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THE NEWSDESK: Angelina Jolie’s brave decision deserves admiration

BRAVE: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

12:13pm Monday 20th May 2013

THE decision by Angelina Jolie to publicise her preventative double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer was a brave one.

THE NEWSDESK: Army cuts have not been thought through

Soldiers in Helmand Province, Afghanistan

5:01pm Sunday 12th May 2013

SO defence secretary Philip Hammond is now talking about giving small businesses cash incentives to allow workers to join the Territorial Army.

THE NEWSDESK: Someone needs to write the script of the fall and rise of Newport County

County fans celebrate at Wembley

2:29pm Monday 6th May 2013

WHAT a year 2013 has been for Welsh sport.

THE NEWSDESK: Gwent needs investment in construction and engineering

ICONIC: The Wave on Newport’s riverfront

5:51pm Sunday 28th April 2013

WHAT a sad and bad day it was on Friday when Newport engineering firm Rowecord Engineering Limited announced it was going into administration with the loss of 400 jobs.

THE NEWSDESK: It's no good blaming the parents in this measles epidemic

People queue for the MMR jab in Gwent

3:51pm Sunday 21st April 2013

THE blame-throwing in this south Wales measles epidemic is so pointless.

THE NEWSDESK: Tasteless Thatcher protests an attack on all women

JUST PLAIN NASTY: Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz

12:20pm Monday 15th April 2013

SOMETHING about this week has me on a slow, angry boil and I just have to get it off my chest.

THE NEWSDESK: Twitter, the teenager, and the crime commissioner who should have known better

UNDER FIRE: Paris Brown

3:36pm Sunday 7th April 2013

THE furore surrounding Britain's first youth police commissioner says one thing to me: that the most naive person in this scenario is not the teenager but Kent Police and Crime Commissioner Ann Barnes.

THE NEWSDESK: Feelgood factor might not last if Boris were PM

BULLISH: Boris Johnson doing his bit for international relations at the Bombay Stock Exchange

1:20pm Monday 1st April 2013

TODAY is April Fool’s Day – so let’s talk about a ‘buffoon’.

THE NEWSDESK: New ideas need to be floated for city’s ship

Fears over future of Newport's historic ship

12:22pm Monday 25th March 2013

THE Newport Ship does not belong to Newport council – it belongs to the people of this city. It is an important part of Newport’s history as a port. And it is obvious to me that it should remain in this city and be displayed as a proper tourist attraction which will bring thousands of people here to view it.

THE NEWSDESK: Spot the brutal and intimidating Welshmen - and one happy pundit

Spot the brutal and intimidating Welshmen - and one happy pundit

2:25pm Sunday 17th March 2013

MAKE no bones about it, what Wales did to England on Saturday was brutal and intimidating.






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