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• Gwent Police top detection figures

  GWENT police are on top form in detecting vehicle crime and burglary, according to figures released by the Home office recently. read more

• Talent for top song

  A TALENTED local musician has composed the score for an award-winning theatrical group. read more

• Everyone was a winner!

  SURFBOARDING, limbo dancing and music from the Abba Girls tribute band - visitors to Chepstow Racecourse on Caribbean Night saw it all. With two favourites victorious in the six races and no long-priced winners, the punters were happy because they stayed ahead of the bookmakers. And Sedbury trainer Milton Bradley sent out the 3-1 chance Parkside Pursuit to win the last race of the evening - the five-furlong 32Red Poker Room Handicap - so local racegoers went home delighted. read more

• England 'keeper Jones has not forgotten his Abergavenny roots

  FORMER Abergavenny Cricket Club captain Geraint Jones took four catches and scored a useful 30 runs for England in the first innings of the Ashes test against Australia. read more

• Teen Tom beats men to the gold

  GB JUNIOR international Tom Lucy struck gold at the British Rowing Championships - in the men's open event! read more

• Crime stats are the tops

  GWENT police are on top form in detecting vehicle crime and burglary, according to figures released by the Home Office recently. read more

• A cautious welcome

  Monmouthshire planners have voted to approve outline planning permission for the Westgate Buisness Park scheme in Llanfoist but rejected detailed plans for the former Coopers' factory site on design grounds. read more

• Future of rugby gets an airing

  Monmouth Rugby Club is being honoured on Monday, August 8, when Tim Burton, the Welsh Rugby Union Group Director of Finance and Strategy, will be addressing members and their guests on "The Future of Welsh Rugby", at 7pm. read more

• Family-friendly fixtures on menu at local racecourse

  WHEN the 2006 horse racing calendar is published in the next few days, it will show the overriding importance of 'family friendly' fixtures to racecourses. read more

• Firm defends fare rise of 125% for schoolchildren

  Last week the Free Press reported on the council's decision to discontinue subsidising Classic Buses, the company responsible for ferrying Chepstow pupils to and from school. read more

• Councillor 'silenced' after press comments

  A REBEL councillor with Monmouth Town Council has been silenced by the mayor after giving misleading statements and misunderstandings to a local newspaper. read more

• Pupils WILL get free buses

  PARENTS and councillors in Chepstow have scored a "victory for common sense" after the council have agreed to lay on free transport service for pupils attending the local comprehensive school. read more

• Monmouth on course for crown

  UNBEATEN leaders Monmouth remain firmly on course to retain their Flint & Cook Marches League crown, after thumping struggling Canon Frome by 76 runs last Saturday. read more

• Team performance gains the win

  Sudbrook continued their rise up the Thomas Carroll League Premier Division as they overcame Tondu at Bryn Road on Saturday. read more

• Listeners wave hello to a new station for the people

  THE countdown is on as technicians and presenters create a new radio station for the people of Monmouth from this Sunday. read more

• Police appeal for information on 'motiveless' knife attack

  A TWENTY-FIVE-year old man was attacked with a knife in a motiveless assault in Bulwark last Friday. read more

• Wood is edging to double successes

  CHEPSTOW mot-orcyclist Brian Wood is on the brink of securing the 600cc NG Roadracing championship and is well placed to also secure the club championship title. read more

• Minute's silence held for respected town mayor

  TRIBUTES have been paid to Dr Alun Jones, a former Mayor of Monmouth who died on Monday. read more

• Morgan's 59 can't save the Seconds from home defeat

  MONMOUTH Seconds surrendered a match-winning position against a new-look Hereford City and crashed to a 36-run home defeat in the Flint & Cook Marches League Division 2. read more

• More fight plans for supermarket

  NAMES are fast being added to a petition signed by people opposed to a new supermarket being built on Caldicot School's playing fields. read more

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