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  • Rugby's big night scrapped as Moffett wields axe

    WELSH rugby's traditional end-of-season awards presentation dinner has been axed by WRU group chief executive David Moffett. The presentation gala night has been held at either Sophia Gardens or the CIA for years and always climaxes the end of the season

  • Newport injuries piling up

    NEWPORT suffered another injury blow in their last game before next Saturday's Principality Cup Final. Matthew Veater, who plays at lock or blindside flanker, suffered two suspected broken ribs during last night's 39-17 defeat by Cardiff and had to be

  • Tough lesson for Newport

    NEWPORT fell apart in the second half to crash to a heavy defeat against Cardiff at the Arms Park last night after being level at half-time. A young, inexperienced Newport team showed lots of promise for nearly an hour, but Cardiff then stepped up a gear

  • Free speech, or shock tactics?

    After two ProLife candidates were arrested in Newport over the use of a poster graphically showing an aborted foetus, one says the arrest has wrecked their National Assembly campaign. We asked people in the city whether legal action should have been brought

  • Euro ban row: Wales backed

    ITALY have joined forces with Wales to heap pressure on FIFA to reinstate Azerbaijan into the European Championship qualifiers. Furious Azzurri FA chiefs, major powers in the world game, are seething with FIFA's decision to suspend the Azerbaijanis in

  • L-driver sees red

    ALMOST 1,000 New-port commuters have signed a petition calling for Newport's controversial new traffic lights to be scrapped. The lights in Cardiff Road replaced the roundabout by Belle Vue Park a few weeks ago - but they are being blamed for causing

  • My little Tia made call that saved me

    LITTLE Tia Wilson became a lifesaver when her mum began hyperventilating and could not move. And the six-year-old's brave actions have been praised by the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust. It was 4am on Thursday when Tia's mum Kelly became so ill with