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• Aber beat yet another top team

  ABERGAVENNY player-coach Keith Newell says he's not surprised in the slightest his men have beaten the Premiership top two sides - Sully and Cardiff - in consecutive weeks. read more

• You don't have to be Welsh to speak it

  ONE of the finalists in this year's Welsh Learner of the Year Award is not only English, but lives in one of the more English-speaking towns in Wales - Abergavenny! Noel Davies paid a visit to Lois Arnold's home to find out just why she is so passionate about Welsh. read more

• Thursdays put on brave face

  Abergavenny Thursdays 1 Newport County 10 read more

• Farmers fight back for show success

  THE local farming community is poised to make an impressive comeback at next month's Chepstow Agricultural Show. read more

• Fee a small price to pay for event

  ROCK in the Dell organiser Carol Mutlow has hit back at suggestions the one-day festival should be made free entry, warning if they didn't charge a small fee the popular summer event would not go ahead. read more

• Delay fears for Chepstow town revamp

  THE Chepstow regeneration scheme could be as much as four months behind schedule, a top Monmouthshire councillor has admitted. read more

• Record horse show turnout

  THERE was a record number of 67 entries at this year's South Wales Shire Horse Society show in Abergavenny on Saturday. read more

• Get ready for Festival fun

  MONMOUTH'S Annual nine day free Festival comes of age on Friday as it celebrates 21 years of providing top musical entertainment in the town. read more

• Chef Hugh returns to Food Festival

  TV CHEF Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall makes a welcome return to the hugely-popular Abergavenny Food Festival - last year voted the 'greatest event in Wales'. read more

• Openers set up victory

  A MATCH-WINNING 203-run opening stand between Ian Morgan and 14-year-old Tej Saran helped Monmouth Cricket Club's Second team to an emphatic eight-wicket victory at Builth Wells in the Flint & Cook Marches League Division 2 on Saturday. read more

• New top-class theatre to open

  SOME of the UK's finest theatrical and musical talent has been lined up to play at the Blake Theatre in Monmouth when it opens its doors later this year. read more

• Record entry for Tintern Trot

  This year's Tintern Trot attracted a record number of runners, much to the delight of race director Ian Wade. read more

• Monmouth keep up the pressure

  MONMOUTH Cricket Club kept up the pace at the top of the Flint & Cook Marches League Division 1 with a comfortable seven-wicket home win over neighbouring Wormelow on Saturday. read more

• Big names target Chepstow move

  MAJOR High Street brands have shown an interest in moving into the redeveloped former Lloyds Bank building in Chepstow town centre. read more

• £50K needed to set up skate park

  TO set up a temporary skatepark with a large mini-ramp complex for youngsters in Abergavenny would cost around £50,000. read more

• 'Goytre must not be disheartened'

  Goytre 1 Taffs Well 4 (midweek) Goytre 3 Llanwern 1 read more

• Row erupts over historic garden 'vandalism'

  MONMOUTH'S historic Nelson Garden has been attacked by a pensioner wielding a chain saw. read more

• Sudbrook demolish Panteg

  TRIUMPHANT Sudbrook player-coach Mark O'Leary has challenged his side to remain unbeaten in their eight remaining Premiership games after demolishing Panteg on Saturday in unequivocal style. read more

On this day: Monmouthshire Archive