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Bath 36 Newport Gwent Dragons 15
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons went down to a 36-15 defeat away to Bath this afternoon in their opening LV= Cup game. The visitors had trailed 22-10 at half-time and scored two tries through Ross Wardle and Dan Evans. Steffan Jones also kicked a penalty
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Newport councillors ponder £3.7m projects
TOP councillors in Newport are considering whether to approve more spending of £3.7 million on infrastructure schemes in the city. It includes £1.6 million on the early-years Flying Start scheme for projects at five primary schools and two community
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Wales 12 Argentina 26
A TRULY awful Wales were hammered by the plucky Los Pumas of Argentina to succumb to a fourth successive defeat that sees the alarm bells truly ringing for caretaker coach Rob Howley. With Samoa, New Zealand and Australia to come, Wales are in
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Newport's Richard Parks set for Antarctic trek
RUGBY player-turned-adventurer Richard Parks will head back to Antarctica next month to complete a solo ski to the South Pole. The former Newport Gwent Dragons rugby player will set off from Hercules Inlet for the 745-mile journey. The expedition
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Gwent hospitals lose 500 beds in 10 years
THE number of beds available in Gwent hospitals has fallen by more than 500 in the past 10 years. The reduction of more than a fifth has come as first Gwent Healthcare Trust, then its successor Aneurin Bevan Health Board, have remodelled services
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Newport girl rugby player kicks bullies into touch
A YOUNG rugby player who was teased for playing the sport when she was younger is kicking the bullies into touch by launching her own team. Heather Burns, 15, says she was teased and taunted by other youngsters who told her she shouldn't be playing
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Blackwood remembers the fallen
THE PEOPLE of Blackwood remembered the war dead yesterday at a service held in the town. The service was held at 11am next to the Market Square in the shopping centre in the town where people could join the dignitaries paying their respects.
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WEEKENDER: Non-stop democracy would be a nightmare
AS President Obama settles down to another four years in the White House, it is worth breathing a huge sigh of relief over the fact that we in the UK do not share a political system with the USA. The president there may enjoy a four-year term of
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Newport woman jailed for breaking arm of 'love rival'
By Emma Mackintosh A WOMAN who broke a "love rival's" arm during an unprovoked attack outside a Newport city centre pub has been jailed. Jordana Cummings, 22, from Medway Road, Bettws, was in the Greyhound pub shortly after midnight on June 29
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Newport city centre roadworks could finish early
CONTROVERSIAL gas works in Newport city centre could finish earlier than planned. News that Wales and West Utilities is "slightly ahead of schedule" was welcomed by the president of Newport Chamber of Trade Alan Edwards, whose predecessor Ken Ellis
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Big Lottery helps Monmouth ex-Navy man return to wartime base
HE WAS a crew member onboard a former fishing boat which was commandeered by the Royal Navy to sweep the seas around Britain for a new deadly catch of mines during WWII. He also guided ships safely to harbour in waters threatened by constant attack
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Call for probe over ambulance staff’s £65k four-year Gwent hotel stay
AN INVESTIGATION is being demanded over allegations the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) spent £65,000 on putting two senior staff up at a Gwent hotel - one of them allegedly staying there for four years. Sources within the trust told
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Blackwood ex-lecturer sends £10k engineering kit to Solomon Islands
RETIRED lecturer is sending £10,000 worth of engineering equipment to help students in the Solomon Islands. Albert Wilson, 66, of Bloomfield Road, Blackwood, won a bid for around ten items of machinery from the old Coleg Gwent campus in Ebbw Vale
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It won’t be pretty, but Wales can tame Pumas
FAITH in those who secured a Grand Slam or fear of changing Warren Gatland’s line-up while keeping his seat warm? The proof of Rob Howley’s conservative selection for this afternoon’s clash with Argentina will be in the pudding. The interim
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Tight defence is crucial
WALES v ARGENTINA (Today, KO 2.30) WALES head into today’s clash with Argentina without two vital cogs in their defensive machine – but coach Shaun Edwards has faith in their deputies. Newport Gwent Dragons blindside flanker Dan Lydiate’s destructive
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Newport tots join mums and staff to help
KEEN knitters from a Newport nursery are busy making clothes for disadvantaged babies in Africa. Mums and staff at Osbourne Children’s Nursery, on Quantock Drive, are knitting vests for so called ‘fish and chip’ babies, who are from families so
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Jack Dixon aims to make a big splash at Bath
AS JAMIE Roberts prepares to head over the English Channel, a collision-loving centre will attempt to cement his place in the Newport Gwent Dragons midfield. Jack Dixon will try to make an impression on his first start of the season in the LV=
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Poor preparation could be costly but Cleverly class will tell
CLEVERLY v HAWK (Big fight preview) TO sum up Nathan Cleverly’s preparation for the fourth defence of his WBO light-heavyweight title in Los Angeles tonight is easy – not ideal. The same two words are so easily applicable, if we are honest,
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Flying start vital for Wales
THREE Test wins is the target that Wales have set themselves this autumn – but start sluggishly against Argentina and those hopes will be in tatters after just 80 minutes. With the mighty All Blacks heading to Cardiff in round three of four, there
