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• Rowers reach finals

  MONMOUTH'S senior rowers fought their way to two finals at the British Veteran Championships in Nottingham to line up against former Great Britain and Cambridge Boat Race rowers. read more

• Low flying led to rider's death

  RIDER was killed when her horse was spooked by a low-flying military helicopter and ran into oncoming traffic, an inquest heard. read more

• Monmouthshire cricket round-up

  SOUTH Wales Premiership side Usk made Penarth regret opting to bat after winning the toss with a destructive display of bowling power seeing them off for just 174 runs. read more

• All change for Monmouthshire County Council

  ITS ALL change for Monmouthshire County Council, as the Conservatives ousted Labour members following last week's elections. read more

• All change for Monmouthshire County Council

  ITS ALL change for Monmouthshire County Council, as the Conservatives ousted Labour members following last week's elections. The ruling party has 23 seats on the council, while Labour drop to eight. The Liberal Democrats doubled their seats to four and the Independents remain at five seats. And for the first time Plaid Cymru, The Party of Wales, have two seats on the most Anglicised council in Wales. A total of 21 new councillors were elected to the local authority, and among these are Monmouth's outgoing mayor, Cllr Susan White, who won the hotly contested battle in the Overmonnow electoral division. Another former mayor of the town, Cllr Eileen Goodrich, was elected to the council after polling more votes than Dick Cass in the Dixton with Osbaston electoral division. Newcomer Elizabeth Hacket-Pain won the Wyesham electoral division for the Conserva-tives, in a seat that was held by the former leader of the council David Waring, who had stood down. Shock waves reverberated across the county and at County Hall in Cwmbran when it was realised that four long-standing Labour councillors had lost their seats: Gwyn Eburn, who was chairman of the planning committee, Giles Howard, Andre Arkell and Maureen Roach. The clerk to Monmouth Town Council, Ann Webb, was elected as a county councillor in the St Arvans ward, and Robert Greenland won the new seat that was created in Devauden. Monmouth MP Huw Edwards said that national politics and international affairs played too prominent a role in the recent elections, which should have focused on the record of local councillors and the commitment to serving their local communities. In the community council elections, Tim Buckland narrowly beat Drew Lacey to win the town ward seat on Monmouth Town Council by six votes following a recount. read more

• Monmouthshire County Council results

  Caerwent Peter Butcher, Liberal Democrat, 60; Brian Counsell, Labour, 249; Philip Murphy, Conservative, 384. read more

• 'Batsmen not good enough'

  ABERGAVENNY coach Keith Newell has slammed his side's batting order after their worst display at the crease this season. read more

• Double-ton destroyers

  CENTURIES from David Teague and Rob Prewett helped table-topping Monmouth Cricket Club to an emphatic 86-run home win over Llandrindod Wells in the Flint & Cook Marches League Division 1 on Saturday. read more

• Sacked mum wins case

  A SINGLE mum who was sacked by a "Scrooge" boss on Christmas Eve won her sex discrimination case yesterday. read more

• Sudbrook on Glory trail

  SUDBROOK player-coach Mark O'Leary has sent a rallying cry to his men ahead of this weekend's game against Sully saying: "We can challenge for the title if we keep playing like we are." read more

• Election shocks

  THERE were quite a few shocks in the Abergavenny and Usk areas in last week's local council elections, including Andre Arkell, chairman of the area committee losing his seat. read more

• Traffic chaos cost seats

  TWO Chepstow councillors who lost their seats last week said the ill-fated one-way system played a part in their election defeat. read more

• Brewery says cheers to new bottling plant

  CELEBRATING its 25th anniversary year, Magor Brewery recently launched a new £11million state-of-the-art bottling hall. read more

• Crash driver 'blinded'

  THE driver of a lorry which overturned and crushed an Abergavenny couple's car in a horrendous collision could have been blinded by the sun, an inquest heard. read more

• Traffic chaos cost seats

  TWO Chepstow councillors who lost their seats last week said the ill-fated one-way system played a part in their election defeat. read more

• New store opens

  WAITROSE opens its new store at Llanfoist on Thursday, July 15. read more

• Now for the Tour

  ABERGAVENNY'S Olympic cyclist Julian Winn has revealed a strong performance in Athens could earn him a ride in the Tour de France. read more

• Rally round-up

  AFTER the third round of the Fiat Stilo Cup Abergavenny crew Chris Davies and Nathan Parry have opened up a clear lead in the championship. read more

• Monmouthshire community councils results

  Monmouth community councils read more

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