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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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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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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Obesity bill could hit £10bn by 2050

3:20pm Tuesday 5th March 2013

WEIGHT loss surgery on the NHS in Wales could quadruple, and intensive multi-disciplinary help be made more widely available for severely obese people, following a specialist services review.

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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: ‘Skills will be lost if Gwent music service cash goes'

4:40pm Tuesday 8th January 2013

WHAT is it to be part of the Gwent Music Support Service? As Newport council considers whether or not it will axe its funding to the service, DAVID DEANS investigates how it touches the lives of thousands of children it works with every year.

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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Heads down for ‘more rigorous’ GCSE exams

3:20pm Tuesday 4th December 2012

WALES could end up with a separate system of qualifications from England after a report recommended GCSEs remain here, while across the border plans for an entirely new qualification are moving ahead.

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BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Plans for £250m Ebbw Vale race centre well on track

1:40pm Tuesday 27th November 2012

With plans for a £250 million motorsport centre in Ebbw Vale expected to be submitted next month, ALISON SANDERS and EMMA MACKINTOSH look at how the plans are progressing and what the development could mean for the Gwent Valleys. PLANS for a multi-millionpound racing circuit in Ebbw Vale have moved a step closer.

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Does public art inspire, or is it a frivolous waste of cash?

3:29pm Tuesday 30th October 2012

WALKING around our towns and cities we may have become used to the sculptures, statues, murals and other pieces of public art which have become part and parcel of our communities. Conservative or wacky, beautiful or ugly, people either love them or hate them. ALISON SANDERS looked at the contribution public art in Gwent has made and whether it can be justified in today's economic uncertainty.

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Missing Caldicot man’s parents cling to hope despite their torment

3:10pm Tuesday 9th October 2012

EVENTS in Machynlleth last week brought back painful memories for a Caldicot family, who are still waiting for answers eight years after their son vanished. CHRIS WOOD spoke to Geoff and Catherine Nutley as the eighth anniversary of James’ disappearance looms.

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