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• Row looms over CCTV costs

  CHEPSTOW town councillors are bracing themselves for a row with police when they are asked to pay the annual bill for an "ineffective" CCTV scheme. read more

• Medallist Kayla is in the swim

  MEMBERS of Chepstow and District Swimming Club won 38 medals at the East Wales Area Swimming Championships, held at Pontypool Leisure Centre over the last two weekends. read more

• Morgan third in New York

  Monmouth's Becky Morgan had to settle for third place at the Sybase Classic in New York after making a bright start in her bid to become the first Welsh player to win on the LPGA Tour. read more

• New tree could cost £10,000

  A DEVELOPER responsible for cutting down a historic tree in Monmouth has been formally told to plant a new one at a cost of more than £10,000. read more

• Woman badly hurt in skate park

  A WOMAN who suffered serious head injuries after falling in to the skate park in Chepstow remains unconcious in intensive care. read more

• Sudbrook stuck in a rut

  SUDBROOK player-coach Mark O'Leary has no qualms about Premiership sides playing county cricketers, despite conceding three centuries to Glamorgan batters in three separate games this season. read more

• Regatta boosted by numbers

  MONMOUTH's first ever two-day regatta has attracted a bumper 332-boat entry this weekend. read more

• Bridge officers facing disciplinary action

  COUNCIL chief Colin Berg will lead an investigation into whether disciplinary action should be taken over the handling of the Monnow Bridge project. read more

• Safety zone to surround new school

  SCHOOLCHILDREN in Abergavenny could soon be protected by a new road traffic safety zone. read more

• Cancer victim has new hope

  A mother suffering from a rare cancer feels she has a future again after last-ditch experimental treatment reduced the size of her deadly tumour. read more

• Wormelow blown away

  IT WAS a whirlwind unbeaten 85 from David Teague that swept Monmouth Cricket Club to a convincing seven-wicket away win over neighbouring Wormelow in the Flint & Cook Marches League Divi-sion 1 on Saturday. read more

• Chepstow is a going concern

  RACEGOERS at Chepstow's Spring Bank Holiday meeting on Monday will be as concerned as owners and trainers about the going at the course. read more

• Another diver dies in Tidenham

  THE DROWNING of a diver at the National Diving Centre in Tidenham, near Chepstow, on Monday was the third death at the centre in six weeks. read more

• BBC plans to put rock into Rockfield

  A BBC documentary is to be screened to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the recording of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody at a Monmouth studio. read more

• James is half-ton hero

  YOUNG Abergavenny batter James Hrastelj could play an integral part in the Avenue Road side's fight for Premiership glory this season if he can keep racking up runs like he did in Saturday's nine-wicket win at Panteg. read more

• One-way scheme is scrapped

  CHEPSTOW'S controversial one-way system is to be scrapped after local traders took the council to task at a public meeting. read more

• Horse trials aiming high

  PLANS are afoot to improve the ranking of the Chepstow International Horse Trials from its current one star rating after the huge success of this year's event at Chepstow Racecourse over the weekend. read more

• Cross Street closure agreed

  ABERGAVENNY traders have agreed that they want to see Cross Street closed to through traffic on special occasions. read more

• Captain Idris leads the way

  MONMOUTH Cricket Club's second team romped to a seven-wicket home win over Builth Wells in the Flint & Cook Marches League Division Two on Saturday. read more

• Cheers! It's cider festival time...

  NEVER one to turn down a drink we sent our man Noel Davies along to the Clytha Arms near Abergavenny where thousands of drinkers will flock this weekend for the third Welsh Cider Festival. Bottoms up! read more

On this day: Monmouthshire Archive