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Newport Hornets 57 Team Viking 37 – Hornets off to flying start
THE new-look Wessex Bus Hornets completed a quick-fire Easter Bank Holiday double for Newport Speedway following on from the Wasps’ home victory on Sunday. And just like their senior counterparts had shown 24 hours previously, the Hornets appear to posses
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Bikers' Easter treat for children
MEMBERS of Motorcycle Club took on the role of Easter bunnies yesterday by delivering chocolate eggs to children spending the spring holiday in the Royal Gwent children’s wards. Up to 20 bikers rode the 14 mile route from the Tippling Philosopher pub
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Quad lambs herald spring
THESE lamb quadruplets were born in Usk last week, proving that spring is well on its way. The four lambs were born at Glen Court Farm near Llanllowell on March 19, and not only did all four survive but they are being looked after by their mum rather
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Widow's tribute to 'wonderful' former publican
THE widow of a popular former landlord from Newport who died after a battle with cancer yesterday paid tribute to a “wonderful human being”. Roger Boswell, who managed two lively Gwent pubs, died aged 66 last Friday in his wife Diane’s arms. The couple
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My beasts are real beauties!
FOR CWMBRAN woman Tracey Morris, running a farm is not just about breeding animals - it’s about producing beauty products too. Mrs Morris, 45, of Springvale, decided to take on the challenge of running her own farm full-time after being made redundant
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EDITORIAL COMMENT...Gwent people are so giving
THE generosity of our readers never fails to amaze us. In the last year the public in Gwent has raised nearly £5million for charity. In events from abseiling to head-shaving, you have all excelled in order to do your bit for charity.
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Five million reasons to smile
GENEROUS people in Gwent helped raise almost £5 million for charity over the last 12 months. JESSICA BEST reports. DESPITE many people still struggling in the face of economic recession, Gwent fundraising efforts between April 2009 and April
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Woke up this morning with the Bank Holiday blues
YOU may be familiar with the summer silly-season, when there is so little news that newspapers suddenly develop an interest in alien 'encounters', large cat sightings and images of various religious leaders in pieces of toast. But most of
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Wardens get powers to tackle environmental crime
LITTERING, dog fouling and graffiti often top the lists of residents’ concerns but culprits could now find themselves paying the price for their behaviour. Newport City Council’s community safety wardens have new powers to tackle this type of “enviro-crime
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The battle goes on for Ebbw
EBBW Vale coach Matthew McCarthy says the battle to avoid relegation carries on regardless despite Pontypool opening up a seven-point gap on the bottom club. And that battle starts with a crunch match against Pooler on Saturday. “Pontypool are obviously
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Play-off hopes fading for Keys
This was a game that Cross Keys could easily have won in very trying conditions at Carmarthen Park. As it was, they had to settle for a losing bonus point and are still in with an outside chance of getting a play-off place. Conditions were far from
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Despair for Newport
Newport enter tomorrow’s home match against Glamorgan Wanderers in determined mood to rub out memories of another defeat. After being pipped 19-l7 at Cardiff midweek, they looked in with a good chance of victory at Parc Y Scarlets before Llanelli
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Wind farm campaigners raise £4,000
CAMPAIGNERS opposing the building of a mountainside wind farm in Blaenau Gwent have raised more than £4,000 towards funding an environmental expert to fight their case at a public inquiry. Campaign group Save Coity and Mynydd James (SCAM) are halfway
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Pitch-perfect Pooler inch clear
PONTYPOOL have now worked themselves into a position where Premiership safety could be just five days away. Saturday's clinical, four-try win over Glamorgan Wanderers means Pooler have a seven-point advantage over relegation rivals Ebbw Vale
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Turner: Simply not good enough
THAT wasn’t good enough, complained Newport Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner after his side failed to follow up their epic victory over the Ospreys. Glasgow put a big dent in the their Magners League play-off hopes at Firhill yesterday, though the Dragons
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Four-star County avoid muddy hell
NEWPORT County’s bid to be Conference South record breakers remains on track after they obliterated Maidenhead United on a pitch that simply had to be seen to be believed. The Exiles showed every ounce of quality that has taken them to the Blue Square
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Housing association scraps wardens
WARDENS at a housing association’s sheltered housing schemes are to be scrapped later in the year. Monmouthshire Housing Association is to replace its wardens with a new model of support which it says will better suit its 420 sheltered housing tenants
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No smiles for Dragons in Glasgow
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons’ Magners League play-off hopes suffered a big blow when they were beaten by Glasgow at Firhill yesterday, the Scottish team moving back above the Ospreys into fourth place in the table. But the Dragons are virtually guaranteed a
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Wasps 51 King’s Lynn 41
IT SIMPLY doesn’t come any better than this – a well-deserved home victory over the dominant side of 2009. The Wasps were in irresistible mood as every man played his part in downing the colours of a visiting side that landed no less than three pieces
