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Hundreds visit Tredegar House Folk Festival
AROUND 1,000 visitors attended an annual folk festival in Newport over the weekend. The 22nd international Tredegar House Folk Festival took place over three days and drew dancers, singers and musicians from all over the world. The crowds
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Bedwellty House has re-opened...sort of
AFTER 18 months, £5.5 million and a missed deadline, Tredegar's iconic Bedwellty House was re-opened yesterday - well, sort of. With the finishing touches still being put on the Grade two-listed building, only a small section of it was opened to the
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New Ebbw Vale primary given the green light
PLANS for a multimillion pound primary school on The Works site in Ebbw Vale were approved by Blaenau Gwent council last week. The proposals form part of the borough’s radical education shake-up, which will see a new primary and and secondary school
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Saab Wales Open: Noren claims the title
ALEXANDER Noren won the Saab Wales Open by two shots at the Celtic Manor this afternoon. The Swede, who led overnight, finished on nine under par after a final round of 70, ahead of Frenchman Gregory Bourdy and Denmark's Anders Hansen on seven under.
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THORNWELL FIRE: Pupil information
Headteacher Linda Davies said Thornwell school would be closed tomorrow but would reopen its 145 junior school pupils on Tuesday following Friday's blaze. The fire destroyed the infants and nursery building during the early hours of the morning
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Houses evacuated in Cwmbran find mortar find
FIVE houses in Cwmbran, were evacuated for around an hour yesterday after a resident thought he discovered an unexploded bomb in his back garden. The worrying discovery was made as he worked in his garden in Woodland Road but, after Gwent Police's
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Fireman Sam Live, St David's Hall
Something quite magical happens when the characters of a children’s television programme come to life on a theatre stage. Not only do the children watching adopt the excitement and participation adults usually associate with rock concerts but if the subject
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The Lady Gaga Experience, St David's Hall
It says a lot about the trajectory of Lady Gaga’s career that a mere three years after first dinting the charts her tribute act can pack out St David’s Hall. Not only that but the support act for The Lady Gaga Experience is a tribute act to Pink, who
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The Manfreds, The Riverfront
There are few bands that can fill a two and a half hour playlist with performances of all their chart hits but The Manfreds can do this with ease. The seven strong band consisting of four original members of Manfred Mann: Paul Jones, Mike d’Abo
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Family's disappointment over NMC verdict
THE sons of a Pontypool pensioner who died following the actions of a Gwent nurse say they are disappointed to hear she will be able to resume work in a year’s time. Paul and Hywel Thomas lost their mother Margaret Thomas, 85, on June 2, 2007, after
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Council not investigating Pill baby horror plunge
SOCIAL services are no investigating how a baby girl fell from a window in Newport, the council confirmed. The one-year-old girl was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital suffering from serious head injuries, before being transferred to the paedatric intensive
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Rees wins European title
NEWBRIDGE'S Gavin Rees won a unanimous points decision against Ireland's Andy Murray to claim the vacant EBU European lightweight title at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena. The 31-year-old former light-welterweight world champion is on course to become a two-weight
