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Torfaen chef raises cash with tea and cake
A TORFAEN chef has raised over £1,000 for charity by holding a pop-up tearoom in her village hall. Julie Nelson, of Rasberry Catering, raised the cash for St Anne’s Hospice by serving afternoon tea to more than 230 people at Henllys Village
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Walking enthusiasts prepare for festival
HUNDREDS of walking enthusiasts are preparing for this year’s Monmouthshire Walking Weekend. The two-day event starts on Friday and sees walkers choose from 20 walks of different levels from Nordic Walking taster sessions to more experienced
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Argoed woman promotes book of shaggy dog stories
THEY say a dog is man’s best friend but for one Valleys woman her pooch is the inspiration for a new series of children’s books. Sylvian Day, 58, of Argoed, has just had her first book published in the series named ‘Frank and friends’ based
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Cwmbran airman's role in Libya mission
A CWMBRAN man is helping to ensure the United Nations operations over Libya go without a hitch. Flight Lieutenant Iestyn Morgan, 29, is an operations officer with 11 Squadron usually based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, but at the moment he is
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Ball marks opening of Sparkle Centre
YEARS of hard work and fundraising turned to celebration, as well-wishers came together to mark the opening of the Serennu Children’s Centre. The Sparkle Appeal Black Tie Celebration Ball took place at the Newport Hilton Hotel on Friday night
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Newport pensioner stunned at support for bank protest
“FLABBERGASTED” is how a Newport pensioner described the public response to his petition aimed at saving a city bank branch from closure. In just two-and-a-half weeks, Eric Channing, 71, collected 3,212 signatures calling on HSBC to reverse
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Ebbw Vale’s Festival Park gets adventure playground
EBBW Vale’s Festival Park will get a newadventure playground, including a zip wire and swing, after plans were approved by Blaenau Gwent council. The committee granted permission to Cirencester firm Vertigo Pursuits Ltd to build the adventure
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Tovey makes World Cup training squad
JASON Tovey has made the Wales training squad for the World Cup – and coach Warren Gatland admits he is expecting something different from the Newport Gwent Dragons outside-half. Tovey has leapt over Dan Biggar into the 45-strong squad announced by Gatland
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Caerphilly pubs slip up on booze age test
NEARLY a quarter of Caerphilly county pubs and clubs visited by underage test purchasers sold them alcohol, new figures reveal. Youngsters from the local authority's youth forum teamed up with trading standards to try and stamp out the sale of alcohol
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Wales 28 Barbarians 31
IT’S looking bleak for Wales after the third stage of their build-up to the World Cup began in exactly the same way as the first two – with a defeat. In the autumn series last November Wales began with a setback against Australia, in the Six Nations
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Bedwellty House open for visitors again... sort of!
AFTER 18 months, £5.5 million and a missed deadline, Tredegar’s iconic Bedwellty House was re-opened at the weekend. Well, sort of. With the finishing touches still being put on the Grade Two listed building, only a small section of it was
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Newport boy's fingers nearly severed by metal
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy from Newport could lose the use of his fingers after they were almost severed after picking up a dumped coil of metal. Connor Baker from Duffryn, had to be operated on in Morriston Hospital in Swansea by a specialist surgeon
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Price is right back on top
NEWPORT’S Phillip Price will head to Sunningdale today for The Open Championship qualifying event full of confidence after a fine finish at the Saab Wales Open. The 44-year-old Ryder Cup veteran was in great form at the Celtic Manor as he finished in
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Usk solar farm will power 1100 homes
A £10 MILLION solar farm, believed to be one of the first of its kind in Wales, will soon be up and running in Monmouthshire. The solar farm will be built at Llancayo, near Usk, and is expected to start generating electricity from July. The
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Good neighbours lunch in Abergavenny
AROUND 25 neighbours in Abergavenny hosted a street party to celebrate this year’s Big Lunch. Gillian Bilsborough, of Mount Street, organised the event, now in its second year. Backed by the Eden Project, a Cornwall-based charity, the event
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Wales have to buck up – Lydiate
A DEVASTATED Dan Lydiate admitted Wales’ disappointing defeat just wasn’t good enough as they slumped to their tenth loss in their last 15 games. Head coach Warren Gatland’s record now shows just 17 wins in 38 games after starting with five straight
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Chepstow-based soldier killed in Afghanistan blast
Another British soldier has died in Afghanistan.The Ministry of Defence said the soldier, from the Chepstow-based 1st Battalion The Rifles, was killed by an improvised explosive device on Sunday while on patrol in the Haji Kareen area of the Nahr-e
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THORNWELL FIRE: Probe handed to police
FIRE officers investigating a blaze at a Chepstow primary school have passed the matter to the police. The infants building of Thornwell Primary School was destroyed by a fire which broke out in the early hours of Friday morning. Fire
