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Our fast way to help Simon
COULD you resist the lure of food for 24 hours? Two Newport women went hungry for a whole day yesterday to raise money to help pay for a Newport man's brain operation. Emma Ceeney, 22, and colleague Chantel Grant, 23, of the data analysis department of
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Teenager locked up for hurling Liquorice Allsort
A TEENAGER who threw a Liquorice Allsort at a man and cut his eyelid was locked up yesterday for breaching an interim anti-social behaviour order. Marcus Ball, 19, of Broadmead Park, Newport, appeared before the city's magistrates yesterday to admit breaching
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Bye bye Scott
THE Welsh Rugby Union today confirmed the worst kept secret in Welsh rugby - acting head coach Scott Johnson is returning home to be an assistant coach with the Australian RU. The man regarded as possibly the greatest skills coach in world rugby and the
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Castle date for Alarm
EIGHTIES Welsh rock legends The Alarm will play a very special concert at Chepstow Castle this summer. The band will headline the event, organised by Chepstow-based music promotions company Hannah's Music Promotions, on Saturday, August 26, with support
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Film makers to focus on World Cup fans
YOUNG NEWPORT film makers are to follow football fans from the 32 World Cup nations for a 90-minute documentary. Students from the University of Wales, Newport, say the film will explore the lives of fans from each of the countries competing in this year's
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European rugby a must - Sweeney
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are targeting a place in the Heineken Cup next season, insists returning Wales player Ceri Sweeney ahead of Saturday's tough Celtic League clash against leaders Ulster at Ravenhill. Sweeney took encouragement from the Dragons recent
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Odyssey has flair
FROM the songs of the sirens, through the whirlpools of Charybdis, the cave of Cyclops and the House of the Dead, the Odyssey is one of the world's best- known and well-loved adventure tales. It is also the love story of Odysseus and Penelope, whose faltering
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Still true to their roots
THE Beautiful South return with a new album Superb on May 14 and will be showcasing it in Newport as part of a new UK tour. In 1989, when singer Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway formed The Beautiful South following the demise of The Housemartins, few would
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Enjoy an alternative twist
THIS week's big gig happens at Meze Lounge on Monday, as weekly clubnight Alternative Twist celebrates its birthday in amazing style. Headlining the event is acclaimed electronica outfit Metronomy. With remix credits already including Ladytron, Franz
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Mo's done us proud!
HE may not be bringing home the gold, but Newport people say Mo Nasir has done us proud - and his boxing club chairman is now tipping him for Olympic glory. Twenty-year-old Mo, of Alice Street, Pill, yesterday lost his Commonwealth Games light-flyweight
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Sizing up designs for city facelift
ARCHITECTS are coming up with futuristic and eye-catching entries for a new market square at the heart of Newport. The competition to design a new public space alongside the River Usk, called Market Square, was launched in January by the Royal Institute
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Child of courage faces new challenge
A BRAVE Gwent youngster who lost a leg during her ongoing battle with cancer is due to have an artificial limb fitted in the next few weeks. Jade Morgan, three, is recovering at home in Pontypool after a ten-month battle with cancer, which has seen her
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Supermarket plan faces axe
PLANS for a new retail and leisure complex at Abergavenny's cattle market site could be rejected, according to the council's head of planning. The scheme drawn up by developer Henry Boot for an Asda supermarket, two retail stores, cinema, library and
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Cream of the Baltic crop
FROM Carnegie Hall in New York to the Musikverein in Vienna and London's Royal Albert Hall, Kremerata Baltica, the Grammy-award winning chamber orchestra, will soon be able to add Cardiff to their list when they perform at Wales Millennium Centre on Sunday
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Jobs joy as firm's future is secured
A GWENT call centre is creating more than 100 new jobs - just two months after it was rescued from the brink of liquidation. The Dial Call Centre in Cwmbran looked doomed at the start of February after bosses admitted they could not afford to pay the
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Rhodri on top form for Liam
A GWENT youngster was left bitterly disappointed when snow forced him to miss the Royal opening of the Senedd in Cardiff. But then his head teacher stepped in and organised a special visit for him to remember. Ten-year-old Liam Hiley was to represent
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Zanzibar offers you an eggs-cellent Easter
HERE'S your chance to join in an Easter egg-stravaganza at Zanzibar, Newport. The club is celebrating its last Easter before it closes in the summer for a £1,000,000 refit. As it has played a big part in people's lives over the last ten years it wants
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Beadle bidding for back-to-back wins
NEWPORT COUNTY boss Peter Beadle is urging his side to continue helping themselves in the battle for Conference South survival. County travel to Essex outfit, Bishop's Stortford tomorrow after picking up four points from their last two games to move off
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Irish folk guitar at Valleys venue
WORLD-class Irish folk singer-guitarist Alan Burke is to play at a Valleys guitar club on Friday, April 7, when Islwyn Guitar Club brings Alan Burke to the Crosskeys Hotel. Alan's voice is exceptional. It is distinctively full of power, sensitivity and
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Cram slams state of British sprinting
ATHLETICS legend Steve Cram has slammed the state of male British sprinting after their abject showing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Only one of Britain's athletes managed to make it into the 100m or 200m final here in Melbourne with many
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Pupils on top of the world
MORE than 1,000 pupils exhibited their music and Welsh language skills throughout the week during Pontypool community council's inter-schools eisteddfod at yesterday's junior section. Five hundred pupils from schools across the community packed into the
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Clubs and WRU at odds over split
THE Welsh Rugby Union and its First Division clubs are to meet again next week in a bid to resolve a dispute over splitting the division on a regional basis next season. The vast majority of the clubs wish the division to remain as one with 16 members
