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Donovan's target
GWENT snooker ace David Donovan hopes that his clean sweep of Welsh age group titles can serve as a springboard to success on the professional circuit. Donovan clinched the Welsh Under-21 Championship at Trecenydd Snooker Club in Caerphilly, booking a
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'I am just one of 70 to trial cancer drug'
OVARIAN cancer patient Patricia Whittaker no longer plans far ahead but she put her faith in a potential drug of the future to help overcome her disease. When cancer returned last year, despite chemotherapy and a hysterectomy, Mrs Whittaker, of Hazel
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'Repeat offenders need rehabilitation'
PROLIFIC offenders like a Newport man with 277 convictions need to be "rehabilitated as well as punished". Former magistrate William Graham AM said repeat criminals like Andrew John Paul Davies - who this week was dubbed "Gwent's most prolific offender
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Johnson sings Jones' praises
WALES caretaker coach Scott Johnson has admitted he breathed a huge sigh of relief when Stephen Jones was passed fit to play, writes Nabil Hassan. Jones lines up at outside-half for Wales when they take-on Italy at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday (
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Cancer nurse is simply the best
A GWENT nurse was named one of the best in the UK when she picked up a second national award for her work. Maureen Dobbins is an advanced nurse practitioner in the specialty of ear, nose and throat (ENT) at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport. She won the
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Get off Owen's back - Gough
DRAGONS and Wales second-row Ian Gough has launched a passionate defence of his regional and national team-mate Michael Owen. Owen has come under criticism this week from some pundits who have suggested that the Wales captain should be dropped for either
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Run-down area set for revamp
NEW life could soon be breathed into dilapidated and boarded up buildings in Pill thanks to a proposed regeneration project. Locals have complained about the shabby look of the area and are demanding action to spruce up tired looking shops and houses.
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Homecoming
NEW Welsh boxing legend Joe Calzaghe is set to gain the perfect reward for his destruction of American Jeff Lacy in their world super-middleweight unification fight on Saturday - a multi-million dollar 'homecoming' fight at the Millennium Stadium. Promoter
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New city HQ for Red Cross
THE British Red Cross' new Welsh headquarters is to be built in Newport. Planning permission for the 1,014sqm building in George Street is granted and work is expected to start on the site at the end of this month. The headquarters are due to be up and
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They've got the OK to fly
A FATHER and daughter can continue to take off and land planes at a private Abergavenny airstrip after planners ruled it is not a nuisance to the community. The site next to the Byre, in Hardwick near Abergavenny, is used by a kit-plane firm, Pioneer
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Thomas is out to impress
DRAGONS full back Aled Thomas is determined to take his chance after being given the nod for Wales Under-21s in their clash with Italy at Rodney Parade tomorrow night. The 21-year-old has endured a frustrating campaign, watching from the sidelines as
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Fury after police broke into house
POLICE are investigating a Brynmawr couple's claim that they came home from a night out to find their house was left open after officers broke down their door. Malcolm and Hazel Pinkney have made an official complaint to police about the incident, and
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Clarke's never visited Gwent Police
CHARLES Clarke, the Home Secretary who is trying to force a merger on all the Welsh forces, has never even seen Gwent Police in operation. The Home Secretary plans to forge ahead with merging Wales' police forces and announced last week he wants all mergers
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Primary school to have solar panels
A NEW primary school in the Valleys is to get a share of £1.8 million to fit solar energy panels on the building. The new Rhiw Sir Dafydd Primary - which is due to open on the site of Oakdale Infants next January - learnt it would get the cash this week
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Jobs hope dashed as buyout fails
AROUND 70 workers lost their jobs after a Gwent manufacturing firm failed to attract a buyer to save the business. All work has ceased at sheet metal manufacturer Harlow Pressings Ltd on the Llantarnam Industrial Estate, Cwmbran, after the company went
