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Police still hold man after Newport death

8:10pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

DETECTIVES were still questioning a 27-year-old man today after he was arrested on suspicion of murdering a Polish woman in Newport two years ago.

26 jobs set for Blackwood firm

7:30pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

TWENTY-six jobs will be created at a Gwent drinks packaging company, through a four-year, £12 million investment.

Caldicot gran inspired to do Old Severn Bridge walk

6:20pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

A CALDICOT grandmother is organising a charity walk to raise awareness of Down’s Syndrome - something from which her 11-month-old grandson suffers.

Maesglas chip shop’s petition over ‘unfair’ burger van

5:10pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

A NEWPORT chip shop owner collected a petition of more than 250 names opposing a mobile burger van, which started trading near her shop.

Doctor brightens Royal Gwent with art

4:20pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

AN art-loving doctor is doing her bit to brighten the Royal Gwent Hospital for patients, visitors and staff, by providing three paintings for display in one of its busiest areas.

Survivor helps cancer sufferers

3:22pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

DEREK Ford speaks of the agony of cancer and the "torture" of the radiotherapy treatment he endured so matter-of-factly, it is difficult to believe the ordeal is barely a year behind him.

Duffryn pupils get ballet inspiration

2:10pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

BUDDING performers at a Newport school got a taste of what life would be like as a professional dancer when they met the star’s of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake.