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• Carnival winners

  Carnival float prize winners in the adult's section were: In first place the Severn Bridge Social Club, Chepstow football club second and All Nations church a close third place. read more

• Market put on ice

  Plans for two major developments in Llan-foist have been put on hold while councillors look at the sites. read more

• Carnival capers

  The sun shone on Abergavenny Carnival on Saturday and, although there were only seven floats, the quality of entries was particularly high and there was a huge walking entry. read more

• A healthy walk in Nelson's footsteps

  CELEBRATIONS to mark the first anniversary of the highly successful 'Walking the Way to Health' scheme in Monmouthshire was held recently at the Nelson Garden. read more

• Rail path project passed on appeal

  CONSTRUCTION may soon begin on a new cycle and footpath linking Redbrook and Monmouth after the Wye Valley Cycleway Project won an appeal against Council planners. read more

• Thefts blitz: Mower stolen

  MONMOUTH police are investigating a spate of four thefts and break-ins they believe to be linked, all occurring in the Old Church area of Penallt, last Wednesday night. read more

• New radio station gets ready to rock

  FULL details of the proposed new radio station for the Monmouth and the surrounding area will be unveiled tomorrow. read more

• Ex-policeman jailed for ' send heavies' threat

  A 43-STONE Monmouth millionaire became Britain's heaviest inmate last week, after the ex-policeman was jailed for threatening to "send in heavies" to demand cash from a former business associate. read more

• Artists display work to public at Forest event

  MONMOUTHSHIRE artists and sculptors are among 70 individuals opening their workshops to the public this weekend in the second two-day Forest Open Studios event. read more

• A lorry load of trouble

  VILLAGERS of Llancloudy have failed in their attempt to persuade councillors to back their campaign to prevent lorry loads of foot and mouth debris thundering through their village. read more

• Huw weds his Tess

  MONMOUTH'S former Member of Parliament Huw Edwards has married his fiance Tess Cooling at St Mary's Priory Church on Saturday. read more

• Unbeaten Monmouth stay on course for a third title

  MONMOUTH kept up their bid for an unprecedented third successive Flint & Cook Marches League title with a hard-fought 29-run away win over rivals Garnons last weekend. read more

• It's a proud day for clubman Matthew

  MONMOUTH Rowing Club's Matthew Stott did his club proud by racing to the quarter-final stages at the 166-year-old Henley Royal Regatta. read more

• Only way is up for for Town

  NEW Monmouth Town FC Chairman Lee Robson has set the club a deadline of 2010 to take their seat among the Welsh League big guns. The Kingfishers' first eleven achieved promotion last season, but Mr Robson, also a local councillor, has his sights set on two more successful campaigns in the next five years. read more

• Karate kid Kate gets gold

  Monmouth comprehensive School pupil Kate Mills joined juniors from Kyoshin Shotokan Karate Club, as they travelled to Chesterfield last Saturday to take part in the Karate Union of Great Britain National Youth Championships. read more

• War heroes are honoured at last

  ONE man's vision was finally realised on Sunday when Abergavenny's first memorial to the men and women from the area who died in the Second World War was unveiled. read more

• Car park petition gets 10,000 names

  A PETITION with more than 10,000 names has been collected in Abergavenny in protest at plans to start charging in free car parks. read more

• Drunk driver banned

  A DOG breeder will face extreme hardship by losing her licence for drink / driving, Abergavenny magistrates were told. read more

• Town explodes into carnival colour

  THE streets of Chepstow had an extra burst of life when the carnival parade with its bright colours and live music came rolling into town last weekend. read more

• Council rejects new store plans

  AS THE arduous task of finding an agreeable site for a new supermarket in Caldicot continues, councillors have found themselves caught up in another store battle - in Magor. read more

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