A GWENT man is fighting for his life in hospital after being found stabbed near his home. Ian Austin, aged 35, from Earl's Mede, Greenmeadow, Cwmbran, who is married with four children, suffered a puncture wound to one of his lungs and a fractured skull
A WEEKEND fishing trip ended in tragedy when two cars were involved in a fatal crash on the Heads of the Valleys Road. The accident occurred at 1.20am on Sunday on the A465 at the roundabout between Dowlais Top and Rhymney, when a Nissan Prairie and a
Llanelli 34 Ebbw Vale 17 A COUPLE of key errors cost Ebbw Vale dear as they succumbed to a 34-17 Principality Cup semi-final defeat by Llanelli. The Steelmen took the game to their opponents at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, harassing and spoiling to put
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BILLOWING black smoke which poured from a blazing Cwmbran plastics plant, pictured, could be seen as far away as Abergavenny. Eighty firefighters battled to bring the fire under control on Saturday, after a storage area and oil tank caught fire at the
NEW laws giving Welsh councils powers to tow away and scrap abandoned cars within a week were today welcomed. The National Assembly has changed the laws governing removal of dumped vehicles - allowing them to be moved within seven days instead of the
YOUNG people called on adults to listen to their needs at a special workshop and seminar in Newport . Duffryn youngsters were able to tell their elders what they want in a seminar organised by the council's youth service and called 'da event'. Representatives
PONTYPOOL, still very much in the chase for the First Division title, travelled to bottom club Merthyr in confident mood expecting to collect all three points and boost their try count. And when Merthyr players at a lunchtime meeting decided to go on
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NEWPORT coach Ian McIntosh retains Shane Howarth at outside half for Wednesday night's difficult league game against in-form Neath at Rodney Parade. McIntosh has resisted the temptation to bring Jason Strange in after Howarth's place kicking failures
AS many as 16 full-time teachers could be facing redundancy from schools across Torfaen. The Torfaen county secretary of the National Association of School-masters Union of Women Teachers claims two schools in Cwmbran have already announced intentions
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LOOTERS have stolen nearly £2,000 worth of Portland stone flagstones from a memorial for miners who died in a 1960 pit explosion. The monument in Six Bells is dedicated to all miners who died in the colliery there, including 45 in the underground explosion
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POLICE are hunting the killers of five racing pigeons found with their heads ripped off. The grim discovery was made yesterday by their owner, Ray Nichols, pictured with the birds, and his grandson at their loft behind Alma Street, Abertillery. A sixth
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FORMER Newport speedway ace Lawrence Hare, now with Exeter, is in hospital with a serious back injury. Hare, 32, crashed into the safety fence at speed during the Premier Trophy meeting with Newport at Hayley Stadium yesterday afternoon. The incident
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HAVING watched his side push the European Cup semi-finalists for more than an hour before losing 34-17, Ebbw Vale coach Mike Ruddock, pictured, said there is plenty of promise for the future. Vale had clearly done their homework and defended intelligently
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NEWPORT stands to get a share of £90,000 to put solar heating into social housing across Wales. The funding, from the Energy Saving Trust, will go to the SWISH project, which has been developed in partnership with local authorities in Newport, Cardiff
CREATIVE work by a Newport based design company will soon be sent all over the world to tempt visitors to one of Wales' biggest tourist attractions. Icon Design, which is based on Stow Hill, has been appointed to produce a full range of marketing materials
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WITH THE respective Mayors of Newport and Crawley in attendance on Saturday perhaps a draw was politically correct, although County's endeavour and continuance of their recent good form did deserve greater reward, with their young guns again impressing
