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No pain, no gain
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have taken a big step forward, believes coach Paul Turner after their second Celtic League win in a row last night. Five days after beating their nearest Welsh rivals the Ospreys, the Dragons gained their first bonus point victory
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Games get total backing
THE proposed Wales 2014 Commonwealth Games bid - to be jointly hosted by Newport, Cardiff and Swansea - has received a ringing endorsement from some of the top sporting personalties in Gwent. Newport triathlete Anneliese Heard (pictured), currently in
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Neighbour tells court of bloody find in flat
A RISCA man told a court yesterday how he discovered the bloodied body of his neighbour when he called around to borrow some cigarette papers. Tony Jenkins, 46, was found with 18 stab wounds to his head, torso, arms and legs at his flat in Holly Road,
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Dragons victory lifts the gloom
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons romped to a vital Celtic League victory when they sent bottom team Connacht packing at Rodney Parade last night, achieving a bonus point into the bargain. The Dragons stretched away in the closing stages after dominating for long
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Taking the plunge for super swimming
EXCITED schoolchildren were the first to try out the eagerly anticipated £5.2 million swimming pool (pictured) at the Newport International Sports Village yesterday. The spacious, light-filled poolside area has more than 500 seats for spectators and a
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Gang violence boy avoids custody
A SCHOOLBOY involved in violence which broke out in the centre of Newport between a Somali gang and a West Indian faction escaped a detention order yesterday. Saeed Hashi, 15, of Commercial Road, Newport, was found guilty after a five-week trial of charges
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I potted pub so my son can play!
A GWENT dad quit his £26,000 a year job as an industrial chemist and bought a pub - just so his son could play pool. Fifteen-year-old world and European pool champion Perry Foster has represented Wales in Northern Ireland, Jersey and the Shetland Isles
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Hughes: I will score the goals
NEWPORT County striker Craig Hughes (pictured) is backing the Exiles to move clear of the relegation zone, starting with a victory at Carshalton today (kick-off 3pm). Hughes, who has seen his strike partnership with Cortez Belle terminated after Belle's
