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  • Andrew Coombs shines but misery goes on for Wales

    Wales 22 Ireland 30 TEST rugby was a venture into the unknown for Andrew Coombs on Saturday, in the end it left the Newport Gwent Dragons star with a familiar feeling. Wales Six Nations opener against Ireland mirrored the type of rugby that

  • London Welsh 14 Dragons 42

    WHEN a man from Wales’ past was called from the bench by London Welsh, the youngsters for Wales’ future fired Newport Gwent Dragons to victory in the LV= Cup. It didn’t look like it would matter when Gavin Henson, fresh on the pitch, was wide with

  • Newport 95 Bonymaen 14

    NEWPORT smashed their seven-match winless streak with an emphatic victory over Bonymaen that came close to re-writing the record books and set up a home Swalec Cup third-round tie with Swansea. It was annihilation on a monumental scale at Rodney

  • James Bond supercar crashes at Cwmbran roundabout

    THE driver of a James Bond sports car costing up to £190,000 came a cropper in Cwmbran on Saturday morning when his silver Aston Martin Vanquish crashed at the Croesyceiliog roundabout. A spokeswoman for Gwent Police confirmed they attended the

  • THE NEWSDESK: Have you heard the one about.........

    SOMETIMES, I despair. The last occasion was on Friday morning when I opened a Welsh newspaper to find a 500-word epic about an Assembly Member's anger that Wales has been 'snubbed' in the latest Volkswagen adverts. This is the basis of the

  • Former TJ's owner's daughter upset at Newport arson attack

    A SUSPECTED arson attack at the former TJ's nightclub at the weekend has left the former owner' daughter devastated. Firefighters battled the blaze at the club, in Clarence Place, Newport, at 2.08am on Saturday which is believed to have been started

  • Newport's polar explorer, Richard Parks back in Wales

    NEWPORT explorer Richard Parks returned back home to Wales at the weekend. And the former Newport Gwent Dragon flanker wasted no time in getting back to his rugby roots by watching the Wales v Ireland rugby match at the Millennium Stadium.