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Ronnie O'Sullivan rockets into Newport final
RONNIE O'Sullivan beat Barry Hawkins 6-2 with a scintillating display to set up a final meeting with Ding Junhui in the BetVictor Welsh Open at the Newport Centre. O'Sullivan made three centuries as he delighted a crowd of 900 with his rapid attacking
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IT'S THE WEEKEND: Family fun - Encouraging our future rugby stars
IF YOU ARE looking for something relatively cheap, fun and enjoyable to keep your children entertained then mini rugby could be the answer.As popular as it ever is, at the moment due to us being in the middle of the Six Nations, now could be the perfect
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Ding Junhui books his place in Welsh Open final
DING Junhui is just one match away from a record-equaling fifth ranking title this season, after beating Joe Perry 6-4 in the semi-finals of the BetVictor Welsh Open at the Newport Centre. Ding, who has won four ranking titles this season - including
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IT'S THE WEEKEND: Diary of a fairy godmother
The one in which we celebrate St David's DayTHERE is a picture of me from the 1970s, a weekly newspaper clipping yellowed by age, which shows me and my classmates dressed up for St David's Day.Many of the girls are wearing traditional costume,
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Bubbly barmaid honoured with plaque at Newport pub
A BUBBLY barmaid who worked pulling pints for 25 years, and celebrated her 70th birthday with TV stars, has been honoured with a memorial plaque at a Newport pub.Pam Knight was described as the “life and soul of the party” at the Pen &
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Newport 2 Scunthorpe 2
A DRAMATIC injury-time equaliser saw Newport County earn a deserved point against Scunthorpe at Rodney Parade. County led through Lee Minshull's first half header, but the quality of the visitors showed after the break as Paddy Madden and David
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Council tax rise of 3.95% agreed in Monmouthshire
MONMOUTHSHIRE council tax will increase by 3.95 per cent this year after councillors passed budget plans at a marathon meeting on Thursday.They debated the proposed budget for about eight hours and voted to accept it in its entirety. Cllr Phil Murphy,
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IT'S THE WEEKEND: The Weekend Recipe - Welsh cakes and bara brith by Rhys Thomas of Bakestone Bakery, Pontypool
Welsh CakesThis is a gluten-free Welsh Cake recipe. Ingredients250g gluten free flour/plain flour125g butter/margarine 125g caster sugar One medium free range egg75g currants/sultanasOne level teaspoon mixed spicePinch saltMethodRub flour, salt and margarine
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Thousands turn out for squadron's homecoming in Risca
AROUND 2,000 residents and visitors lined the streets of Risca this morning to cheer the heroic medics of the 203 (Welsh) Field Hospital unit. The squadron received a heroes’ welcome as they marched through the town in an event to mark the unit
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Hundreds attend funeral of ex-Caerphilly council leader
A PACKED room of family and friends gave an emotional send-off to the “man of Oakdale” Allan Pritchard yesterday.Around 500 people attended the funeral of the former Plaid Cymru leader at Caerphilly council, who died earlier this month aged
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IT'S THE WEEKEND: Shopping with Keiligh Baker
TODAY is St David's Day the patron saint of Wales - so what better day to look at Welsh-themed gifts?According to legend, St David died in the year 589. His mother was called Non, and his father, Sant, was the son of Ceredig, King of Ceredigion.After
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Blaenau Gwent money launderer has £43,000 seized
A MAN jailed last year for money laundering is to have more than £40,000 of cash seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act.Eugene Jenkins, 28, of Waenheulog, Nantyglo, was handed an eight-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to the offence last
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IT'S THE WEEKEND: Grow It - Our Welsh national flower, the daffodil
A welcome sign of spring, the emergence of our national flower is always something to be celebrated. THOMAS FLETCHER reports.THERE'S only one flower when it comes to celebrating being Welsh - the daffodil.While the time to grow them for this spring
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Beijing gold medal hero from Tredegar fired up by new career
AN INTERNATIONAL athlete and gold medal winning Paralympian is undergoing training of a different kind – a year-long apprenticeship scheme in Tredegar to become a Smart Energy expert with British Gas.Paralympic gold and double bronze medallist Sam
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Abergavenny gardening group re-enact old farming tradition
AN ABERGAVENNY gardening group turned back the clock as they re-enacted old farming traditions and took part in a ritual intended to ensure a good cider apple harvest.Around 20 supporters and members of Abergavenny Area Community Orchards and Gardens
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Minshull believes County can still challenge for promotion
