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Newport could get council contact centre

5:40pm Friday 19th March 2010

USING council services in Newport could soon get a lot easier if councillors agree plans to open a new information centre.

TJ's owner’s funeral set for next week

TAX STRONGER SPIRITS: John Sicolo

4:46pm Friday 19th March 2010

THE funeral service for John Sicolo, owner of the legendary TJ's bar, will take place at St Paul's Church, Newport, next Thursday March 25.

Burns victim started blaze - inquest

TRAGIC: Tim Flood

3:50pm Friday 19th March 2010

A MAN who died of multiple burns in a blaze which destroyed his home, started the fire himself with the “express intention” of preventing his wife living there after they separated, a coroner concluded yesterday.

£400,000 for headmistress from Skenfrith

2:40pm Friday 19th March 2010

A HEADMISTRESS, originally from Skenfrith near Abergavenny, is entitled to £400,000 damages, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.

Gwent civil servants set to strike again

1:30pm Friday 19th March 2010

CIVIL servants across Gwent are set to strike again in protest at changes to redundancy payments.

Heart pump op buys more time for Rogerstone man

HEART HOPE: Stewart Rankin with wife Connie and daughter Molly

12:20pm Friday 19th March 2010

AFTER spending almost four years waiting for a new heart, Stewart Rankin is hoping an operation today to fit an artificial heart pump will make the wait a little easier.

No action against son over conductor's suicide

11:50am Friday 19th March 2010

THE MONMOUTH son of conductor Sir Edward Downes will not be charged with assisting his suicide, the Director of Public Prosecutions said today.

Tragic Newport boy dies - but helps others live on

TRAGIC: Corrie Kirby-Monaghan

11:10am Friday 19th March 2010

A GRIEVING dad whose nine-year-old son died following an asthma attack hopes his memory will live on through the people whose lives he has saved in organ donations. He spoke exclusively to NATALIE CROCKETT.

CWMCARN BABY DEATH: Tributes left outside shop

11:11am Friday 19th March 2010

TRIBUTES were left outside the shop in Cwmcarn where a baby, who later died, was found last night.

Wheelchair-bound visitor tells of Newport mugging

VICTIM: Martin James was attacked in the Bridge Street carpark in Newport

10:20am Friday 19th March 2010

A WHEELCHAIR user spoke of his anger yesterday after he was robbed by a man posing as a good samaritan.







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