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Enjoy Popcorn with Sarah Jayne
THE Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama will be performing a Ben Elton production at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, during May and early June. Popcorn will be directed by Martin Houghton. A Hollywood director, notorious for making violent movies
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Hain hits out at police cutback
PETER Hain is battling with Charles Clarke to prevent the Home Office cutting a section of police budgets by 75 per cent. The Welsh Secretary came out fighting in the Commons yesterday to publicly declare he was backing police chiefs who expressed concern
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The Valleys say farewell to their MP
DOZENS of people gathered in silence near the home of MP Peter Law today to pay their last respects to a man close to their hearts. As the Blaenau Gwent MP's funeral cortge passed, one elderly man removed his cap - a simple gesture to honour the 58-year-old
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Outcry as driver 'gets ban for a child's life'
PARENTS of children who survived the minibus crash which claimed the life of schoolgirl Jasmine Allen spoke of their disgust after driver Christopher Cushing escaped with a fine and a six-month ban from the roads. Mr Justice Davis fined Cushing £250 -
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Jones' superb finish
DUBLIN-bound No.8 Rhys Jones "signed off" at Rodney Parade in great style last night, scoring a superb solo try in Newport's victory over Aberavon. Jones works for the International Rugby Board (IRB) and his new base will be in Dublin so he will be looking
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Tributes to popular teacher
FAMILY and colleagues of a Gwent school teacher who died after losing a two-and-a-half-year battle against cancer paid tribute to a "genuine, clever and modest man". Charles Nodder died on April 25 from a brain tumour, aged 57. The Fairwater High teacher
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Dim all the lights for a starry, starry night
TWINKLE twinkle, little star, how I wonder... where you've gone. Residents of a quiet Gwent cul-de-sac demanded their stars back after newly switched-on street lamps dimmed their view of the night sky. People living in the five houses and three barn conversions
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Collins faces a month's lay-off
NEIL Collins, Newport Everest Group Wasps number one, could be out of action for at least a month after a fall in the the May Bank Holiday Premier Trophy defeat at Rye House on Monday. Collins is recovering from a broken collarbone and rib damage. He
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County's big boost
NEWPORT County will today announce the news that all their supporters have been waiting for, virtually the entire first team squad have already signed for next season. County boss Peter Beadle has never wavered in his belief that the current squad are
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'Getaway car' seen at house, jury told
A JURY trying an alleged gang of bank robbers heard a sports car was parked outside their supposed safe house. Four Birmingham men are accused of using a high-performance Mitsubishi Evolution to steal £75,000 from the Halifax Bank in Newport.
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Hand in your airguns, urge police
AN AMNESTY on airguns and BB guns starts next week in Gwent - and police say they are hoping it will help cut the number of firearms incidents. BB guns, used for firing pellets, and airguns can look identical to real weapons which can provoke an armed
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Sponsor a slate to help cathedral
A SPONSOR-A-SLATE scheme is to be launched to help repair the roof of Newport's cathedral. The roof of St Woolos Cathedral, Stow Hill, needs to be replaced because the current tiles are badly damaged through years of wear and tear. To help fund the work
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It's civil war
IT looks like being a fight to the finish when the clubs take on the Welsh Rugby Union at an extraordinary meeting in Cardiff a week on Sunday. Battle lines are being drawn up with increasing hostility on both sides and legal action is even possible from
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Cwmbran won't appeal
THE three points that Cwmbran Town picked up against Airbus UK in their final Welsh Premier League clash took increased importance in the light that the club had been hit with a 13-point deduction. The three-man Welsh Premier League commission who met
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'Give freedom of city to warship'
NEWPORT'S twinned warship could be awarded freedom of the city. HMS Severn, a Royal Navy warship, was linked with Newport in 2003. Newport was Britain's newest city and HMS Severn was the navy's newest ship when they became affiliated. Both sides hoped
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Dream home could be flattened
A DEVASTATED couple fear their £750,000 home will be bulldozed to make way for the new M4 relief road. Pat and Carlo Toscano live in the Old Vicarage in Magor, an 1861 Grade II listed building. But having spent £335,000 on buying the run-down property
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Don't blame me for girl's death, says driver
A MINIBUS driver took the witness stand yesterday to deny causing the death of a 12-year-old Gwent schoolgirl by dangerous driving. Christopher Cushing, 38, who denies one count of causing death by dangerous driving, is alleged to have been "messing
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Worn down by hate campaign
A NEWPORT couple say they are living in fear of a gang of yobs who are targeting them because of the way they dress. Alan Wreford, 30, and Julie Prothero, 20, say a gang of youths are regularly attacking their home on the Old Barn estate, St Julians
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Valleys mayor may quit Labour party
THE mayor of Blaenau Gwent says he is considering leaving the Labour party because of its actions following the death of MP Peter Law. Ebbw Vale North councillor Don Wilcox says he is "completely disgusted" by the speed with which the party has set
