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Just call me Sid
Ah, those over clever Australians. Just for a change we bring something revolutionary - and enormously successful- to cricket, namely Twenty20, and now our favourite cousins from Down Under decide to introduce their own little addition - nicknames on
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WE'RE TARGETS
TOP English team Sale are being targeted by every side they play, and Newport Gwent Dragons will be no exception in Sunday's Heineken Cup-tie at Edgeley Park, says England winger Mark Cueto. The Sale and England try scoring machine, also a British Lion
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Group offers support to patients after surgery
WHEN Marina Heale learned she must live with using a colostomy bag she felt suicidal. Now a self-help group she founded in Brynmawr is getting inquiries from far afield. The monthly group attracts patients from all over Gwent, many of whom are regulars
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Fence goes up at death crash site
WORK is under way on a new fence at the side of a road where four people died in a horrific car crash 15 months ago. Blaenau Gwent council is currently putting up the fence on the B4471 between Swffryd and Llanhilleth. In October 2004, four men were killed
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Two schools face the axe
TWO Caldicot schools are under threat of closure because of surplus places in a major shake-up of primary school education in south Monmouthshire. Council chiefs are considering two options and under one of them West End Infants and Sandy Lane Infants
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Drink level could have been fatal, jury told
A FORMER aeronautical engineer accused of murdering a Risca man would have been five times over the drink-drive limit at the time of the attack, a report by a scientist said. Paul Lewis, 55, who along with his partner Kathleen Carey, 56, is jointly charged
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At last I'll see grave of my war hero dad
NEWPORT woman Thelma Lewis always wanted to visit the grave of her war casualty father who was buried in the Netherlands after being shot down in 1944. And her wish is finally set to come true later this year when she makes the trip to the last resting
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TWO BILLION £ for city's renewal
TWO BILLION pounds is to be spent on improving Newport in the next six years in the city's biggest ever regeneration drive, the city council's cabinet heard yesterday. The council is keen for Newport firms and people to get maximum benefit from this investment
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Darts adds up for kids
TOTTING up darts scores after a few pints can test the finest mathematicians - but a government minister has hailed the sport as a way to improve the nation's numeracy. Skills minister Phil Hope visited the Lakeside World Darts Championships yesterday
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Give me back legal fees, says pit widow
A MINER'S widow who says she paid a law firm almost £2,000 for claiming compensation for her late husband's chest disease says she wants her money back. Ceinwen Wixey, 60, of Brooklyn Terrace, Llanhilleth, says she paid a firm of solicitors in Brighton
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Sweeney nod for outside half role
THE outside half merry-go-round at Newport Gwent Dragons is set to continue in Sunday's Heineken Cup-tie against Sale at Edgeley Park. Craig Warlow occupied the role in 11 of the first 12 games this season, the only interruption being the third match
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Dreaming of double
Calzaghe says he has seen flaws in IBF champion Jeff Lacy's make-up which makes him confident he will KO the American in their title unification bout in Manchester on March 4. Calzaghe was speaking at his third Press conference to promote the bill, this
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Tributes pour in for footballer
THE funeral of a popular Newport footballer who died of a suspected heart attack during a match will be held next week. Peter Collier, 36, was playing for Lliswerry on Saturday when he collapsed minutes before half-time and was later confirmed dead on
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Schramm the man
Chris Schramm is another former Wasp returning to the Newport line-up for the new season and linking once again with Carl Wilkinson, both riding at Berwick last summer. The 21-year-old, from Maldon in Essex, is promoter Tim Stone's fourth signing, joining
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Award winner with driving ambition
WHEN Tony Jenkins retires this summer he may be changing gear but he won't be completely driving away from his long-held occupation. Mr Jenkins, who was UK Bus Driver of the Year in 1991, is one of a group devoted to the preservation of a grand old lady
