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Lee Selby wins WBC international featherweight title
ST JOSEPH’S star Lee Selby beat Viorel Simion in Hull tonight to win the WBC international featherweight title. The Barry boxer, who trains with Tony Borg at St Joes in Newport, earned a unanimous points victory over the previously unbeaten Romanian
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Carl Zeiss Jena 2 County 2
AARON O'Connor came off the bench to score a last minute equaliser for Newport County AFC in today's friendly against Carl Zeiss Jena in East Germany. Justin Edinburgh's men were 2-0 down early on to the German fourth tier outfit but a goal from
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UPDATE: Boy, ten, injured in Newport cycle crash
A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy was taken to hospital after being knocked off his pedal bike in Newport. Gwent Police said the boy was knocked over in Greenmeadow Road, Lliswerry, at 4.35pm yesterday. He was taken to hospital with head and leg injuries.
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Tintern recognised as walkers’ paradise
A MONMOUTHSHIRE village is celebrating after gaining national Walkers are Welcome status. Tintern joins Abergavenny, Monmouth and Chepstow in being officially recognised as having something special to offer walkers. John Sterry, chairman of the
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Sister of missing Manic thankful for £2m charity cash
THE sister of missing Manic Street Preacher Richey Edwards has thanked players of People's Postcode Lottery for raising more than £2.2 million for the charity Missing People. Rachel Elias, whose brother, from Blackwood, went missing in 1995, said
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Abergavenny eco-house is on awards shortlist
A SUSTAINABLE family home in Abergavenny has been shortlisted for a leading award, against much bigger projects. Un y Berllan in Llanfoist, designed to use no fossil energy, is one of ten building projects in the running for the National Eisteddfod
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THE PROJECT: How to create your own Great Gatsby dress
THIS WEEK'S The Project, in conjunction with social enterprise Vintage Vision, gives you tips on how to inject some 1920s glamour into your wardrobe and make yourself an iconic 'flapper' dress from something you already have in your wardrobe. See
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Does reader pic capture ghostly apparition in Abergavenny?
READER Kayleigh O'Leary, 25, sent in this image she captured at Abergavenny's Skirrid Inn - but is it a ghostly apparition, or merely a trick of the light? Ms O’Leary, from Caerphilly, took the photo with her Canon 1100 D SLR camera after 2am on
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Youngsters learn about the horrible history of Gwent
MANY youngsters are gripped by history - thanks to the Horrible Histories series of books and TV shows, created by Terry Deary - including the Rotten Romans, Terrible Tudors and Nasty Normans. So how can you help your little historians bring the
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Part-time Abergavenny ice cream man pens road safety stories
A PART-TIME ice cream man from Abergavenny will launch the first in a series of children’s books today. Trainee accountant Chris Copner is the self-published author of ‘Pinky and Friends: The Big Melt Down’, which follows an animated fleet of ice
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The afternoon tea is back - and you can win a champagne tea for two
DOWNTON Abbey, The Great British Bake-Off and the Jubilee have all helped to revive the British tradition of afternoon tea. KATH SKELLON investigates. You can also win a Champagne Tea for Two at The Manor, Crickhowell. A champagne tea for two
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Newport service remembers Lee Rigby
MEMBERS of the Royal British Legion in Gwent gathered at the Newport War Memorial yesterday to pay their respects to soldier Lee Rigby. The gathering took place prior to a funeral service in Bury near Manchester, the hometown of the soldier, who
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Do you remember Maskell's roller disco?
IF you have a soft spot for the roller disco days of the 1970s and 1980s - and the legendary Newport hang-out Maskell's - you"ll be delighted to hear that roller skating is back with a vengeance in the city. SOPHIE BROWNSON investigates. See the
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Newport man who partially lost sight starts painting again
A NEWPORT man who partially lost his eyesight four years ago has picked up his paint brush again, determined to create art again. Nic Hughes, 59, lost his peripheral vision four years ago as a result of a brain haemorrhage. Once a keen painter
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How Duchess of Cambridge has boosted pregnancy fashion
GONE are the days when a pair of baggy dungarees and an oversized Bros t-shirt were acceptable maternity wear. KEILIGH BAKER explores the way Britain’s favourite royal the Duchess of Cambridge - about to have her first baby - has upped the pregnancy
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Severn Bridge tolls ‘should not pay for Newport M4 relief road’ - hauliers
SEVERN Bridge tolls should not be used to finance an M4 relief road for Newport, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) said. The group said the Severn Bridges have already been paid for and that to ask road users to finance additional projects
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Coach Woods delighted to secure Bramwell for Keys
CROSS Keys head coach Greg Woods has expressed his delight with the club’s signing of talented Wales Sevens World Cup-winning full back Aaron Bramwell. The 27-year-old ex-Ebbw Vale and Pontypridd back has joined the Pandy Park outfit from Princi-pality
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I want to be No1, says County's new keeper
NEW keeper Jamie Stephens is determined to push Lenny Pidgeley all the way for a starting place as Newport County AFC continue their preparations for life in League Two. Stephens made an impressive debut against Swindon Supermarine on Wednesday and,
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Manager tips trio to shine
JUSTIN Edinburgh believes his recruitment of three players once worth a combined £500,000 could prove to be a masterstroke for the Exiles. The ex-Spurs defender is no stranger to life in the fast lane of the Premier League and he’s made some eye-catching
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We try the Newport park run
AROUND 300 people are regularly giving their weekends a running start at the Tredegar House park run, Newport - and enjoying the scenery while they exercise. Argus digital editor MARTIN WADE tried it out. See the latest It's the Weekend magazine
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Melissa Jones says: Celty keeps on winning
IT SEEMS this fellow can’t stop winning for Wales. That’s ex-racehorse Celtic Boy. Owner Laura Grey has put another title on the mantelpiece following the recent Machen Show. The pair have only been to a handful of contests since Grey started training
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Samuels follows his dad
PEOPLE have always told Jerome Samuels that he’s a chip off the old block… and now he’s started to prove them right. The 19-year-old welterweight fighter, from the Maesglas area of Newport, has followed in the footsteps of his father Paul Samuels by
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County’s Jena friendly is moved to nearby Weimar
NEWPORT County AFC will take on Carl Zeiss Jena today after a new venue was hastily arranged for the celebratory friendly in East Germany. The match to commemorate the famous Euro-pean Cup Winners’ Cup clash between the pair in 1981 will be held in nearby