MIDFIELDER Lee Minshull hopes County’s topsy-turvy form can be to their advantage ahead of today’s tricky test against high-flying Scunthorpe United, writes Michael Pearlman.The Exiles have lost back-to-back home games, to strugglers Cheltenham
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IT'S THE WEEKEND: Food and drink - celebrate St David's Day with leek recipes from Larkin Cen
WITH St David's Day just around the corner why not celebrate with some delicious Leek recipes from Welsh 2013 MasterChef finalist, LARKIN CEN. Leeks are in season and available in abundance, so what better way to mark St David's Day than cooking
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Help for families struggling with substance abuse being extended across Wales
INTENSIVE support to families coping with alcohol or substance abuse is being extended to cover the whole of Wales as part of a flagship early intervention programme.The Integrated Family Support Services programme is for families whose children are at
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Becky James fails to defend sprint title
GWENT’S Becky James was unable to defend her women’s sprint title after being beaten 2-0 by team-mate Jess Varnish in the quarter-finals on day three of the Track Cycling World Championships in Colombia. Varnish won the second bout after tumbling to
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Edinburgh pays tribute to Harris
NEWPORT County boss Justin Edinburgh paid tribute to departing director of football Tim Harris but is unsure on replacing him, writes Michael Pearlman.Harris, 54, left the Exiles this week to return to his hometown club Gloucester City, taking over as
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Probe after police email allegedly left in Newport McDonald's
AN INTERNAL investigation is under way at Gwent Police after a member of the public claimed to have found a police document left in McDonald’s detailing a Newport man’s personal details and criminal history. The Police Standards Department
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ARGUS COMMENT: A question for the BBC - why the lack of Welsh voices on the Question Time panel?
WHAT an odd affair the television programme Question Time was this week.As regular readers will know, the BBC's flagship political debate show was recorded in Newport on Thursday.As a devolved nation, one would have perhaps expected a substantial
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Jackson confirms he's happy to fight for County place
NEWPORT County defender Ryan Jackson has confirmed he is in talks about a new deal with the club, but for now he is just focusing on trying to regain his spot in Justin Edinburgh’s starting XI.The former Macclesfield man has been out of the starting
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Secretary of state for Wales urges tourism industry to take advantage of Nato attention
THE Secretary of State for Wales, the Rt. Hon. David Jones MP has urged Wales' tourism industry to take advantage of all the attention which be focused on the country during this September's Nato summit, hosted at Newport's Celtic Manor. In
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Dragon appears in Newport park in time for St David's Day
RESIDENTS in Newport may have noticed a new addition to Woodland Park. This week, people started to report sightings of a dragon in the park’s dingle. Carved from a fallen tree, the dragon can be spotted off a park path and is the work of Caerleon
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Prime Minister says Nato gives Wales an "international stage"
THE Nato summit coming to Newport in September provides everyone "from business leaders to school children with a unique opportunity to present the very best of Wales to a global audience", said Prime Minister David Cameron in a St David'
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M4 motorway "fully connected" with fast charging points for electric cars
FAST chargers for electric cars are now stationed at motorway services all along the M4, including at Junction 23 Magor.Electric cars can re-fuel in 20 to 30 minutes, matching the time motorists tend to spend at motorway services, according to industry
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IT'S THE WEEKEND: The Weekend Project - How to celebrate St David's Day with dragon face painting
Celebrate St David’s day this weekend by getting the kids in the spirit of it with fantastic dragon face painting. SOPHIE BROWNSON meets VICKI ROWE to see how it’s done.Getting the kids to appreciate the history of St David’s Day may
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Monmouthshire council warns over dangerous phone chargers
A WARNING over dangerous phone chargers has been issued by Monmouthshire council’s trading standards officers.Officers have used a grant from the electrical safety council’s fire safety fund to pay for a range of chargers and electrical engineers
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Eistedffod celebrations at Ringland Primary School
NEWPORT school pupils donned traditional Welsh costume as well as other Welsh-themed fancy dress to celebrate Eisteddfod.Here are a selection of pictures of the celebrating Ringland Primary School pupils.
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MIKE FLYNN SAYS: I can't lie, it has been a tough week
I AM not going to lie in this column and as such, I can’t pretend this hasn’t been one of the worst weeks of my career to date after I was told I won’t be getting a deal for next season. I had the chat with the gaffer a little while back, maybe
