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Clubs 'disgusted' at WRU ruling on tickets
TWO Gwent rugby clubs say they are "disgusted" with the Welsh Rugby Union after they were punished following a row over tickets for Wales rugby internationals. Trinant RFC and Fleur de Lys RFC were both reprimanded by the WRU after tickets they were allocated
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Challenge for coach
NEW Ebbw Vale coach Alex Codling is confident he can allay players' concerns and get them to buy into his vision for the game. The once-capped England lock, forced to retire early through injury and initially on contract until the end of the season, also
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Belle tolls on Cortez' County career
Cortez Belle, Newport County's controversial striker, has left the club by mutual agreement and linked with former manager Peter Nicholas at Welsh Premier League club Llanelli. And the move, not completely unexpected, leaves the way clear for manager
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Players 'sickened' by sackings
EBBW Vale skipper Kristian Owen says he and his team-mates are 'totally devastated' at the sacking of Byron Hayward and his fellow coaches at Eugene Cross Park. Owen and the players are due to meet new coach Alex Codling, the former once-capped England
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Hal targeted
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons centre Hal Luscombe has been targeted by the other three Welsh regions, as well as by clubs in England and a province in his native South Africa. The Wales threequarter is out of contract with the Dragons at the end of the season
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HAL TARGETED
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons centre Hal Luscombe has been targeted by the other three Welsh regions, as well as by clubs in England and a province in his native South Africa. The Wales threequarter is out of contract with the Dragons at the end of the season
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Forster: We can get out of trouble
NEWPORT Gwent Drag-ons captain Jason Forster is convinced they can get out of trouble near the foot of the Celtic League table. The Dragons leapfrogged the Ospreys into ninth place when they beat their Welsh rivals at Rodney Parade on New Year's Day,
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Appeal for help to find man, 32
POLICE are concerned for the safety of a missing man from Abertillery. They are appealing for witnesses with any information regarding the whereabouts of Mark Howells, 32, who left his home at about 6.30pm on Tuesday evening and has not been seen since
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Work needed to save Market Arcade
TRADERS in Newport say they are frustrated with lack of progress to revamp their leaking, pigeon-infested shopping arcade. In 2004 Newport council commissioned a report looking at how the privately-owned Market Arcade could be regenerated. The report,
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Rape of toddler: furore over halfway house:
A HALFWAY house for newly-released prisoners in Newport is at the centre of the investigation into the rape and kidnap of a girl of three. Now shocked residents say they want to know exactly who is living so close to their homes after forensics
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Belle tolls on Cortez' County career
Cortez Belle, Newport County's controversial striker, has left the club by mutual agreement and linked with former manager Peter Nicholas at Welsh Premier League club Llanelli. And the move, not completely unexpected, leaves the way clear for manager
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Tributes paid to 'kind loving father'
THE family of a father-of-two from Bettws who died after being found unconscious in a car park last night paid tribute to a "kind and loving father". Anthony Beecham, 38, was found between the Nightingale pub and the Spar shop in Bettws, in the early
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Don't be plagued - shop the yobs
RESIDENTS in a community plagued by yobs are being urged to come forward and report troublemakers. The call from Torfaen council's community safety partnership manager Dave Jeremiah comes after two young yobs were given tough anti-social behaviour orders
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Players 'sickened' by sackings
EBBW Vale skipper Kristian Owen says he and his team-mates are 'totally devastated' at the sacking of Byron Hayward and his fellow coaches at Eugene Cross Park. Owen and the players are due to meet new coach Alex Codling, the former once-capped England
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Challenge for coach
NEW Ebbw Vale coach Alex Codling (pictured) is confident he can allay players' concerns and get them to buy into his vision for the game. The once-capped England lock, forced to retire early through injury and initially on contract until the end of the
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Forster: We can get out of trouble
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons captain Jason Forster is convinced they can get out of trouble near the foot of the Celtic League table. The Dragons leapfrogged the Ospreys into ninth place when they beat their Welsh rivals at Rodney Parade on New Year's Day, now
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Tarantula bites sleeping man
A NEWPORT man is receiving hospital treatment after being bitten by a tarantula hiding in a bunch of bananas. The arachnid is believed to have crawled out of a bunch of bananas bought two months ago by the Bettws man, and remains on the loose in his house
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Ranger Bill is riding to the rescue
HE may be 75, but Newport pensioner William Trickett still cycles up to 30 miles a week in a mission to keep Newport's cycle pathways in tip top condition. Whatever the weather cycling fanatic Mr Trickett, of Plym Walk, Bettws, Newport, is out cutting
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'That's the village killed off'
CAMPAIGNERS say they are devastated after their school was axed yesterday following a decision by Wales' education minister. Pentwyn Primary School will close at the end of this school year following Jane Davidson's decision. Pupils will be split up across
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Public warned over missing man
POLICE are warning the public not to approach a man who went missing from his home but who may still be in the area. Leon Zbudowskyj, 22, was last seen at his Abergavenny address at around 5pm on Saturday, December 31. Police are concerned for Mr Zbudowskyj
