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  • Man beaten in gang horror

    A NEWPORT man was savagely beaten by two men, while three others watched, after bursting into his flat on New Year's Eve. Jay Davies, 19, of Bettws, was covered in blood after being punched, kicked, stamped on and whipped with a stick across his back.

  • Skipper's battlecry

    THE Newport Gwent Dragons are too good to be languishing near the bottom of the Celtic League table, insisted skipper Jason Forster after the New Year's Day morale-boosting Celtic League victory over the Ospreys. The Dragons brought an end to a four-match

  • Meet an amazing festive delivery,,,

    WHAT do you get when you cross a Rottweiler with a Yorkshire terrier? It may sound like a joke but Newport dog owner Michael Pugsley is set to find out after his two dogs bred a rather unusual offspring. Vets were amazed when they delivered puppy Rocky

  • County go on a seaside mission

    Newport County are on a mission today - to end the curse of Weston once and for all. Visits to the Somerset seaside resort have yet to produce a County victory, with four draws all they have to show from ten games there, nine of which were played at the

  • 'Lovely boy deserves his OBE'

    A VALLEYS town is celebrating after its favourite son was honoured with a top gong. Friends and family of Grand Slam-winning rugby coach Mike Ruddock are proudly celebrating news of his OBE in the New Year Honours list in his home town of Blaina. Malcolm