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• Day of fun for sporty youths

  YOUNGSTERS from 45 teams from across South East Wales will descend on the village of Raglan next month for the fourth annual Abergavenny Mini and Junior Ten-a-side Rugby Tournament. read more

• Judge backs battle of car park charges

  CAMPAIGNERS fighting the bid to end free car parking have been given the unconditional backing of a judge to challenge the decision in court. read more

• UK poster campaign to trace missing golfer

  A MAJOR nationwide poster campaign has been launched in a bid to trace a missing golfer. read more

• Sharing makes difference

  MOTOR cars give us far more independence and mobility than enjoyed by previous generations. Yet transport is responsible for a large and growing percentage (more than 25 percent) of our emissions of CO2, the main climate-changing greenhouse gas. IN the third of the series of articles in the Fight Climate Change campaign by Abergavenny and Crickhowell Friends of the Earth, we look at transport and its effect on global warming. As well as the two new community buses Grass Routes, which run in the north of the county, we talk to people who use alternative 'green' vehicles. read more

• A 5-1 win? It's not good enough!

  Welsh League D2: Gwynfi United 1, Caldicot Town 5 read more

• Firm allowed to fly after planning ruling

  A PRIVATE airstrip on the outskirts of Abergavenny can operate for 150 days a year, councillors have decided. The application by Pioneer Aviation, run by Frank Cavaciuti and his daughter Karen Watkins, was finally approved by the county planning committee after members had paid a site visit. read more

• Usk bask in stylish win

  Usk 32 St Joseph's 3 read more

• Su Doku 'master' takes on world

  MONMOUTH'S own Su Doku master Nina Pell has proven she can cut it with the best in the world after an impressive display at inaugural World Champion-ships in Italy. read more

• Plenty of interest in new bus

  IT MAY have been a wet and windy morning yesterday, but people were still keen to 'get on board' the new Severn-side Grass Routes bus scheme. read more

• Design plans are still in the melting pot

  MONMOUTHSHIRE county council has assured Abergavenny Town Council that the designs for the re-development of the cattle market site are still in the melting pot. read more

• Great away day for Monmouth

  Chepstow 0 Monmouth 25 read more

• Chepstow lose vital game in basement battle

  Division Four East: Chepstow 10 Monmouth 25 read more

• 'Boring' Town in a stroll

  Monmouth Town 5 Christchurch Hamdden 0 read more

• 'Let's stop accidents on danger road'

  A SERIES of accidents at the notorious 'Dead Man's Corner' on the A466 near Tintern has caused local councillors to call for instant action to be taken. read more

• Teen in 'gay sex attack on man, 52'

  A TEENAGER from Monmouth, who befriended a local 52-year-old man and his sister on a night out, later pinned him against a wall in a homosexual assault when they were left alone, it is claimed. read more

• Young gymnastic prodigy flies high

  ROGIET gymnast Alex Jukes took the top honour at the South West elite level championships in Exeter recently, earning him a place at the UK nationals next month. read more

• Goals galore for top Mardy

  Coed Eva Athletic 3 Mardy 6 read more

• Melinda's poems published online

  MONMOUTH'S most prolific poet Melinda Penman has had her publication dream realised - on the internet. read more

• Traders' fury over Asda plan

  TRADERS in Abergavenny have set up a campaign group to fight against a supermarket planned for the town. Save Our Market Town has been set up by people concerned of the affect a new Asda store planned for the Cattle Market site will have on trade. read more

• Pulling miles and miles for charity

  THE junior rowers of Monmouth Comprehensive School are claiming an 'oarsome' indoor world rowing record for 24-hours after their 10-man mixed boys and girls team rowed 346,697 metres - more than 215 miles. read more

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