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'Don't suffer in silence with incontinence' - patient group
A GWENT patients’ group wants to raise awareness of a ‘hidden’ problem believed to affect up to 20 million people in the UK. Many people who live with continence problems suffer in silence because of embarrassment or a perceived lack of understanding
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Newport music centre’s SOS for helpers
A NEWPORT woman fears a centre opened to showcase her late husband’s collection of military band memorabilia may close unless more volunteers come forward. Ann Gatehouse opened the Gatehouse Heritage Centre in Newport Market in May last year
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Funds boost for Gwent film trust
GWENT Independent Film Trust is set to get a funding boost from Gwent Police and the University of Wales, Newport. The trust was established following the successful road safety film, Cow, a collaboration between the police and the university
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Strictly dancing for Simone and Flavia
VINCENT Simone and Flavia Cacace have mesmerised television audiences for six series of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing with their tango routines and ability to transfer their passion for dancing to their celebrity partners. After the success
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Mother’s mission after daughter’s death from DVT
THE mother of a young Newport woman who died from deep vein thrombosis 11 years ago gave advice to a new generation of airline passengers this week. Ruth Christoffersen, of Underwood, spoke to Year 10 pupils at Newport High School on Wednesday
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Bombay nights
BOMBAY Bicycle Club head out on their biggest UK headline tour to date this autumn off the back of releasing their third album, Different Kind of Fix on August 29. The alternative rock band from North London are at Cardiff University Great Hall
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Straits not so dire
FOLLOWING a debut show at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Alan Clark, Phil Palmer and Chris White from Dire Straits are coming to Cardiff this autumn. Known as The Straits, they will be heading out on an 11-date UK tour this October due to the substantial
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Come clean on city’s tax jobs - AM's call
SOUTH Wales East AM Jocelyn Davies is seeking assurances over the future of Newport’s tax office, after a leaked government document suggested site closures. Mrs Davies is calling on Work and Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith to “come clean
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US military base in Castleton - looking for my father
I AM looking for information regarding U.S. military that had been in Castleton area in WW2. I am a warbabe born in Cardiff in February 1946. My brother remembers mother worked as a telephone operator at an U.S. base in Castleton. I
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Newport foster mum is Wales' Learner of the Year
A FOSTER mother from Newport who learned sign language after she began caring for a deaf child was named Welsh Learner of the Year. Lesley Bellew, 40, who started learning sign language at the beginning of the year when she took on the four-year-old
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Festival favourite Frank has city date
HAVING just performed a rapturous headline show at the Download Festival, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls will embark on a huge UK tour that includes a Gwent date. They will be appearing at the Newport Centre on Wednesday, November 23. The
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Four decades of cooking - Peter Hulsmann, The Inn at Penallt
Meet the chef... Peter Hulsmann, The Inn at Penallt HOW long have you been a chef and where did you train? Well over 40 years! I initially trained in Aachen (Germany) before moving to London. Since coming to Wales I've worked as head chef
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Perfect setting and food - The Hollybush, Draethen
THE Hollybush advertises itself as a picturesque country pub and it certainly is, through the leafy lanes from Lower Machen, over the bridge, into Draethen and there it is. Surrounded by lovely trees and shrubs and with the sound of the babbling
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Sarah Millican back on the road
AFTER selling out all 120 dates on her debut tour, Sarah Millican is back on the road with a new show called Thoroughly Modern Millican. The popular South Shields comedienne will be at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre this autumn. Millican will
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Newport’s Skindred are toast of live circuit
NEWPORT’S top ragga-metal band Skindred, well-known for their live performances, have scooped an award with Kerrang! The respected weekly rock publication gave them a special ‘Devotion Award’ for doing things in their own inimitable way. This follows
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Ponthir youngsters walk the plank for charity
YOUNGSTERS and staff at a Gwent nursery donned pirate costumes to complete a ‘Big Toddle’ in aid of charity. Around 80 children and 20 staff from Seren Fach nursery, Ponthir, took part in the one-mile event around a local cricket pavilion to
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More trains to call at Pontypool
TORFAEN commuters to Cardiff can now benefit from more train services. Arriva Trains Wales now offers a half-hourly service from Pontypool-New Inn station to the capital during the morning peak time as opposed to the two hour service that operated
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Mixed news in the bid to cut strokes
WAITING times are improving for an operation that plays a vital role in reducing the risk of stroke. But just a quarter of patients in south east Wales who required a procedure called a carotid endarterectomy had their surgery within the recommended
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Councils face £3m bill to pull out of waste plan
COUNCILS taking part in Prosiect Gwyrdd – a scheme involving five South Wales local authorities looking at options for dealing with non-recyclable waste – could face costs of up to £3 million if they withdraw. But that penalty, said a project
