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Players' ratings in Wales' 51-3 hammering of Scotland

LIAM WILLIAMS: Wales’ man of the match, he stepped into Leigh Halfpenny’s big shoes with enormous effect, scoring his debut Test try with style and superb in counter attack, highlighting what can be done with positive intent. 9 ALEX CUTHBERT: Quiet

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Sam Warburton a doubt for summer tour

WALES captain Sam Warburton looks set to miss the summer tour to South Africa after dislocating his shoulder in this afternoon's 51-3 win over Scotland. "It looks like he's dislocated his shoulder and they had to put it back in after the game," Wales

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Wales 51 Scotland 3

WALES ended a disappointing Six Nations campaign in fine style as they romped to a 51-3 seven-try victory over 14-man Scotland at the Millennium Stadium. It was a record Six Nations win for Wales and a record margin of victory over the Scots, who lost

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Swans take roadway back to Cwmbran pond

TWO swans which were moved last year to Cwmbran Boating Lake have found their way back to Llantarnam Ponds.Yesterday, the two swans were spotted holding up the traffic at the roundabout near the pond by Newport Hutchings and Thomas surveyor David Jones.He

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Tredegar man tried to sell radios stolen from special school

A VALLEYS man who tried to sell almost £5,000-worth of radios stolen from a special school must carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.Former heroin addict Jason Thompson, 41, of Morgan Street, Tredegar, admitted handling stolen goods in front of magistrates

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Evans leads the way for returning Dragons

NEWPORT Gwent Dragons are hopeful they’ll be significantly boosted by the time Connacht arrive next weekend at Rodney Parade for what promises to be one of the defining games in the campaign for the Men of Gwent.The Dragons are seventh in the Rabo

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LIVE: Wales v Scotland

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MIKE FLYNN SAYS: We're all in this together

THERE’S no getting away from it, tomorrow’s clash with Exeter at Rodney Parade is a massive game for both sides.If we’re honest we’ll admit that we’re both in poor form and we both need a win.It should be a decent crowd on

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‘Severely disabled’ Cwmbran man avoids prison

A CWMBRAN driver who ran over a man’s leg while on licence for dealing class A drugs avoided jail after suffering an accident which left him “severely disabled”.Judge Neil Bidder, at Cardiff Crown Court, did not imprison Ashley Zennadi

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Retiring Blackwood lollipop man given emotional send off

A POPULAR lollipop man was given a tearful send off yesterday by the school whose pupils he has helped protect for more than a decade.Derek Cook, 77, is set to retire from his job at Penllwyn Primary School in Blackwood after 13 years. During that time

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County players help launch new Mini

NEWPORT County AFC players helped launch the latest version of the Mini in Newport on Thursday night.Players including Lee Minshull and Danny Crow as well as manager Justin Edinburgh, turned out at the local Mini dealer Sytner Newport on Usk Way for the

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Newport porter saves hotel guest's life

NEWPORT porter Mike Webber is a double lifesaver - eight years after saving a baby dropped from a window during a blaze, he has now saved the life of a guest in the hotel where he works. Last Friday March 7, Mr Webber of Harlequin Court ,Newport

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IT'S THE WEEKEND: Food and drink - One Gwent woman's truly continental passion for baking

One Gwent woman's passion for baking is a truly continental affair - thanks to her mother and husband. KATH SKELLON reports.BAKING has become a hot trend again - thanks to the likes of The Great British Bake Off and is a passion of Blackwood coffee

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Players are hurting but we'll put it right, says Chris Zebroski

NEWPORT County AFC striker Chris Zebroski says the players are hurting just as much as the fans as they slide down the League Two table. Just one win in 13 games has seen the Exiles slip from fourth in late December down to 13th today, just

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Newport landlords celebrate 50 years of marriage

LANDLORDS Carol and Winston Chapman, who together have run four pubs around Gwent, are testimony to the fact that working together can be a secret to staying together as they celebrate their golden wedding anniversary this weekend. The pair met

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O'Connor closing in on return

NEWPORT County’s star striker Aaron O’Connor is finally inching his way towards a first team return, reveals Michael Pearlman.The 30-year old former Luton striker has yet to kick a ball for the Exiles this season following continual problems

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Biggar: So strange to be out of contention

Dan Biggar admits it is "a strange feeling" for Wales to enter the final weekend of an RBS 6 Nations Championship with no silverware at stake.Wales, Six Nations champions during Warren Gatland's coaching reign in 2008, 2012 and 2013, can

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Wales v Scotland preview

VICTORY for Wales this afternoon will do little more than paper over the cracks of an atrocious Six Nations campaign. Head coach Warren Gatland’s archaic ‘Warrenball’ tactics are so out of touch with the modern game that his side were dinosaurs

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Newport's Jerome Samuels claims Welsh title

NEWPORT'S Jerome Samuels has followed in his father Paul's footsteps by winning the Welsh light-middleweight title. The 20-year-old edged out Blackwood battler Dai Jones 97-96 on points at the Newport Centre to win his first belt and claim the same title