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Woodland sale through at last
CAMPAIGNERS battling to save a piece of ancient woodland celebrated as its £1.5m sale went through yesterday. The Woodland Trust say their campaign to save 870 acres of Wentwood Forest, near Newport, was their most successful. Yesterday it ended with
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I saw men in horror masks
THE former girlfriend of a man accused of murdering Newport's Lemy Bullock yesterday described how she saw three men wearing Scream masks outside the pub where he died on March 15, 2005. Sarah Pritchard, 26, who said she was in a 16-month relationship
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Gwent looks to world for its nurses
THE NHS in Gwent employs close to 6,000 nurses - and it is a workforce whose global reach is playing a vital role in helping an expanding service keep pace with the needs of patients. Twenty-two Spanish nurses arrived at the weekend to take up posts at
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Injury hit Wales call up Jones
Adam Jones, the 26-year-old Llanelli Scarlets second row, has been added to the Wales squad preparing to kick-start its defence of the RBS Six Nations Grand Slam title against England at Twickenham on Saturday, February 4 - as cover for the injured Jonathan
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Do your bit to support historic cathedral
THE Bishop of Monmouth is hoping for support from local people towards the restoration of St Woolos Cathedral, Newport. We reported yesterday that the historic building needs urgent repair work costing around £3 million, and a rescue appeal committee
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County double target
Newport County, smarting from the blast handed out by manager Peter Beadle following defeat by Eastleigh in front of their fans in the Nationwide Conference South on Saturday, have the perfect opportunity to put matters right tomorrow night. County take
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Carpet factory in U-turn to success
A VALLEYS factory threatened with closure two years ago is expanding to take on more staff in an outstanding success story. Three hundred jobs were under threat at Carpet International, on Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate in Croespenmaen, in August 2003, when
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Blitz on off-road bikers
POLICE are cracking down on off-road biking in two Gwent communities after complaints from residents. The neigbourhood policing team in Trevethin and Penygarn seized two vehicles and warned 11 other illegal bikers they face similar action if caught again
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Race to replace Eriksson
The race to succeed Sven-Goran Eriksson as the best-paid national coach in the world began today after confirmation the Swede will leave his England job after the World Cup. Eriksson's five-year reign as England head coach will end abruptly once the World
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Roads yes brings city revamp closer
A VITAL step towards Newport city centre's regeneration now has the go-ahead, with the approval of plans for an £8.5 million road network. The new traffic infrastructure will link in with the £200 million Modus development of Newport city centre. Plans
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New Year, but it's the same old story
SO the natives are getting restless again, there's a surprise. I'm referring, of course, to a number of clubs and their relationship with the Welsh Rugby Union. We're not even through the first month of the year yet already there are murmurings of discontent
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Seamen salute new city standard
SCARLET against a blue winter sky, Red Ensigns borne by former merchant seamen from all parts of Britain converged in Newport in honour of the city's sailors. The church of St Stephen's in Pill, which has strong maritime connections, was filled as the
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Curtain up on plans for derelict cinema
THE old Palace Cinema in Risca - an eyesore for almost three decades - could be the "dawn of a new era for the town". For a planning application to redevelop the former cinema, in Tredegar Street, has just been submitted to Caerphilly county borough council
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Drugs den man fails in house appeal
THE tenant of an Abergavenny house closed down as a drugs den lost his appeal to move back in. The home of Robert Paxton, aged 40, of Ysguborwen, Abergavenny, became in December the first house in Monmouthshire to be closed because it posed a serious
