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  • It's lights, camera, action as Eisteddfod gets under way

    THE biggest party ever seen in Wales got under way in Gwent last night. Over the coming week Welsh language and culture will be celebrated at The National Eisteddfod in Newport. The site at Tredegar House will host around 300 stands and exhibitions and

  • It's lights, camera, action as Eisteddfod gets under way

    THE biggest party ever seen in Wales got under way in Gwent last night. Over the coming week Welsh language and culture will be celebrated at The National Eisteddfod in Newport. The site at Tredegar House will host around 300 stands and exhibitions and

  • Lights, camera, action as Eisteddfod gets under way

    THE biggest party ever seen in Wales got under way in Gwent last night. Over the coming week Welsh language and culture will be celebrated at The National Eisteddfod in Newport. The site at Tredegar House will host around 300 stands and exhibitions and

  • Brown's tribute to Sir Tasker

    RODNEY Parade benefactor Tony Brown has paid a glowing tribute to Sir Tasker Watkins, who is standing down as Welsh Rugby Union president. Sir Tasker has informed the WRU board that he will finish as president at the Union's annual meeting at the end

  • County signings icing on the cake

    THE final pieces of Newport County's Nationwide Conference South jigsaw fell into place last night as former Cardiff City pair Jason Bowen and Scott Young signed deals and boss Peter Nicholas described their captures as "the icing on the cake". The pair

  • Belly dancing at 79!

    GRANDMOTHER Vera Clarke (pictured) may be 79, but she's still full of Eastern promise. Rather than sitting at home in Abergavenny with her knitting, Vera is known to do a bit of the sort of shaking and gyrating favoured by pop stars like Shakira - but

  • Cycling coup

    NEWPORT is in cycling's global arena with the news that a Women's World Cup Series race will becoming to the city next year. It is the first time that the event has been staged in Britain let alone Wales and has been awarded by the Union Cycling Internationale

  • Belly dancing at 79!

    GRANDMOTHER Vera Clarke (pictured) may be 79, but she's still full of Eastern promise. Rather than sitting at home in Abergavenny with her knitting, Vera is known to do a bit of the sort of shaking and gyrating favoured by pop stars like Shakira - but

  • In homage to a life of service

    NORTHERN IRELAND Secretary Paul Murphy paid a moving tribute a the funeral of his friend Brian Smith yesterday, calling the former Torfaen council leader a "truly remarkable public servant". More than 300 mourners packed St Gabriel's Church, Old Cwmbran