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  • Birthdays 15.04.02

    Today's ads: DAVIES (DOUG) Happy 80th birthday. Have a great day! All our love, Pam, John, Michelle, Jane and Rhys xxx Robert Kitridge Happy Birthday, love from Mummy, DaddyAlex, Julia, Oliver and Jessica xxxxx Thora Kitridge Happy Birthday for April

  • Joe Calzaghe's promise

    SUPER cool Joe Calzaghe (pictured) has told American brawler Charles Brewer: 'I don't want a war'. Instead the Newbridge southpaw promises his 'superior' boxing skills and iron-like jaw will be enough to blunt the so-called 'Hatchet' come Saturday. Calzaghe

  • Beware Hansen's rugby doomsday

    STEVE Hansen was making the right noises and doing most of the right things when it came to getting the Wales coaching job full-time -- but now he's got it I say beware Hansen and the doomsday scenario of regional rugby. Predecessor Graham Henry departed

  • Father's plea to missing son

    THE father of a Risca man who has not been seen for more than a week has appealed for his son to come home, saying he misses him "so much". Ron Meredith, of Fflorens Road, Treowen, near Newbridge, is hoping that his 49-year-old son Bryan, who has a history

  • Brown won't buy new players

    THERE will be no major cutbacks at Rodney Parade now or in the immediate future, writes Robin Davey. That is the pledge given by Newport's major financial backer Tony Brown amid widespread speculation about staff and player cuts after the refusal by the

  • Birthdays 16.04.02

    Today's ads: EMO Happy Birthday ..emo love always mulia... ROSS (Mark) Happy 40th Birthday To my dear Husband and Dad.Love Linda, Emma and Lauren. Happy 40th Birthday Son and Brother. Best wishes to you, Love Mam and Family ZHARA Happy 40th Jane. You

  • Births 15.04.02

    Today's ads: MARGERISON - MURRAY Congratulations Roni and Christian on the birth of your baby son DYLAN. Born 10th April 2002 at the RGH. First grandchild for Allen.

  • Brown won't buy new players

    THERE will be no major cutbacks at Rodney Parade now or in the immediate future, writes Robin Davey. That is the pledge given by Newport's major financial backer Tony Brown amid widespread speculation about staff and player cuts after the refusal by the

  • Engagements 16.04.02

    Today's ads: CONNOP/TRIM Christine and Stephen Connop are pleased to announce the engagement of their eldest son Christopher to Heidi eldest daughter of Carole and Brian Trim of Christchurch, Hants. Love and best wishes from Mum, Dad and all the family

  • Births 16.04.02

    Today's ads: JONES (nee Gould) On April 7th at the Royal Berkshire Hospital to Gareth and Debra a daughter VICTORIA EMILY. A first grandchild for Derek and Millicent and a second granddaughter for Terry and Ruth.A niece for Lyndsey and Peter and a baby

  • School battle goes on

    A SCHOOL can be built on a former Newport landfill site without any risk to health - despite "hot spots" of arsenic and mercury - according to a risk assessment of the area. But the report on the Glebelands, by independent specialist adviser Jason Clay

  • Sister grieves for brother

    A MAN who died after a car crash had picked up his first pay packet for two years just two days before the tragic accident, his grieving sister said last night. Tony Lewis , 52, of Pant View, Nantyglo, died when his Nissan Prairie was in collision with

  • NHS careers promotion

    WALES' largest employer - the NHS - has launched a week-long drive to promote careers in what health minister Jane Hutt called "a vital and important public service." Schoolchildren, people contemplating a change of career and former NHS staff who would

  • Blaze clean-up begins

    STAFF have begun a clean-up operation at a Gwent plant ravaged by fire at the weekend. AMF Polymers plastic reclamation factory on the Avondale Industrial Estate in Cwmbran was gutted by the blaze, which raged for around four hours on Saturday afternoon

  • McIntosh issues warning

    NEWPORT coach Ian McIntosh has warned that Welsh rugby has got to consolidate 'or the future is bleak'. He still hopes for some part in the future of Newport, even if he is no longer full-time coach next season. He believes it is vital in the meetings

  • Beware Hansen's rugby doomsday

    STEVE Hansen was making the right noises and doing most of the right things when it came to getting the Wales coaching job full-time -- but now he's got it I say beware Hansen and the doomsday scenario of regional rugby. Predecessor Graham Henry departed

  • McIntosh issues warning

    NEWPORT coach Ian McIntosh has warned that Welsh rugby has got to consolidate 'or the future is bleak'. He still hopes for some part in the future of Newport, even if he is no longer full-time coach next season. He believes it is vital in the meetings