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More than 1,500 people attend cycling festival
FROM lessons for beginners to high-flying stunts, Tredegar House and Newport Wetland’s 2016 Family Cycling Festival was a huge success this weekend. The free cycling festival took place over Saturday and Sunday, with a family day on Saturday and
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Hundreds visit village art festival
THE Penallt Art festival enjoyed another strong showing as it returned to the village over the weekend.The four-day festival, which is organised by local not for profit art group Art in Penallt, welcomed hundreds of visitors across the festival's
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Hundreds sign petition calling for Newport City Council to scrap 'confusing' recycling system
HUNDREDS of people have signed a petition calling for Newport City Council to scrap their new "confusing" recycling system. The man who started the petition has said that the new red bags, which were introduced this summer and intended for plastics
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Standing up to cancer after a six-year battle
SIX years ago, David Jones' life hung in the balance as he underwent radical surgery to treat a rare cancer. The father-of-two, from Rassau, Ebbw Vale, spent 13 hours on the operating table at a Hampshire hospital, one of just a handful across
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Llanelli 13 Newport 17
NEWPORT registered their first Premiership win at the fourth time of asking as they defeated Llanelli in a scrappy encounter at Parc y Scarlets, writes Ian Mitchelmore.Lock Adam Brown touched down late on to add to tries from Owen Davies and Henry Palmer
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Gwent MPs call for unity after Labour leadership battle
POLITICIANS have called on fellow Labour members to come together as a party in the wake of Jeremy Corbyn's overwhelming victory over leadership challenger Owen Smith.Accepting victory before cheering supporters in Liverpool on Saturday, Jeremy Corbyn
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Frustration boils over for Newport County fans after latest home defeat
THE F-word was flying round Rodney Parade on Saturday – Newport County AFC fans are used to frustration being their overwhelming emotion after home games.This defeat means their side has still not won at home since March and have remarkably recorded just
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Torfaen classic car show pulls in the crowds
MORE than 800 people flocked to a classic vehicle show held in Pontypool for St David’s Hospice Care.Vehicles spanning from across the decades - from the 1920s to the modern day - were on display at Panteg House in Griffithstown.There were 102 vehicles
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Ebbw Vale 32 Bridgend 0
EBBW Vale swept the Ravens aside in a one-sided second half in which the home side crossed for four tries to grab a bonus point win, writes Geoff Champion. Vale outside half Josh Lewis stole the show kicking two first half penalty goals, scoring his team
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5 things we learned from Newport County v Cambridge United
RHYS Healey's early goal counted for nothing as Newport County AFC conceded twice in the final half hour to suffer a 2-1 home defeat to Cambridge United and slip into the League Two relegation zone. Here's what we learned... 1. Feeney under real
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Mini scooter deliberately set on fire in Newport
A MINI scooter was deliberately set on fire in Newport on Saturday. Firefighters from Duffryn were called to Chaffinch Way at 5.24pm to put out the blaze. A spokeswoman for South Wales Fire and Rescue said the fire was deliberate.
