant
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Lethal heroin may be coming to city
HIGH purity heroin that killed four South Wales drug users could make its way to Gwent, police fear. On Monday night, police found the body of a man in his home on Eureka Place, Ebbw Vale, and they are trying to ascertain if heroin was involved. The coroner's
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Jenna murder case team commended
TEN police officers and staff were commended for their part in the investigation of teenager Jenna Brookfield's murder, last night. Jenna's stepfather Michael Baldwin was jailed for life last July for the 15-year-old Abersychan girl's murder. Commendations
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Last farewells to tragic mother
CWMBRAN car crash victim Emma Proctor was finally laid to rest yesterday alongside her mother, Kim. Devoted mum Emma, 25, of Blenheim Square, St Dials, died on April 14, along with friends Martin Connop and John Gibbings on Five Locks Road, Pontnewydd
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Price's Wales open wish
GWENT golf hero Phillip Price says local support can spur him on to victory in next month's Celtic Manor Wales Open. Price, who finished seventh in the event last year after challenging for the first three days, said: "The crowd do give you a bit of an
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Bed and breakfast!
BIRDS of a feather flock together - as the owners of a Gwent B&B found when an unlikely group of guests came to stay. But it was no flying visit by the feathered friends, who liked the Monmouthshire bed and breakfast so much they have never left.
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Vale plan future in Premier
EBBW Vale rugby chief Marcus Russell says he is planning for next season on the basis the side will not be relegated from the Welsh Premier Division. The Welsh Rugby Union have still not announced a decision on whether the club will go down after finishing
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Pantry Shop thugs behind bars
A TEENAGE gang who attacked a man because he wouldn't give them a cigarette have been sent to detention centres. Four members of the group dubbed the Pantry Shop Gang, all aged between 14 and 17, were locked up for attacking 44-year-old Eric Hawkins in
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Agony of a freak accident
Newport Wasps' Welsh-born speedway rider Tony Atkin today spoke of the slow-motion agony he suffered in an accident which could put him out of action for up to three months. Atkin received a broken left arm in a three-machine pile-up during Wasps' opening
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'Man on bidet' jibe over statute
A STREET statue commissioned for £40,000 as part of Chepstow town centre's £1.7 million facelift has attracted criticism from traders who have called it "ghastly". Artist Andre Wallace's 6ft figure of a naked man sitting on a boat in Bank Square, made
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Brew fear
WING Nathan Brew will have a fitness test later this week to decide whether he can play for Newport Gwent Dragons in Friday night's Celtic League title chasing showdown against Leinster at Lansdowne Road. Brew had to leave the field near the end of the
