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Join St Annes's Midnight Walk
GWENT hospice St Anne's launched their annual Midnight Walk on Friday in Newport City Centre. Staff and volunteers from the hospice encouraged women to sign up for the Midnight Walk which takes place on June 24. The walk costs £15 to register and
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County rivals heading for Old Trafford
CRAWLEY Town manager Steve Evans is dreaming of a miracle after his non-league team were given a trip to Old Trafford in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Today's draw at Wembley paired Premier League leaders Manchester United with Newport County's Blue
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Overall city crime is down, councillors told
OVERALL crime in Newport is down ten percent on the same period last year, city councillors were told. This equates to 1,343 less incidents compared with January last year Newport Superintendent Dave Johnson told a full council meeting last week.
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Caerleon shoe designer up for national award
A CAERLEON wedding shoe designer is a finalist in the Bridal Buyer Awards 2011. Yona Armstrong, 34, set up online company Crystal Couture just over 12 months ago. But her luxury wedding shoes and accessories, decorated with Swarovski crystals,
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Boost for Abergavenny Festival of Cycling
TWO of Wales’ most prestigious cycling events have joined forces to make the 2011 Abergavenny Festival of Cycling the biggest event in the county. Organisers, Bill Owen, founder of the Iron Mountain Sportif, and Nick Bourne, organiser of the Tour
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New information centre planned for Newport
NEWPORT’S former railway station building will be converted into a council information centre after planners gave proposals the green light. Network Rail, which owns the building, won permission to change the 1920s ground floor booking hall into a
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Day of action against tax avoiders
ANTI-CUTS activists are to stage a day of action against leading stores, including Top Shop, Vodafone and Boots, as part of a campaign to highlight "tax avoiders". Members of the UK Uncut group will hold protests in more than 30 towns and cities
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Disruption on Cardiff - Ebbw Vale line
A REPLACEMENT bus service is running between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway due to engineering works today. Trains will not run until 6pm tonight.
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Egypt flights disrupted amid unrest
DISRUPTION to flight schedules between Britain and Cairo has worsened as violence continued in the Egyptian capital. A British Midland International flight which aimed to beat the curfew in the city had to return to Heathrow because the Egyptian
