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More than 100 dogs at Newport show
NEWPORT’S Coronation Park was taken over by more than 100 canines today as Hope Rescue held its annual dog show. Stalls and refreshments were available to the crowds of dog owners and volunteers who ventured out into the summer heat wave. Ray
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1,500 modified cars head to Cwmbran
CWMBRAN has been taken over by more than 1,000 modified and high-performance cars tonight. Organisers of the '100% Legal' event, Valleys Cruise, said there were 800 cars packed into Avondale Industrial Estate with another 700 parked around the
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Memorial football match for Newport stalwart
A MEMORIAL match and presentation were held in Newport yesterday in memory of local football legend Jack Ritter MBE. Mr Ritter died earlier this month aged 89 following an illness. He spent most of his adult life volunteering with the Gaer
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Mike Northey does the double in sweltering Abergavenny
MIKE Northey became only the second man to win both of the Abergavenny Festival of Cycling’s principle weekend races when he stormed home ahead of the field to take the Grand Prix of Wales on a baking hot Sunday afternoon. Yorkshireman Russell Downing
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Glamorgan lose dramatic t20 thriller
AN IMPRESSIVE partnership by Cameron White and captain Alex Wakely helped Northamptonshire end Glamorgan's 100 per cent record in the Friends Life t20 with a dramatic seven-wicket win. Glamorgan posted 153 for seven from their 20 overs with Zimbabwean
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Risca goes back in time for carnival day
HUNDREDS of people gathered in Risca for the Famous Forties event yesterday. Locals came together at Risca’s Tredegar Park to enjoy a 1940s-themed day of activities in the summer sunshine on Saturday afternoon. The event included bouncy castles
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Plaques unveiled for Valleys men who "changed American history"
TWO plaques have been unveiled in Tredegar dedicated to men who "changed American and world history." Rhys Davies is credited with having a "huge impact" on the industrial development of the USA and Daniel Gooch on developing a pioneering trans-atlantic
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New cycling track to be built in Gwent
MONMOUTHSHIRE is set to get its own cycling track courtesy of £150,000 of National Lottery funding. Monmouthshire council has secured funding through the Sport Wales Calls for Action programme to support the construction of a closed-road cycling
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THE WEEKENDER: The sad demise of the ice-cream van
WHENEVER I hear the chimes of an ice cream van - sadly, a rare event these days - memory goes into overdrive and I am transported back to seemingly more innocent, carefree times. The appearance of the Mr Whippy ice cream van round our way was in
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Heat set to last into school hols
THE recent blazing temperatures welcomed by the UK are set to linger into the start of the school summer break, weather experts have said. Saturday saw the hottest day of the year so far with the mercury peaking at 31.9C (89.4F) in Southampton
