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• Alarm to play castle

  REGGAE legends UB40 have been forced to pull-out of this summer's Rock Till you Drop concert in Abergavenny. read more

• Garden display shows modern 'Gold' Wales

  Leading Welsh garden designer Stella Caws, of Chepstow, has been selected to create a garden display at this year's RHS Spring Flower Show, Cardiff over Easter weekend April 15-17. read more

• Bob's last 'letter'

  THE PEN is mightier than the sword, so we are led to believe, and Bob Smith's literary skill is testament to its truth. read more

• New threat to local post offices

  THERE is growing concern that Post Offices across the area may be forced out of business by government plans to scrap card accounts. read more

• Garden display shows modern 'Gold' Wales

  Leading Welsh garden designer Stella Caws, of Chepstow, has been selected to create a garden display at this year's RHS Spring Flower Show, Cardiff over Easter weekend April 15-17. read more

• No go at market

  THE Abergavenny Market closed for the first time in living memory yesterday as public sector workers went on strike. read more

• Trophy won without conceding a goal

  The recent U11 netball tournament hosted by Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls marked the first tournament of the season for the St John's-on-the-Hill team from Chepstow. read more

• Aber extend lead after mudbath

  Pontllanfraith 7 Abergavenny 19 read more

• Hall arrives decade later

  AFTER a ten-year battle Llanfoist village hall will be officially opened on May 6. read more

• Police keep rates of burglary down

  Burglars who target Chepstow homes are more likely to get nicked than anywhere else in the country. read more

• Hat-trick joy for victorious Goytre

  Goytre 3 Blaenrhondda 0 read more

• Muddy marvellous!

  MONMOUTH recorded their second win over local rivals Chepstow in three weeks on Saturday, despite the conditions better suited to a mud-wrestling contest than a rugby match. read more

• Brainstorming to make school entrance safer

  IDEAS to make the entrance to Agincourt School off the Dixton Roundabout safer were put forward at a special meeting last Thursday. And one of the more controversial suggestions was for a second set of traffic lights on the A40 junction. read more

• Councillors reach a new agreement in CCTV row

  Chepstow Town Council is ready to sign a new agreement on closed circuit television - but it is not handing over more than £20,000 from the last two years. read more

• Glory for Goytre in the rain

  GOYTRE recorded their second win in a fortnight against Blaenrhondda, inspired by a hat-trick from experienced frontman Mark Langford. But despite the apparent ease of the 3-0 scoreline, inevitably the conditions which plagued matches across the region at the weekend proved significant. read more

• Steel site plan for 4,000 homes

  Ambitious plans to transform an old steelworks site into a new community could be submitted by the end of the week read more

• Hollis' hopes of a top three spot hits the skids

  WORLD U23 rowing medallist Rob Hollis had to settle for 10th in Europe's biggest race, after a fifth-place finish last time out. read more

• Disruption all round as strike bites into services

  THE strike by public sector workers caused major disruption to local government services in the county yesterday. read more

• No need to miss Grand National

  2004 Coral Welsh National winner Silver Birch is back on the road for the Grand National at Aintree, on April 8. read more

• Drunk in court after row with Pc

  A DRUNK was arrested after complaining his brother had been locked up unjustly, a court heard. read more

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