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Newport skatepark owner’s anger over blaze silence

8:20pm Thursday 18th March 2010

THE owner of a Newport skatepark destroyed in a suspected arson attack says he had little contact from the authorities since his business burned down.

Crowds pay respects to Newport naval hero

7:30pm Thursday 18th March 2010

CROWDS gathered on the banks of the River Usk in Newport today to pay their respects to a Gwent wartime hero on the 67th anniversary of his death.

Festival held in Abergavenny soldier’s memory

6:30pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A CHARITY set up in memory of a Gwent soldier will hold a festival in Abergavenny to raise funds for injured Welsh servicemen and women.

Gwent nurses pioneer lung cancer treatment

3:50pm Thursday 18th March 2010

GWENT nurses are blazing a trail in care of lung cancer patients - recruiting them for a major drug trial, and minimising their need to come into hospital for chemotherapy treatment.

Battling Chepstow tot faces open heart surgery

3:10pm Thursday 18th March 2010

AT JUST two-weeks-old Cameron Atkins was rushed to hospital barely able to breathe and he underwent the first of four operations before his first birthday.

Baby death doctor showed 'serious carelessness'

2:18pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A DOCTOR, who failed to diagnose blood poisoning in a baby who died the next day, was suspended for just four months yesterday.