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Gwent Neighbourhood Watch goes online
NEIGHBOURHOOD Watch is going online for a new service aimed at encouraging people to set up or join schemes in their community. As part of Neighbourhood Watch week, Gwent Police has been running events across the area promoting the Online
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Trinant pupils save cash with own credit union
YOUNGSTERS at Trinant Primary have already started planning for their first car and house after launching their own credit union. It was only set up eight weeks ago, but already 58 of the school’s 150 pupils have set up accounts, saving £675
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Torfaen allotment holders to show produce at Royal Welsh
A GROUP which runs allotments across Torfaen is heading to Builth Wells for the Royal Welsh Show for the first time this year. South Torfaen and Cwmbran Allotment Association is to put on a show garden in conjunction with the National Society
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Gloucestershire catch Herring
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club have won the battle to sign 16-year-old prodigy Cameron Herring after Glamorgan offered the wicketkeeper-batsman a last-minute deal. The Tredegar-born prospect is having a trial spell with Gloucester having caught
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: The complex war on drugs
YET again the UK comes near the top of a league table for all the wrong reasons. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime the number of drug-related deaths in the United Kingdom is among the highest the world. In 2008, the year
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Newport hoping to get on a roll
NEWPORT are hoping that a hard-earned win can kick-start their Swalec Premier League season as they prepare to welcome the champions to Spytty Park. They host Sully tomorrow after picking up 19 precious points last weekend with a 27-run victory against
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TV street dancers charm Ebbw Vale kids
YOUNGSTERS in Ebbw Vale got some dance tips from the winning duo of Sky 1’s Got to Dance. Street dancers Chris and Wes scooped the £250,000 top prize in the competition but it was a chance encounter before they hit the big time which led to this
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Conservation bid for Torfaen canal site
PART of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal which runs through Torfaen could become a designated conservation area under new proposals. The proposal, by Torfaen council, would affect the area of canal which runs through the wards of New Inn, Pontypool
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Prison for Newport delivery driver’s attackers
TWO Newport men were yesterday jailed for three years each for robbing a pizza delivery driver of his money in an early morning attack. Jamie Kent and Damien May robbed Amanj Ahmed, a driver for Newport Grill, at 1am in November 2009.
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Bok's World Cup tip for Wales
WALES are being tipped to make the World Cup quarter-finals and give South Africa a run for their money by ex-Springboks star Thinus Delport. And the former wing and full back gave Wales coach Warren Gatland a heads up on how to beat the mighty Boks
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Could the Blues look east?
CARDIFF Blues could look to Gwent if, as expected, director of rugby Dai Young negotiates his release to accept the offer of a four-year deal in charge at London Wasps. Young is said to have agreed to take over at Wasps who have been without a director
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Tredegar van strike girl, five, left injured in the road
THIS five-year-old girl was left seriously injured after being hit by a van – and now police are investigating whether the vehicle was stolen. Maddi Price was left with a broken knee, two black eyes and nine stitches in her head after she was
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Newport primary's head steps down
AFTER 21 years of service leading one of the city's primary schools, for Newport headteacher Ann Picton swapping the classroom for the courtroom is an option when she retires next month. Mrs Picton will retire on July 20 after taking over the headteacher
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City developer in retail talks
THE selected developer of the planned redevelopment of Newport’s John Frost Square is speaking to retailers who may be interested in moving to the new shopping hub. Regeneration cabinet member Cllr Ed Townsend told a full Newport council meeting
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Harrison a football student
THERE are students of the game and then there is Lee Harrison, County’s new assistant manager and self-confessed football obsessive. The 39-year old former Barnet and Leyton Orient goalkeeper has played over 400 games as a professional and now links
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Malpas family’s joy after eight-year-old battles back
WHEN Megan Tuck fell ill with leukaemia early in 2008, her family feared for her life as she went into intensive care and began a gruelling series of chemotherapy courses. But three years after leaving hospital following six months of treatment
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Residents and travellers clash over Torfaen site expansion
CONCERNED residents came face to face with travellers at a meeting over plans to expand an existing gipsy site in Cwmynyscoy. The public meeting held at the Race Club, Pontypool, attracted more than 50 local residents to discuss council plans
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Ex-Wasp returns to Queensway
It’s National League action at Queensway Meadows tonight when the Newport Hornets take on the Dudley Heathens at Queensway Meadows with tapes up at 7.30pm. Not only are an influx of fans from the former Cradley club expected but with the British round
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Libeneth Road
Does anyone know where the name or word 'Libeneth' comes from and what it means? I have lived on the road for years and always wondered. I have tried to look it up and have found nothing, but surely it must mean something. Based on information supplied
