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I'll Snow when to call it a day
CANADIAN prop Rod Snow's testimonial game appearance at the end of May could be his last at Rodney Parade. The 54-times capped international (pictured) will sit down with the Newport Gwent Dragons management in the next few weeks to decide whether to
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Victim's disgust with attacker's sentence
THE 63-year-old victim of a "cowardly" assault yesterday said locking his attacker up for a year was not enough. After the court hearing, retired Newport engineer Roy McCarthy said: "The sentence is not long enough as he'll be out in six months. He needs
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Tough test as County face league-climbers
NEWPORT County face a major battle to keep their heads above the relegation zone today as they face one of the form teams in the Nationwide South at Spytty Park (kick-off 3pm). St Albans are the visitors and while the league table may show the Saints
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Meet the master of tradition
AT 75 years of age Howard Jones (pictured) lives in the house where he was born, in Lower Machen, on the outskirts of Newport. He says he has witnessed the growth of the city with bewilderment. "Both my father and my grandfather lived here at The Forge
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Hero of Aberfan tragedy falls to his death
DAVID CAIRNS was a 'brilliant dad', a family man and a hero of the rescue at the Aberfan disaster. When a huge mountain of slurry poured down onto the children of Pantglas school and surrounding houses in 1966, Mr Cairns (pictured) was one of the first
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Under-strength Dragons face Irish superstars
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will face a host of Irish stars in tomorrow's Celtic League clash against Leinster at Lansdowne Road. It will be a huge challenge for coach Chris Anderson's men who are without nine leading players because of Wales squad commitments
