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Dragons must move mountains
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have made a real rod for their own back now after their hugely disappointing home setback in their Heineken Cup opener against a tactically superior Newcastle side on Saturday. Basically, it means they have to win all five remaining
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Manics back in charts
GWENT'S Manic Street Preachers (pictured) returned to the charts yesterday with their new single The Love of Richard Nixon. The Blackwood band narrowly missed out on the number one spot with their homage to the disgraced former US president. They failed
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Slip-up delays work on M4 junction
A MASSIVE reworking of junction 28 of the M4 has been delayed after planners forgot to ask community councils for their thoughts. A decision on whether to go ahead with a new £15m box junction could have been made last week. But planning officers forgot
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Pam is voted top teacher
A GWENT primary school teacher scooped a prestigious award last night when she was named best teacher in the UK. Pam Roberts, of Park Street Infant School in Abergavenny, was the only Welsh teacher to travel to London for the ceremony hosted by GMTV's
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Newport show style
Newport provided plenty of evidence that they are not going to give up their Premier league title easily. It was the first TV airing for the premiership this season but the monsoon conditions spoilt what could have been a running encounter. Newport coach
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Boss tastes defeat
THE rain fell from the heavens at Spytty Park on Saturday and how Newport County failed to beat Carshalton, God only knows. Despite the visitors being down to ten men for most of the second half and County dominating play for the entire match, Carshalton
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All Change
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons travel to Scotland for a must win Heineken Cup game against Edinburgh at Murrayfield next Sunday in urgent need of stiffening their pack and having to be far more tactically aware. The conditions in Scotland could well be similar
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Photo finish for team's fundraising calendar
RUGBY fans can get the Newport Gwent Dragons all year round when the team's first calendar goes on sale next month. Ten of the regional side's top players took a break from their training for a photo-shoot along with cheerleaders from the South Wales
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Enzo blasts back at Joe critics
ENZO Calzaghe, the father and trainer of Newbridge's WBO super middleweight champion Joe, pictured, has defended his son's performance in the hard-fought points win over Kabary Salem in Edinburgh on Friday. Several boxing commentators and less qualified
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Crash victims 'are all in our prayers'
THE four men killed when their car plunged 100ft into a quarry were remembered at church services yesterday. Jack Magee, 47, from Aberbeeg, Shane Powell, 29, from Pontypool, 21-year-old Alex Williams and 19-year-old Karl Devlin, both from Newport, died
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Funding battle won for Scarlett
SCARLETT Godden is, says her mum, "a bright girl in a body that doesn't work very well" but now, following a funding row, she is back at a school where they hope to unlock her potential. The Newport four-year-old, who has complex health problems, spent
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Woman MP on cards to follow Howarth
LABOUR is 'almost certain' to impose an all-women shortlist when local members choose the candidate to replace Newport East MP Alan Howarth who is standing down at the next election. Mr Howarth revealed his decision not to serve another term as the MP
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We go inside Pencoed
The controversial policy for sex offenders to end their sentences at Prescoed's open prison caused uproar in the community - especially after the escape of a convicted rapist this month. Rhiannon Beacham went behind the scenes at the camp to find out
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Barney's back safe and sound
BARNEY the cat is safely back home with his devoted owners Lisa and John Beasley after nearly five months "on the run". The black-and-white tom escaped from the couple's car on May 28 and they subsequently spent hundreds of pounds advertising in the South
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Riverfront sparkles on debut
THERE was only one place to be in Newport this weekend, and thousands of the city's residents flocked to the Riverfront for a first look inside. The new theatre and arts centre opened its doors to the public for the first time at 11am on Saturday. Those