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3:30pm Thursday 24th May 2012

CROWDS are set to line the streets when the Olympic torch comes to Gwent on Friday.

TORCH RELAY: Newport boxing coach to run in home town

Mark James

3:10pm Thursday 24th May 2012

BOXING coach, Mark James, will be carrying the torch through his home town of Newport.

TORCH RELAY: Gwent torchbearers

10:34am Wednesday 23rd May 2012

SEE which Gwent runners will be carrying the torch on Friday.

Newport schoolboy to carry torch in Pontypool

EXCITED: Liam Fletcher

7:20am Wednesday 23rd May 2012

A NEWPORT schoolboy who according to his teachers embraces and demonstrates the Olympic values of respect, excellence and friendship, will play a key role in the London 2012 torch relay on Friday.

Newport twins gearing up for torch relay

5:20pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

IDENTICAL twins Hannah and Emily Walker will carry the Olympic Torch in Newport this Friday.

Newport cyclist will run from Big Pit

MEDALLIST: Ellie Coster

4:21pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A CHAMPION track cyclist from Newport will put down her bike for the day to run with the Olympic Torch.

Malpas firefighter is tireless fundraiser

FUNDRAISER: Rick Evans

4:04pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

MALPAS firefigher Rick Evans will play his part in the Olympic Torch relay on Friday.

Newport stroke survivor will be early runner on Friday

3:44pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

NEWPORT woman Louise Brown has been chosen as an Olympic torch bearer in tribute to the difference she has made to stroke survivors in the community.

Caerleon runner gave £50k TV winnings to charity

3:10pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Samantha Hunt, 22, from Caerleon, donated £50,000 – half her winnings from the TV game show Deal Or No Deal – toward the building of a school in Kenya, which she went out to help build last summer.

Ynysddu torch bearer battled cancer

BATTLER: Anne Shingler

3:07pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

ANNE Shingler, of Ynysddu, battled breast cancer for several years will be running with the torch.

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