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£8m lotto mum's gift to school
LOTTO millionaire Jenny Southall is showing her commitment to her community - by giving her son's school £30,000. The Newport woman who scooped more than £8 million in April 2007 gave Hartridge High School a £30,000 cheque - and they have used part
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Assembly gives council funding boost
THE Assembly has promised to increase funds for schools and local authority services in Blaenau Gwent. During initial talks in November, Blaenau Gwent council was set to get a rise of just 1.8 percent (below the rate of inflation) in funding for schools
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Cross Keys 0 Pontypridd 13
CROSS Keys slipped to defeat against Pontypridd and could have few complaints about the result. Ponty dominated the game from the off and got their reward with eight points from the boot of former Dragon Gareth McCarthy and a try from centre Adam Thomas
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Dragons beaten
Newport Gwent Dragons 0 Perpignan 25 INJURY hit Newport Gwent Dragons fell to their fifth defeat in six Heineken Cup group games when they were well beaten by Perpignan at Rodney Parade. The Dragons trailed 10-0 at the interval, then produced their
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Wyeside apartment plan unveiled
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to convert a 1950s building in Chepstow into a riverside apartment complex have been unveiled. Local businessman Peter Mills wants to create 18 flats and car parking alongside the River Wye by converting the existing Furniture
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Ex-landlady cleared of eight charges
A FORMER Gwent pub landlady was cleared of eight charges of theft, forgery and obtaining monetary transfer by deception. Heather Davies, 44, of Highfield Road, Pontllanfraith, a former licensee of The Porters public house in Blackwood, was found not
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Thieves strip lead from roofs
LEAD thieves targeting a Valleys town have left a bill of tens of thousands of pounds in stolen metal and damaged property. Ebbw Vale police say lead thieves have struck more than 30 times in the area since November, including around 20 private homes
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Blaze hero saved family
A HEROIC neighbour broke a rib and one of his fingers to save three children and their mother from a burning block of flats in Newport. Richard Ruck ,39, a security guard, who used to serve in the Welsh Guards, lives on Commercial Road, opposite Mariner's
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Keys looking up as they prepare for Ponty
CROSS Keys aim for a league double over Pontypridd this afternoon that could potentially take them from sixth place to third in the Premiership table, writes Chris Kirwan. Keys have been in terrific form of late and head into today's clash at Pandy Park
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Dragons choir aims for chart stardom
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons Choir are dreaming of chart success after releasing their first ever single. The 80-strong choir, formed just 18 months ago, are releasing their own version of classic Welsh hymn Cwm Rhondda in time for next month's Six Nations
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County and Ebbw Vale off, Keys on
NEWPORT County's Conference South clash with Havant and Waterlooville and Ebbw Vale's Premiership encounter with Aberavon have fallen victim to the awful weather. But Cross Keys officials say their game with Pontypridd at Pandy Park is going ahead as
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Charity shouts of cash boost from the rafters
A FUN event made a quite a splash for hospice charity St David's Foundation. Chief executive Emma Saysell received £11,000 from the Rotary Club of Monmouth as a result of their 43rd annual raft race last September. A total of 65 teams were sponsored
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Gale lifts Hawks
HAVANT and Waterlooville boss Shaun Gale insists his side will be focused on today's clash at Spytty Park despite their dream FA Cup clash away at Liverpool next Saturday, writes Mark Pickering. The Hampsire side have no time to savour their mid-week
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Young up for Havant challenge
NEWPORT County assistant boss Scott Young believes opponents Havant and Waterlooville might suffer a bit of a hangover today following their FA Cup exploits, and he should know, writes Michael Pearlman. Just seven days after his late winner dumped Leeds
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Dancers with Cando attitude
EXPERIENCE CandoCo, a leading contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers, at Newport's The Riverfront in new works by top-choreographers Rafael Bonachela and Arthur Pita. Inspired by country and death songs, Pita tells a macabre
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Youngsters party like it's 1945
PUPILS at an Abergavenny school celebrated the end of their World War Two project on Thursday with a 1940s style street party. Dressed as evacuees, housewives and land army officers, the year five and six youngsters at Ysgol Gymraeg y Fenni listened
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Monty: Gatland must be backed
PERCY Montgomery believes Wales will make rapid strides under Warren Gatland, who he expects to bring his Wasps experience to bear on the team, writes Robin Davey. Monty also expressed his shock that the Springboks, who went on to win the World Cup last
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World Cup icon back in Gwent
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons can really start to go places with a redeveloped ground and new training facilities says former favourite Percy Montgomery, back at Rodney Parade for the first time since leaving nearly three years ago. Monty returns as a member
