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County earn vital points
NEWPORT County took a massive step towards Nationwide South safety on Saturday with a monumental 2-0 victory over Margate at Spytty Park. On a day when the wind was blowing like it did when poor Dorothy was whisked away from Kansas, County had their own
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Cooper's Lions fear
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons scrum half Gareth Cooper is desperate to get 80 minutes of rugby in an attempt to win a Lions place this summer. But Wales' mercurial number nine knows that time is running out and he'll have to dislodge rival Dwayne Peel soon, if
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Ruddock's gladiators conquer Rome
WALES delivered what they promised as they left Italy scattered amid the ruins of Rome on Saturday - they took the game right away from them at the outset and went on to secure a stunning victory. It's the first time for 11 years that Wales have won their
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Recycling workers rushed off their feet
A recycling project that sells furniture to disadvantaged residents is celebrating its busiest month ever. Staff at the Blaenavon Circulate project, run by the Garnsychan Partnership, collect old furniture, repair it and sell it on to people on benefits
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Lottery shares out slice of good luck
A LOTTERY is celebrating a decade of good luck for many - and raising nearly £4m for a good cause. Sam Flynn, wife of Newport West MP Paul Flynn, joined the celebration for the special birthday of St David's Foundation Lottery. It raises £475,000 a year
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Happy to meet you - almost!
Newport's newest bridge, forming part of the SDR, is a magnificent sight, spanning the River Usk. And as the final stages of construction were reached engineers found they had their calculations almost spot on and the two sides of the bridge were a mere
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Cooper's Lions fear
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons scrum half Gareth Cooper is desperate to get 80 minutes of rugby in an attempt to win a Lions place this summer. But Wales' mercurial number nine knows that time is running out and he'll have to dislodge rival Dwayne Peel soon, if
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£12.5m boost for school buildings
A LOCAL authority has announced it is to spend more than £12m on improving school buildings -- just weeks after being accused of diverting money to build new civic offices. In a statement ahead of this week's budget meeting, Caerphilly borough council
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Couple add drama to romantic day
LOOK out .... She's beh-i-i-i-i nd you! Pantomime dame and director Mike Edmunds says his soulmate Jean - who he married on St Valentine's Day, 1988 - backs him up in everything he does. "Despite all the dressing up and the stage makeup I tend to be a
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Nurse inspired to set up cancer support group
An Abergavenny nurse tutor who discovered she had breast cancer just a year ago is to set up a support group for sufferers in north Gwent. Lesley Radley, who is originally from Newport, celebrates her 60th birthday on Thursday, and it is set to be a happy
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NOW FOR THE FRENCH TEST
FRANCE will be the acid test in Paris next week, forecasts Michael Owen, the Newport Gwent Dragons number eight. Wales are flying now with two wins out of two and seven tries, six against Italy in Rome on Saturday, and just one against. That puts them
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In the firing line of thugs
A COUPLE who moved to the valleys from England for a quieter life say they are having second thoughts after they were shot at as they renovated a house. The windows in the front door of the house on King Street, Cwm, were shattered and a double-glazed
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e-sc@pe's essential French travel sites
FRANCE remains one of our favourite tourist destinations. escape....trawled through a new directory launched by the Association of British Tour Operators to France to find some of the most interesting holidays. First port of call has to be the ABTOF site
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Welcome to our world - if you want
Nearly 500 civil servants have told their bosses at the Office of National Statistics that they do not want to relocate to South Wales to take up jobs in Newport. Is Gwent's reputation really that bad? And what is being done to promote the area? Mark
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Woodland saved for future generations
PEOPLE living in a Gwent town have bought 100-acres of woodland which they plan to preserve for community use. The group of residents in Upper Cwmbran decided to take action because they were fed up with the vandalism and noisy motorbikes blighting their
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NOW FOR THE FRENCH TEST
FRANCE will be the acid test in Paris next week, forecasts Michael Owen, the Newport Gwent Dragons number eight. Wales are flying now with two wins out of two and seven tries, six against Italy in Rome on Saturday, and just one against. That puts them
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Brave Amber makes every day count
Little Amber Hartland has achieved the impossible. Doctors said the Gwent tot, who suffers from a rare and serious illness, wouldn't live beyond two years. But she did, and experts then said she wouldn't survive until her third birthday. A few days ago
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Lund's perfect night
Kristian Lund fronted a fine display by a trio of Newport riders, Tony Atkin and Mads Korneliussen were the others, in the indoor ice meeting at Telford yesterday when he claimed the British Open Championship with a 15 point maximum during the evening
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Ruddock's gladiators conquer Rome
WALES delivered what they promised as they left Italy scattered amid the ruins of Rome on Saturday - they took the game right away from them at the outset and went on to secure a stunning victory. It's the first time for 11 years that Wales have won their
