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UK flight restrictions extended
RESTRICTIONS on flights in and out of the UK have been extended to 1pm on Sunday as Britain's air travel nightmare showed no signs of ending. Cardiff and Bristol airports are among those to remain closed until 1pm tomorrow. Air traffic control
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Relegated Steelmen rally
EBBW VALE bagged their first four-try bonus point of the season as they came back from a nightmare start to beat Glamorgan Wanderers this afternoon. The Steelmen, whose Premiership relegation was confirmed in midweek, crossed for five tries (they had
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County 3 Dover 0
CHAMPIONS Newport County raised the Blue Square South trophy aloft after a convincing victory over Dover Athletic took them to 100 points for the season. Kerry Morgan opened the scoring in the second minute, Chris Todd added a second on
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£8.7 million special school could come to Torfaen
By Ruth Mansfield A NEW £8.7 million special educational needs school is set to come to Torfaen if plans are given the go-ahead. Torfaen councillors are recommended to approve an application from Torfaen Educational Service to build a new 70-pupil
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Evans: We must finish off Scarlets
WAYNE Evans insists Newport Gwent Dragons want to finish the job tomorrow and make certain of qualifying for next season’s Heineken Cup by beating Edinburgh at Rodney Parade. They will have one eye on the Scarlets game against Cardiff Blues tonight,
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Valleys PC overcomes Parkinsons to stay in force
By Ben Frampton BEING a police officer was all Hywel Griffiths ever wanted to do and despite getting the devastating news 12 years ago that he had Parkinson's disease, he is still doing the job he loves. PC Griffiths, 43, from Machen, joined South
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Gwent cancer cause nears £1m target
A GWENT breast cancer charity is just £250,000 away from breaking the £1 million fundraising mark. In The Pink has raised £750,000 for breast cancer research at the Velindre Hospital, Cardiff University and Tenovus, since it was set up in 2001.
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Transporter Bridge work set for July finish
ITS towers stand 242ft tall with the ferry platform travelling 645ft between them. This formidable structure, Newport Transporter Bridge, is well on the way to being fully restored in time for its planned completion date in July. Although
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Wato - I’m on target to lift my average
ALTHOUGH there is a lot of pressure I was pleased to be in the nominated heat 15 for our match against Rye House last Sunday. Even more so to win it and beat Linus Sundstrom of the Rockets in the process. The young Swede has made a dynamic start to
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Mamhilad artist goes on show
FOR artist Jantien Powell, growing up on an isolated South Wales valleys farm led her to spending a great deal of time drawing and painting the beautiful scenery surrounding her. Now the 51-year has combined her two passions of the Welsh countryside
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UK flights ban extended to Sunday
Restrictions on flights in and out of the UK will remain in place until at least 1am on Sunday, air traffic control company Nats said. The ash cloud created by an erupting volcano in Iceland is "moving around and changing shape", Nats said
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Turner hails return of key man Bearman
HEAD coach Paul Turner has hailed the return of talismanic back row forward Joe Bearman to the Newport Gwent Dragons team for the first time this year in tomorrow’s crucial Magners League clash against Edinburgh at Rodney Parade. Bearman’s season has
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Newport's medieval ship 'probably French'
NEWPORT’S medieval ship is likely to have been built in France, new evidence suggests. The ship discovered in the mud of the bank of the River Usk in June 2002 by workers building the Riverfront Arts Centre had for years been thought to be
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Vale will go down fighting
IT PROMISES to be a strange atmosphere at Eugene Cross Park this afternoon when relegated Ebbw Vale host Glamorgan Wanderers. It could have been a tense 80 minutes with the Steelmen fighting for their Premiership lives against a hideously out of form
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Wanted man Reid happy to stay put
CRAIG Reid has expressed his delight at signing a new two-year deal with the Exiles, insisting he’s never been happier in his career than he is now. The Blue Square South’s top goalscorer will once again spearhead the Exiles’ attack against Dover Athletic
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Time to collect for County
ICELAND isn’t the only place erupting at the moment with the mother of all parties set to begin at Newport Stadium today. Because after two decades in the footballing wilderness, Newport County AFC are ready to celebrate their return to the
