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Tots get kick-start in numbers game
LEARNING through play can make a big difference to a child's education - as Newport mum Rizia Khan discovered. Mrs Khan's two-year-old son, Abbid, received a head start in learning numbers with a special course at Pillgwenlly Primary. She hopes it means
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Group vows to protect play park
RESIDENTS are vowing to do everything in their power to prevent housing being built on their community park. Dozens of people turned up at the play area in Barrack Hill, Newport, on a damp Saturday morning to demonstrate against the proposal. The green
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'Lotto conmen are after your money'
AN ELDERLY Gwent widow is warning people to be on their guard after lottery fraudsters targeted her dead husband. On Friday Joan James, 81, received a letter addressed to her late husband, Walter, who died last July. It said he had won a huge cash prize
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Dragons buckle under Sale power
A seriously below-strength Newport Gwent Dragons team went down to a predictably heavy defeat against English high-fliers Sale at Edgeley Park on Sunday, conceding a Heineken Cup double in the process. Sale secured the bonus point they needed, though
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Fat threat as obesity soars
Obesity is a growing problem in Gwent, with doctors now having to deal with twice the number of overweight people they did ten years ago. Ben Payne reports IT may be coincidental that fat and fatal lie side by side in the dictionary, but judging by obesity
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Turner: How I'd spend £1 million
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner has made a plea for better facilities if they are to make progress and compare with the other three Welsh regions. Aghast at what Sale have achieved with the aid of a wealthy benefactor, Turner says that if he had
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The glory of steam
Coal was the muscle and railways the sinew in the days when Gwent coal powered an empire. MIKE BUCKINGHAM spoke to a publisher who is recreating that world in words and pictures BEATS there a middle-aged male heart that doesn't thrill to the hissing,
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They aim to revive debate on barrage
TEN years after controversial plans for a barrage over the River Usk were rejected the debate is being re-opened. Newport Chamber of Commerce is launching a web-survey to open up discussion on whether the city would benefit from a barrage, to raise river
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Beadle's troops turn on the style
NEWPORT County produced their best performance of the season on Saturday, demolishing a woeful Maidenhead outfit to move clear of the Conference South relegation zone. Boss Peter Beadle had demanded a decent performance from his side after they were outclassed
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Notes in husband's memory
PUPILS at a new Gwent school will have a more musical education thanks to a trust fund set up by a local councillor. Verona Nelmes lost her husband three years ago after he suffered a heart attack. Graeme Nelmes was a well-known governor of three village
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Boost for Ruddock
THE Wales rugby camp have received better injury news ahead of tomorrow's Six Nations Championship squad announcement. Wales captain Gareth Thomas and hooker Rhys Thomas were both added to the growing list of injuries at the weekend amid fears the already
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Vandals destroy sports equipment
VANDALS caused thousands of pounds of damage to sports equipment at a Gwent school during a spree of destruction on Friday night. Maintenance staff at Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School in Cwmbran discovered six sets of steel rugby and football posts
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30,000 now in green scheme
A major change in Newport's rubbish collections is to be rolled out to another 20,000 households. Nearly 30,000 homes will now be involved in the 2xRecycling Scheme which means their wheelie-bins will be collected every fortnight instead of every week
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Newport through after fright
NEWPORT are in the hat for the fifth round of the Konica Minolta Cup, but only after surviving a much bigger fright than the scoreline suggests at Rodney Parade on Saturday. The Premier Division side were given the toughest of tests by their big, abrasive
