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Harrison's golden joy
CROSS KEYS teenager Sam Harrison won gold in his first Track Cycling World Cup in Beijing. The 18-year-old was deputising for world champion Ed Clancy in the two-day omnium competition and he made the most of his chance. Harrison’s 28-point total ensured
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Six Nations, two Dragons
DAN Lydiate and Toby Faletau have been given the call for the Six Nations but their Dragons teammates Aled Brew and Will Harries have been cut by Wales boss Warren Gatland. The inclusion of 23-year-old Lydiate in the 28-man squad comes as
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Woman was left in agony for 10 hours
A CWMBRAN woman says she was "in complete agony" after waiting 10 hours for an ambulance when an abscess following an operation to remove her appendix needed operating on. Tracey Williams, 40, of Fieldings, Fairwater, says she was left waiting until
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Dragons 16 Glasgow 23
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons suffered Heineken Cup humiliation when they crashed to defeat at home to Glasgow on Sunday, meaning they had lost all six pool games for the first time. They threw it away against the Scots after leading 16-6 with a quarter of the
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Silvio's ageing disgracefully
DOES every man past the age of 40 secretly aspire to become Silvio Berlusconi? It's a thoroughly depressing thought for we women of a certain age, who cannot fail to see the double-standard which operates in public life for those of advancing years.
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Pupils get in tune for show
PUPILS at a Newport primary school are busy practising their musical notes for their upcoming big moment on stage. The regional round of the National Festival of Music for Youth, in County Hall, Cwmbran, will be only the second time the youngsters from
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Benefit cheat must pay back £26,000
A NEWPORT man who falsely claimed more than £26,000 in incapacity benefit was ordered to pay everything back by a court. Bernard Foster, 60, of Vaughan Williams Drive, Alway, appeared in Cardiff Crown Court for a hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act
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Burglars on Facebook
A TEENAGE burglary gang used social networking site Facebook to boast about how they were breaking into homes, police revealed. On Monday, Salim Miah, 17, Joe Parry, 17, Zishan Ali, 18, and two other teenage boys, aged 17 and 15, who cannot be named
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Victim taken to hospital in fire engine
A CRITICALLY-ill Newport pensioner had to be ferried to hospital in the back of a fire engine because there were no ambulances available, housing association officials said. John Davies, 67, of Trinity Court, Potter Street, Pill, was rescued by firefighters
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Gwent teen band eye recording contract prize
A TEENAGE Gwent band is hoping to impress the judges as they battle for the ultimate prize of winning a recording contract. Rock band The Venture is an unsigned group from the Pontypool and Cwmbran area which formed in August 2009. Lead singer
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Blaenau Gwent call centre returns to council control
BLAENAU Gwent council's emergency out-of-hours service could be brought back in-house less than three years after it was outsourced to save the authority £370,000. The council's community alarm and emergency out-of-hours service - which includes
