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Illegal camp must go says councillor
A NEWPORT councillor is calling for immediate action after gipsies set up an illegal camp near Newport's flagship velodrome. The camp of four caravans pulled up on land at the entrance to the centre in Newport's international sports village at around
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Atkin's novelty
Tony Atkin, Newport Wasps skipper, will be competing in the third round of the Great Britain short-track speedway championship at the Hayley Stadium on Saturday night. Two rounds of the sport - imported from America - have already been staged at King's
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The boy blunder
BRITISH Lions coach Sir Clive Woodward has made not just one colossal blunder, but a whole series of them with his incredible selection for the first Test against the All Blacks on Saturday. To plunge Jonny Wilkinson in at centre is so ridiculous it almost
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Man in ambulance collision dies
A CWMBRAN man died after being involved in a collision with an ambulance answering a 999 call in Newport yesterday. The incident happened on a light-controlled pelican crossing between the Riverfront theatre and arts centre and Newport Bus Station in
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The boy blunder
BRITISH Lions coach Sir Clive Woodward has made not just one colossal blunder, but a whole series of them with his incredible selection for the first Test against the All Blacks on Saturday. To plunge Jonny Wilkinson in at centre is so ridiculous it almost
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One-day cracker
Paul Collingwood launched a personal assault on the record books as England beat Bangladesh by a whopping 168 runs in the NatWest Series day-nighter at Trent Bridge. After helping stack up 391-4, the second-largest total in limited-overs history, alongside
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Author wins £10,000 award
GWENT author Owen Sheers, above, won £10,000 in a prestigious book competition. The Abergavenny writer won the English award for The Dust Diaries in the Wales Book of the Year Competition. This year's short-listed books were a mixture of novels and creative
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Youngsters hit right note at eisteddfod
THE musical talent of young performers from Gwent and beyond shone out at the Abergavenny Eisteddfod. Throughout the day, children and teenagers took part in competitions at the town's King Henry VIII Comprehensive School. And the cream of the talent
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Minister welcomes centre
SOUTH Wales' first autism centre for secondary school age children was opened at a Gwent school yesterday. Assembly education minister Jane Davidson launched the £450,000 autism support centre at Fairwater High School in Cwmbran. The new centre, funded
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'Rethink sixth-form bus charges'
COUNCIL bosses in Monmouthshire were told to re-think the controversial decision to charge post-16 pupils for school transport at a heated meeting yesterday. The move to charge a flat rate of £200 per pupil from September would be a backward one and could
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College bosses happy at fees news
UNIVERSITY bosses in Newport welcomed an agreement which will make students living in Wales exempt from top-up fees at Welsh universities. Assembly Members yesterday brokered a deal which will mean English and Scottish students studying in Wales paying
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Mum-to-be nurses high hopes
A NEWPORT mum-to-be who suffered nine miscarriages has encouraging news about her latest pregnancy. Last month we brought you the heartbreaking story of Anne-Marie Brum, who had lost nine babies and was pregnant for the tenth time. A thief had stolen
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Shock as mum finds needle in baby's shawl
NATIONWIDE checks are being carried out by Asda after a Cwmbran mum discovered a three-inch needle in a shawl she bought for her two-week-old daughter. Zoe Cox, from Coed Eva, found the sewing needle when she unpacked the shawl, bought at the Asda store
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£70,000 saves church treasure
DELIGHTED campaigners are celebrating after a Gwent church was awarded £70,000 to restore rare murals. St Mary's Church at Llanfair Kilgeddin near Abergavenny was given £40,000 by Welsh historic monuments body CADW and £30,000 from The Pilgrim Trust in
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Old guard
BRITISH Lions coach Sir Clive Woodward has ignored Wales' Grand Slam triumph and gone for England's old brigade in a controversial line-up for the first Test against the All Blacks in Christchurch on Saturday. Woodward has chosen eight England players
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Old guard
BRITISH Lions coach Sir Clive Woodward has ignored Wales' Grand Slam triumph and gone for England's old brigade in a controversial line-up for the first Test against the All Blacks in Christchurch on Saturday. Woodward has chosen eight England players
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Police helicopter in hunt for knifeman
THE police helicopter was called out to search for a Newport man armed with a knife after he threatened to hurt himself and his family. The unnamed man, who is in his early twenties and from the Allt-yr-yn area, made the threats after a confrontation
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Pooler skipper makes a move
CAE Trayhern, last season's Pontypool skipper, has joined English National League Division One side Pertemps Bees - and his first game for his new club could be against Pontypool. The Bees, formerly known as Birmingham Solihull, are set to visit Pontypool
