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  • Illegal fishermen netted

    ENVIRONMENT officers caught three men fishing without a valid licence in Abergavenny after a tip-off this week. Two were fishing at Maerdy Fishery on the River Usk at Llanwenarth, while a thrid was caught on Abergavenny town water. An Environment

  • Man burgled own mum's house

    A JUDGE yesterday warned a Newport man who burgled his own mother's house that he would be keeping a close eye on him. Twenty-year-old Mark Jarvis was given a community order in March after he pleaded guilty to burglary. He was brought back to Newport

  • Police investigate "terrifying" sex attack

    POLICE cordoned off an area of Ebbw Vale after a 22-year-old woman was subjected to a "terrifying" sex attack in the early hours of Saturday. Detectives are urgently trying to trace a man wearing dark clothing who assaulted the woman as she walked along

  • Local man on TV board

    A FORMER student of Newbridge Grammar school was appointed to the S4C Board of Directors. Clive Jones studied at the London School of Economics and began his career in print journalism before going into broadcasting. He was formerly Chief Executive

  • Massive blaze at Newport rubbish site

    FIREFIGHTERS took nearly four hours to tackle a blaze in a rubbish depot in Newport on Saturday night. The fire took hold of around 80 tonnes of refuse at the civic amenity site in off the Southern Distributor Road in Maesglas. South Wales Fire and

  • Man charged with attempted rape

    GWENT Police charged a 36-year-old man with the attempted rape of a woman as she walked in the Shaftesbury area of Newport. The alleged attack on the 21-year-old woman, who was walking near the Sainsbury's supermarket in Wyndham Street, occurred at around

  • Student hall work begins

    WORK will begin this week on a £17 million hall of residence which could bring an extra 441 students to Newport. Newport Unlimited said the increase in student population will bring a "real buzz" to the city centre and create a "vital boost to the

  • Overturned trailer causes M-way chaos

    AN OVERTURNED trailer caused three-mile tailbacks on the Malpas straight section of the M4 eastbound on Saturday. At around 2.20pm a catering trailer became detached from its vehicle, which left the motorway and went over an embankment, shortly before

  • Man said he'd "get his guns out"

    A TEENAGER told a jury a former martial arts instructor accused of committing a series of sex offences said he would "get his guns out" if she told anyone what happened. Mark Mayne, 40, a cabinet maker, allegedly told another girl that he would kill