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Monmouthshire Archive

• Promotion place is up for grabs

  Llanishen 10 Abergavenny 13 read more

• HMS Monmouth to receive honour

  HMS Monmouth, a Royal Navy Type 23 frigate, is to receive the Freedom of the Town at a major ceremony in Monmouth on Sunday. read more

• Goytre climb up the table

  Caerau Ely 0 Goytre 2 read more

• Minister enters bridge closure row

  SECRETARY of State for Wales, Peter Hain, has given reassurances about the constant closures of the old Severn Crossing - in the same week as the bridge closed again to traffic for over eight hours. read more

• Council bans horses

  HORSES have been banned from grazing on Castle Meadows in Abergavenny, following a debate at Monmouthshire's cabinet meeting. read more

• Tax cash diverted to bed-blocking crisis

  LOCAL householders will be hit by higher council tax bills this year because of a National Assembly decision to spend a £22million windfall on health. read more

• Ambulances in crisis

  THE PEOPLE of Monmouthshire must get the ambulance service they deserve, council chiefs say. read more

• Budget dilemma for council

  THE ELDERLY in care and schoolchildren will be the first affected if Monmouthshire's cabinet decides to cut services to claw its way out of a cash crisis. read more

• Abergavenny car dealer jailed for cheque fraud

  A SECOND-HAND car dealer who turned to fraud to help solve serious money problems has been jailed for nine months at Cardiff Crown Court. read more

• Pitch perfect is Holmes' plan

  ABERGAVENNY Thursdays talisman Kyle Holmes is hoping the side's Pen-y-Pound ground can fast become the iron fortress it once was. read more

• Anger over CCTV breakdown

  MONMOUTH'S six Close Circuit Television cameras were out of action between Boxing Day and New Year's Day. read more

• East Gwent League round-up

  Gill Cup 2nd Round read more

• Gwent Central League round-up

  Prescoed took the Division Two title with two games to play, following their 5-2 win over second-placed Gilwern B. read more

• Sports clubs up in arms at vandals

  POLICE are to hold talks with local sporting clubs in a bid to stamp out vandalism on the Chippenham Fields. read more

• Police trio aim to cut crime

  ABERGAVENNY has more bobbies on the beat as three Police community support officers (PCSO's) have been assigned to the town and surrounding areas. read more

• Monmouth AFC hit by thieves

  MONMOUTH AFC assistant manager Andrew Lewis has told the Free Press that the club can ill afford to pay for the damage caused by vandals to its football ground after a group of youths stole two of the pitches football and rugby posts. read more

• Family man held in terrorist scare

  A Caldicot fish and chip shop owner was interrogated by armed FBI agents at a New York airport - after being mistaken for a Middle Eastern terrorist. read more

• Skenfrith earn cup victory

  Fowhope 0 Skenfrith United 1 read more

• Chepstow slip to eighth defeat

  Treowen 2 Chepstow Town 1 read more

• Free Press website is a hit!

  THE popularity of the Free Press website serving our three titles in Abergavenny, Chepstow and Monmouth continues to grow, according to latest figures. read more

On this day: Monmouthshire Archive