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  • 200 quizzed in plunge inquiry

    MORE than 200 witnesses have been questioned by police over the tragic death of a Pontypool teenager who plunged 100ft from a rollercoaster. Hayley Williams, 16, of Broadway, fell from the white-knuckle Hydro ride at Oakwood Park in Pembrokeshire. The

  • Big crowd sees Fortune favoured

    FELICITY won the season's biggest Flat race staged at Chepstow, the £22,500 Golden Daffodil Stakes, in front of an excellent crowd of 4,500. "It's well up on last year," said course general manager Simon Lee, "and excellent considering the weather during

  • Miaow! We've spent £300 to trace puss

    WE may be a nation of animal lovers, but how far would you go to find a missing pet? One Gwent couple has forked out more than £300 and spent weeks scouring nearby mountains searching for their missing moggie. Lisa and John Beasley, of Ynys Y Coed, Oakdale

  • Couple recall first kiss

    ROMANCE was often in the air at the Newbridge Memo as young men and women met at the cinema and dance hall. And for one couple, Neil and Christine Bowdich, their first kiss under the Memo roof heralded the start of a long and happy relationship. Now they

  • Malcolm back on attack

    NEWPORT'S Olympic Games hopeful Christian Malcolm warmed up for his Athens decider tomorrow by firing another broadside at Welsh athletics legend Colin Jackson. Argus Sport revealed on Thursday how Malcolm's coach Jock Anderson had criticised Jackson

  • 'Living hell of yob rule'

    PEOPLE living in Caerleon say vigilante action is inevitable if nothing is done to crack down on anti-social youths who are creating "a living hell". They say that either CCTV cameras or a uniformed police presence late at night is needed to combat the

  • Eye on the prize

    NEWPORT'S Phillip Price remains firmly focused on winning the Barc-lays Scottish Open after just missing out on retaining a share of the lead yesterday. Price will start today's third round at Loch Lomond level with fellow Brits David Howell and Ian Poulter