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Gjedde makes it a night to savour
Wasps 58 Witches 32 Newport win 106-74 on aggregate DANISH import Charlie Gjedde was the star as Newport Mike Manning Wasps bagged a British Premier League Knockout Cup semi-final spot on Saturday night. However this highly-convincing scoreline
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Awards for Monmouthshire food firms
TWO Monmouthshire businesses are celebrating after scooping prizes at the 2011 Great Taste Awards. Trealy Farm Charcuterie, based in Mitchel Troy near Monmouth and Clams Hand Made Cakes, based near Abergavenny, were among only four food and drink producers
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Abergavenny college site for sale
THE OWNER of a former college in Abergavenny is to sell the site two years after it closed. Coleg Gwent closed the The Hill Education and Conference Centre in 2009 as part of a radical shake-up of education in a bid to save £3.5million. The 20 acre-site
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Pollution fine is reduced on appeal
A GWENT company which polluted a water supply causing a risk to human health had a fine of more than £40,000 partially reduced on appeal. One of the directors of Wormtech, Jackie Powell, sat in Cardiff Crown Court as the prosecution detailed why the
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Man breached sexual offences order
A NEWPORT man, who spent more than a year in prison for abusing a young girl and photographing her in her underwear, is back in custody after breaching a sexual offences prevention order. Christopher Stone, 53, of Thornbury Park, Rogerstone, appeared
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Mum admits killing baby
A GWENT mother admitted the manslaughter of her baby daughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Jade Ruck, 23, formerly of St David's Road, Mardy, Abergavenny, appeared in Cardiff Crown Court charged with murdering Harley Ruck on November
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The nasty side of the net
FEW people can muster up any surprise about the death of Amy Winehouse. Her life has been on a deadly, downward spiral for years, with all its latest alcohol and drug-induced miseries played out in the public glare. But why has the death
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Gwent man dies after oil refinery incident
AN Ebbw Vale man has died following industrial accident at an oil refinery in Hampshire. Anthony McGowan, 57, died at Southampton General Hospital after an incident at the Fawley refinery in the New Forest in Hampshire on Thursday. The Health and Safety
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Music world mourns Amy Winehouse
Fans, friends and family are mourning the death of Amy Winehouse after her body was found in her flat.The 27-year-old singer had been troubled by drink and drugs problems throughout her career and news of her death was quickly followed by suggestions
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Student’s woodland stay could help save rare moth
A STUDENT swapped his home for life in a converted ambulance stationed in Monmouthshire woodland, to help save one of Wales' rarest moths. Hendre Woods was recently the location for Bangor University student Joel Walley, bringing him closer to the
