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WORK EXPERIENCE: Our reporter takes to Newport's Transporter Bridge

1:40pm Friday 24th May 2013

EVER fancied working on Newport’s most iconic landmark? We sent DANIELLE SHERIDAN to try her hand on the city’s famous Transporter Bridge.

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FIRST PERSON: County-mad butcher’s recipe for success

3:40pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

He has been a butcher since he left school at 16.

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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: ‘Shops, art and leisure can revive Newport’

5:16pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

With regeneration plans put into place to transform Newport’s city centre, SOPHIE BROWNSON, DANIELLE SHERIDAN and DEAN PROSSER asked the people of Newport what they would really like to see happen to regenerate it.

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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Big demand for Welsh education means crunch time for planners

2:40pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

IN THREE years’ time pupils from Torfaen, Newport, Blaenau Gwent and Monmouthshire who want to go to a Welsh-medium high school in their catchment area could find they have nowhere to go.

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FIRST PERSON: Fundraiser and expeditioner David Thompson

12:03pm Monday 13th May 2013

THE loss of his father inspired him to continue taking on extreme expeditions to raise tens of thousands of pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support and now Newport’s David Thompson is encouraging others to do the same. He tells his story to RUTH MANSFIELD.

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SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Fairwater High School

3:27pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

Cwmbran’s Fairwater High School has undergone a huge transformation – and is giving youngsters ambition, confidence and a great work ethic. DANIELLE SHERIDAN reports.

FIRST PERSON: Abertillery boss of UK Crossrail project, Terry Morgan

2:52pm Wednesday 3rd April 2013

He is in charge of spending £120 million a month, a long way from his humble beginnings in Abertillery. Terry Morgan, 64, explains how he rose from being an apprentice in Cwmbran to the chairman of Crossrail, in charge of building the east-west rail link in London. He talks to HAYLEY MILLS.

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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Still hope for Newport's medieval ship

4:10pm Tuesday 26th March 2013

LAST week’s Colliers report into the Newport Ship may have proved difficult reading for supporters of what’s thought of as the largest, best-preserved medieval ship in the UK, commanding international attention.

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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: How Gwent councils are bridging budget gaps

12:10pm Tuesday 12th March 2013

Gwent’s councils have set their budgets for 2013/14 and, while some have closed services, others haven’t. But the financial outlook is not good and future years could be bleak. DAVID DEANS investigates.

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