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Kingsley backed
Club owner Brian Kennedy has given Sale Sharks rugby director Kingsley Jones a ringing endorsement - despite just two victories this season. Sale host fellow Guinness Premiership strugglers Gloucester on Friday night, having gone almost two months
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Grand effort from star trekkers
TWO CWMBRAN fitness instructors have raised more than £6000 for St Anne's Hospice by trekking through the Grand Canyon. Liz Filer and Rowena Kitson, both 27, work at the Esporta fitness club in Cwmbran and decided to take on the challenge as an alternative
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Valley store's super start
A NEW supermarket opened in Pontllanfraith yesterday, creating 123 new jobs. Employee Tony Owen, 62, was given the job of cutting the ribbon, recognising his 47 years working for the Co-op, who previously owned the store in Newbridge Trading Estate
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Campaigners give up battle for school
THE CAMPAIGN to save a Monmouth school is over, according to a parent and governor of the school. Julian Baldock was among those fighting to save Llanover Primary School, one of two schools in the area threatened with closure. But now, as a report
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Faded clue to past
A 65-year-old story of a flight from war torn London to the relative peace and safety of Gwent is being pieced together by an Australian family. In 1944 the Polin family, then living in London, were evacuated to Risca and taken in by Bethany Mission
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Monmouthshire Building Society Newport and District League
Premier X table-toppers St Julians AFC maintained a two point lead over Marshfield after giving Graig-Y-Rhacca a 7-0 hammering. The Saints were 2-0 up at half time then the speed of their front men found little defence from Graig. Nathan Lewis (3)
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BREAKING NEWS...Risca taxi killer's appeal dismissed
A FORMER taxi firm boss, who murdered his business partner and a female driver because he was jealous they were having an affair, has failed to convince the country's top judge that his minimum 25-year jail term violates his human rights. Michael Attwooll
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Just how easy is it to recycle?
BLAENAU Gwent Council is staring down the barrel of more than £3 million in fines in the next five years unless they can bring their recycling figures up to scratch. With new targets from the Assembly coming for 2009/10, the council is way off the
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Welsh Autoparts Gwent County League
First Division Leaders Treowen Stars certainly hit the goal trail when Cwmffrwdoer Sports were the visitors to Bush Park. They found the net no fewer that eight times through Lewis Coote (3), Luke Evans (2), Carl Thorne, Grant Jones, and Gary Evans,
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It's Goode to support Chuck
A BAND from Newport together just three months has been chosen to support rock legend Chuck Berry when he plays in the city later this year. Three-piece rockabilly band Livestock Davies and the Lowdown Snakes will warm up for Mr Berry when he performs
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Brynmawr man in court on firearm charge
A 20-YEAR-OLD Valleys man has apeared in court for possession of an imitation firearm in a public place. Jamie Thomas, of Garnlydan, Ebbw Vale appeared at Newport Crown court yesterday after admitting possession of an air rifle. He was orginally
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Knauf Insulation Gwent Central League
THE wet weather is starting to affect the local league pitches and the P&P Pest Control Open Cup Round One match was one hit. Panteg B from Division Two were due to play at home to Division One leaders, Clydach Wasps. The pitch at Greenhill Road was
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BREAKING NEWS...Fire in Newport
Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a pub in Newport. The Corporation Hotel on Corporation Road, also known as the Corpa is on fire. Emergency services were called to the scene at 2.15pm.
