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  • Glamorgan let Kent off the hook

    DARREN Stevens extended his purple patch with a second century of the summer that helped steer Kent to a tame draw with fellow LV= County Championship Division Two strugglers Glamorgan. On an easing Canterbury pitch Stevens made hay to post a 134

  • Matt Le Tissier hails County's 'miracle'

    NEWPORT County have performed a miracle to get back into the Football League according to a man who used to make the impossible seem mundane – maverick forward Matt Le Tissier. The former Southampton legend and England international turned Sky

  • Care home worker stole frail widow's bank card - court

    A CARE home worker stole a visa card from a frail dementia patient and almost £70,000 was taken from her account, a court heard. Zeenar Ahmed, 28, plundered Glenys Ormond's Lloyds TSB account as she recovered from falls at Llanyravon nursing home

  • Man's body found at Goldcliff, Newport

    POLICE are probing the death of man whose body was found on the bank of the Severn Estuary in Newport this morning. A member of the public discovered the body of the male, thought to be 54 years old and from Cwmbran, on the coast between Redwick

  • Cwmbran man kicked his dog in the head

    A DOG owner who left his Staffordshire Bull Terrier with a bloodied muzzle after kicking him in the head in his kitchen has been banned from keeping animals for five years. Geraint Norman, 21, "lost it" unleashing an attack that saw his bull terrier

  • Waratahs 17 Lions 47: Roberts scare as Lions impress

    THE British and Irish Lions produced their best display of the tour to Australia in beating the Waratahs - but face a nervous wait to see what damage Jamie Roberts has done to his right hamstring. The Lions ran out 47-17 winners in Sydney a week

  • Newport nightspot inspired by Danny La Rue to open tonight

    NEWPORT'S newest nightspot - inspired by the 1950s and showbiz legend Danny La Rue - is to open tonight. Owner Andrew Carragon says he is excited at the opening of La Rue's Bar and Club, above the Church House Pub on Stow Hill. The opening

  • Andrew Sheridan should have had Lions call – Graham Price

    GWENT rugby legend Graham Price has questioned British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland’s decision not to select England’s Andrew Sheridan for the tour of Australia. Two injured loosehead props, Wales’ Gethin Jenkins and Ireland’s Cian

  • Japan 23 Wales 8

    WALES failed to get out of jail twice as Japan deservedly claimed the biggest scalp in their history in Tokyo. The Brave Blossoms ran out 23-8 at Chichibunomiya Stadium, outscoring their visitors by two tries to one to share the Test series.