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Hensonmania!
WALES star Shane Williams is backing his pal Gavin Henson to light up this year's Six Nations and cope with his new found fame. The Neath-Swansea Ospreys duo are two of Wales' most potent threats with Henson the man everyone is tipping to light up this
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JENKS' GREAT WHITE HOPE!
WALES forward Gethin Jenkins is gearing up for 'the biggest game of his career' against the man he calls the best tight-head prop in the world. Jenkins comes face to face with Julian White, the Leicester front row powerhouse, in Saturday's Six Nations
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Ruddock seek Dragons' help
WALES coach Mike Ruddock is using video footage of Newport Gwent Dragons' matches against Newcastle in this season's Heineken Cup to help plot the downfall of England at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Tapes of the two games are giving Ruddock an
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JENKS' GREAT WHITE HOPE!
WALES forward Gethin Jenkins is gearing up for 'the biggest game of his career' against the man he calls the best tight-head prop in the world. Jenkins comes face to face with Julian White, the Leicester front row powerhouse, in Saturday's Six Nations
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Objectors step up turbine fight
OBJECTORS to plans for a windfarm on the mountains overlooking Abertillery and Blaina are stepping up their campaign. Residents say that the proposed windfarm - planned by Pennant Wind Energy Farms - would blight the landscape and be detrimental to local
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Bridge victory's a feather in our cap
A VILLAGE is celebra-ting after a local authority agreed to alter access to a controversial 500,000 footbridge dubbed "highly dangerous" to disabled people. Blaenau Gwent council is to make St Paul's footbridge in Cwm wheelchair and pushchair friendly
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Get into the swing
GWENT women who fancy shaking their funky stuff like J-Lo, Beyonce and Kylie can learn the latest dance moves at a new class in Cwmbran. The pop music dance class, run by Street Dancing, is, say the school, the first of its kind - targeting women - in
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Homes on school site are refused
PLANS to build a new estate of over 150 homes on the site of a former Newport high school were turned down over fears it would become a hot spot for car thieves. Councillors objected to the road layout and carparking of the estate planned for the site
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Melanie: My lovely girl who lived life to the full
A NEWPORT mother is mourning for the third time in 18 months after an incurable disease claimed the life of her eldest daughter. Twenty-year-old Melanie Velline died last Friday from Huntington's disease, the condition which also killed younger sister
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Residents lose fight against new homes
CAMPAIGNERS have lost a two-year battle to stop two houses being built on their traffic-clogged street. Residents of Freeholdland Road, Pontnewynydd, Pontypool, have been fighting plans to build two homes on the site of a former garage. They say the road
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Why all this fuss over Vaughan
It's typical, isn't it? England have a winning cricket team, yet there is still something wrong. Apparently skipper Michael Vaughan has been rude, not just to match referee Clive Lloyd, but to the South African media. Even some of the English press corps
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Monty to face his old pals
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons full back Percy Montgomery, pictured, is set to play against many of his former South African teammates when they face Investec Stormers in the Duel in the Desert clash in Dubai tomorrow night. Montgomery is relishing the opportunity
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Hensonmania!
WALES star Shane Williams is backing his pal Gavin Henson to light up this year's Six Nations and cope with his new found fame. The Neath-Swansea Ospreys duo are two of Wales' most potent threats with Henson the man everyone is tipping to light up this
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Ruddock seek Dragons' help
WALES coach Mike Ruddock is using video footage of Newport Gwent Dragons' matches against Newcastle in this season's Heineken Cup to help plot the downfall of England at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Tapes of the two games are giving Ruddock an
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School's shy super-hero
FORGET the old bucket and mop image - super-caretaker Terry Parfitt has brought a whole new dimension to the job of janitor. The mild-mannered grandfather of four doesn't just take care of the buildings at Victoria Village Primary school in Abersychan
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Relief worker's anguish
HUNDREDS of children's shoes left behind in the wake of the tsunami in Sri Lanka left an indelible impression on an Abergavenny man. Peter Nuttall has just returned from three weeks in the country, where he was team leader with an international humanitarian
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Newport's star role in Casualty
PEOPLE passing the front of Newport coroner's court yesterday would have been forgiven for thinking they had stepped into TV's fictional town of Holby. Camera crews were filming an episode of the hit BBC 1 drama Casualty. The coroner's court was transformed
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Service looks to the future
THE future of orthopaedic services in Gwent is likely to involve major investment in more surgery and outpatient clinics at Abergavenny's Nevill Hall Hospital. Work begins on a multi-million pound orthopaedic centre at St Woolos Hospital, Newport, next
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'Devious liar' showed no remorse for brutal murder
KILLER Mark Redwood showed "no real remorse or regret" for the murder of ex-partner Natalie Jenkins, a judge said yesterday. A jury at Newport crown court yesterday found Redwood, 31, guilty of killing the mother-of-one at his home in Almond Avenue, Ty
