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Don't panic, says Dragons coach
RELAX - that is what Newport Gwent Dragons coach Chris Anderson will urge his team to do going into today's crucial Heineken Cup clash against Edinburgh at Rodney Parade. The Dragons must win and score four tries to earn a bonus point if they are to travel
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'Amazing' response to tsunami appeal
AN APPEAL for clothing and blankets for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster has led to an astonishing response from a valleys village. More than 800 black bags of donations were brought to the Zion Chapel in Llanhilleth, in just a few hours on Wednesday
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Big test for County's shrinking sqaud
NOT long after John Cornforth took over as Newport County manager he said that working with an inherited squad was like playing snooker with someone else's cue. But that same cue has now been snapped in half as County's already threadbare squad diminished
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Plenty of plaudits for Mandy the cricketer
NORMAN 'Mandy' Mitchell-Innes, who celebrated his 90th birthday last year, has led an extraordinary life by any standards. A highly talented batsman, he was a double Oxford Blue at both cricket and golf and was capped at cricket by both England
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I'm lucky to be alive, says attack survivor
AN elderly Newport man said he is lucky to be alive after being battered with a brick as he walked home alone. Roy McCarthy, 63, of Old Barn Estate, was left for dead after the brutal and unprovoked attack at the hands of a 20-year old. Mr McCarthy was
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Winn already has sights on Oz
OLYMPIC cyclist Julian Winn has started his build-up to the Melbourne Commonwealth Games - 14 months before they take place! And the Abergavenny 32-year-old reckons he has every chance of winning the medal he missed out on in Athens last summer in March
