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  • Wipeout Wasps clip Falcons' wings

    Wasps 56 Exeter 34 NEWPORT Wasps moved top of their qualifying group in the British League with, in the end, a very convincing win over Exeter Falcons at Hayley Stadium yesterday afternoon. Wasps won four of the final five heats with maximum points -

  • Mountain search for missing woman

    SEARCH teams with tracker dogs were combing a Gwent mountainside last night for missing pensioner Eirwen Jones. Her worried family issued a desperate plea to her, saying: "Come home, or let us know you are OK." And police said they were concerned for

  • Gwent sign up Oakley

    GWENT have signed Bristol and England Schools number eight Rhys Oakley on a two-year contract. It represents quite a capture for Gwent as they prepare for the first season of regional rugby in Wales. Oakley is Welsh, but his family moved across the Severn

  • City ace relishes chance to shine

    CARDIFF City promotion hero Daniel Gabbidon is rubbing his hands at the prospect of playing in Division One next season. The outstanding Cwmbran-raised defender was a rock for the Bluebirds yesterday as Andy Campbell's late extra-time winner broke QPR

  • 'Rail link would get people off benefits'

    PUBLIC transport from the Valleys to Newport - including the vital Ebbw Vale to Newport rail link - must improve if people claiming sickness benefits are to be helped back to work, MPs say. Their plea follows our campaign of almost a year for the Ebbw

  • Hundreds turn up for homes protest

    MORE than 200 people waving placards occupied the site of the controversial south Sebastopol development between Pontypool and Cwmbran on Saturday. The plan, which is backed by Torfaen council and Barratt Homes, would see 1,200 houses built on 253 acres