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Supper date for Chepstow cancer support group
FUNDRAISERS in Chepstow have joined forces for the fifth year in a row to organise a charity midsummer supper and barbeque to help raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. This year’s event is an informal barbecue with live music and open bar
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Tredegar line-up for Armed Forces Day
THE line-up of attractions has been confirmed for Saturday’s Armed Forces Day celebrations at Tredegar’s Brynbach Park. The highlights include a dog show by the Tredegar and Monmouthshire District Canine Society, a funfair, live broadcast by
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Valleys volunteer retires after 27 years
A YOUTH worker who volunteered for almost three decades at a Valleys youth club is retiring after 27 years of service. Colin Prosser, 65, has worked with generations of children since he started volunteering at Ynysddu Youth Centre in 1984. Mr
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Gipsy site pleas are turned down
PLANS for a permanent gipsy site to be built near Usk were refused yesterday by councillors at a Monmouthshire council planning meeting. The application was for a permanent base for the extended Romany gipsy family of Mrs Star Lea, who argued
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Blaenavon rugby stars push for Ken Jones statue
FORMER Welsh international rugby players met to help keep the ball rolling to create a statue in memory of Ken Jones. Former Welsh rugby players Fenton Coles, John Perkins, Terry Cobner and Chris Huish met former Newport coach Roger Powell and
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Call to re-open Magor railway station
A GWENT man is launching a campaign to get a new railway station opened in his town. Luke Dearden, 21, ofMagor, says the area is booming and better transport links are needed to both encourage people to visit the area and make it easier for
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Newport pensioner's bank protest in vain
A NEWPORT pensioner who collected more than 3,000 signatures in a bid to save a city bank branch was told yesterday his efforts were in vain as the closure will go ahead. Eric Channing, 71, met HSBC bosses following his two-and-a-half week stint
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£21m of homes to be built in Gwent
A HOUSING landlord is building 247 new homes in Gwent worth nearly £21 million. Melin Homes, a not-for-profit housing landlord, is building 112 new homes in Torfaen, 94 in Blaenau Gwent and 41 in Monmouthshire. It already owns and manages
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Newport pupils' school walk record bid
NEWPORT schoolchildren took part in a world record attempt to create the largest ‘walking bus’. More than 260 children from St Andrew’s Infants School gathered together to walk 500m as part of the record attempt being run by Brake, the road
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Octopus bridge, Newport - When was it built?
DOES anyone know when the Octopus Bridge in Newport was built? Thank you. John Gale, Crindau Road, Newport Either E-mail or leave a comment below.
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Abergavenny hats go on show at Ascot
ABERGAVENNY milliner Alison Tod, pictured right, will today unveil her latest collection of hats at Royal Ascot. The designer, whose hats were worn by guests at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will debut her collection, inspired
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Cwmbran cadet’s royal flypast honour
THIS 17-year-old from Cwmbran got the chance to take part in a dramatic flypast over Buckingham Palace during the Queen’s birthday celebrations. Air cadet Ellie Silcox, of Pontnewydd, Cwmbran, was picked out to fly in an RAF Hercules transport
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Lanzarote surprises in the nicest possible way
AS I donned my towelling robe and slippers and shuffled towards the spa relaxation room the therapist said she’d prepared something for me. Expecting nothing more than a bland cup of herbal tea she must have seen my eyes light up at the sight
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Pontypool boy in Downing Street for muscle disease plea
A SIX-year-old Pontypool boy presented a petition to Downing Street yesterday to fight for better standards of care for Duchenne patients. Ethan Kinge, of Griffthstown, was diagnosed with the muscular wasting disease when he was two-and-a-half
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Newport users sing praises of new day centre
ALMOST all the people who were transferred to a new facility following the closure of Newport’s Ladyhill Day Centre are happy with the new services, a report shows. An annual report by Newport council’s director of social services, Stewart
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Somerton couple ready to show off Pygmy goats
LITTLE Sugar and Spice are hoping to prove they are made of all things nice at next month’s Machen Pygmy Goat Show. Husband and wife June and Alan Camfield, who have been breeding the animals for 13 years, are busy getting them preened and
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Designer Wayne Hemmingway offers to help with Newport riverfront
DESIGN guru Wayne Hemmingway has warned Newport has got only one chance to get its regeneration right. The founder of fashion label Red or Dead, who now works in urban design among other projects, told an audience of South Wales businessmen
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PEARLMAN SAYS: Henson is Gavin a laugh
WHEN I was young my father said, “son I have something to say,” what he told me I’ll never forget until my dying day. He said “son, you are a bachelor boy and that’s the way to stay. You’ll be a bachelor boy until your dying day.” Perhaps I’m alone in
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Men finding jobs ahead of women in Gwent
THE total number of people claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance (JSA) in Gwent fell last month compared to the year before, new statistics show. Figures from the Office of National Statistics show there were 16,606 claimants of JSA in Gwent on
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Blackwood trampoline girl raises cash for cancer cause
SHANNON White turned her favourite hobby into money for a worthy cause – raising £720 for Velindre Hospital through a sponsored bounce on her trampoline. The 11-year-old Blackwood Primary School pupil will hand over a cheque to the cancer
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Duffryn PTA is best in Wales
THIS band of parents and school staff members has been named the best new parent and teacher group in Wales. The Duffryn Infant School PTA has worked tirelessly to raise cash and help the school since it started in October 2009, raising £2,000
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Labour slams Gwent incinerator plan
NEWPORT’S Labour leader yesterday hit out at plans to build an incinerator in the city, accusing the Tory and Lib Dem-led council of allowing it to become the only option for alternative waste disposal. Opposition leader Cllr Bob Bright
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Amlin Challenge Cup – away victory crucial, says Dragons coach
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons must beat formidable French team Perpignan or emerging Exeter away if they are to make real progress in the Amlin Challenge Cup next season. Unlike the last time they were in the competition, only the group winners go through to
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Woman cut from M4 car in Newport
A CASUALTY had to be cut from her vehicle following a crash on the M4 in Newport yesterday evening. There were tailbacks following the incident at around 5.30pm between junction 25, the Caerleon Road slip road, and junction 24 at the Coldra
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Firecrews tackle Chepstow Road blaze
FIREFIGHTERS are tackling a blaze on Chepstow Road this morning. The road through central Newport is closed both ways as the emergency services attend the scene. The closed-off area is between Wharf Road and B4237 Somerton Road.
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£3.5m library for Abergavenny in town centre plan
A NEW £3.5 million library will be built in Abergavenny as part of the re-development of the Cattle Market. The newlibrary will replace the one in Baker Street and be built on land retained by the council, while the rest of the site will be
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Brave Newport toddler moves closer to beating cancer
A BRAVE Newport toddler battling a rare form of cancer is a step closer to beating the disease after doctors gave him the all-clear from secondary tumours. 22-month-old Alfie Cueto-Davies, of the Gaer, is set to undergo further chemotherapy
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Wales U20 mauling – lack of attitude to blame, says Edwards
EMBARRASSING – that is how former coach Darren Edwards described the 92-0 humiliation of Wales Under 20s by New Zealand in Italy this week. It was the biggest defeat suffered by an Welsh team against anyone, anywhere and Edwards is still reeling from
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Legend dishes out warning as Wales U20 team is humiliated
RUGBY legend Graham Price is urging the game’s powerbrokers to rethink the way the sport is being run in Wales to prevent the national team plunging into the international wilderness. His stark warning comes in the wake of the Wales Under-20s side’s
