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On this day: Monmouthshire Archive

Monmouthshire Archive

• Looks can be deceiving

  THEY may look beautiful, but these exotic plants are strangling the banks of the River Wye and killing native flowers. read more

• Fifty rafts take to the water

  A FLOTILLA of almost 50 rafts took part in this year's annual event on the River Wye. read more

• Sudbrook lose cup final

  SUDBROOK fell at the last hurdle on Sunday when they lost to Cardiff in the final of the Lord's Cup on Sunday. read more

• Pointless game for Caldicot RFC

  A YOUTHFUL Caldicot RFC came home empty-handed after their opening Division Five East clash with RTB (Ebbw Vale) on Saturday. read more

• Locals suffer council tax rise

  MORE than 15,000 householders in Monmouthshire are bracing themselves to pay more council tax next year after the first reassessment of property bands in a decade. read more

• Police hunt for 'despicable' thief

  POLICE have described as despicable the burglary of an elderly woman's home while she was being treated in an ambulance outside. read more

• Fears over new car parking plan

  MONMOUTH could die if the town's car parking fiasco is not solved, claimed a town councillor. read more

• Aber RFC off to winning start

  ABERGAVENNY RFC got off to a high-scoring start as they beat Cwmbran 49-30 in their Division Three East opener at Bailey Park on Saturday. read more

• Brave Tara is jumping for joy

  WHEN little Tara Egan won a clutch of riding rosettes at this year's Chepstow Show, it completed a major fight back after a serious illness. read more

• East Gwent Football League round-up

  Sudbrook Cricket Club produced an amazing comeback in the opening weekend of the East Gwent League Division One. read more

• Gwent Central League round-up

  IT was all change at the top of the Gwent Central League Division One on Satuday as Crickhowell leap-frogged early leaders Govilon and Blaenavon Blues. read more

• Chepstow RFC lose opening game

  CHEPSTOW RFC lost their first Division Four East match of the season when visitors Crumlin emerged 24-8 winners. read more

• New traffic system for Usk show

  USK Show on Saturday is certain to attract thousands of visitors, but they will not face long delays this year in reaching the showground. read more

• Monmouth CC complete the double - again

  MONMOUTH Cricket Club's First XI successfully retained the Marches League Advantage Knock Out Cup, beating Glangrwyney by 67 runs, thanks largely to a superb century by Dan Head. read more

• New blitz on Aber boy racers

  ABERGAVENNY residents fed up with boy racers are to be invited to join forces with the police and council to clamp down on their nuisance behaviour. read more

• Skenfrith suffer surprise loss

  PROMOTION-chasing Skenfrith United got off to a disappointing start to their Herefordshire League Division Two campaign on Saturday. read more

• Council plan to sort revamp overspend

  A £350,000 overspend in the cost of the controversial Chepstow regeneration scheme has been covered by a transfer of money from Monmouthshire's schools budget, it has been revealed. read more

• Chepstow cause major cup upset

  CHEPSTOW FC produced the upset of the first round of the Welsh League Shamrock Travel Cup on Saturday - beating a team two divisions above them. read more

• Thursdays still unbeaten

  REJUVENATED Abergavenny Thursdays continued their unbeaten start to their Gwent County League Division Three campaign on Saturday. read more

• It's like a jungle out there!

  A SMALL Wye Valley village was transformed into a scene from the Jungle Book last week. read more

On this day: Monmouthshire Archive