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'Little change in lorry misery'
ANGRY people in a Blackwood street say lorry drivers ignoring new weight restrictions are making their lives a misery. When the Sirhowy Enterprise Way opened last month, Bryn Road was downgraded from an A-road to a B-road. New weight restrictions were
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Go for the healthy gold
AN ambitious six-year project to encourage the people of Newport to 'go for gold' to improve their health, is being welcomed by members of Newport Local Health Board (LHB). The Going For Gold scheme would seek to include everyone from schoolchildren to
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Frogs hop in to guitar club
FOLLOWING the Christmas holidays the Islwyn Acoustic Guitar Club returns to the Cross Keys Hotel at Cross Keys tonight with the first headline appearance of local singer-songwriter Ian Day and his trio 'the Albino Frogs' for an evening of quirky and catchy
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Opera and laughs at The Riverfront
JOIN Opera della Luna in party mood at The Riverfront next week for Moonstruck; a gala evening of opera, musical comedy and cabaret. The performance takes place on Friday, January 20, 2006, at 7.30pm. The company will be combining their inimitable brand
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Accused 'did not use knife in drugs fight'
A DEFENDANT in a murder trial told a jury yesterday that he was not responsible for stabbing a Risca man to death. Paul Lewis, 55, who once lectured at a South Wales technical college, told Cardiff crown court that a woman who lived at his home in Elm
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Design of city mall sparks drugs fears
ENTRANCES to a redeveloped Newport shopping centre could create hiding-places set back from the street and encourage drug dealing, a worried councillor says. Plans for the new-look Kingsway Shopping Centre and nine-storey car park were approved with conditions
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I just cannot wait - Joe Calzaghe's Exclusive column
THERE was another face-the-Press session this week as interest builds in my super-middleweight unification fight with American Jeff Lacy in Manchester on March 4. Much of the attention from the national media, perhaps understandably, focussed on my previously
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Duo's unique blend of music
TWO well-known musicians with a knack of matching their music to the seasons will help people to celebrate the turning of the year at a special concert at Llanhennock, near Caerleon on Saturday, January 21. Robin and Bina Williamson, formerly of the Incredible
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My girl is one in a million
EVERY mother thinks their child is special but Catherine Gwynne's daughter really is one in a million. McKenzie Grace was still in the womb when she had to undergo life-saving blood transfusions after doctors discovered Catherine's body was rejecting
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Firefighters' warning after couple hurt
FIRE chiefs are warning people not to tackle blazes in their homes after a couple were taken to hospital with burns yesterday. The couple and other family members, from St Andrew's Crescent, Mardy, Abergavenny, fought to control the flames after the blaze
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Lenny to help charity ball
COMEDIAN Lenny Henry will be in Newport next month for a charity ball at the Hilton Hotel. The TV funnyman, patron of the Sickle Cell Society, will be at the Sickle Cell Ball at the hotel in Langstone on Friday, February 3. Paula Burns, of Newport-based
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Warp factor show
NEWPORT'S Young Venture Players are doing it again with another fun-filled musical. The cast of 46 youngsters aged seven to fifteen are presenting at the Dolman Theatre the brilliantly funny Dazzle. This musical parody of Star Trek charts the voyage of
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Turner warns side - beware Hodgson
BEWARE Charlie Hodgson -- that is one of the messages Newport Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner will ram home to his players as he returns to Sale for Sunday's Heineken Cup-tie. Hodgson is the leading points scorer in England, as well as being one of the
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Baseball bat attack terror
TWO women sat helplessly as baseball bat wielding thugs smashed up their car during a motiveless daylight attack near Newport yesterday. Police say four men in a black Audi pulled up alongside the woman and her friend who were parked in a car in Church
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Go GA GA over Queen
GA GA are bringing the Best Of Queen Tour to the Newport Centre for an evening devoted to the music of the legendary British rock group. After filming last year for the BBC as part of the The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody documentary, GA GA have embarked
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Beadle backing strikers
COUNTY boss Peter Beadle is backing his strikers to get on the goal trail, starting with tomorrow's crucial Conference South basement battle with Maidenhead United at Spytty Park (kick-off 3pm). Beadle allowed Cortez Belle to move to Llanelli last week
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Horse cut free from grid
FIREFIGHTERS from Newport rescued a horse today after it became trapped in a cattle grid. The animal suffered only minor injuries but a resident living near the grid in Langstone said horses had become trapped in it a number of times in the past. Sub
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SIGNED UP
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have re-signed back row forward Shawn van Rensberg on a short-term contract until the end of the season. He made 14 appearances for the Dragons in their first season two years ago, starting six games at number eight, three at blindside
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Preacher Geraint at the 'elm
PRINCE Charles' head forester, responsible for all woodlands on the Duchy of Cornwall estate, has been appointed assistant minister of Emmanuel Evangelical Church in Newport. Geraint Richards, 35, who manages 4,000 acres of the estate spread between Cornwall
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He's Brown, he's blue, he's back
ROY "Chubby" Brown, Britain's naughtiest comic, comes to Cardiff's St David's Hall for two nights of all-new, adults-only entertainment, on Wednesday and Thursday, January 18 and 19 (7.30 pm). Chubby Brown is one of the most successful British comics
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Axe looks likely to fall on two schools
A PROPOSAL to close two infants schools in Caldicot seems to be the preferred option to deal with surplus places in the area, a councillor on the group set up to examine the options says. A major shake-up of primary school education in Monmouthshire is
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We are over Rhyl loss - Wharton
CWMBRAN manager Sean Wharton has banished talk of Saturday's 7-1 record defeat against Rhyl and is urging his side to get back on track at Haverfordwest tonight in the Welsh Premier League (kick-off 7.30pm). Cwmbran are just four points off the bottom
