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• Fell to his death?

  A HORRIFIED Christmas shopper discovered a man lying dead in a stream a few feet from a supermarket car park. read more

• Renewed confidence for Blaenavon Blues

  Blaenavon began the game one place and two points in front of visitors Usk Town. read more

• Health food caf shut after 18 months' trading

  IT'S the end of the Good Life, as Pontypool's health food caf shut its doors for the last time on Friday. read more

• New Panteg bounce back to claim a victory

  New Panteg Under-16s 14 Ystrad Mynach Under-16s 5 read more

• Future star Rachel to put town on map

  SHE'S Torfaen's very own dancing queen. read more

• Investment in play

  FOR THE first time in 46 Years kids in Penygarn have somewhere to play and something to do - thanks to almost half a million pounds investment and the determination of the community. read more

• Take look back through years

  A NOSTALGIA-steeped photo of a train in Abersychan station led one man on a mission to collect local photos. read more

• Hunt for hooded robbers

  POLICE are hunting two men who attacked and robbed a man outside his home in a quiet village street last Thursday evening. read more

• Hunt for landlord - body found in park

  POLICE searching for missing Pontypool man George Wait say a body was found in a town park. read more

• Garn's best performance

  Newport HSOB 10 Garn 15 read more

• Prop suspended following brawl

  PONTYPOOL prop Julian Viner and Newport hooker Leighton Jones have both been suspended following their brawl at Rodney Parade last month - but for greatly differing lengths of time. read more

• Underage drinking

  POLICE made 64 arrests in the first four weeks of a crackdown on alcohol-fuelled disorder and under-age drinking across Torfaen and Monmouthshire. read more

• So close: Talywain run out of time

  Talywain 19 Newport HSOB 21 read more

• Awards recognise teens' dedication

  A Pontypool teenager was awarded with a certificate by Gwent Dragons player, Jonathan Bryant, for becoming a step closer to achieving her NVQ. read more

• Pooler left shell-shocked

  BYRON Hayward, who was sent off against Cardiff last month, was a happy man after his first full game of the season marked Vale's first away league win the campaign. read more

• Race hope for successful start to the New Year

  On New Year's Eve, Race First XI face a tricky task of a trip to Newport to face an organised Cromwell Youth outfit.. read more

• Donations fund playtime for all

  DISABLED youngsters at a Pontypool Children's Centre are getting the chance to play safely in their own outdoor park after donations paid for new play equipment. read more

• Mast objection

  CONTROVERSIAL plans to site a phone mast near a Cwmbran school will be the subject of a public inquiry. read more

• Crows fail to get points on the board

  Rhymney 21 Cwmbran 13 read more

• The best of all presents

  On a busy day for Christmas births at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, two sets of local parents were celebrating with their new bundles of joy. Stephen and Marie Hurcum's new daughter, Isabel, was not due until next year, but decided to make it a Christmas to remember for her first-time parents. read more

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