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Dragons ‘tough nut to crack’ says Gunners coach
EDINBURGH head coach Rob Moffat wants his players to match the performances produced against Ulster and Munster in the final match before the Magners League’s Autumn break. Following defeats at the Ospreys and Stade Francais, Edinburgh bounced back to
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You could be a lottery winner
A GWENT resident could be nearly £200,000 richer than they think after a winning lottery ticket was bought in Torfaen. But the winning ticket - bought on June 3 - remains unclaimed and now the National Lottery is urging players in Torfaen and surrounding
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Justice all round
IT is ironic that money from ill-gotten gains is now being used to help community projects. Criminals have been forced to hand back more than £97,000 which will now be used in three community projects in Gwent. The money comes from crimes including
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Crime proceeds put to good use
COMMUNITY projects in Gwent are set to benefit from more than £97,000 from a new cashback scheme, which claims back assets from criminals. Three projects, chosen by public vote, will receive a total of £97,749 from the community cashback scheme, which
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Terror charge man in court
A BLACKWOOD terror suspect was remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of possessing explosive materials, an improvised gun and a terrorist document. Darren Tinklin, 24, of Waun Llwyn Crescent, was arrested during a raid on his home on
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Give us Lydiate, pleads Turner
PAUL Turner last night pleaded with Wales boss Warren Gatland to release flanker Dan Lydiate to boost his depleted Newport Gwent Dragons squad for their trip to Edinburgh. The back row forward and lock Luke Charteris have been with the national squad
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Brynmawr reflects on new garden
A NEW reflective garden in Brynmawr is being hailed a success after attracting more than 800 visitors since its opening three months ago. The Brynmawr Reflective Garden, based at Welfare Park, boasts £80,000 worth of attractions including a wishing
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MICHAEL PEARLMAN SAYS: Why would anyone bother with rugby?
IT’S that time of the year again when I must ask our readers to help me understand some egg related issues. Because I couldn’t be more lost when it comes to rugby as we head into the autumn internationals. As mentioned before in these pages, the peanut
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LPG leak at Rogerstone Morrisons
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a Newport supermarket today to deal with a leak of liquid petroleum gas from a 4x4 vehicle. The alarm was raised at Morrison's in Rogerstone at 9am. A spokeswoman for South Wales Fire and Rescue said the petrol station
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Thieves stole TV as pensioner slept
THE family of an Undy pensioner have warned others to keep their doors locked after thieves stole his television while he slept. Donald Peter Gay, 83, was asleep when thieves stole his widescreen plasma television from his lounge sometime between Monday
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: End of the line for gravy train
THE cuts in MPs allowances and expenses leaked from Sir Christopher Kelly¹s report are wide-ranging and in many cases, sensible. Some are key. The proposal to scrap the second home allowance and allow MPs to claim rent rather than mortgage interest
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Huge boost as new centre is opened
A NEW £4m Welsh Rugby Union national centre of excellence which will provide facilities unrivalled in the rugby world has been opened at the Vale of Glamorgan. The Sports Council for Wales has invested £1.5m of national lottery funding and the WRU provided
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Equality is the footie goal
A GROUP of Newport youngsters took to the football pitch on Monday for a kick out racism fun day. Around 60 Pill youngsters, aged between 11 and 16, took to Pill playing fields for the fun day, which included playing matches and trying out different
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Price hike for Wales rugby fans
WELSH rugby fans are in for a nasty shock in the run-up to Christmas - ticket prices to watch the national team are going up, starting with the Six Nations in the new year. The Welsh Rugby Union would neither confirm nor deny the price hike, but the
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The BFG, New Theatre
Children and adults often marvel at the wonderful books written by the late great Roald Dahl and it is always quite an occasion when one of his books is translated into another medium be it for film, television or stage play. The story of the BFG (Big
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Max Boyce, Beaufort Theatre
DONNED in a Welsh dragon waistcoat and waving a flag, Max Boyce bounded onto the stage at the Beaufort Theatre, Ebbw Vale, on Tuesday night. As synonymous with Wales as rugby, the Glynneath comedian wasted no time in stirring up the audience with
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Dorian Gray, Wales Millennium Centre
On a starkly urban yet oddly opulent monochrome set and with costumes bang on trend, Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray is an astonishing and dynamic piece of dance theatre based on the 19th-century gothic tale. In 21st-century London Dorian Gray is
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Reliving memory of the captive years
A NEWPORT veteran taken prisoner in Taiwan during the World War II will return to the country for a final visit after years building ties with the island that held him captive. George Reynolds, 91, was 18 when he joined the Royal Artillery regiment
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Stroke patients receiving better care in Gwent
STROKE patients are receiving better and more efficient care from hospitals in Gwent through a number of new ways of working. Over the last 12 months, local healthcare teams have worked with the All Wales Stroke Services Improvement Collaborative to
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Holdsworth: We could have beeen invincible
NEWPORT County manager Dean Holdsworth admits he had started to believe his side could remain unbeaten for the whole league campaign before Tuesday night’s 1-0 loss at Staines. The Exiles boss had seen his players notch up 20 games without defeat and
