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• Defendant's sick note fails to wash with judge

  EVEN though he weighs 43 STONES, alleged blackmailer Clive Shorney's health woes will not stop him facing trial, a judge warned yesterday. read more

• Dispute over area cash

  A ROW broke out last week about how to spend the £15,000 budget for the Bryn y Cwm area. read more

• Pub raiders locked up

  AN Abergavenny man was jailed for four years for putting a pub landlord into a state of terror and robbing him of £200. read more

• Thousands turn out for toy story

  THOUSANDS visited the annual toy and train collectors' fair in Abergavenny on May Day. read more

• School group presents case

  THE closure of successful, small rural schools contributes to the breakdown of communities, say all the parents and residents of Llanover. This is one of the statements in a detailed document submitted by the action group set up to fight the closure of Llanover Primary School by Monmouthshire County Council in its strategic review of primary education. read more

• Fifth defeat is the final straw for Rob

  Caldicot Town must be desperate for the season to end after defeat against Tillery on Saturday marked their fourth league reverse on the trot - their fifth in all competitions. read more

• Traders step up war on parking

  TRADERS in Monmouthshire are mounting an even stronger campaign against the county council's decision to double car parking charges - and end free parking. read more

• Usk off to great start in derby battle

  Usk had a winning start at Avenue Road, where Jonathan Wyatt made a fine 60 and new captain Kunal Khanna got 32 in their total of 185 for six after being inserted by Abergavenny. Mike Beacham took 2-36 for Abergavenny. read more

• Traders step up parking charges fight

  TRADERS in Monmouthshire are mounting an even stronger campaign against the county council's decision to double car parking charges - and end free parking. read more

• Car parking at castle is a priority for village visitors

  RESIDENTS in Grosmont are hoping that CADW will help solve their parking problems by providing a piece of land next to the castle. read more

• Aber notch up vital scoreline

  Abergavenny put ten tries past New Tredegar on Saturday, significantly improving their try difference as the race for third place in Division Three East looks like going to the wire. read more

• Driver's lucky escape

  A WOMAN had a lucky escape when a lorry overturned and landed on top of her car in the Wye Valley. read more

• Nine arrests after fracas

  NINE people were arrested after a punch-up in a Chepstow social club on Bank Holiday Monday. read more

• Parish mourns its former vicar

  THE former vicar of the parish of Llantilio Pertholey has died after a long illness. read more

• Hat-trick on cards

  MONMOUTH Cricket Club will launch their bid for a third successive Flint & Cook Marches League crown this Saturday, writes Ian Morgan. Monmouth face a tough opening Division 1 match at home to rivals Garnons, who have won the Marches League title on three occasions. read more

• Rugby boys in big battle for honours

  THE third annual Abergavenny RFC Mini and Junior ten-a-side Tournament was held at Raglan Sports Fields last weekend. read more

• Villagers protest over supermarket

  PLANS for a supermarket to be built on the edge of Magor, have been greeted with hostility from local traders and residents alike, who believe that such a development could sound the death knoll for their village. read more

• Lorna is fast, fit and 45

  BUSY mother of two Lorna Shaw has proved that life really does begin at 40. read more

• Pop concert organisers are to pay policing costs

  THE organisers of the pop concert to be held this summer in Bailey Park, Abergavenny, have agreed to pay policing costs of more than £7,000. read more

• Mayor-elect puts new cinema into focus

  Chepstow's mayor-elect says he hopes to re-ignite the campaign to bring a cinema to the town. read more

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