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FEAR FACTOR
Make Rodney Parade a fortress again, urges returning Newport Gwent Dragons captain Jason Forster. The key openside flanker is expected to be on the bench for Saturday's home Heineken Cup-tie against Edinburgh which the Dragons must win with a bonus point
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Girl, 14, assaulted on canal bank
POLICE investigating a serious sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl on New Year's Eve, in the Coed Eva area of Cwmbran, are still trying to trace the victim's jacket. The attack is alleged to have happened at about 7pm on the canal bank near the Mill
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Waiting for op all-clear
THE family of Gwent leukaemia sufferer Thomas Steer are eagerly awaiting test results to confirm the all-clear for a life-saving bone marrow operation this month. The nine-year-old, from Alway, was first diagnosed with the illness in 2001, and after it
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How policing has changed in 25 years
IN 1980 there were just six detectives in Gwent's drug squad. Finding a nine-ounce bar of cannabis was considered a "significant seizure". Today, more than 40 detectives are involved in dismantling organised crime in Gwent - such as drug trafficking -
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Building firms shortlisted
NEWPORT council has shortlisted builders to start work on a 750,000 makeover of Newport Centre next month. The city's premier swimming-pool is set to close on January 31, and could be shut for five months while new changing-rooms are built. The shortlisted
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Student sings way to final
A GWENT student could be swapping business studies for showbusiness after singing his way into the finals of a UK talent competition. Rickie-Lee Arthur from Newport will be taking part in the final of UK Unsigned next summer, in a bid to land a major
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Axe is set to fall on village schools
THE head teacher of two Abergavenny rural village schools is "devastated" at council recommendations to close them in 18 months' time. Monmouthshire councillors looking into the strategic review of primary schools will today recommend Darenfelen Primary
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Family pays tribute to popular businessman
A POPULAR Gwent businessman died after suffering a heart attack at home. John Phillips, 58, of Miller Close, Langstone, Newport, owned J & A Phillips Builders Merchants, Granville Lane, with his wife, Anne, 53, for 21 years. He had a heart attack
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Workers hit by closure shock
MORE than 90 workers face an uncertain New Year after they were told a Gwent packaging firm has gone into liquidation. On Monday night-shift workers at Merton Packaging in Aberbeeg turned up for work to be told the company was closing. In August, the
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Worried sister clings to hope
THE family of a Blaenavon man missing in Thailand are remaining hopeful that he will be found alive. John Jones, 58, flew out to Thailand two days before Christmas to visit friends, but his sister, Diane Guilfoyle, from Rogerstone, Newport, has not heard
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Hospital has been home for almost 40 years
A MAN has spent nearly 40 years in hospital after suffering a terrible accident during a rugby match. At just 21 years old ex-Pontypool RFC player Roger Addison broke his neck and was paralysed for life when a scrum collapsed. That promising playing career
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Coyne hoping for home improvement
Cwmbran Town manager Brian Coyne has a new year dream - he wants the Crows home form to match their stunning away record. And nothing would give him greater pleasure than a win over Welsh Premier League champions Rhyl at home on Saturday. Coyne said:
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County give trial to Aussie keeper
NEWPORT County boss John Cornforth has taken giant Australian goalkeeper Ben Moore on trial at Spytty Park. The 6ft 4in 22-year-old stopper was born in Ebbw Vale and moved to Australia at the age of four where he eventually progressed to play for South
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Danes in Stone talks
Tim Stone, Newport speedway promoter, has had signing talks with Danish duo Mads Korneliussen and Kristian Lund who moved to the Wasps from Newcastle during last season. They both attended - along with Niels-Kristian Iversen the former Wasp now at Oxford
