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Matrimoney for St Anne's Hospice
NEWLYWEDS from Cwmbran decided to donate money to a Gwent hospice instead of receiving wedding gifts - all in memory of the bride's grandfather. Lisa Jeffries, 23, and husband Gareth, 25, raised £1,190 in lieu of wedding gifts and donated it to St Anne's
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It's all change for bin collections
BINMEN will only collect conventional rubbish once a fortnight at 10,000 Newport homes as part of a radical move to boost recycling. Green wheelie bins will only be emptied every two weeks instead of every week, but the council is doubling its collection
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Shock for the Dragons
CHRIS Anderson, the former Australia rugby league coach, was given an abrupt initiation to Welsh rugby on his debut in the game as Newport Gwent Dragons suffered a shock defeat at Pandy Park last night. The scratch Premier Division side scored four tries
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Winn among first in Olympic action
GWENT cycle star Julian Winn (pictured) begins his Olympic campaign today. Winn, from Abergavenny, goes in the men's road race in his first ever Olympic games - and gold medal cycling hope Nicole Cooke is certain he can make his mark. "I imagine that
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Love of rugby got me through ops hell
RUGBY has helped a Newport man through the worst time of his life. David Davies, 48, from Royal Oak, twisted his knee in a minor accident at work nine years ago and four months ago, after 63 operations, he had his leg amputated. Mr Davies was told by
