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Speedway: Brown is in limbo
TOM Brown's hopes of landing a Premier League berth in 2006, at least for the start of the season, are receding with only Berwick offering a glimmer of hope. The 21-year-old from Cwmbran joined Stoke recently in a swap deal that took Tony Atkin to Newport
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Skatepark plan for sports village
NEWPORT could soon have its first purpose-built skatepark thanks to a package of improvements planned for the International Sports Village. Plans are being drawn up for the skatepark and a BMX track, which are likely to cost more than £1 million, to be
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Parents gather in bid to save school
MORE than 100 parents gathered in a fight to save their village primary school last night. The community of Argoed was in fighting spirit as parents and residents crowded the school hall for a consultation meeting with Caerphilly council, which is proposing
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Wedding guest, 39, dies after assault
A GWENT father died last night - three days after a violent assault left him with head and spinal injuries. Alec Howells, 39, of Blaendare Road, Pontypool, was found by a neighbour, bleeding on the doorstep of his brother Chris Howells' home in Ashgrove
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Tapestry project is sew worthwhile
A THOUSAND years of history will soon be on show in Abergavenny in a tapestry which has taken five years to complete. The huge piece of artwork is the brainchild of Sheila Bevan, chairman of the Abergavenny Tapestry Group. She said the last few years
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'We did not get works notice'
RESIDENTS are angry they were not consulted over the closure of a road linking Monmouth and Rockfield. The B4347 was closed yesterday for four weeks to through traffic between 9am and 3.30pm for resurfacing work. People living along the road and in the
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Huge tax bill looms for charity couple
AN ELDERLY couple who raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity fear they could be stung by a tax bill running into thousands of pounds. Trevor and Peggy Turner, of Holywell Road, Abergavenny, were shocked to be told HM Revenue and Customs was
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Speedway: World No 2 at Hayley
Speedway superstar Jason Crump, who has not been outside of the top two in the world finals for the past five years, was a surprise rider at Newport's practice session on Sunday. He was second to Sweden's Tony Rickardsson last summer having lifted the
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Accused 'didn't know of death'
THE SISTER of a defendant in a murder trial told a jury her brother started crying when she broke the news to him that Lemy Bullock was dead. Yasmin Kaid said her brother Mohammed 'Mo' Nasser could not believe Mr Bullock had died when they spoke on the
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Storm over castle's weather canopy
A ROW between Chepstow Arts Festival and Welsh heritage group CADW could see £77,000 worth of funding being lost. The festival committee wants to put up a canopy to cover the audience at Chepstow Castle so plays can be performed in the summer without
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Delve can't wait to get his chance
THERE'S a new breed about in Welsh rugby and it's personified by Gareth Delve, a bright new talent who has earned his spurs playing in the English Premiership with Bath. The Cardiff-born back row forward has been hit by a series of major injuries which
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GP project praised
A PIONEERING doctors' project in Blaenau Gwent is helping inject much-needed young blood into an area with an ageing GP population and recruitment difficulties. Set up four years ago, the Heads of the Valleys Project helped attract 12 GPs - four of whom
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'Find driver who killed Mitzi'
A FATHER is appealing for information after his £500 dog was killed by a car whose driver failed to stop. Anthony Ormond said his family were heartbroken over the death of their brown and white pedigree shitzu Mitzi. Gwent police are investigating. His
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Video Hope
THE Celtic League organisation say they are considering using video evidence by appointing a fourth official to all league matches. Cost, availability of evidence and the newness of the league have all been listed as reasons why video in the case of disputed
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Robin Davey Column: Hall is the latest to talk rubbish!
HERE we go again - no sooner has one former Wales captain had a go at Newport Gwent Dragons than another jumps on the bandwagon. First Eddie Butler, that well known man of Gwent, calls on the Dragons to drop the name Newport from the title and to play
