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  • Drug death verdict left open

    CWMBRAN man was discarded like an "unwanted toy" just hours before he was found dead, an inquest heard. Rodney Jones, aged 31, of Shawley Court, was found dead outside the Court Farm and Oakfield Community centre in Cwmbran in the early hours of Thursday

  • Jekyll and Hyde sex beast jailed

    AN EX-STEELWORKER said to have a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde personality was jailed for ten years for carrying out sex attacks on a teenager and a woman. Carl Ball, aged 30, was told by Judge David Wyn Morgan: "You subjected a teenager to persistent acts of

  • Newport County manager's hopes

    Tim Harris, Newport County manager, feels his side have displayed enough good form in cup competitions to prove they are a better side than their lowly position in the Dr. Martens League suggests. Harris said: "I believe we are in a false position for

  • Terror of naked lovers

    A NAKED couple were terrified when a group of men became involved in an affray when they parked in a lovers' lane. The boyfriend, who had been in the car, was kicked in the face and needed eight stitches in an injury caused when his door window was shattered

  • Tongan flanker's baby boyo

    DYNAMIC Tongan flanker Kati Tuipulotu loves the people of Wales, and Ebbw Vale in particular, so much he has named his recently-born son Carwyn. "In Welsh it means 'blessing in love from God' I believe," he said. "When people ask me his name, they are

  • Newport still on track

    NEWPORT are still well on track despite their narrow 17-13 Welsh-Scottish League defeat against Llanelli in last night's top-of-the-table clash at Stradey Park. That is the encouraging claim of coach Ian McIntosh, disappointed with the start but happier