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No sale for Harvey's Bar
THE Newport pub where father-of-three Lemy Bullock was murdered failed to sell at auction yesterday. Harvey's bar in Pill had a guide price of £175,000, but despite encouragement from auctioneer Mansel Edmunds only one bid of £150,000 was made. Before
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Surgery manager jailed for year
A DOCTOR'S surgery manager who swindled her employers out of nearly £90,000 was jailed for 12 months yesterday. Deirdre Sellars, 59, used the money she stole from the Caldicot Medical Group to pay for holidays, Christmas presents, days out, food and flowers
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Stars back for Dragons
Wales captain Michael Owen and teammate Ian Gough are set to return for Newport Gwent Dragons in Friday night's must-win Celtic League game against Heineken Cup semi-finalists Munster at Rodney Parade. Neither has played for the Dragons since before the
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Anger as debate on centre is delayed
RESIDENTS in Blackwood were furious after councillors voted to put off debating a plan for a new drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre. The council wants to convert Highbury House, near Blackwood town centre, into a rehab centre for seven recovering
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Pearce's double gives Crows hope
TEENAGE marksman Chris Pearce continued his remarkable strike rate to give the Crows a Welsh Premier League relegation lifeline at a bitterly cold Recreation Ground last night. Pearce, 20 next Monday, hit both goals to take his tally to five in six full
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Court seizes ex-boxer's crime cash
A FORMER professional boxer who made more than £222,000 with a partner in a fraud involving a DIY store and eBay had assets totalling less than £4,000 confiscated. Gareth Jordan, 33, of Elms Road, Raglan, appeared before Cardiff crown court when an application
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Beadle in a sweat
NEWPORT County boss Peter Beadle is sweating on the fitness of defender Andrew Thomas ahead of tonight's massive Conference South clash with Hayes at Spytty Park (kick-off 7.45pm). County will leapfrog their visitors with a victory and pull out of the
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Bikes worth £36,000 stolen
SIXTEEN off-road motorbikes worth a total of £36,000 were stolen from a Newport showroom in what police think was an organised raid. A gang broke into the South Wales Superbikes showroom in Estuary Road at about 6.25am on Sunday and took the entire collection
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Gene Pitney found dead in Cardiff hotel
AMERICAN singer Gene Pitney was found dead in a South Wales hotel today. The 65-year-old star rose to fame in the 1960s and found international success with the Burt Bacharach song Twenty- Four Hours From Tulsa. Last night he had played a gig at Cardiff's
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Course favours big hitters
THREE issues were destined to dominate the final countdown to this year's Masters - and they have. One is controversial, one very sad and one a tactic that Colin Montgomerie says has caught everybody on the hop. The controversy is whether Augusta National's
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County in cup row
MACRON Welsh League Division Two Croesyceiliog today slammed Conference South Newport County for a late hour decision they say will cost them £1,000 they cannot afford. County have pulled out of tomorrow night's Gwent Senior Cup semi-final at Woodland
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Samantha is queen for second time
IT'S all smiles for Samantha Rice who will be queen for a day in this year's Cwmbran Carnival. Samantha, of St Dials, will be crowned on Saturday, June 17. The 24-year-old travel agent is looking forward to her second day in the role having been the 2000
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Benefit fraud mum jailed
A MOTHER of three was jailed for four months yesterday for defrauding the Department of Work and Pensions of more than £25,000 over three years. Bakery worker Catherine Bush, 32, claimed that she was a lone parent but throughout the period the father
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Meningitis baby was left down by NHS
THE chief of an NHS Trust has apologised in writing to a Gwent family after their baby with meningitis had to wait over an hour to see an out-of-hours doctor. The apology came after an investigtion by Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust when parents Rachel and
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'City gambling on casino windfall'
CHURCH leaders are voicing fears about Newport's bid for a supercasino. We revealed yesterday that the city is bidding to house either a regional casino (the so-called supercasino), and Newport council says a successful bid could bring up to £300 million
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Mane attraction
THERE were real chariots of fire at a display of equestrian skills in Monmouthshire. Carriage drivers showed off their talents at a one-night Sports Driving Roadshow at the David Broome Event Centre in Crick on Monday. It got off to a flying start with
