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Great win, but on the other hand...
IT IS a measure of Joe Calzaghe's complete dominance of the world super-middleweight division that he was able to retain his title at the CIA on Saturday virtually with one hand tied behind his back. The longest reigning champion of all totally outclassed
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Jazz festival goes with a swing
JAZZ fans from around the country flocked to Pontypool over the weekend to see some of the country's top performers in action. Around 3,000 visitors packed out Pontypool Park on Friday evening for the grand opening of the annual Jazz in the Park festival
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Fuel protest aims to cause M4 chaos
FUEL protesters will bring chaos to Gwent this Friday with an M4 protest against rising petrol prices. The South Wales Hauliers association made the decision after a meeting last week. They want the levels of tax on petrol cut, saying the amount British
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Big lock returns
LUKE Charteris makes his first start of the season for Newport Gwent Dragons in their big all-Welsh Celtic League clash against champions the Ospreys at the New Stadium, Swansea, tomorrow night. The 6ft 10in giant has been groomed for stardom by the Wales
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It's hats off to Val's new look
IT is becoming routine for lifelong friends to walk past Valerie Jones in the street without recognising her. Even her husband says he has a new wife. But the 43-year-old mother of two from Trinant has never been happier, as earlier this year she was
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Market traders: Put us elsewhere or we'll quit town
MARKET traders are threatening to leave a Valleys town for good unless the council temporarily relocates them. A major redevelopment of Blackwood's bus station is due to start in January, but market traders in neighbouring Market Square say they will
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Lockett earns KO on return
THE Rocket Man, Gary Lockett, exploded back into action with a devastating second-round stoppage of Puntney's Allan Gray. The Cwmbran middleweight had been out of the ring for just over a year, but took his tough opponent out in spectacular fashion after
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Rhiannon's aiming for the stars
A NEWPORT teenager took her first steps towards musical stardom when she gave her first concert in front of 20,000 fans. Supporting X Factor runners-up G4, finalists 2 to Go and 90s boy band 911, 15-year-old Rhiannon Sweeney performed at Bowood House,
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MP backs city in ethnic mix slur
POLITICIANS in Newport slammed trade unions for suggesting there is not enough of an ethnic mix in the city for civil service jobs to move here. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) is moving its headquarters to Gwent over the next five years, bringing
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Race hate hell
A MAN today revealed his family had been subjected to a five-year race-hate campaign because he is married to a woman from the Czech Republic. Mark Taylor, 35, says he does not know how he is going to be able to protect his wife, Adriana, 23, and young
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County fail to deliver the goods
AS John Cornforth admits, his is a results-driven business, and five successive defeats for third bottom of the Nationwide South, Newport County, tell their own story. It was still difficult not to feel some sympathy for the under-fire County boss on
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Party time as Violet hits 108
TODAY aeroplanes are a familiar sight and children learn about Queen Victoria in history lessons. But when Violet Morton was born 108 years ago the world was very different. Now very frail, Mrs Morton is the oldest resident in Medhurst residential home
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Bonecrusher
THE worst injury of Joe Calzaghe's career means the WBO world super-middleweight champion's unification fight with IBF champion Jeff Lacy is off indefinitely. Calzaghe suffered a broken left hand in the third round of his 17th successful defence against
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Great moo'd at farm show
THOUSANDS of people flocked to Usk on Saturday to enjoy one of the last agricultural shows of the summer. With more than 200 cattle on show and craft, poultry, horticultural and refreshment marquees, the event catered for people of all ages and interests
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Gym would fix it for young on our estate
A MAN wants to turn a derelict Newport church into a community gym - and needs to raise £100,000 in four weeks to do it. Dave Sheppard, 37, of Welland Crescent, Bettws, plans to turn the United Reformed Church on the corner of Tone Close, Bettws, into
